Eastern Suburbs
Steuben Foods takes ownership of Elma plant, envisions more jobs
For nearly a decade, a massive plant in Elma that Western Electric had started in the 1970s but never finished sat idle on Maple Road. (Updated: 07/09/09 7:00 AM )
Building permits run at same pace as 2008 but valued at less than half
Though Cheektowaga’s building permits number about 1,200 for the first half of this year, nearly the same amount as last year, the projects are worth less than half those during the same period in 2008. (Updated: 07/09/09 7:09 AM )
Leaders are announced for Pulaski Day Parade
Retired Brig. Gen. Albyn F. Irzyk, a top aide to Gen. George Patton during World War II, and Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo, will lead the Pulaski Day Parade at 1:30 p. m. July 19. (Updated: 07/09/09 7:00 AM )
Board awaits president’s return before voting on post for new term
The new Cheektowaga Central School Board looks very much like the old board — or it will as soon as it elects a president. (Updated: 07/08/09 7:01 AM )
Ex-Cheektowaga recreation head apologizes for $41,000 theft
Paul J. Marchewka took several deep breaths to gain his composure Tuesday morning before he apologized for stealing more than $41,000 from the Town of Cheektowaga. (Updated: 07/08/09 6:47 AM )
Shelter ordeal ruins family’s picnic
Six Sigma was supposed to eradicate the type of ordeal that all but ruined the Welch family’s picnic on the Fourth of July. (Updated: 07/08/09 7:32 AM )
Ex-official apologizes for theft of $41,000
Paul J. Marchewka took several deep breaths to gain his composure Tuesday morning before he apologized for stealing more than $41,000 from the Town of Cheektowaga. (Updated: 07/08/09 7:33 AM )
Residents cite Buffalo-Lancaster Airport safety issues
The Lancaster Town Board on Monday attempted to mediate a dispute between the operators of Buffalo- Lancaster Airport and town residents who contend that pilots using the small, private facility have skirted Federal Aviation Administration rules by flying dangerously close to their homes. (Updated: 07/07/09 6:54 AM )
Cheektowaga police officer accused of making threat
A Cheektowaga police officer could lose his job for allegedly threatening a former girlfriend last summer with “vulgar” text messages and arranging to have her removed from the Sunset Bay Beach Club in Irving on July 4 last year. (Updated: 07/07/09 7:24 AM )
Despite criminal charges, Lancaster highway chief seeks reelection
Many people assumed that Richard L. Reese Jr.’s political career was over in April, when the Town of Lancaster highway superintendent was charged with assaulting an FBI agent and having an unregistered handgun in his house. (Updated: 07/06/09 7:54 AM )
Summer Ecology School set at Reinstein Woods
Area teachers can find out how to incorporate environmental education into their existing curriculum with Summer Ecology School July 21-23 at the Reinstein Woods Environmental Education Center in Cheektowaga. (Updated: 07/05/09 7:20 AM )
Volunteers find work in Costa Rica
Just days after the coup in Honduras forced the cancellation of a local medical mission, the group— thanks to a flurry of phone calls and coordination between a number of involved parties — will travel to Costa Rica on Sunday. (Updated: 07/04/09 6:50 AM )
Rainy pattern to ease for holiday weekend
Thomas Niziol, meteorologist-in-charge at the National Weather Service office in Cheektowaga, spun an apt metaphor when he described the weather system parked over the Great Lakes as being like “a giant whirlpool.” (Updated: 07/03/09 6:56 AM )
Motions to OK coaching staff fail
Two motions to approve the coaching staff for the Depew School District’s entire athletic program failed to pass at Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting. (Updated: 07/02/09 7:14 AM )
Quarry wins legal right to expand
A State Court of Appeals ruling that allows Buffalo Crushed Stone to mine some of the land it owns outside the area that Cheektowaga has zoned for such operations is a win for the company, a loss for the town and upsetting news for people who live nearby and complain about blasting and heavy-truck traffic. (Updated: 07/01/09 7:19 AM )
