Southern Suburbs
- Orchard Park addresses life, death and the dam beavers
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By Fred O. Williams
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/20/08 10:12 PM
- It’s not every day that the Orchard Park Town Board must wrestle with a life-or-death issue.
- Bethlehem case legal fees to be shared
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By Harold McNeil
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/20/08 6:22 AM
- The Lackawanna School Board on Wednesday approved an agreement with the city to cover half the legal expenses resulting from ongoing litigation with the owners of the former Bethlehem Steel site who are contesting the tax assessment on the property.
- 50 people arrested by Orchard Park police at Monday Night game
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By Gene Warner
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/20/08 6:12 AM
- Orchard Park police, along with the Erie County Sheriff’s Office and the State Police, had their hands full at Monday night’s football game, dealing with problems for a 15-hour period stretching to 4 a. m. Tuesday.
- Historic Elma records are given as gift
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By Nancy Gish
SOUTHTOWNS CORRESPONDENT
Updated: 11/20/08 10:12 PM
- Elma Town Supervisor Michael Nolan was presented with one of the first official records of Elma’s history prior to 1901 in trust for the citizens of Elma. The book was printed in 1903.
- Thomas says Paterson cuts punish district
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By Harold McNeil
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/19/08 7:03 AM
- Orchard Park School Superintendent Joan Thomas said Tuesday that high-achieving and fiscally responsible school districts like hers would be penalized for their success under Gov. David A. Paterson’s plan to cut aid to school districts.
- West Seneca residents air concerns about KFC expansion plan
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Updated: 11/20/08 10:12 PM
- Proposed expansion of a KFC restaurant on Union Road in West Seneca drew questions and complaints Monday night after the Town Board referred the matter to the Planning Board.
- Ice rink energizing E. Aurora merchants
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By Karen Robinson
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/19/08 7:03 AM
- A group of East Aurora merchants is trying to capitalize on the new outdoor ice rink to boost business, which struggles because of the economy and Main Street reconstruction.
- Assistant principal moves up at Williamsville South
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By Sandra Tan
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/19/08 6:58 AM
- The Williamsville Central School Board agreed Tuesday to hire a new principal for South High School and agreed not to require recess time at the five elementary and middle schools that don’t offer any to pupils.
- In Lackawanna, St. Barbara faces uncertain future
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By Jay Tokasz
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/19/08 6:49 AM
- Lackawanna city officials explored converting St. Barbara Catholic Church on Ridge Road into a new City Hall but determined it would be too costly for taxpayers.
- Lackawanna mayor recalls bid to share services with Buffalo
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By Brian Meyer
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/19/08 6:49 AM
- When Lackawanna Mayor Norman L. Polanski Jr. started talking in 2004 about ways municipalities might save tax dollars by sharing services, he assumed other local leaders would jump at the prospect.
- Train & Toy Show set Saturday and Sunday
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Updated: 11/19/08 6:49 AM
- Toy trains, railroad collectibles, operating model layouts, dolls and a NASCAR attraction will fill the Agri-Center at the Hamburg Fairgrounds this weekend as the Western New York Railway Historical Society holds its 27th annual Greater Buffalo Train & Toy Show.
- Long-missing mural is back on display
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By Eileen Werbitsky
SOUTHTOWNS CORRESPONDENT
Updated: 11/17/08 6:33 AM
- A Depression-era mural that was missing for about two decades is back on public display in Hamburg’s Union Pleasant School following two years of refurbishing of the historic work by artist Angelo Charles Scibetta.
- Woman leaves red ink behind
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By Louise Continelli
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/18/08 11:24 AM
- Norma Winkowski of West Seneca worked herself up from near bankruptcy years ago to — she boasts — an “impeccable credit rating now.”
- Control board to provide guidelines
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By Matthew Spina
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/16/08 5:28 AM
- Erie County’s elected leaders often complain that the state-appointed control board shoots down budgets and four-year financial plans without suggesting how to fix them.
- Route 20 pedestrian is on liberty mission
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Updated: 11/16/08 5:28 AM
- If you saw a man walking along Route 20 in Hamburg today who wasn’t looking for a ride, it may have been Will Buchanan on his “Walk for Liberty.”
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