Business owner to perch on billboard for 30 hours
Goal is to raise $30,000
by JESSICA L. FINCH Associate Editor
      For 30 hours, Janet Stanek, president of Stand Advertising, will live on a billboard overlooking Interstate 190. She won't leave the 2-foot by 6-foot platform from 6 a.m. Monday, Oct. 1 until noon on Tuesday, Oct. 2. "I'll read, wave at cars, talk on my phone. Maybe take my laptop to do some wor...
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Donahoe, former president of the Buffalo Bills, named to Nichols's board of trustees
      Nichols School has named Thomas Donahoe of Amherst as a new member of the board of trustees. Donahoe is a former president and general manager of the Buffalo Bills. While with the team he helped develop the Bills Store, Bills Digest, the youth football initiative, a Bills youth football field an...
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Business News
      The Amherst Public Library Clearfield Branch, 770 Hopkins Road, Williamsville, will host "Fourteen Ways to Preserve Your Assets with the New Medicaid Laws" from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10.
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Business News
      Sally Moran of Williamsville has advanced to coordinator as an independent distributor for Market America, a product brokerage and Internet marketing company.
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Waterford Village Bank celebrates grand opening
      Waterford Village Bank marked the official opening of its new headquarters facility on Thursday with a ribbon-cutting, flag-raising ceremony and remarks by Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds, R-Clarence, followed by an evening of cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and music.
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Business News
      BNI Business Makers will meet from 6:45 to 8:30 a.m. Thursday Sept. 27 at Marinaccio's Restaurant, 5877 Main St., Williamsville. Tim Royer, president of Timothy D. Royer and Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow. His topic will be "What is long term care all about." For information, call 913-1...
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Beach-Tuyn Funeral Home handles difficult times
160 years
by JESSICA L. FINCH Associate Editor
      Handling the multitude of details while grieving can be made easier with help from the experienced. Beach-Tuyn Funeral Home Inc.'s 160 years of experience can assist a family when the planning of a funeral service seems overwhelming.
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Meetings
      M&T Bank sets mortgage seminar M&T Bank will be sponsoring a free seminar for seniors interested in learning how a reverse mortgage can be used to supplement retirement income, without having to worry about making monthly payments. The seminar will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. ...
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WBA to host healthcare forum on Oct. 4
      The Williamsville Business Association Business Development Forum will present its second annual program for small business owners from 5:45 to 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4 at the Williamsville Meeting House and Museum, 5653 Main St.
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Dave and Adam's Card World
Trading card dealers open Transit location
by KIMBERLY M. KARCHER Clarence Editor
      Dave Silver and Adam Martin were avid card collectors growing up. The two even sold cards to help pay their way through college - University at Buffalo for Martin and Rochester Institute of Technology for Silver. In 1991 the two friends went into business together, opening a small card store on...
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