Southern Suburbs
Financial woes facing figure after FBI search
Michael Wilson, the 22-year-old businessman whose company shelled out $2 million and agreed to pay an additional $4.3 million for two Hamburg mansions last year, appears to be having money problems. Which is in addition to the search of the houses by FBI agents Wednesday. (Updated: 07/03/09 10:57 AM )
District reconsiders bus garage location
It’s time to move the Orchard Park Central School District bus garage, Superintendent Joan Thomas said Wednesday night. (Updated: 07/02/09 7:29 AM )
Principals back merging Orchard Park offices
The two officials who would be most affected by the proposal to consolidate Orchard Park’s tax receiver with the office of town clerk say it’s a good idea. (Updated: 07/01/09 7:04 AM )
Food pantry forced to seek new home
Two freezers, a refrigerator and an estimated 5 tons of food were cleared out Tuesday from the former St. William school building on Harlem Road — ending a more than 30-year run for the West Seneca pantry. (Updated: 07/01/09 7:04 AM )
Nominations are sought for Ultimate Fairgoer
It’s time for nominations for the Ultimate Fairgoer—a person who can’t get enough of the Erie County Fair. (Updated: 07/01/09 7:04 AM )
Wall leaves, Vietnam emotions linger
Thousands of Western New Yorkers showed up to view the largest traveling replica of the national Vietnam Veterans Memorial that was on display in the Town of Aurora until Monday evening. (Updated: 06/30/09 8:08 AM )
Time capsule for kin tests residents’ imaginations
Children in 2057 won’t have to read history books to find out what life was like in Hamburg in 2009. (Updated: 06/30/09 6:55 AM )
Penn Dixie Site to hold science day camp
Campers will explore fossils, astronomy, weather, ecology and rocketry at Science Adventure Day Camp at the Penn Dixie Site in Hamburg this summer. (Updated: 06/30/09 6:55 AM )
Summer fun begins at Cradle Beach
They came rolling in by the bus-loads, dragging their suitcases behind them. (Updated: 06/30/09 8:04 AM )
Newcomer endorsed for board by 2 parties
One newcomer joined the incumbents in winning endorsements from Marilla Republican and Democratic committees for election this year. (Updated: 06/29/09 7:30 AM )
Student registration to kick off Wednesday
Student registration in the West Seneca School District will be centralized at 1397 Orchard Park Road, starting Wednesday. (Updated: 06/29/09 7:30 AM )
Hamburg schools seek partnership with Rwanda village
So much for summer vacation. A group of Hamburg school administrators is headed to Africa this week to lay the groundwork for a program they hope will change the lives of their students, as well as those who live on the other side of the world. (Updated: 06/29/09 8:14 AM )
Library expansion not open and shut
The Aurora Town Library, one of the most active in the countywide library system and long squeezed for space, may be in line for an expansion, though it may not be the one that library officials had in mind. (Updated: 06/29/09 7:05 AM )
Around town / Public meetings in local communities this week
Buffalo (Updated: 06/28/09 7:05 AM )
Passer-by saves life at blaze in West Seneca tavern
A hero. (Updated: 06/27/09 5:59 PM )
