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Cost to play driven up by gas prices
By Janice L. Habuda NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 07/18/08 7:21 AM

It costs more to eat and more to drive. Now, it’s also going to cost more to exercise in the Town of Tonawanda.
Man struck with gun, robbed by 4 carjackers

Updated: 07/18/08 7:21 AM

A Town of Tonawanda man was robbed, beaten and carjacked by four men Wednesday night in the city’s University District, police report.
Man struck with gun, robbed by 4 carjackers

Updated: 07/18/08 7:21 AM

A Town of Tonawanda man was robbed, beaten and carjacked by four men Wednesday night in the city’s University District, police report.
Poloncarz backs Iannello for 61st District seat

Updated: 07/18/08 7:21 AM

Erie County’s top elected Democrat endorsed Legislator Michele A. Iannello for the State Senate seat of retiring Republican Mary Lou Rath on Thursday, granting her a significant piece of momentum in the three-way primary.
Clarence teachers to get big raises
By Niki Cervantes
Updated: 07/17/08 8:08 AM

Clarence teachers will receive an average 18 percent salary increase over four years, as well as 3.5 percent annual increases for extracurricular tasks.
Calvary using Episcopal church space
By Jay Tokasz NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 07/17/08 6:47 AM

Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church has had four homes since its founding in Buffalo in 1891, and members hope to get a fifth.
Bottle bombs destroy 2 Clarence mailboxes

Updated: 07/17/08 6:38 AM

Erie County sheriff’s deputies are looking for someone who blew up a pair of mailboxes in Clarence early Wednesday.
Public pool in Clarence underused due to wealth of backyard pools
By Niki Cervantes NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 07/17/08 8:14 AM

Tucked away amid the towering trees and lovely lawns of Clarence’s Main Street town park is a pool of sparkling cool blue water. It overlooks a white pavilion and gently sloping parkland.
Congressional candidates show fund-raising muscle
By Robert J. McCarthy NEWS POLITICAL REPORTER
Updated: 07/17/08 8:20 AM

It was “Fun With Numbers Day” on Wednesday for the candidates vying to succeed Thomas M. Reynolds in Congress, as some spun campaign treasury reports to underscore their financial strength heading into the primary and general elections.
Scrapped coal plant would have cost taxpayers at least $175 million a year
By David Robinson NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER
Updated: 07/17/08 8:16 AM

State officials pulled the plug Wednesday on a proposed $1.6 billion advanced coal project that would have brought more than 1,000 construction and operating jobs to the Town of Tonawanda, saying the electrical generating plant would cost taxpayers too much and relied on technology that remains unproven.
Kuzon sues for breach of contract
By Sandra Tan NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 07/16/08 6:57 AM

Former Williamsville Village Administrator Sally Kuzon is suing the village for breach of contract, saying she’s entitled to $36,175 in severence pay above and beyond the $72,875 the Board of Trustees voted to give her back in September.
Funds sought to keep monitoring air
By Janice L. Habuda NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 07/16/08 6:57 AM

The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency is being asked to continue funding an air monitoring program in the Town of Tonawanda that is set to expire at the end of this month.
Applicants sought for nonteaching posts

Updated: 07/16/08 6:57 AM

The Akron Central School District is accepting applications for several non-instructional posts, including cleaners, clerical workers, teacher aides and food service helpers.
Contractor gets year in jail for fraud

Updated: 07/16/08 6:52 AM

An Amherst home improvement contractor accused of bilking customers was sentenced to a year in jail and ordered to return $17,000 to four victims Tuesday.
Young campers find a like mind as inventor visits Clarence school
By Natalie Morera NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 07/16/08 6:37 AM

Wilson Greatbatch was surrounded by broken PlayStations, DVD players and kids screaming with excitement, but he couldn’t have looked more at home.


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