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Jack Kempa s name to go on post office
Congressman Brian Higgins joined his colleagues in the House of Representatives in approving S.1211, a bill naming the U.S. Post Office at 60 School Street in Orchard Park, New York for Jack Kemp.
Race for supervisor too close to call in Orchard Park
November 04, 2009, 7:15 AM / The Orchard Park supervisor's race was too close to call late Tuesday night, with Democratic Town Clerk Janis A. Colarusso leading Republican Patrick J. Keem by just 72 votes.
Hamburg Supervisor Race a Landslide, OP Race Too Close to Call
It was a tale of two races in the Southtowns Tuesday night. In Hamburg, a landslide win for incumbent Supervisor Steven Walters, while in Orchard Park, it's too close to call.
Profile low for elections at county, local levels
High-profile contests are absent from today's ballot, city turnout is expected to be low, and no single race has captured the attention of the Western New York electorate.
Rod Watson: If our leaders are biased, what are we?
I've always found it curious that one of the most segregated areas in the country would dub its hub the City of Good Neighbors.
For Orchard Park, time is standing still
She could not understand it then. She does not understand it now. More than two decades ago, Millie Goodenough tried to do something sensible in Orchard Park.
On the Record / October 22, 2009
October 22, 2009, 7:01 AM / Hires/Promotions/ Honors Roswell Park Cancer Institute appointed Dr.
Five Golf Courses Under $20 in Western New York
If you love golfing as much as I do, then you are always trying to get out and play.
Section VI football playoff field set
One season down, one most important season to go. The Section VI football season concluded this weekend and the stage is set for the three-week postseason which will culminate with the sectional championships at Ralph Wilson Stadium Nov.
Orchard Park taken to task over housing
When Jean Deahn retired, she wanted to move closer to her daughter, Susan, and granddaughter, Cheyenne, who live in Blasdell.
County vows to shore up chasm at Orchard Park corner
Sometimes, even when the road is smooth, there are still bumps along the way. That's the case on Highland Avenue in Orchard Park, where drivers turning in either direction are running into problems with two corner drains where the street meets Freeman Road.
Town supervisors heed calls for austerity
After a summer of angry tea parties followed by successful downsizing votes this fall, town supervisors may have gotten the message that residents are not in the mood to be trifled with.
2 contested races in Orchard Park
October 17, 2009, 6:52 AM / Orchard Park's next supervisor will have two years to get used to working with the five-member Town Board before it is reduced to three members.
Orchard Park Fire District starts nonprofit EMS
Struggling with a dwindling number of volunteers to answer ambulance calls in the town, the volunteer firefighters in Orchard Park decided to create a nonprofit corporation with paid paramedics.
Traffic stop leads to four arrests
October 15, 2009, 10:03 AM / A traffic stop for a vehicle speeding on Route 219 in Orchard Park early today led Erie County sheriff's deputies to arrest four people and confiscate multiple prescription medicine bottles containing Lortabs and muscle relaxants.
Postgame Accident Suspect Due in Court
The teenager accused of driving drunk outside Ralph Wilson Stadium on Sunday is due back in court today.. Police say 19 year old Brandon McLean of Williamsville injured seven people, including two Orchard Park police officers and an Erie County sheriff's deputy, just outside the stadium on Southwestern Boulevard.
Thurman Thomas statue missing, day after unveiling
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. A chain saw carving of former Buffalo Bills running back Thurman Thomas is missing from a parking lot across from Ralph Wilson stadium, a day after it was unveiled.
Mother of slain US diplomat in Sudan demands death penalty
The mother of a US Agency for International Development employee killed in early 2008 insisted that the death penalty be carried out against the four men convicted of killing him.
Hit & Run Crash Outside Bills Game
Three people, including an Erie County Sheriff's deputy, were injured in a hit and run crash near Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park following Sunday's Buffalo Bills game.
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