Supervisor race remains undecided in Orchard Park
The winner of the Orchard Park town supervisor’s race will not be known for at least a week. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:57 AM )
Privacy becomes an issue with new scanners
Elections commissioners consider the new electronic scanning machines a success in the general election, but they plan to do more in the future to promote voter privacy. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:23 AM )
Springville suspension explained
An uproar over the suspension of the athletic director in Springville-Griffith School District prompted the School Board on Tuesday to waive its policy against discussing personnel matters with the public. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:15 AM )
Newcomers win in some suburbs
Two men who served as Aurora town supervisor were no match for a woman who never did. Newcomer Jolene M. Jeffe, 41, easily outdistanced incumbent Dwight Krieger and former Supervisor Thomas E. Cotton to win the top spot in Aurora. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:15 AM )
Race for supervisor too close to call in Orchard Park
The Orchard Park supervisor’s race was too close to call late Tuesday night, with Democratic Town Clerk Janis A. Colarusso leading Republican Patrick J. Keem by just 72 votes. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:15 AM )
Dickinson’s suspension due to insufficient credentials
An uproar over the suspension of the athletic director in Springville- Griffith School District prompted the School Board on Tuesday to waive its policy against discussing personnel matters with the public. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:15 AM )
Walters coasts to second term as supervisor
Hamburg Republican Supervisor Steven J. Walters coasted to a second term Tuesday, winning nearly 60 percent of the vote. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:14 AM )
Only two question Hamburg budget
Hamburg’s budget hearing Monday night was tame, with just two residents raising questions on next year’s tentative budget. (Updated: 11/03/09 7:11 AM )
West Seneca residents complain about noise at blacktop plant
Residents pleaded with the West Seneca Town Board on Monday night to do something about the rumblings of a blacktop processing plant they say has been making it difficult to sleep at night. (Updated: 11/03/09 7:50 AM )
Village to acquire lot from state for $1
Hamburg Village Board members agreed informally Monday evening to buy a gravel lot at Main and Buffalo streets from the state for $1. (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 )
Highway chief opposed by write-in candidate
Highway Superintendent Edward Michalski is the only candidate facing opposition in Evans on Tuesday—and his opponent is a write-in candidate. (Updated: 11/02/09 6:44 AM )
2 incumbents face 2 challengers in races for Town Board seats
Four candidates are seeking two seats on the Eden Town Board in Tuesday’s election. Both are for four-year terms. (Updated: 10/31/09 10:16 AM )
Bove, Wirth battle for 9th District seat
The two people who each hope to become the next county legislator representing West Seneca and South Cheektowaga both say it’s time to cut government spending and market Erie County to attract more businesses to the area. (Updated: 10/31/09 9:17 AM )
3 Council seats being contested in Lackawanna
Three incumbents will battle to keep their seats on Lackawanna’s five-member City Council as city voters head to the polls Tuesday. (Updated: 10/31/09 4:03 PM )
Atomic site workers commemorated
Deceased Bethlehem Steel, Linde Air and West Valley workers who were exposed to radiation while working on materials for atomic weapons during the Cold War were remembered by their families as home front patriots in a solemn ceremony held Friday night in St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in South Buffalo. (Updated: 10/31/09 7:50 AM )
Perkins challenges Dains for top highway post
Incumbent Concord Highway Superintendent Dennis Dains is being challenged by former highway supervisor Edward Perkins, a Democrat. (Updated: 10/31/09 9:17 AM )
Cerrone seeks write-in votes against board incumbents
Salvatore Cerrone is mounting a write-in candidacy for the Orchard Park Town Board, saying he wanted to offer an alternative to Republicans David R. Kaczor and Eugene L. Majchrzak, who are running unopposed. (Updated: 10/31/09 9:17 AM )
Legislator Reynolds challenged by Dixon
Robert B. Reynolds has been a marked man for months, targeted for removal from the Erie County Legislature by County Executive Chris Collins. (Updated: 10/30/09 9:29 AM )
Sardinia voters to elect new supervisor, 2 board members
Sardinia voters will choose a new supervisor and two new Town Board members Tuesday. (Updated: 10/30/09 7:00 AM )
West Seneca tax receiver’s office may be axed, but 2 seek it anyway
For the first time in a dozen years, West Seneca voters will have a choice when they cast ballots Tuesday for the town’s receiver of taxes. (Updated: 10/30/09 9:27 AM )
Boston Tea Party challenges incumbents in town election
A different kind of Boston Tea Party is in full swing this year — the election-style variety that’s dominating the Town of Boston and raising lots of questions. (Updated: 10/30/09 7:00 AM )
2 run for Colden supervisor; 2 other board seats on ballot
Two candidates are vying for supervisor, and four are seeking two other four-year seats on the Colden Town Board. (Updated: 10/30/09 9:56 AM )
Holland board seat is only contest
Holland voters won’t have many races to ponder when they head to the polls Tuesday. (Updated: 10/30/09 7:00 AM )
Orchard Park board to drop insurance for members
The Orchard Park Town Board is expected to approve a measure next month to eliminate health insurance for future members. (Updated: 10/30/09 7:44 AM )
Three wage spirited race in Hamburg
Four years ago, Steven J. Walters was the new candidate questioning the incumbent supervisor at Hamburg Town Board meetings. (Updated: 10/30/09 8:45 AM )
Sheriff asks County Legislature to put department jobs in budget
Sheriff Timothy B. Howard wanted 75 new positions for his department. (Updated: 10/28/09 7:12 AM )
Allegations cloud election in Collins
Allegations of corruption in the Collins Highway Department have overshadowed races in the town, although it has not been brought up by the challenger to Highway Superintendent Francis J. “Joe” Gernatt Jr. (Updated: 10/28/09 9:50 AM )
Aurora facility report under wraps
A cost analysis of three options for a joint facility plan for the Town of Aurora, the Village of East Aurora and the Aurora Public Library has been completed, but officials are keeping details under wraps. (Updated: 10/28/09 9:46 AM )
Lack of quorum cancels Town Board meeting
The Hamburg Town Board did not meet Monday night as scheduled, due to a lack of quorum, Town Clerk Catherine A. Rybczynski said. (Updated: 10/27/09 7:11 AM )
