Williamsville News

Williamsville is No. 1 yet again in Business First's academic rankings of Western New York school districts.

We're wrapping up the annual Business First school rankings with a look at the best districts in Western New York.

Transit Middle School in Williamsville heads this year's standings for the fifth straight year, and the eighth time it has headed the list in a dozen years.

Simple Elegance, made by Klaussner for Furniture First members, has been the top-selling stationary upholstery line for West Seneca, N.Y.-based Carolina Furniture.

Williamsville is the most affluent school district in Western New York, according to Business First's analysis of poverty rates, income levels and the percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunches.

According to Business First, more than 800 administrators and teachers earned six-figure salaries from western New York's public school districts last year.

Premiums on American Eagle silver coins sold by the U.S. Mint dropped in May from a four-year high, signaling waning demand.

There are fewer and fewer World War II veterans still living to mark Memorial Day, but the tradition is stronger than ever at ceremonies across Western New York.

New York Power Authority board of trustees approved low-cost hydropower allocations to two Western New York companies as part of nearly 6,000 kilowatts of low-cost hydropower that would support nearly $55 million in capital investment and creation of 136 jobs.

The grocery store chain, based in Williamsville, picked up Big M stores in Boonville, Watertown, Sandy Creek and Adams.

State standardized tests aren't what they were when you were in school. As one concerned parent says, "I don't think parents are really aware that these tests have really changed." Children in Grades 3 through 8 now take Math and English Language Arts assessments every year - for six days, 90 minutes each day.

A rezoning that will allow a Williamsville, N.Y. developer to build a three-story apartment building for independent senior citizens on Huffman Road near Stumph Road has been approved by Parma City Council.