Bee Editorial
Seven months, 43,000 parcels, zero dollars - do the math
      Atotal of $375,000 was cut from the Town of Amherst Assessment Department for 2007, which cancelled the total assessment program that for the past seven years warranted an annual grant of $211,000 from New York State. Now, Assessor Harry Williams is estimating it will cost $400,000 to $500,000 to ...
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Spindle items
JESSICA FINCH Associate Editor
      + BIRTHDAY RECAP - I was very touched by the many birthday wishes on Monday from town residents, co-workers and my family and friends. I had a wonderful pre-birthday celebration while in Saratoga Springs with West Seneca editor Breann Howell for the New York Press Association Conference.
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Out of the Past
      125 Years Ago April 6, 1882 Quite a ripple of excitement has been caused in our village, and numerous old stories revived, in regard to the building which D. Wehrle is tearing down preparatory to building a new one. During the forepart of the week, workmen engaged in the excavating under the bu...
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Will latest Bass Pro deal actually come to reality?
BRIAN ACKLEY Political Columnist
      Like this winter's flu bug, it's still hard to shake the feeling that Buffalo's latest incarnation to reinvent the waterfront will really happen, isn't it?
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Empty promises, lost opportunities in new state budget
JAMES P. HAYES New York State Assembly
      The just completed 2007-08 state budget process has left taxpayers holding a bag of empty promises and lost opportunities for getting state spending under control in order to help the private sector grow jobs in Western New York.
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