Simple idea becomes successful fundraiser for Buffalo 5/14 Survivors Fund
by JULIE HALM
Editor | June 23, 2022
After the mass shooting which took place at a Buffalo Tops on May 14, Jeremy Urbanski, banquet manager of Marygold Manor in Cheektowaga, knew that he wanted to do something...
Cheektowaga youth lauded for ‘Doing the Right Thing’
by JULIE HALM
Editor | June 23, 2022
On Tuesday night, parents, guardians, teachers, social workers and officials all gathered at the Cheektowaga Senior Center for the purpose of recognizing and honoring youth who have chosen to do...
State and local primaries to be held June 28
by ERIC KEPPELER and JULIE HALM
Cheektowaga editor and West Seneca editor | June 23, 2022
In Cheektowaga, voters will have a lone decision to make on the local level during Tuesday’s primary elections when they head to the polls. The contested spot is for the...
Teen recognized for community service
June 23, 2022
Kennedy Ratcliff has been named the Volunteer of the Month for May 2022 by the Cheektowaga Youth Engaged in Service...
In the Military
June 23, 2022
Randall Couzens of Cheektowaga, assigned to the Company C, 152nd Combat Engineer Battalion, has received a promotion to the rank...
Erie County tech students bring mini-libraries to Buffalo’s East Side
June 23, 2022
Students from the Erie 1 BOCES P-TECH Build Program have teamed up with Buffalo’s first-ever poet laureate, Jillian Hanesworth, to...
Cheektowaga water mains to be replaced
June 23, 2022
The Erie County Water Authority has recently begun construction on a project that will see 8,400 linear feet of water...
Clarence, Lancaster dominate First Team
– All-Bee Girls Lacrosse –by PATRICK NAGY
Sports reporter | June 23, 2022
Clarence and Lancaster were two of the top girls lacrosse teams in Western New York this spring, so it should...
Clarence’s Vandenburgh tabbed Bee’s top coach
by PATRICK NAGY
Sports reporter | June 23, 2022
Clarence’s Cat Vandenburgh is the 2022 All-Bee Girls Lacrosse Coach of the Year, but she said there are so many...
Maryvale track holds season-ending awards banquet
June 23, 2022
Maryvale’s track and field program held its season-ending picnic and awards ceremony on June 13. Award winners for the girls’...
Clarence’s Myslinski named Player of the Year
– All-Bee Girls Lacrosse –by PATRICK NAGY
Sports reporter | June 23, 2022
There wasn’t much Clarence junior midfielder Natalie Myslinski couldn’t do on a lacrosse field this spring. The 2022 All-Bee Girls...
All-Bee selection process explained
June 23, 2022
COVID-19 took a tremendous amount away from all of us during 2020, and The Bee was not excluded from that....
Sports Brief
June 23, 2022
Erie Community College North Campus is hosting a fourday summer baseball camp June 28-July 1. ECC head coach Joe Bauth...
Spindle Items
June 23, 2022
..DOING THE RIGHT THING – A plethora of students from throughout Cheektowaga were recognized at the annual Do The Right Thing awards ceremony run by...
Now, as ever, Juneteenth holds much importance
June 23, 2022
In 1864, the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, but it would be another two years, until June 19, 1865, when federal troops rode into Galveston, Texas,...
Out of the Past
June 23, 2022
Five Years Ago June 22, 2017 ROBOTIC ROCKSTARS – For the third consecutive year, St. Mary’s High School is sending students to participate in the...
Death Notices
June 23, 2022
BYRD, Maureen A. (nee Hartzell), 59, of Humble, Texas, a graduate of Maryvale High School, died on May 16, 2022....
Death Notices
June 16, 2022
CROSS, Arthur A., 93, died Friday, June 10, 2022. Husband of Geraldine M. (nee Kuhefus) Cross; father of Barbara A.,...
Susan Grifasi, music teacher
June 9, 2022
Susan S. Grifasi (nee Sutton), 72, died Monday, May 30, 2022. Mrs. Grifasi was a graduate of SUNY Fredonia, where...
Death Notices
June 9, 2022
HONECK, Edward B., Jr. “Mr. Night-Life” died Friday, May 27, 2022. Husband of the late Catherine G. (nee Wahl) Honeck;...
Death Notices
June 2, 2022
SPAULDING, Dorothy M. (nee Woodruff), 79, died Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Wife of Roland “Mike” Spaulding; mother of Brian M....
Board silence is an offense to residents
June 2, 2022
Let me remind you that as elected members of the Town Board, you work for the people of the Town...
Those in education are doing great
April 28, 2022
Educators, you’re doing great! You are resilient, dedicated and compassionate, which allows you to adapt to a changing world of...
Crime is on the rise
April 28, 2022
Fellow Cheektowagans, say there, anyone been reading some of the goings on in our community in the police beat section?...
Climb Out of the Darkness brings awareness to perinatal mood disorders
June 23, 2022
Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders are common complications of childbearing. Approximately 15% to 20% of women experience significant symptoms of...
Friends of Reinstein Woods
June 23, 2022
Virtual Sustainability Lunch Talks This program will provide information on how to move toward a fossil fuel-free lifestyle at noon...
Bee Senior News
June 23, 2022
Monday, June 27 Ceramics: 9:30 a.m.Frozen Meal Pickup: 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.Quirky Quilters: 9:30 a.m.Senior Food Budgets: Keeping It BalancedSeminar:...
Local author finds HEALING
WRITTEN BY: SARAH SCHREIBER, REPORTER
DESIGNED BY: DENNISE LITTLE | June 16, 2022
A Kenmore native and member of the LGBTQ+ community has released a new memoir, “I, Rob Graves.” His hope is...
What’s Going On
Freedom Fest Concert returns The Town of Cheektowaga will hold the fourth annual Freedom Fest Concert at 5:30 p.m. Sunday,...
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June 24, 2022
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