Bee Editorial
Take the steps needed to avoid becoming a victim
      Nobody has the right to impose fear on someone else. Yet it happens everyday, from large cities to small towns. It happens to children and women far too often. It's happening here, but women in Amherst have come together to put a stop to their vulnerability.
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Spindle items
JESSICA FINCH Associate Editor
      + QUITE A SIGHT - I honestly don't know how many years it has been since I was on a bicycle - let's just say it's been long enough that it makes me question the possibility of the phrase, "just like getting back on a bike.
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Latest legislative session features few hits, many misses
DAN MEYER Political Columnist
      When fully reviewing New York State's 2007 legislative session, you have to come to the realization that the slight progress made by our state lawmakers was overshadowed by one of the most disappointing ends of session in quite some time.
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Tree management plan aims to save as many trees as possible
SATISH MOHAN Amherst Supervisor
      Imet an arborist, Jeremy Sayers, last week in a news conference called by Paul Maurer, leader of Re-Tree WNY, where he was asked, "What is the probability that the damaged trees will survive?" He said, "Trees are tough; they can't go to the doctor, so they find other ways to survive.
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