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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
Harper expansion has catch
The Lancaster company, which designs and builds complex equipment used at extremely high temperatures in the production of carbon fibers, plans to expand -- but only if the company receives tax breaks for the project.
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.
Lancaster
The Town Board last week approved a Right to Farm Law that aims to “preserve the rural character and traditions of the town” by protecting agricultural operations in Lancaster from nuisance complaints.
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.
A roadside memorial marks the spot on Sagebrush Lane in Lancaster where Bryce W. Buchholz, 14, was struck and killed May 3.
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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,
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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 »