Blasdell News

More than 25,000 people have been drawn to Firemen's Park in Blasdell over the past decade for one of the area's most impressive fireworks displays.

Two people were taken by Mercy Flight to Erie County Medical Center and a Blasdell man was charged with drunken driving after his vehicle struck another while he was being chased by police Sunday, authorities reported Monday.

Herc is the man. Well, not exactly. But he certainly is the top dog at the Buffalo Police Department these days.

A 26-year-old Blasdell man who fell into a ravine while walking in the woods Sunday was rescued Sunday night during an extensive search that included the use of a helicopter and tracking dogs, Town of Hamburg police said.

You can look at it as the recession staking another claim on our way of life. This Fourth of July there will still be plenty of baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie, ...but in some places: no fireworks.

Twenty-eight consecutive days of rising gasoline prices pinched all of us last month.

About 15 members of the public attended a hearing Wednesday on the proposed downsizing of the Erie County Legislature to 13 members from its current 15.

Features 70 years of history in the Springville area SEVENTY YEARS AGO July 6, 1939 Mrs.

Three middle school students from Forestville Central School have been deemed muy bueno in the area of foreign language study by the Western New York Foreign Language Educator's Council.

Increased costs have brought a 10-year Fourth of July tradition to an end in the southtowns, at least for this year.

Valerian Ruminski, the globe-trotting Buffalo-born bass-baritone, is gearing up for next weekend's "The Barber of Seville" - the inaugural production of his long-awaited Buffalo opera company, Nickel City Opera.

The Blasdell Village Board adopted two new laws Wednesday in response to June 10 referendum results.

Assemblyman Jack Quinn has kicked off his third annual "Christmas in July" toy drive to benefit Women & Children's Hospital.

Catching up with news from suburbia. . . Whether you agree with Kevin Gaughan or not, and whether you think having three-person town boards is a good thing, you have to be impressed with what he and his legion of volunteers accomplished last week.

The government downsizing movement in one local village could be derailed if Blasdell residents vote "no" on Wednesday as to whether they're willing to let the village spend up to $200,000 to study the issue of dissolving the village government.

The first local litmus test for eliminating village government failed Tuesday when Blasdell voters defeated a referendum calling for a study to dissolve their village.

Taxpayers in one southtowns community are not supporting an idea to dissolve their village.A Voters in Blasdell rejected a referendum Wednesday to conduct a study on dissolving the village.

If anyone in West Seneca is glad to see Kevin Gaughan and his government downsizing allies gone, it's Vincent J. Graber Jr.

Some edible fund-raisers to mark on your calendar: Wine & Wags : An event for both canines and humans featuring wine, beer, food and music - plus a canine agility course and doggie treats.

Voters pass resolution to downsize Evans Town Board By FELICE E. KRYCIA Beginning Jan.