East Aurora News Archives

More than a dozen outdoor activities - ranging from hikes and strolls along the lake front to adventure walks around Goat Island and an evening exploring Artpark - are planned this spring in the area state ... via Union-Sun & Journal

“We got ourselves into this water pickle because no one would set money aside”

East Aurora's projected tax rate increase of 1.26 percent could increase by an additional 0.25 percent to help pay for water system improvements or other village improvements. via Buffalo News

“I don't know that we really addressed the safety about that intersection.”

The controversy over East Aurora's decision last year to back a plan to narrow a section of Main Street near the Roycroft Campus and Main Street School has reignited. via Buffalo News

“I've never seen anything like that before”

Nine charged after marchers tie up Parkway traffic Photos by CHUCK HAUPT / Press & Sun-Bulletin Police and anti-war protesters from Binghamton University clash after students confronted the officers near ... via Press & Sun-Bulletin

“A police agency doesn't really want to investigate itself”

Six people involved in an anti-war protest Tuesday that led to nine arrests attempted to file complaints against the Vestal Police Department today, alleging officers used excessive force and handled the ... via Press & Sun-Bulletin

Today is Election Day . . . if you live in any of the nine Erie County villages that are holding them. via Buffalo News

Residents in East Aurora are voting on a new leader Tuesday. Polls opened for the village's mayoral election just minutes ago and will remain open until 9:00 p.m. at village hall on Main Street. via WIVB-TV Buffalo

“No matter what decision is made, it probably will recommend an updated program”

East Aurora school officials may have to set aside money to help pay for a new math curriculum for the district's elementary pupils. via Buffalo News

“That's not to say it won't happen, but it will certainly be a topic of conversation.”

CTDs, Creating Nonprofit Group, Consider Consortium Buying MARCH 14, 2008 -- Several ARC-accredited Corporate Travel Departments are forming a legal nonprofit association registered in New York that they expect ... via Business Travel News Magazine

“No, Rita, if someone asks how I am, they really do want to know about everything.”

I stumbled into the One Minute Ailment Club serendipitously. Several years ago a friend invited me to a tour of homes in East Aurora. via Buffalo News

“I don't have any personal agenda. We're at a very critical point in the village's history and we're polarized”

Two homegrown East Aurora boys who went to school together, travel in the same circles and live in the same upscale neighborhood are squaring off in the village's mayoral race. via Buffalo News

“I am committed to continuing this battle”

The move of Aurora Town Hall to the former Southside School on Gleed Avenue was cleared Friday by State Supreme Court Justice Diane Y. Devlin as she dismissed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the move or force town ... via Buffalo News

“We just ask you to sharpen your pencils a bit more.”

Spending would increase by 4.8 percent under the East Aurora School District's proposed $27.13 million budget, which also would mean a nearly 6 percent increase in the tax levy. via Buffalo News

Sleet, ice, snow and freezing rain poured down on Western New York Tuesday evening, forcing many schools to close, causing power outages and making driving conditions tricky. via WGRZ-TV Buffalo

“Life is about relationships but it's chess, not checkers”

Shoulders popped and hips swung. Lips were glossed and collars turned up. Fonzworth Bentley, the self-proclaimed First Gentleman of Hip-Hop, fashion icon and former right-hand man for rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, ... via Beacon News

St. Lawrence Catholic Church, 1520 E. Delavan Ave., will offer a free Lenten retreat and reflection from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. via Buffalo News