Eastern Suburbs
- Not all drivers are square with the new roundabouts
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By Michelle Kearns
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/22/08 7:17 AM
- Nadine Hollis, who no longer drives, is often a watchful, and scared, passenger during her trips through the new pair of small roundabout-style traffic circles at Kensington Avenue and Wehrle Drive in Cheektowaga.
- Fans arrive early for ‘Twilight’ viewing
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By Maki Becker
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/21/08 6:27 AM
- Thirteen-year-old Lauren Gantz came dashing out of Hot Topic in the Walden Galleria at 8 p. m. Thursday, clutching a small black plastic bag.
- Sorority to kick off annual fundraising event
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Updated: 11/20/08 6:22 AM
- The Xi Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority will kick off its annual fundraising event with a silent auction, fashion show and buffet lunch at 1 p. m. Saturday in Hearthstone Manor, 333 Dick Road, Depew.
- Man pleads guilty to raping girl, 6
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By Matt Gryta
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/20/08 6:12 AM
- A Cheektowaga man pleaded guilty Wednesday to raping his former girlfriend’s 6-year-old daughter while he was baby-sitting two months ago.
- Sisters Hospital CEO to also head St. Joseph
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Updated: 11/19/08 6:53 AM
- Peter U. Bergmann, president and chief executive officer of Sisters Hospital, has been appointed to the dual post of president and chief executive at both Sisters and St. Joseph hospitals, the Catholic Health System reported Tuesday.
- Depew School Board urged to OK freshman seminar program
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By Laura E. Winchester
SUBURBAN CORRESPONDENT
Updated: 11/19/08 6:49 AM
- Depew High School administrators are hoping to get the green light from the Board of Education for a freshman seminar program aimed at getting more ninth-graders into college- level classes.
- Makeover creates luxury student housing in Cheektowaga
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By Irene Liguori
News Staff Reporter
Updated: 11/20/08 10:14 PM
- Mark Chason remembers clearly the moment that inspired his vision for the $100 million redevelopment of a World War II-era apartment complex in Cheektowaga..
- Signals in Cheektowaga, Amherst differ on issue of board downsizing
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By Michelle Kearns and Sandra Tan
NEWS STAFF REPORTERS
Updated: 11/18/08 6:58 AM
- Two town boards sent different messages Monday night about the prospects for downsizing their local governments.
- Board takes ax to Lancaster budget
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By Irene Liguori
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/18/08 6:58 AM
- Lancaster’s Town Board members whacked $175,000 Monday from a proposed $27.7 million spending plan for 2009 and eliminated a controversial health insurance buyout plan for themselves.
- Cheektowaga spending up 3.37%
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By Michelle Kearns
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/18/08 6:58 AM
- A budget that was tabled and pared of about $750,000 since first proposed by Cheektowaga Supervisor Mary Holtz was unanimously approved Monday at $78.6 million with a 3.37 percent spending increase above this year.
- Cheektowaga Central students to have health academy option
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By Barbara O’Brien
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/17/08 6:33 AM
- Cheektowaga Central High School students looking forward to a career in the health field will be able to get a head start next year when the district implements its Health Care Academy.
- Ex-Auto Bureau clerk begins jail term
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By Matt Gryta
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/15/08 6:58 AM
- A fired County Auto Bureau clerk began a possible six-month jail term Friday after a judge reprimanded her for selling fake IDs.
- Lancaster turns into ‘Christmasville’
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By Irene Liguori
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/14/08 7:39 AM
- The Wall Street Journal despaired this week that the nation’s stumbling economy has forced many towns to trim the trimmings from their typical Christmas lighting displays and other offerings of civic holiday cheer.
- Gaughan’s pitch to downsize Cheektowaga board is better received
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By Harold McNeil
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/13/08 9:31 PM
- Kevin P. Gaughan’s most recent appeal to the Cheektowaga Town Board to consider reducing its seven-member board by two was greeted with a more measured response Tuesday than when he last appeared before town lawmakers in December 2007.
- Here’s the scoop on cleaning up in Lancaster
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By Irene Liguori
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 11/12/08 9:14 PM
- Village of Lancaster dog owners sit up and take notice: Cleaning up after your pooches is about to become mandatory.
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