Cheektowaga budget hikes spending by 4 percent
The $81.7 million Cheektowaga budget for next year, which includes a 4 percent increase in spending, passed unanimously Monday without comment from the public or from the Town Board. (Updated: 11/03/09 7:52 AM )
Descendants of Pulaski give their side of his story
The city of Savannah, Ga., in 2005 gave an unforgettable funeral for Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski, the Polish military man who led colonial forces in the American Revolution. (Updated: 11/02/09 6:44 AM )
Descendants of Pulaski give their side of his story
The city of Savannah, Ga., in 2005 gave an unforgettable funeral for Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski, the Polish military man who led colonial forces in the American Revolution. (Updated: 11/02/09 6:44 AM )
Terranova has one line in 5th District
Diane M. Terranova’s name will be on the Nov. 3 Democratic line for the Erie County Legislature’s 5th District seat, but not on the Independence Party line, judges with the Fourth Department of the State Appellate Division announced Friday. (Updated: 10/31/09 9:44 AM )
Felician Sisters aim to raise $4 million for restoration work
The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Felix in Cheektowaga, trying to offset the costs of a green renovation and restoration of its landmark provincial house, has embarked on a campaign to raise $4 million. (Updated: 10/31/09 7:50 AM )
Man, 70, faces charges in sex assaults
The 70-year-old Cheektowaga man accused of forced sexual encounters with three juveniles befriended the boys’ families and gained access to them by earning their trust over time, Cheektowaga detectives said Friday. (Updated: 10/31/09 7:50 AM )
Four vie for two Lancaster board seats
Two Democratic incumbents are running for re-election to the Lancaster Town Board, saying they have helped to improve the quality of life for residents. (Updated: 10/31/09 9:15 AM )
Terranova-Fudoli contest in Lancaster highlights contrasting priorities
Two candidates with different priorities are in the midst of a court dispute about whether the Democrat’s name will be on the ballot for the 5th District Erie County Legislature seat representing Lancaster and nearby towns. (Updated: 10/31/09 9:44 AM )
GOP sets sights on Democratic stronghold
Three Republican challengers are taking aim at the longtime Democratic Party stronghold of Cheektowaga, talking of reform and downsizing as they seek seats on the Town Board. (Updated: 10/28/09 9:45 AM )
Lancaster seeks spending cuts
The Lancaster Town Board is asking department heads to look for potential spending cuts to lower the currently projected 2.97 percent tax rate increase for most property owners next year. (Updated: 10/27/09 8:52 AM )
Funeral held for boy, 10; death still being probed
A funeral was held Monday in St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Lancaster for a Pembroke Intermediate School fifth-grader whose sudden death is still being investigated. (Updated: 10/27/09 7:11 AM )
Buffalo City Ballet sets annual gala dinner Nov. 1
The Buffalo City Ballet will hold its second annual Ballet Gala Dinner at 5 p. m. Sunday in the Hearthstone Manor Banquet Facility, 333 Dick Road, Depew. (Updated: 10/26/09 7:07 AM )
Schools capital project progresses in Depew
The project manager for the Depew School District’s capital project got some additions to his “to do” list from the Board of Education Tuesday. (Updated: 10/24/09 12:31 PM )
Sloan lawyer gets squeezed out in Monopoly wheeling-dealing
Like so many before him, Richard Marinaccio ran out of luck Thursday in Las Vegas. (Updated: 10/24/09 12:32 PM )
Howard, challenger disagree on most issues during debate
Lo and behold, the two candidates agree on something—texting while driving is bad. (Updated: 10/21/09 4:27 PM )
$20,000 grant targets improved school security in Cheektowaga
Cheektowaga has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the U. S. Department of Justice to improve security at schools in the town. (Updated: 10/20/09 8:44 AM )
Rotary Club Conference issues public invitation
The public is invited to meet Rotary Club members from Western New York and Southern Ontario and get to know the service organization at a series of free events during the Rotary District 7090 Conference from today through Sunday in the Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga. (Updated: 10/16/09 6:36 AM )
Lancaster man feared dead in home fire
On Pleasant View Drive in Lancaster, Roger D. Grandy was considered a model neighbor and
all-around good guy. (Updated: 10/15/09 9:01 AM )
State to permit more mining at Cheektowaga quarry
The state Department of Environmental Conservation says it is poised to wrap up a five-year process and, in the next week or two, grant permission for more mining by Buffalo Crushed Stone. (Updated: 10/12/09 7:44 AM )
Busy Cheektowaga intersection lacks lane markings
Missing lane markings at a busy Cheektowaga intersection have at least one Fix It reader looking for direction. (Updated: 10/12/09 7:39 AM )
Illnesses spike at 2 schools in suburbs
Illnesses sharply increased this week at least two suburban high schools—Williamsville South and John F. Kennedy— with, in one case, more than a fourth of the students out sick. (Updated: 10/10/09 10:09 AM )
Cocaine raid nets 2 arrests, 14 pit bulls
With the help of Lancaster officers, Depew police raided four apartments Friday morning in the village’s Main Street area, beset by crack-cocaine trafficking. (Updated: 10/10/09 7:09 AM )
Funeral director admits stealing
Akron funeral director Paris J. Childs pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling $175,000 from the estate of a Lancaster widow prior to her death last month. (Updated: 10/07/09 6:58 AM )
Former Cheektowaga priest avoids prison; repaid stolen parish funds
Suspended Catholic priest F. Norman Sullivan, spared a prison term Monday for his theft of $213,732 from a Cheektowaga parish, told the judge he is “truly sorry” and “disgraced and embarrased.” (Updated: 10/06/09 6:52 AM )
Expanded CPR training is backed
It has been seven years since New York State required automated external defibrillators to be placed in public schools. (Updated: 10/06/09 8:54 AM )
Neighbors oppose rezoning for patio homes next to Cheektowaga park
Cheektowaga residents living near the proposed site of patio homes say development adjacent to Stiglmeier Park would be bad for the park and bad for traffic. (Updated: 10/06/09 10:16 PM )
Residents vote today on size of Town Board
Alden residents will vote today on whether to reduce the size of their Town Board from five members to three. (Updated: 09/29/09 6:52 AM )
Free solar energy workshop offered to science teachers
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority will conduct a solar energy workshop for middle and high school science and technology teachers in fifth through 12th grades from 8:30 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. Wednesday at Lancaster High School. (Updated: 09/27/09 6:32 AM )
Alden Chamber of Commerce opposes downsizing
The Alden Chamber of Commerce has come out in opposition to downsizing the Alden Town Board from five to three members. (Updated: 09/25/09 10:52 AM )
Removal of signs in favor of cutting size of board in Alden stirs debate
Tuesday night, supporters of the movement to downsize the Alden Town Board put up about 20 lawn signs, urging people to vote yes next week to trim the board from five to three members. (Updated: 09/24/09 7:36 AM )