Budget with tax hike gets hearing
POMFRET — The Pomfret Town Board is proposing a tax rate increase of 5 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation in the 2010 budget. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:23 AM )
Lack of swine flu vaccine prompts cancellations
OLEAN—The Cattaraugus County Health Department has canceled its clinics scheduled for today through Saturday offering swine flu vaccine for emergency health care personnel and those in priority age groups. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:23 AM )
Disaster loan center set to close Friday
SILVER CREEK—The U. S. Small Business Administration will close its disaster loan outreach center here Friday. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:23 AM )
COMING UP
MEETING: The WNY Gluten Free Diet Support Group will meet at 9:30 a. m. Saturday in Lancaster Village Hall, 5423 Broadway. The meeting will include a gluten-free baked goods auction. For more information, visit
www.glutenfreebuffalo.org
. TRAINING SESSION: The YWCA of the Tonawandas will host a training session for the Winter Walk KidBiz sale at 10 a. m. Saturday at the YWCA, 49 Tremont St., North Tonawanda. The one-hour program teaches kids ages 8 to 13 how to properly serve customers, basic profit and loss principles, how to price merchandise and how to market their goods. For more information, call 692-5580. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:23 AM )
Full results: Elections in Genesee County
Unofficial results for Genesee County's towns, the city of Batavia and countywide races (Updated: 11/04/09 2:57 PM )
Cattaraugus County results
Unofficial results for Cattaraugus County’s towns, the city of Salamanca and county races (Updated: 11/04/09 7:15 AM )
Wyoming County results
Unofficial results for Wyoming County’s towns and countywide races (Updated: 11/04/09 7:15 AM )
Chautauqua County results
Unofficial results for Chautauqua County’s towns, the cities of Dunkirk and Jamestown and legislative races (Updated: 11/04/09 7:15 AM )
Genesee County results
Unofficial results for Genesee County’s towns, the city of Batavia and countywide races (Updated: 11/04/09 7:15 AM )
Orleans County results
Unofficial results for Orleans County’s towns and county races (Updated: 11/04/09 7:15 AM )
Audit finds district has too much in reserve funds
MAYVILLE—Chautauqua Lake Central School District has collected too much money in its capital reserve and debt reserve funds, the state comptroller’s office said in an audit released Tuesday. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:15 AM )
Economic development chief leaving for post at JCC
LITTLE VALLEY—John Sayegh will be leaving his post as head of Cattaraugus County’s economic development operations Dec. 2 to take over as dean of the Cattaraugus County Campus of Jamestown Community College in Olean. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:15 AM )
2010 budget to be unveiled during legislative session
LITTLE VALLEY—Cattaraugus County Administrator Jack Searles today will unveil to county legislators a new budget for 2010 operations. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:15 AM )
COMING UP
AUCTION: Niagara Charter School, 2077 Lockport Road, Niagara Falls, will hold its first basket auction in the school gymnasium from 5 to 8 p. m. today. Call 297-4520. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:14 AM )
DWI conviction brings prison term
LITTLE VALLEY — A Delevan man convicted of driving drunk and without a license was sentenced Monday in Cattaraugus County Court to serve up to six years in prison. (Updated: 11/03/09 7:11 AM )
Heitzenrater bids on 5 parcels of land
FARMERSVILLE — The man who submitted five bids Saturday for parcels sold along Route 98 was the president of Integrated Waste Systems and had previously sought to develop a landfill at the site. (Updated: 11/03/09 7:11 AM )
Public works projects have fallen behind
SILVER CREEK — Projects for the village Department of Public Works are about 12 weeks behind schedule because of cleanup efforts after the Aug. 9 flooding. (Updated: 11/03/09 7:11 AM )
Meter project gets low rate
DUNKIRK — City officials announced Monday that an interest rate of 1.78 percent was secured on the first $850,000 in funding for the water meter project. (Updated: 11/03/09 7:11 AM )
COMING UP
HEALTH FAIR: Oracle Charter School is hosting a free health fair for students, their families and the community from 2 to 6 p. m. today in the school, 888 Delaware Ave. The fair will include free preventive screenings for glucose, dental, blood pressure and STDs; a flu shot clinic; representatives from Roswell Park Cancer Institute to discuss smoking cessation and cancer awareness; and a question- and-answer session about swine flu with Dr. Tom Schenk. For more information, call 362-3188, Ext. 222. (Updated: 11/03/09 7:11 AM )
Gowanda garden springs back to life
Barbara Nephew vowed that her sprawling garden would be exhumed from the muck and debris
that smothered it when floodwaters ravaged Gowanda three months ago. (Updated: 11/02/09 8:29 AM )
‘Cinderella’ musical will open Thursday
BATAVIA—The Batavia Rotary Club’s 61st annual stage production, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s TV musical, “Cinderella,” will open Thursday in Batavia High School auditorium. (Updated: 11/02/09 6:44 AM )
Commuting Concerns / Trouble spots for the upcoming week
Rainbow Bridge (Niagara Falls): Lane restrictions continue in both directions between Main Street in Niagara Falls, N. Y., and Falls Avenue in Niagara Falls, Ont. (Updated: 11/01/09 6:50 AM )
E. coli prompts recall of Fairbank Farms beef
An Ashville meat company has recalled almost 546,000 pounds of ground beef because of links to illnesses from E. coli bacteria in Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts. (Updated: 11/01/09 6:50 AM )
Around town/ Public meetings in local communities this week
Alden (Updated: 11/01/09 6:50 AM )
Loughran-Schratz contest is a battle of the Snyder restaurateurs
The race for the Erie County Legislature’s 14th District involves two veteran restaurateurs from Snyder who want the chance to represent parts of Amherst, the Town of Tonawanda and Cheektowaga. (Updated: 10/31/09 10:05 AM )
Facing 2 challengers in Aurora, supervisor stands on his record
In the three-way race for Aurora town supervisor, Republican incumbent Dwight D. Krieger touts his experience against challenges from newcomer Jolene M. Jeffe and former Supervisor Thomas E. Cotton. (Updated: 11/04/09 3:11 PM )
District attorney is lone countywide contested race in Cattaraugus County
LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County voters will face only one countywide contested race Tuesday as they vote for district attorney. Both sheriff and coroner are uncontested races. (Updated: 10/31/09 4:03 PM )
Otto will get temporary bridge
LITTLE VALLEY — Residents in the Town of Otto who have been inconvenienced since early August by the closing of a severely damaged bridge soon will have some relief following action Wednesday by the Cattaraugus County Legislature. (Updated: 10/30/09 7:00 AM )
11 arrested in drug raids; 12th held in Erie County
OLEAN—Eleven people charged in sealed grand jury indictments with selling and possessing drugs in Olean were arrested early Wednesday through a coordinated effort of 25 police officers from the area. (Updated: 10/30/09 7:00 AM )
COMING UP
CHILDREN’S AUTHOR: Kenmore United Methodist Church presents a night with children’s author Mike Thaler from 7 to 8 Monday in the church, 32 Landers Road, Kenmore. The event is free. Thaler, also known as “America’s Riddle King” and the “Court Jester of Children’s Literature,” will share some of his most-loved stories from the “Black Lagoon and “Heaven and Mirth” series. (Updated: 10/30/09 6:59 AM )
