May 17, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

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Voters approve school district budget

2012-13 spending plan passes by about 65 percent
by NAOMI SPENCER
Editor
Voters approved the Orchard Park Central School District’s 2012-13 budget of $83.6 million Tuesday, in addition to the purchase of eight buses. More...

Local News

Tech sergeant saluted this Armed Forces Day

SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW
by KIMBERLY MCDOWELL

Michael Dieter was in boot camp the day the country fell under attack by foreign terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001. He recalls working in the kitchen that day at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, when the news broke. More...

Free car seat inspections offered

Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs, along with Erie County Sheriff Tim Howard, will be offering free car seat safety inspections on Saturday, May 19. More...

BLESSING OF THE BIKES

— Pastor Tim Freed of Nativity Lutheran church in East Aurora blesses John and Paula Altiera’s motorcycle on Saturday afternoon at the seventh annual Bike Blessing & Ride, sponsored b More...

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Letters to the Editor

Veterans deserve our support

On May 28, Americans will observe Memorial Day. It is a day to honor our fallen and active men and women who have sacrificed so much for our freedom. For too many Americans it is just a day off from work. More...

OP actresses set to perform in ‘The Women’

Five Orchard Park actresses are performing with the cast of “The Women,” the next Aurora Players production opening next week, May 18, at the Roycroft Pavilion in Hamlin Park. More...

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Sports

Quakers search for answers after back-to-back losses

Boys Lacrosse
by MIKE MIGLIORE
Reporter

It’s rare enough to see the Orchard Park boys lacrosse team lose just one game. It’s almost unthinkable to picture them losing two in a row. More...

Orchard Park scores big victory over Lancaster

Softball
by MIKE MIGLIORE
Reporter

The Orchard Park Lady Quakers felt they were close to putting everything together early in the season. More...

Lady Quakers finish regular season

Girls Lacrosse

The Orchard Park Lady Quakers girls lacrosse team concluded the 2012 regular season with a 12-3 loss at Frontier on Tuesday afternoon. More...

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What's Going On

What's Going On

Village sets free event for electronics recycling More...

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Business

Orchard Park graduate forms construction firm

It took 12 years, but the dream that Orchard Park graduate Chris Stern and Justin Hamilton had when they were civil engineering students together at Rochester Institute of Technology has come true. More...

Credit Union awards scholarship to high school senior in OP

Great Erie Federal Credit Union has awarded a $500 college scholarship to Emily Lewandowski, an Orchard Park High School senior. Lewandowski was chosen by a statewide committee based on her academic and extracurricular achievements. More...

Events

Sales execs set presentation on waterfront More...

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Senior creates portable X-ray machine

‘I found it odd that such a device didn’t seem to exist’
by NAOMI SPENCER
Editor

Adam Munich, a senior at Orchard Park High School, spent his free time during the last few years in an unconventional way. More...

Students talk with veterans, learn their stories

by NAOMI SPENCER
Editor

History became tangible for eighth-grade students at the middle school when they interviewed their relatives in the military. More...

Editorial

Armed Forces Day deserves recognition, too

Bee Editorial

Pop quiz: What is the difference between Veterans Day, Memorial Day and Armed Forces Day? More...

Spindle items

NAOMI SPENCER
Orchard Park Editor

THREE BROTHERS IN THE MILITARY — I never thought that all three of my brothers would serve in the military. Growing up, I just never figured it into their future. More...

Out of the Past

Ice cream, candy, soda, sundaes and coffee

(Do you have a memory of the Orchard Park area you would like to share with Bee readers? Send it to “Out of the Past,” Orchard Park Bee, 5564 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14221-5410). More...

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Police Blotter

Police charge Buffalo man in connection with robbery

Sunday, May 6 A 45-year-old North Freeman Road man reported that a BB was shot through his front window causing more than $350 in damage. More...

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Education

Honor roll

Hannah Gresham and Mary Owczarczak of Orchard Park were named to the honor roll for the third quarter of the 2011-2012 school year at St. Mary’s High School. More...

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Lifestyles

Skates, sleds and sacrifice

War veterans play hockey to heal
by JOLENE ZANGHI
Reporter

Jeff Gramlich and Dan Ohar have both served in the military. The wars they fought may have been waged during different eras, but the two veterans have had the opportunity to find camaraderie once more, this time on the ice. More...

Library News

Weekly programs “Hanging out at the coolest public library” is a weekly event from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. every Tuesday for children. Each week there are games and crafts. More...

Senior Center features daily meals

The Orchard Park Senior Center, 70 Linwood Ave., offers many programs for people more than 55 years old. Contact the center at 662-6452 to register for programs. The Senior Center director is Anna Willems. More...

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Entertainment

Special Events

fri. 18 Benedict House Gala — Join the folks in their 25th anniversary gala event to benefit this organization that provides housing and support services to individuals living with AIDS, 6 p.m. More...

Literature

thurs. 17 Roberta Rich — Reading and book signing for The Midwife of Venice, 7 p.m. Thursday, May 17 at Talking Leaves Books, 3158 Main St., Buffalo; Free. 837-8554, www.tleavesbooks.com More...

Art

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