Bee Editorial
Place a moratorium on creating committees
      Supervisor Satish Mohan said at Monday's work session that he never knew the town had a Citizens Advisory Committee on Privacy. He claims he doesn't know about it yet it was formed on Jan. 16, a meeting that he attended. Council Member Dan Ward was the first to make an appointment to the committe...
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Spindle items
JESSICA FINCH Associate Editor
      + BY ANY OTHER NAME - It has become an office joke that I am called Jennifer almost more than Jessica. Even when I answer my phone with the rehearsed greeting, "Amherst Bee this is Jessica, how can I help?
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Out of the Past
      125 Years Ago June 8, 1882 "A splendid instrument" is an expression we have heard used by several of our citizens who have purchased pianos of Mr. John M. Shuler, the justly celebrated piano manufacturer of 916 Main Street, Buffalo. Mr. Shuler's prices and terms are such as to offer extra indu...
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Spitzer's consolidation proposal a noble idea, but it won't work
DAN MEYER Political Columnist
      When it comes to talk concerning consolidation, every few years we hear of a couple of area school districts beginning to talk about some type of merger or incorporation of shared services.
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Corrections
      Amherst Middle School student Jacob Manny, eighth grade, was named to the high honor roll for the third quarter of the 2006-07 school year. Incorrect information was provided by the school. Travis Denman is not the only Sweet Home baseball player to throw a no-hitter against an opponent in the la...
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