2010-12-02

Death Notices



MARZEC, Lucy (nee Wondolowski), of Cheektowaga, died Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. She is survived by her husband, Raymond; daughters, Rosanne Schlegel, Rochelle Cookson and Suzanne Gac; son, Raymond; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. Services will be held at noon Saturday, Dec. 4, at Amigone Funeral Home, 6050 Transit Road, Depew.

ElderWood again hosting Warm Hands, Warm Hearts’



ElderWood Senior Care will host “Warm Hands, Warm Hearts,” a community-wide winter clothing drive benefitting the Salvation Army-Buffalo Area Services for the second consecutive year. ElderWood facilities will host a number of on-site events to encourage residents and the local community to participate in the “Warm Hands, Warm Hearts” program. Beginning this past Tuesday and continuing until Dec. 21, Salvation […]

SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW

Depew resident to retire as Amherst’s district clerk

After a 23-year career in the Amherst Central School District, including 15 years as district clerk and secretary to the superintendent, Sharon Krol is retiring effective Dec. 31. “I was in a car accident in August, and I was happy that I was able to get out of it because the police said I was lucky to be able to […]

Drumming and laughing through holiday grief




George Trautman, 85, isn’t looking forward to the holidays. For the first time in 59 years, he will spend them without his wife, Myra. Three days before Christmas last year she died, and he is now a widower with only their memories and an apartment in the Town of Tonawanda that feels very empty. The retired engineer knew that if […]

FALL DANCE



‘Western New York’s Got Talent’

Woman uses past as steppingstone to brighten future of others


Everyone has a story, and Jeannette Jay has waited 65 years to tell hers. After living through a childhood she’d rather forget, the Buffalo native honed in on her gift for gymnastics and ran away with the circus at 15 years old. Years later, she found herself far from home without family or shelter, living off the kindness of strangers. […]

BE PREPARED

BE PREPARE


W ith the advent of winter comes the potential for sudden severe snowstorms and other emergencies. It is important for people to be properly equipped to deal with such situations. Denise Herkey-Jarosch, regional coordinator for the Red Cross’ NYS Citizens Preparedness program, offers tips for winter preparedness. Herkey-Jarosch said there are three basic steps people should take to ready themselves […]

Fiscal stability key to state’s progress



Dan Meyer’s recent editorial headline boldly stated, “Solving state’s problems starts with viable plan for fiscal stability.” agree with that statement. In his conclusion, he supported a grant for a coral reef global warming exhibit at the Niagara Falls Aquarium. I do not support global warming because of the many problems with this theory. Many organizations gathering global temperatures have […]

Legislature should focus on residents



As the county legislator for Williamsville and a section of Amherst, I take my responsibility as a local representative very seriously. During the Nov. 18 session of the Legislature, my colleagues in the Republican Caucus and I presented a time-sensitive resolution requesting that New York State release money earmarked for equipment upgrades to 911 emergency services. Specifically, the resolution requests […]

Public Notices



— LEGAL NOTICE — NOTICE TO BIDDERS VILLAGE OF SLOAN JOB NO. 2010.02 GRIFFITH STREET | WAGNER AVENUE SANITARY SEWER REHABILITATION Sealed bids for JOB NO. 2010.002 –GRIFFITH STREET | WAGNER AVENUE SANITARY SEWER REHABILITATION, VILLAGE OF SLOAN, NEW YORK, will be received by the Village Clerk, at her office in Village Hall, Sloan, New York on or before 2:00 […]