Southern Suburbs
Solar panel project for Town Hall has Elma aglow with enthusiasm
Elma officials are beaming over the prospect of installing solar panels in Town Hall. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:50 AM )
Julie Kaczor appointed Holy Angels principal
Julie Kaczor, former assistant principal at two Orchard Park public elementary schools, has been named principal of Holy Angels Academy, an all-girls Catholic school in North Buffalo. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AM )
Blasdell board asked to address complaints about Lardon Corp.
A resident representing neighbors unhappy with the noise and odors coming from Lardon Construction Corp. on Lake Avenue wants the Blasdell Village Board to do something about the company. (Updated: 11/20/09 7:58 AM )
Marilla officials defend land stand
Marilla officials played defense Tuesday night when the developer of a senior citizen complex took issue with the rezoning of only 10 acres of a 32- acre lot targeted for the project. (Updated: 11/19/09 7:07 AM )
Village now accepting payments online
The Village of East Aurora is now accepting credit card payments for utility bills and other items over the Internet. (Updated: 11/18/09 7:28 AM )
Hamburg voters cut Town Board from 5 to 3
Hamburg became the fifth town in Erie County to decide that, when it comes to the size of
a Town Board, smaller is better. (Updated: 11/18/09 9:39 AM )
W. Seneca ensures work-force size
In one of his final acts as a West Seneca councilman, Vincent J. Graber Jr. on Monday sponsored a measure intended to protect full-time workers in the town’s Buildings and Grounds Department, including two of his brothers-in-law. (Updated: 11/17/09 6:48 AM )
Hamburg board adopts budget
Hamburg Town Board members made few changes to the preliminary 2010 budget and adopted it without comment Monday night. (Updated: 11/17/09 6:48 AM )
East Aurora trustee upset over dissolution
An East Aurora village trustee is criticizing Mayor Clark Crook for how he handled his recent announcement to push for the village government to dissolve and merge into a town-wide government. (Updated: 11/17/09 6:48 AM )
Colarusso wins race for OP supervisor
Orchard Park Town Clerk Janis A. Colarusso on Monday was declared the winner of the town supervisor’s race, after an official tally showed her beating Patrick J. Keem by 99 votes. (Updated: 11/17/09 7:49 AM )
Hamburg voters to determine fate of two seats on board today
Hamburg residents are voting today on whether to eliminate two seats from the Town Board. (Updated: 11/17/09 8:34 AM )
Church marks Latvian family’s arrival
The Alks family arrived in East Aurora in May 1949 after having been forced to flee Russian-controlled Latvia until Stalin’s brutal rule. (Updated: 11/16/09 7:07 AM )
Auditors give Hamburg schools high marks
After a stormy few financial years, the Hamburg School District has been given the all-clear by independent auditors for the 2008-09 fiscal year, with the analysts saying the district “did the things it needed to do.” (Updated: 11/16/09 7:59 AM )
Lackawanna mayor calls appointment a ‘shady deal’
Lackawanna Mayor Norman Polanski is crying foul over the appointment of a new director of the Lackawanna Municipal Housing Authority by its board of commissioners earlier this week. (Updated: 11/14/09 8:44 AM )
Inundated by animals, pet shelter needs help
Pet Connection Programs, a maternity and special care shelter for dogs and cats located in Marilla, needs supplies and cash donations to help cope with an overabundance of animals recently turned over to the nonprofit organization. (Updated: 11/14/09 8:08 AM )