Sold: People Inc. buys Mennonite House
by JESSICA L. FINCH Associate Editor
The Mennonite Meeting House might now be private property. The Amherst Town Board voted 5-2 on Monday to sell the structure to People Inc. for a bid of $263,000, in addition to the $37,000 already invested by the company. More ...
Board debates future of comptroller, accepts Maple Road FEIS
by JESSICA L. FINCH Associate Editor
Discussing personnel issues in public, holding two-hour resident comment periods on development and misunderstanding rules of order have been common themes this past year, and nothing changed in the final 2007 Amherst Town Board meeting on Monday. More ...
McGuire honored as upstanding council member
by JESSICA L. FINCH Associate Editor
Council Member Michael G. McGuire's final meeting was emotional. After 16 years on the Amherst Town Board, he said it was time to step down. He believed in brevity but in his final board meeting he took time to thank each department in the town, the residents, his friends and especially his famil... More ...
All is bright
Joel Re of 17 Fairglen Drive, Getzville, extensively decorates his home for Christmas each year. The ritual begins after the family dinner on Thanksgiving as he plugs in one circuit at a time to the delight of his neighbors. More ...
LaPlante inducted into Sacred Heart Hall
SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW
by PATRICK J. NAGY
When Gina Marie LaPlante played basketball for Sacred Heart Academy, she said her friends never missed any of her games. More ...
Torch has been passed, Heim Middle principal named
by JESSICA L. FINCH Associate Editor
Heim Middle School Principal Charles Kramer has decided to retire from the Williamsville Central School District after nearly 40 years in education. Since joining the district in 1989, he has worked in three schools and also ran the summer school program for five years, which at the time held cla... More ...
Amherst police apprehend 'Good Samaritan bandit'
Amherst police have made an arrest in connection with the Nov. 11 larceny of an elderly woman's purse from the Olive Garden on Maple Road. Police have charged Catherine M. Montgomery, 58, of Akron with grand larceny in the fourth degree. More ...
Bee to publish one day later
Bee Group Newspapers will publish one day later than normal during the weeks of Christmas and New Year's Day. Next week's paper will be published on Thursday, Dec. 27. The deadline for editorial material and classified advertising will be 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21. More ...
Santa Claus plans neighborhood visits
Santa Claus will be making the rounds through several Amherst neighborhoods aboard fire trucks this week, thanks to local fire departments. More ...
ARTISTS AT WORK
Peter Evancho and Cheyenne Freely, pupils at St. Leo the Great School in Amherst, create Christmas window hangings during the annual Jesus Birthday Party. The celebration began with Mass and continued with a party in the school gym, which included a band, crafts, cookie decorating, face painting,... More ...
STORY TIME
Buffalo Sabres' player Brian Campbell reads to Alex Rosseland, 3, of Kenmore, at Summit Academy in Amherst on Dec. 11. Summit Academy is a year-round school program serving children with developmental disabilities, including autism. Campbell has been a strong supporter of the academy during the p... More ...
Jennifer Higgins, an elementary physical education teacher at Smallwood Elementary School in the Amherst School District, is the 2007 recipient of the Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year Award from the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. More... |
The Town of Amherst's last meeting of 2007 was no better than the first. As is the case when it comes to voting on major issues, the board falls apart - sometimes even for minor issues, but that is, well, another issue. Monday's vote on whether to allow People Inc. More... |
Majority of town supports project Benderson Development should be applauded for trying to do something new to enhance our quality of life in Amherst. The company should be further applauded for not seeking any public funding for its $44 million investment at the former Buffalo Gun Club. More... |
(Editors note: The Bee's police blotter is a sampling of unusual, sometimes humorous calls received by the police department. It is not intended to be a complete record of all incidents reported.) Friday, Dec. More... |
(Editor's note: Call The Bee at 632-0390 and record a one-minute comment on our Bee Heard line. It gives readers an opportunity to comment quickly and candidly on items of local or regional interest. Callers do not have to identify themselves and no callers' names will be used. More... |
Joseph M. Mercurio, 87, of Amherst, died on Friday, Dec. 14, 2007 at Rosa Coplon Nursing Facility. Born in Lockport, Mr. Mercurio was a graduate of Canisius High School. He served with the U.S. Army in the Philippines during World War II. More... |
READY TO GO - Amherst High School's Community Service Club collected more than 1,000 pounds of food in its holiday food drive, with items to be donated to the Food Bank of WNY. Pictured with bags of food are, from left, Allysa Antolin, Paula Jones, Lizzy Johnson, Anne Marie Pera, Jordan Pescrill... More... |
There's no question that the strength of the Williamsville North's girls indoor track team is its depth. "What is nice is we are versatile," said North coach Julian Blake. "We don't have to run girls in three events. That is going to be huge, because I don't have to overrun the kids more than I h... More... |
125 Years Ago Dec. 21, 1882 Messrs. Ed J. Smith and Phil Hitchcock of Lancaster were in Williamsville last Friday, and on their way home met with quite a mishap, by the harness breaking and their horse running away. Phil went heels over head into a snow bank but Ed hung on to one line and fina... More... |
WNY landscapes featured in exhibit Artist Jeffrey Swaluk's landscapes featuring Western New York, Niagara on the Lake, and New England scenes from Boston, Cape Cod and Maine will be on display at from Tuesday, Jan. 1 through Feb. 26 at the Jewish Community Center Bunis Family Gallery, 2640 N. ... More... |
now-December Albright-Knox Christmas Tree - On view through December at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton streets, Buffalo. The tree features 18th century créche figurines. now-Dec. More... |
BNI Business Makers will meet from 7 to 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10 at Amberleigh, 2330 Maple Road, west of Transit Road. Bryan Castro will be guest speaker, presenting "Put Your Oxygen Mask on First." Call Deb Nye at 913-1541 for information. More... |
- LEGAL NOTICE - PLEASE TAKE NOTICE separate sealed bids are invited and will be received publicly opened and read on behalf of the Eggertsville Fire District at 8:30 a.m. E.S.T., on Thursday, December 27, 2007, at 1880 Eggert Rd., Eggertsville, N.Y. 14226-2233 for the purchase of 48 - 75 ft. More... |
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