Marilla News

By a single vote, the Marilla Town Board has approved the town's first subdivision since Franklyn Heights more than 10 years ago.

On a hillside in Marilla sits no ordinary tree. It's 97 feet tall, 162 inches in circumference and has a crown spread of 16 feet.

WEINBERG OPEN HOUSE: The Weinberg Campus, 2700 N. Forest Road, Getzville, is holding an open house from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. today to provide senior citizens information about the campus' many living options and adult day programs.

BOOK DISCUSSION: Area author John Koerner will discuss his book "The Father Baker Code" at 1 p. m. Tuesday, in the City of Tonawanda Library, 333 Main St.

Two men attending the Marilla Fire Company Carnival are accused of tipping over a portable lavatory early today -- with someone inside it.

STRAWBERRY SOCIAL: A Strawberry Social will be held from 4:30 to 8 p. m. today at St.

MARILLA CARNIVAL: The Marilla Fire Company Benevolent Association will hold its 86th annual two-day carnival Saturday and Sunday at the firemen's field at Two Rod Road and West Avenue.

OLAF FUB SEZ: According to former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, born on this date in 1932, "You campaign in poetry.

A Town of Marilla man is under arrest and accused of forcing a 12-year-old girl to perform sex acts.

Niagara Construction is the apparent low bidder for a new air conditioning system in Marilla Town Hall.

Volunteer firefighters from five fire companies were called to a Marilla house fire that sent flames shooting through the roof when the fire companies reached the scene early this morning.

The Marilla Memorial Pavilion will be the site for most performances of the Summer Concert Series beginning at 5:30 p. m. June 4 with the Iroquois seventh- and eighth-grade Select Chorus and Orchestra and Jazz Band.

Erie County sheriff's deputies arrested two intoxicated women following unrelated domestic incidents with their husbands Sunday evening in the towns of Alden and Marilla.

Marilla Supervisor George Gertz told the Town Board Tuesday night that the town's Community Center on Two Rod Road is being prepared in the event it has to be used as an emergency center.

An alert neighbor's call to 911 Thursday afternoon led to the arrest of two burglary suspects in Marilla and the recovery of some stolen money, the Erie County Sheriff's Office reports.

A fire at a Marilla house shortly after noon Wednesday left a woman who came to help the homeowner suffering from smoke inhalation, the Erie County Sheriff's Office said.

Don Harron's 'blue chip stock' - the musical Anne of Green Gables - opens in Toronto for the first time in 18 years JAMES BRADSHAW From Wednesday's Globe and Mail May 6, 2009 at 4:11 AM EDT After seeing his hit musical performed upwards of 200 times, Don Harron has his share of Anne of Green Gables stories.

When the Erie County Association of Town Superintendents of Highways gets together for its regular meeting, talk generally turns to typical highway superintendent stuff.

Water District 5 has received federal approval, Marilla Supervisor George Gertz announced during a workshop meeting of the Town Board on Tuesday night.

Taxpayers are evoking the symbolism of the American Revolution this April 15th by staging Tea Parties across the country.