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 )
Blasdell standoff ends peacefully
A 7 1/2-hour standoff in Blasdell ended peacefully early Thursday morning when a 39-year-old Lake Avenue man surrendered his loaded shotgun and then walked out of his house without incident. (Updated: 11/13/09 6:46 AM )
Frontier schools looking into girls hockey
The Frontier Central School District is the latest suburban district to consider developing a varsity girls ice hockey program. (Updated: 11/13/09 8:12 AM )
Fundraiser set to aid wounded Marine
A bullet ricocheted off John Stanz’s helmet five years ago in Iraq, causing injuries to his left ear. He returned to battle three days later. (Updated: 11/13/09 6:45 AM )
Holland forms EMS operation
Holland Supervisor Michael Kasprzyk announced the formation of Holland Emergency Medical Services during a meeting of the Town Board on Wednesday. (Updated: 11/12/09 7:08 AM )
Wales board adopts 2010 budget
The Wales Town Board on Tuesday adopted a $1.35 million budget for 2010 — a document virtually unchanged since first proposed in September. (Updated: 11/12/09 7:08 AM )
Fire group needs help in mission
The odor of smoldering fabric is still vivid for Rachel Andruczyk, more than two years after she awoke one Sunday morning in her Orchard Park home. (Updated: 11/12/09 7:22 AM )
Iroquois clinic planned for swine flu vaccinations
The Iroquois Central School District has been named a community distribution site for the swine flu vaccine and expects an inoculation date in the next two weeks. (Updated: 11/11/09 7:52 AM )
Falletta concert to raise funds for Mercy Hospital
JoAnn Falletta, music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, will give a private classical guitar concert benefiting Mercy Hospital at 8 p. m. Friday in the Roycroft Inn, East Aurora. She will be accompanied by her husband, Robert Alemany, on clarinet and Philharmonic concertmaster Michael Ludwig on violin. (Updated: 11/11/09 6:59 AM )
Slaughterhouse stirs protest in Lackawanna
Lackawanna residents’ opposition to a proposed slaughterhouse and their support for a lame-duck lawmaker were the principal items of contention at Monday’s City Council meeting. (Updated: 11/10/09 8:41 AM )
Downsizing’s skeptics don’t deter advocate
Kevin P. Gaughan is confident that Hamburg voters will approve downsizing their Town Board next Tuesday, despite the grilling he got from residents Monday night in Hamburg Middle School. (Updated: 11/10/09 7:01 AM )
New building on Main St. expected to be Aurora governmental choice
A committee studying three options for a joint government facility in the Town of Aurora tonight is expected to recommend constructing a new building on Main Street in the Village of East Aurora. (Updated: 11/09/09 7:09 AM )
Students share ideas from rights institute
Kayla Ciccotti of East Aurora didn’t want to spend her summer sitting in school. Neither did Emma Reid, a student at Sacred Heart Academy, or Travis Kile of Springville Griffith Institute. But at the urging of their social studies teachers, they spent two weeks attending the Summer Institute for Human Rights and Genocide Studies, and none of them will ever be the same. (Updated: 11/09/09 7:08 AM )
Jeffe’s focus matched voters’ mood
Jolene M. Jeffe accomplished the unthinkable by winning the Town of Aurora’s supervisor post. (Updated: 11/09/09 7:08 AM )
Medical costs for officials raise tax bill estimates
Aurora taxpayers are likely to face tax bills a bit higher than they thought. (Updated: 11/09/09 7:08 AM )
Buffalo Bills exhibit boosts attendance
The Buffalo Bills may be a flop on the playing field, but an exhibition commemorating the team’s 50th anniversary has done wonders for the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society. (Updated: 11/08/09 8:23 AM )
Winter Classic tribute rink opens for second season
The Time Warner Cable Classic Rink is now open for the second consecutive season in East Aurora. (Updated: 11/08/09 8:23 AM )
Seminar planned Monday on gas leases, land rights
A seminar for area landowners who are negotiating gas leases or want more information about protecting their rights will be conducted at 6:30 p. m. Monday in the Sardinia Community Center/Town Hall, 12320 Savage Road. (Updated: 11/08/09 8:23 AM )
East Aurora mayor pushes dissolution
Residents of the Cattaraugus County village of Limestone have voted to dissolve their government. (Updated: 11/08/09 8:23 AM )
Marilla board approves budget of $2.5 million with no tax hike
The Marilla Town Board voted, 3-2, Thursday night to approve a 2010 budget of $2.5 million that features no increases in taxes. (Updated: 11/07/09 8:39 AM )
Bill to name post office for Kemp goes to Obama
WASHINGTON—The House on Friday approved a bill naming a post office in Orchard Park for the late Rep. Jack Kemp, sending the measure on to President Obama for his signature. (Updated: 11/07/09 8:38 AM )
Hamburg forum airs differences on savings from downsizing boards
Hamburg residents were offered three different perspectives on downsizing during a forum Thursday in Frontier Middle School. (Updated: 11/06/09 6:59 AM )
Elma honors retiring dispatcher
The Elma Town Board has awarded a certificate of appreciation to John MacIver, a dispatcher for many years in the Jamison Road Fire Company. (Updated: 11/06/09 6:59 AM )
New Hamburg dispatch center officially debuts
The ceremonial opening of Hamburg’s new dispatch center had to wait a few minutes Thursday, while an emergency call — one of 150,000 calls handled each year — was dispatched. (Updated: 11/06/09 8:02 AM )
Orchard Park unions ready to talk
Orchard Park union employees told Town Board members during the annual budget hearing Wednesday night they are ready to negotiate in good faith. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:23 AM )
Head lice policy about to change
The Orchard Park School District is planning to change its policy on head lice and will send children home from school if they have active lice. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:23 AM )
Marilla wants rezoning modified
The Marilla Town Board met in a work session Tuesday to discuss a request to rezone a Clinton Street site to senior housing. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:23 AM )
Victims end up outside their home, and couple want safer intersection
Tim and Jennifer DeLotto never want to experience another night like Sunday. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:23 AM )
East Aurora officials cool to expanding rule for project hearings
East Aurora’s reputation for tough scrutiny on development proposals doesn’t seem to be mellowing. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:23 AM )