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Overriding tax caps largely rejected
Niagara Wheatfield, Wyoming budgets defeated; Holland is exception.
Results of Erie County school elections
Breakdown of votes for budget, school board candidates and propositions by district.
School budgets face first vote under tax cap
State's new limit on suburban districts applies to levy, which can rise more than 2 percent.
The Week in Washington
News Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Zremski previews the week ahead in the nation's capital, as well as looking at how it will impact Western New York.
Clerk’s Office brings backlog of unopened mail up to date
An estimated $3 million in checks that had been languishing in unopened mail in the Erie County Clerk’s Office have been deposited, and “the unprecedented backlog is current,” County Clerk Christopher
A preview of school elections in Erie County
Voters in every Western New York community outside of Buffalo will head to the voting booth Tuesday to consider school budgets, school board candidates and propositions ranging from downsizing boards to authorizing spending on buses.
Feeling the pinch with school budgets
School administrators struggling to create budgets while facing the new state tax cap law.
Grand Island
The school district is benefiting from the legacy of a late member of Niagara Sunday Fliers, a chapter of the Academy of Model Aeronautics.
Delay sought in closing of Isle E-ZPass Center
State and federal representatives are asking the state Thruway Authority to reconsider its plan to close the Grand Island E-ZPass Center on June 8.
Minimum wage debated at hearing
A state Assembly hearing in Buffalo weighed the pros and cons of the proposed minimum wage hike to $8.50, from from the current $7.25 an hour.
Theodora "Teddy" Linenfelser is a lifelong resident of Grand Island.
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High School Scores
Baseball
Wednesday, May. 16
NIAGARA FRONTIER
Grand Island3, Niagara-Wheatfield0
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Grand Island |
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GI: John McGinty wp, cg, 17Ks, 1-hitter; Jon Voyzey 3-3, 2b
Thursday, May. 17
NIAGARA FRONTIER
Lockport atGrand Island, 4:45 p.m.
Softball
Wednesday, May. 16
NIAGARA FRONTIER
Niagara-Wheatfield10, Grand Island2
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Grand Island |
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Nia.-Wheat. |
| 10 |
NW (13-7): Megan Maronco 3-4, 2 run, RBI; Nikki Jacobs RBI 3B
Boys lacrosse
Thursday, May. 17
Class B
Grand Island atWest Seneca East, 7 p.m.
Section VI Play-in
atWest Seneca East
Grand Island atWest Seneca East, 7 p.m.
Track & field
Wednesday, May. 16
Monsignor Martin Championships
atCanisius' Stransky Complex, West Seneca
at, 4 p.m.
Niagara-Orleans Championships
atRoy-Hart
at,
Thursday, May. 17
Niagara-Orleans Championships
atRoy-Hart
at,
Boys track & field
Tuesday, May. 15
NIAGARA FRONTIER
Grand Island99, Lew-Port42
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Grand Island |
| 99 | |||||
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Lew-Port |
| 42 |
GI: Adam Cummings SP (47-3.5), D (128-11); Kevin Freedman 110h (15.4), 400h (1:03.5); Joel Torregrossa 100 (11.5), 200 (24.6). L-P: Dylan Krueger LJ (20-6.5), HJ (5-10).
Boys tennis
Tuesday, May. 15
NIAGARA FRONTIER
Grand Island4, Lockport1
Grand Island Voices
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Entertainment Calendar
Best bets:
- Thu 5/17: Tyler Perry's Madea Gets a Job
- Fri 5/18: An Evening with Yanni
- Fri 5/18: Michael Feinstein presenting the Sinatra Project
- Fri 5/18: Lee "Scratch" Perry
- Sat 5/19: Collective Soul
- Sat 5/19: Louis Prima Jr.
- Sat 5/19: Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
- Wed 5/23: Jazz vocalist Jane Monheit
- Thu 5/24: North Sea Gas
- Fri 5/25: An Evening of Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake and Serenade
- Sat 5/26: Rich Little
- more events »