Be ready, be prepared and 'Storm the Mall'
Bee Editorial
      There's little doubt that with the one-year anniversary of the surprise October Storm right around the corner, Western New Yorkers won't be able to go to the corner coffee shop without overhearing reminiscent stories of how long the power was out,
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Spindle items
JESSICA FINCH Associate Editor
      • COOKIE TIME - Girl Scouts are known for their cookies, and not one to disappoint, the Girl Scout Council of Buffalo & Erie County is introducing two new cookies and a new "look" to another.
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Simple investment could help yield millions of dollars for county
DAN MEYER Political Columnist
      With less than 90 days left in his tenure as Erie county executive, I'm sure the cardboard boxes and packing peanuts have already been ordered as Joel Giambra prepares to vacate the big corner office on the Rath County Office Building's 16th floor.
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Albany stuck on the wrong track
JAMES P. HAYES New York State Assembly
      In a speech last week before the Citizen's Budget Commission, a nonpartisan group of fiscal analysts, New York's budget director made the stunning announcement that the state's deficit is now projected to rise to $4 billion next year - $500 million more than originally projected.
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