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Water funds available in Marilla
By Nancy Gish SOUTHTOWNS CORRESPONDENT
Updated: 05/09/08 6:48 AM

Hard-hit Marilla residents in the Clinton Street-Cayuga Creek Road area of the proposed Water District No. 5 have learned that emergency funding through the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Agency is now available.
Crack, cash seized in Lackawanna raid

Updated: 05/09/08 6:43 AM

A Lackawanna woman faces felony charges following a drug raid on her Olcott Street house late Thursday, authorities said.
Grant eases costs of combining police forces
By Elmer Ploetz NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 05/09/08 6:33 AM

The Town of Evans and Village of Angola have already received some return on their investment in consolidating police forces.
Colden honors vet wounded in Iraq
By Harold McNeil
Updated: 05/09/08 6:41 AM

David Beardi of Colden, a husband and father of three, owned two thriving businesses in the town before he was deployed to Iraq in November 2005.
$6,800 pact approved for Elma court cameras
By Nancy GishSOUTHTOWNS CORRESPONDENT
Updated: 05/08/08 12:55 PM

The Elma Town Board on Wednesday night approved a contract with Direct Security Systems to provide security cameras for the courts at a cost of $6,800.
Evans car lot wins renewal of use permit
By Steve BrachmannSOUTHTOWNS CORRESPONDENT
Updated: 05/08/08 12:56 PM

The Evans Town Board has approved renewing a special-use permit for Junior’s Auto Sales at 9712 Southwestern Blvd.
Witkowski named Hamburg administrator
By Elmer Ploetz NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 05/08/08 6:31 AM

The Hamburg Village Board has appointed a village administrator, who board members hope will hold the position for some time.
Orchard Park Schools conducting kindergarten enrollment

Updated: 05/08/08 12:58 PM

Orchard Park Central elementary schools are conducting enrollment for pupils entering kindergarten in the fall.
Artificial turf for Howe Field to go before Hamburg for vote
By Eileen WerbitskySOUTHTOWNS CORRESPONDENT
Updated: 05/08/08 12:59 PM

Howe Field in Hamburg will join the growing number of athletic fields across Western New York that are trading in their natural grass for synthetic turf, pending a referendum this summer.
Two get prison time in Southtowns spree
By Matt Gryta NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 05/07/08 6:45 AM

The mastermind of a Southtowns crime spree against businesses and one of his accomplices got stiff prison terms Tuesday for more than $150,000 in thefts and damage they and another man caused over the past two years.
Dog of slain diplomat welcomed with honor amid aura of heroism
By Jay Tokasz NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 05/07/08 6:40 AM

Slain U. S. diplomat John M. Granville continues to be remembered as a hero in his native Buffalo and beyond.
Lackawanna Six member freed from prison, sent to halfway house
By Maki Becker NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 05/07/08 6:40 AM

Faysal H. Galab, the first of the Lackawanna Six to plead guilty, has been released from federal prison and is now living in a halfway house in Detroit.
Support for Hoover Beach bike trail appears unlikely
By Elmer Ploetz NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 05/06/08 6:51 AM

The proposed Hoover Beach bike trail didn’t just hit some speed bumps Monday night; the plan appeared to be grinding to a screeching halt.
DWI charged as crash of pickup injures two

Updated: 05/06/08 6:51 AM

An alleged drunken driver was taken by Mercy Flight to Erie County Medical Center late Monday evening following a violent one-vehicle crash on Revere Road in the Town of Evans, Evans police reported.
Workforce Development plans youth career day

Updated: 05/06/08 6:51 AM

Erie Community College will help the Buffalo and Erie County Workforce Development Consortium Youth Services Program kick off its Career Development Day from 5 to 8 p. m. Wednesday at 3176 Abbott Road, Orchard Park.


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