Board members should have acted as such
      With or without Supervisor Satish Mohan at the gavel, the Amherst Town Board can't maintain order in its work sessions or meetings. Mohan was unable to attend Monday's work session because of "personal business," leaving Deputy Supervisor Roy Wixson to handle the usual chaos...
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Spindle items
JESSICA FINCH Associate Editor
      + AIR-CONDITIONER MYTH - I have been surprised by the number of people I see driving with their windows up during these warm days because I can only assume they are using air conditioning - or they are just cold by nature. I love having my windows open during sunny, ...
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Out of the Past
      125 Years Ago May 18, 1882 Mr. H.M. Long has received, and has on exhibition, one of the celebrated Deering harvesters and twine self-binders, manufactured at Chicago, Ill. Over 7,000 were sold last year, showing the popularity of the machine.
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Cutting tax deduction didn't sit well with Catholics
      DAN MEYER Political Columnist File this latest observation and analysis of New York's state budget under the category of "never underestimate the power of.
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'Upstate Now' invests in Western New York
      MARY LOU RATH New York State Senator This week the Senate unveiled the Upstate Now agenda, a comprehensive job creation and economic growth plan that will transform and revitalize the upstate economy, generate billions of dollars in new investment, and create thousands o...
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Funding neighborhood libraries planning crucial
LYNN MARINELLI Legislature Chairperson
      The 2007 county budget allocated $22.2 million to library services. The amount is less than what the library system received 10 years ago. It had remained unchanged for three years. The level of current neighborhood library branch funding is not sufficient to sustain downsiz...
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