Bee Editorial
Rezoning requests are land use issues, not moral ones
      When did moral issues become part of a rezoning request? In case you were unaware, town boards cannot make a decision based on morals or ethics. Hence why a strip club or casino usually become hot topics - residents don't want them for moral reasons and become infuriated when one is approved. Why...
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Spindle items
JESSICA FINCH Associate Editor
      • STRENGTH TO QUIT - Chances are you won't find someone who is more against smoking than I am. I don't understand why anyone would ever start a habit that is so bad for their health - documented time and time again.
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Out of the Past
      125 Years Ago Aug. 10, 1882 During the past week, a post office has been established at Snyderville, to be called Snyder, with Michael Snyder as postmaster. Mr. Philip Lout of Clarence, who has been a student of Parker Union School, has been engaged as teacher in District No. 7, Town of Amher...
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Retaining control boards will help ensure long-term financial health
DAN MEYER Political Columnist
      There's been some chatter in recent weeks about the possibility of both the City of Buffalo and Erie County soon taking some baby steps toward the eventual dissolution of the control boards that oversee the fiscal matters of both governments.
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New Amherst superintendent looking forward to fall term
LAURA CHABE Amherst School Superintendent
      Once again, it is the month of August, a very busy month for school districts as they finalize plans for the opening of school in September. These weeks tend to go by quickly and before we know it, the students are back in the building and the year is well on its way.
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County has shown concern for bridge, road repairs
JOEL GIAMBRA Erie County Executive
      The horrific collapse of the bridge in Minnesota has everyone questioning the condition of the bridges and roads in Erie County. This is an issue that I have been in the forefront of during the past seven years. When I took office in 2000, Erie County's bridges and roads had been neglected to the...
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