Bowmansville News

The Amherst High School Class of 1976 is hosting a collective 50th Birthday Party Weekend on July 11 and 12.

“We feel the cost of the program is nominal for the results we anticipate to achieve”

Village of Lancaster residents will enter the voting booths Tuesday to cast votes on two special propositions - one to abolish the village's ward system and the other to change service awards for Lancaster's ... via Buffalo News

“Getting a chance to come out and do something like this it's real nice to say that 'hey we saw you yesterday because something bad happened, but today something good happened.'”

News 4's Melissa Holmes shows us what makes them "Cool 4 School." Mark Lawniczak and other Bowmansville volunteer firefighters are headed to Hillview Elementary in Lancaster- not for an emergency, but to give ... via WIVB-TV Buffalo

“The firefighters were worried that the fire had spread to our store”

Firefighters battle a blaze Wednesday in a strip plaza on Transit Road in Depew. via Buffalo News

Firefighters from the Highview Fire Department help battle a fire that started in the kitchen at Sparkee's Pub in a plaza on Transit Road near Rehm Road in Depew earlier today. via Buffalo News

More than a dozen area youths were honored Sunday on the final day of the 56th annual Diocesan Youth Convention in Adam's Mark Hotel, which was attended by hundreds of young people and their adult chaperones. via Buffalo News

“We deny any claim that we haven't fully complied with our storm water and erosion control measures plan”

Continuing environmental violations earned the developer of Lancaster's Cross Creek subdivision another slap on the wrist this week from the state Department of Environmental Conservation. via Buffalo News

Firefighters from five suburban volunteer companies responded to an early-morning fire today at Davey Tree and Lawn Care in Cheektowaga. via Buffalo News

“I just thought this sounds cool.”

Here's a twist on encouraging children to read: At Hillview Elementary in the Lancaster Central School District, pupils who read books can win a ride to school - in a fire truck. via Buffalo News

“The best part of having a dream come true is when you share that with others and they work with you to have it come together”

Jerry Enser, former Lancaster Fire Department chief and president of the new Greater Lancaster Museum of Firefighting, shows off one of the classic fire engines museum has on display. via Buffalo News

The friends and family of Tina Scarfone Salhany of Lewiston, who suffers from a rare form of cancer and has exhausted all treatment options, are holding an event in her honor from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday in St. via Buffalo News

A Long Beach, Calif., man apparently suffered a heart attack Sunday evening leading to a three-vehicle crash on Transit Road just north of Sheridan Drive, Amherst police said. via Buffalo News

“Take courage, son, to ask someone”

OLAF FUB SEZ: According to the great American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on this date in 1896, "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time ... via Buffalo News