Elma News

Steuben Foods today marked taking ownership of its massive 150-acre Elma complex, which now employs 475 people.

The second annual Lavender Festival featuring artisans, growers, farmers' market and more will take place from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Saturday at Angelica's Park Circle, Angelica .

Old Fort Niagara is preparing for its largest living-history display ever this holiday weekend as it celebrates the 250th anniversary of the French and Indian War, and you're invited.

Children in 2057 won't have to read history books to find out what life was like in Hamburg in 2009.

First it was the rainy weather that caused delays in the International Junior Masters golf tournament.

So it's almost July, and this is the summer you swore you were going to get rid of that unkempt flowerbed and design a real landscape in the front or back of your house.

The latest in a series of bear sightings throughout western New York is from Nice Road in Newstead .

Elma's Conservative, Democratic and Republican parties have endorsed several newcomers vying for the Town Board seat to be vacated by longtime Democratic board member Susan B. Glownia.

A driver pulled over in Elma on suspicion of speeding was charged with drunk driving and drug possession by state troopers early today.

Two men attending the Marilla Fire Company Carnival are accused of tipping over a portable lavatory early today -- with someone inside it.

State Police arrested two men Friday night after traffic incidents in Elma and Boston that led to further charges.

A 45-year-old Elma man was charged with driving while intoxicated, after his motorcycle collided with a car on Seneca Street in Elma late Monday night, Erie County sheriff's officials said.

For the past 2z ye 1/2 r 1/3 , Sherry Yousett of the Town of Lockport, the mother of two teenage boys, has been battling liposarcoma, a particularly aggressive form of cancer.

Chances are that somewhere this weekend, a group of students in Western New York will gather around a beer keg.

Tracy Staerr pleaded guilty today to stealing $70,000 from the Elma company that employed her as a bookkeeper.

PERENNIAL PLANT SALE: New Covenant Tabernacle is hosting a Perennial/Plant Sale from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. today and from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. Sunday in the courtyard at 345 McConkey Drive, Town of Tonawanda.

No new subdivisions will be approved in Elma while the Town Board crafts a new building code.

TOWN MEETING:Western New York Independent Living is hosting a town meeting with Mayor Byron W. Brown for citizens with disabilities from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. next Thursday in its Job Club Room, 3108 Main St.

A Lackawanna man was arrested on multiple charges following a traffic stop in the Town of Elma, Erie County sheriff's deputies reported this morning.

The phenomenon of the free concert series has us in its grip, but the major ones around town aren't always family-friendly. So for all the moms and dads out there, we've compiled a list of free community concert series throughout Western New York.