Bee Editorial
Youth delinquency on the rise in town
      School is out and youth activity complaints have increased in the Amherst police blotter. If the youths in Amherst need something better to do than throw beer bottles at cars and eggs at houses or drink alcohol, I'm sure we can come up with something.
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DAVID F. SHERMAN Managing Editor
      + INDEPENDENCE DAY - A family vacation last week gave me the opportunity to visit several sites in Atlanta. Not many people named "Sherman" are welcomed in that southern city, but time seems to have healed many of the wounds left by Gen. William T.
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Out of the Past
      125 Years Ago July 6, 1882 Tuesday morning the sky looked dark and dubious and, in fact, retained that look all day. Notwithstanding this, however, hundreds of picnickers wended their way to the grove and the majority stayed until the gathering darkness compelled a cessation of amusements. The...
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In government, real debate is perception versus reality
DAN MEYER Political Columnist
      With Buffalo's retired public works commissioner pleading guilty last week to criminal charges that he accepted trips from companies that had contracts with the city, the issue of ethics in local government is on the minds of many folks in Western New York.
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Legislature breaks after disappointing session
JAMES P. HAYES New York State Assembly
      The old adage used to predict the weather in March certainly applied to the State Legislature last week when it adjourned for the summer in gridlock.
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