The Buffalo News : City & Region

Friday, May 9, 2008

subscribe now

Other WNY

Best-selling author Staub is commencement speaker
By Susan Chiappone CHAUTAUQUA CORRESPONDENT
Updated: 05/09/08 6:33 AM

FREDONIA — Best-selling author Wendy Corsi Staub will be the keynote speaker at Fredonia State College’s commencement May 18.
Higgins seeks airlift for stranded soldier

Updated: 05/09/08 6:33 AM

Rep. Brian M. Higgins, D-Buffalo, is going to bat for a soldier from Jamestown and more than 100 other troops who are stuck in Kuwait on their way back home after serving in Iraq. The service members were stranded when the airline that was supposed to transport them went bankrupt.
Work on Veterans Memorial at Tracy Plaza completed

Updated: 05/09/08 6:33 AM

JAMESTOWN — A $65,000 project to improve the Chautauqua County Veterans Memorial at Jamestown’s Tracy Plaza has been completed.
COMING UP

Updated: 05/09/08 6:33 AM

PUBLIC FORUM: The Wheatfield Business Association and the Town of Wheatfield will conduct an open forum on the rising costs of health insurance, 7:30 p. m. Thursday in the Wheatfield Community Center, 2800 Church Road. Final plans for a bus trip to Albany on May 20 and 21 will be made. Call 553-6475.
School bus driver in Warsaw accused of sexually abusing child on his route
By Maki Becker NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 05/09/08 8:03 AM

A school bus driver for the Warsaw Central School District has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a child on his route, state police and school officials said Thursday.
Parents battle youth culture rife with violent and sexual images
By Stephen T. Watson NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 05/09/08 9:13 AM

If parents are engaged in a battle for the hearts and minds of their kids, Miley Cyrus and “Grand Theft Auto IV” made it much harder to win the war.
Pomfret to pursue water district
By Holly Hewitt CHAUTAUQUA CORRESPONDENT
Updated: 05/08/08 6:31 AM

FREDONIA — The Pomfret Town Board on Wednesday night signaled that it would likely give Wendel Duchscherer Architects & Engineers of Amherst the OK to continue working on details for a proposed water district.
Cattaraugus Probation Department staffing is a concern
By Kathy KelloggCATTARAUGUS CORRESPONDENT
Updated: 05/08/08 1:01 PM

LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County Probation Department, with a core staff of seven officers, should have 10 officers to meet the American Probation and Parole Association standards.
‘Geobash’ challenges high-tech searchers

Updated: 05/08/08 6:31 AM

Allegany State Park is hosting “ASP Geobash III” the weekend of May 16-18, park officials announced.
Jamestown School budget hearing scheduled for Tuesday

Updated: 05/08/08 1:02 PM

JAMESTOWN — The Jamestown Public Schools will hold a hearing on the proposed 2009-09 budget at 7 p. m. Tuesday in the auditorium of Persell Middle School, 375 Baker St.
Report urges more funding for nuclear site cleanup

Updated: 05/08/08 6:31 AM

State environmental officials say the federal government should commit at least $95 million a year to the West Valley nuclear site to pick up the pace of the cleanup.
Students’ artworks on display in ice arena

Updated: 05/08/08 6:31 AM

JAMESTOWN — Jamestown Public Schools’ annual Student Art Show is under way through May 29 in the Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena.
COMING UP

Updated: 05/08/08 6:31 AM

BUDGET HEARING: A public hearing on the proposed Lackawanna school budget for 2008-09 is scheduled for 7 p. m. today in the high school cafeteria, 550 Martin Road.
Pioneer School District finds nude photos on student cell phones
By Stephen T. Watson
Updated: 05/08/08 9:49 AM

Time was, when a girl had a crush on a boy, she sent him a note in class.
Cattaraugus to auction 75 delinquent parcels
By Donna Snyder CATTARAUGUS CORRESPONDENT
Updated: 05/07/08 6:40 AM

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County on May 17 will auction off 75 parcels being sold for unpaid taxes, including 27 in the City of Olean.


more >>