Bee Editorial
Delay in sewer construction leaves residents at risk
      For the sake of the homeowners in parts of Clarence and Amherst, let's hope the pause in the Harris Hill Pollution Abatement Sewage Works Corporation plan doesn't last too long. When sewage is backing up into one's home, or a septic tank is failing, time is the enemy.
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Spindle items
JESSICA FINCH Associate Editor
      + HARD FACTS - Throughout the day I receive e-mails that have nothing to do with Amherst. Many times they are from a mass e-mail list from places around the country. When I received one such e-mail from Poughkeepsie, I figured it was just more junk mail. Well junk is truly the operative word ...
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Out of the Past
      125 Years Ago May 4, 1882 Gustavus J. Mueller, after a four-week illness, quietly and peacefully went to rest Thursday evening, April 27, 1882. He was 22 years and 23 days of age. He was a beloved member of the Rough and Ready Fire Company and the Royal Templars of Temperance.
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Collins gives GOP confidence it will win county exec's race
BRIAN ACKLEY Political Columnist
      I've got Jan. 1 circled on the calendar as the date I tackle my next reclamation project. Now that all the pieces of the upcoming Erie County executive's race have pretty much fallen into place - although who earns the Conservative Party nod is still not an insignificant development - Chris Colli...
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STAR program questions answered
JAMES P. HAYES New York State Assembly
      The 2007-08 New York State budget provides for STAR property tax rebate checks to be sent to homeowners currently enrolled in the Basic STAR program and seniors enrolled in Enhanced STAR. Seniors enrolled in the Enhanced STAR program do not need to fill out any additional paperwork to automaticall...
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