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Monday, July 6, 2009

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East Aurora considers fees for snow plow drivers

East Aurora is looking to crack down on private snowplow operators hired by village residents and businesses to clear driveways. (Updated: 07/06/09 8:04 AM )

DEC targets Lackawanna sludge

Forty pockets of contamination on the site of the former Bethlehem Steel Corp. in Lackawanna are being targeted by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. (Updated: 07/06/09 6:54 AM )

Village considers fees for plow drivers

East Aurora is looking to crack down on private snowplow operators hired by village residents and businesses to clear driveways. (Updated: 07/06/09 6:54 AM )

Man with prior convictions faces felony DWI charge

A Lackawanna man with 18 previous license suspensions and revocations was arrested Saturday night on felony charges of driving while intoxicated and aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle, Erie County sheriff’s deputies said. (Updated: 07/06/09 6:54 AM )

Fest will offer blend of history, wildlife

Birds of prey and medieval pageantry will be on display at Hawk Creek Wildlife Center’s annual Wildlife and Renaissance Festival, starting later this month in East Aurora. (Updated: 07/06/09 6:54 AM )

Priest requests get well cards for boy with brain tumor

A priest is asking the community to send get well cards to a 4-year-old East Aurora boy who is scheduled to undergo brain surgery later this month in New York City to remove a tumor. (Updated: 07/04/09 6:50 AM )

Financial woes facing figure after FBI search

Michael Wilson, the 22-year-old businessman whose company shelled out $2 million and agreed to pay an additional $4.3 million for two Hamburg mansions last year, appears to be having money problems. Which is in addition to the search of the houses by FBI agents Wednesday. (Updated: 07/03/09 10:57 AM )

District reconsiders bus garage location

It’s time to move the Orchard Park Central School District bus garage, Superintendent Joan Thomas said Wednesday night. (Updated: 07/02/09 7:29 AM )

Principals back merging Orchard Park offices

The two officials who would be most affected by the proposal to consolidate Orchard Park’s tax receiver with the office of town clerk say it’s a good idea. (Updated: 07/01/09 7:04 AM )

Food pantry forced to seek new home

Two freezers, a refrigerator and an estimated 5 tons of food were cleared out Tuesday from the former St. William school building on Harlem Road — ending a more than 30-year run for the West Seneca pantry. (Updated: 07/01/09 7:04 AM )

Nominations are sought for Ultimate Fairgoer

It’s time for nominations for the Ultimate Fairgoer—a person who can’t get enough of the Erie County Fair. (Updated: 07/01/09 7:04 AM )

Wall leaves, Vietnam emotions linger

Thousands of Western New Yorkers showed up to view the largest traveling replica of the national Vietnam Veterans Memorial that was on display in the Town of Aurora until Monday evening. (Updated: 06/30/09 8:08 AM )

Time capsule for kin tests residents’ imaginations

Children in 2057 won’t have to read history books to find out what life was like in Hamburg in 2009. (Updated: 06/30/09 6:55 AM )

Penn Dixie Site to hold science day camp

Campers will explore fossils, astronomy, weather, ecology and rocketry at Science Adventure Day Camp at the Penn Dixie Site in Hamburg this summer. (Updated: 06/30/09 6:55 AM )

Summer fun begins at Cradle Beach

They came rolling in by the bus-loads, dragging their suitcases behind them. (Updated: 06/30/09 8:04 AM )

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