Bee Editorial
Notification procedure needs some work
      Daisy Lane residents recently learned from a flier flapping on a pole that the lighting on their street would be discussed by the Amherst Town Board. No information was sent to their homes. Homeowners showed up to refute the proposal and won. That means they won't be required to have lights insta...
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Spindle items
JESSICA FINCH Associate Editor
      • BEYOND OUR CONTROL - I know that many of you enjoy reading the police blotter entries and will be disappointed to learn that The Amherst Bee is without such report this week.
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Out of the Past
      125 Years Ago July 20, 1882 A dispatch from Springfield, Ill. says that Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln, widow of President Lincoln, died at the residence of her sister, Mrs. A.W. Edwards, at 8:15 o'clock Sunday evening of paralysis. She was 64 years old.
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'Gimme Jimmy'... a phrase still uttered politically
DAN MEYER Political Columnist
      There may be nothing more entertaining in the world of Western New York politics this summer than Jimmy Griffin's campaign for Erie County executive.
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Western New York needs to attract more sporting events
MARY LOU RATH New York State Senator
      According to a recent study by the Travel Industry of America, $182 billion was spent in 2006 on sports-related travel. Fifty percent of this travel - accounting for $91 billion - occurs at the amateur level. Regional, national and international competitions are responsible for a lot of this tr...
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Human Services is planning for the future
LYNN MARINELLI Legislature Chairperson
      Erie County Human Services professionals are confronting multiple short- and long-term challenges. The many challenges are reflected in national trends: nearly one in six persons nationally receives some form of public assistance, and Medicaid spending is expected to grow more than 6 percent in 20...
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