North Collins News

A domestic assault in the Town of North Collins overnight Friday left a woman being taken to Lakeshore Community Hospital for treatment and a 40-year-old man charged with assault, Erie County sheriff's officials reported.

Buffaloa TMs high school graduation rate, which had become a stark symbol of academic failure, has taken a big turn upward.

By:Dave Dahl Member Since: 2008-02-13 Model airplane organization looking for a new home Boston residents concerned about noise A model airplane organization plans to find a different property after encountering critical questions from neighbors of a proposed location on Erie County land in the town of Boston.

Niagara Falls * ARREST: A Niagara's Most Wanted was taken into custody on Sunday morning.

Iam happy that he is still around. I am glad that he is still in the same single-level house on the corner of Crittenden Road with the American flag flying on the back porch.

Two men were arrested on felony charges of driving while intoxicated in separate incidents early today in Erie County, police reported.

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

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

Margaret Orrange served 30 years as North Collins town clerk before retiring. Well, sort of retiring.

Local school budgets OK'd by voters in the Southtowns By DANIEL MEYER It was a relatively uneventful year in the Southtowns for voting on the annual school budgets as all five districts that reside in the circulation area of The Sun saw their proposed spending plans gain approval from taxpayers.

Voters in all school districts in the OBSERVER circulation have approved their budgets, although Ripley residents rejected the proposition which would tuition high school students to neighboring school districts.

Taxpayers to head to the polls on Tuesday By DANIEL MEYER Taxpayers will head to the polls next week to vote on school budgets and school board elections.

Winters take a toll here in Western New York, especially on its roads. To aid in these rehabilitation needs, the Western New York area will be receiving $23.1 million through the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act .

Study hall can be a vital tool to many students, but others often treat it as a time to goof off and try the patience of the faculty appointed to supervise them.

An appeals court has upheld the sex abuse conviction and imprisonment of Michael J. Spicola, a founder of a youth soccer league in Eden.

Steven Taylor, as the recruiting slogan goes, joined the Navy to see the world. Fighting pirates was never mentioned.

A small handmade cross marks the spot where a horrible accident happened early Easter morning in the Town of Eden...Erie County Sheriff's Accident Investigation deputies, helping the Eden Police...back on the scene this morning, trying to figure out what went wrong.

The North Collins Lady Eagles lost to Eden, 2-1 in non-league play Wednesday. The pitcher's duel was won by Eden's Liz Henry who was able to strike out nine North Collins' batters.

OBSERVER Assistant News Editor Robert S. Guiffreda, District Superintendent for Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES, had largely good things to say about the regional program during an annual meeting shortly before members are set to vote their way forward.

Kenmore West sophomore Charlotte Harris is an activist, and she's angry about the harm man has done to the environment.