Blasdell News Archives

A deluge put a big dent in the commute along Route 5 on Tuesday morning, as the region remain soaked from a wild September storm.

September 22, 2009, 6:56 AM / Two men have been arrested on various charges after Cheektowaga police said they were caught stealing copper and brass tubing from a Walden Avenue business.

September 18, 2009, 7:12 AM / In a gesture to agitated neighbors, Lardon Construction has agreed to put up a 20- foot berm on its property, Blasdell Mayor Ernest Jewett announced at the Village Board meeting Wednesday.

Something about Alden apparently screams out, "Change this government!" In 1996, Robert Overhoff Sr.

Twelve candidates, three seats, two primaries. That's the short version of this year's race for Hamburg Town Board seats.

September 08, 2009, 6:48 AM / Blasdell Elementary will serve only cold sandwich meals, including milk, for lunches during the first week of school.

September 04, 2009, 6:54 AM / Most of the candidates for Hamburg Town Board who are running in the Democratic and Independence parties' primaries said Thursday night that they favor downsizing the board from five members to three.

The school day ended early for dozens of pre-school students in Blasdell. The students were released after a contractor working at the school was fatally injured.

Representatives of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will visit Blasdell Elementary School following the death of a worker in a crawl space under the kitchen floor, school officials reported late Thursday.

Authorities evacuated Head Start Pre-K students from Blasdell Elementary School Thursday morning after an accident that critically injured a contractor working on the site.

September 03, 2009, 9:38 AM / In a continued effort to streamline operations, the Blasdell Village Board on Wednesday abolished the Board of Fire Commissioners as unnecessary.

September 01, 2009, 8:25 AM / The eastbound New York Thruway between the Blasdell exit and the Lackawanna toll barrier was shut down for almost five hours early this morning, after a tractor-trailer filled with lettuce caught fire, state police reported.