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Hull House Plans Lawn, Plant Sale

Hull House Plans Lawn, Plant Sale

The Hull Family Home and Farmstead, 5962 Genesee St. at Pavement Road, Lancaster, will be the site of a lawn and plant sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 19 and 20.

Proceeds will benefit the restoration of the Hull House and maintenance of the BiNational Peace Garden.

For more information, visit www.hullfamilyhome.org.

School Budget Voting Results

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Voters in the Hamburg Central School District will have to wait a little longer for their school budget vote results.  There was a malfunction with one of the machines on Tuesday.  The machine has been sealed and the Board of Elections will handle the situation from here.

A handful of budgets did not pass including Bolivar-Richburg Central School District, Cheektowaga-Sloan, Niagara Wheatfield and Wyoming Central.

This year school districts in New York are required to submit their proposed spending and their proposed tax levy for the upcoming year.

Click here to take a look at what your school district proposed.

RESULTS:

J. Fitzgerald Group Creates Medical Specialty Brochures for UB Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine

J. Fitzgerald Group Creates Medical Specialty Brochures for UB Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine

J. Fitzgerald Group, an international advertising and marketing agency based in Lockport, recently created a complete series of brochures that detail all the specialties UB Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine offers its patients.

JFG created a concept and theme for the brochure series to ensure consistency throughout, yet tailored to each medical specialty. JFG then wrote, designed and coordinated printing for each of the 10 brochures, detailing a specialty of the local orthopaedic group.

The brochures JFG created will help the doctors of UB Orthopedics detail the medical services they provide for all types of injuries and ailments, including shoulder, knee, spine and more.

Celebrating 10 years of client success, J. Fitzgerald Group is a full-service advertising, marketing, web design and research firm employing professional copywriters, designers and web developers with expertise in local, regional and worldwide markets.

Pet Owners Beware: Pests are Poised for Attack

Pet Owners Beware: Pests are Poised for Attack

(Welcome to our pet column, courtesy of Pet Connection Programs Inc. of Marilla. We post a new article each week, so be sure to check back on a regular basis!)

Pets, like humans, have been anxiously waiting for warm weather to play outdoors and enjoy nature. However, pet owners should prepare for a pest battle unlike in previous years as hungry ticks, fleas and mosquitoes await their prey — of the two- or four-legged kind.

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Chimney Bluffs: Sculpted By Nature's Hand

Even if you have been to this little known park on Lake Ontario, a return visit guarantees it won't look the same.

Chimney Bluffs State Park is one of New York's most unique landscapes, and it's very nature keeps it in a state of constant change. The towering bluffs were carved by erosion both past and present. The hills, known as "drumlins" were initially formed by receding glaciers over 12,000 years ago, and continue to be sculpted under Mother Nature's hand.

Joe Keeler is the park's manager. "When the wind and the waves and rain and snow all wear on the face of these drumlin hills, then this is what you get, is these type of structures, these pinnacles and spires."

Tough Questions for Head of Clarence IDA about Tax Breaks

CLARENCE, N.Y.-- We're following up a 2 On-Your-Side Investigation into what many say is simply corporate welfare.

The focus is on tax breaks given to businesses that we're all paying for.  The groups that give out these tax breaks are called Industrial Development Agencies, or IDAs.  Erie County has five of them, located in Amherst, Clarence, Concord, Hamburg and Lancaster.   

Our recent story focused on companies who have been given these tax breaks by IDAs, only to create a handful of jobs, some of which aren't even full time.  Part of our story highlighted a popular local donut shop that was given eight thousand dollars in tax breaks to expand into Clarence.  That's money that could have eased the burden on local homeowners.

National Association of Letter Carriers 20th Annual Food Drive Set for Saturday

National Association of Letter Carriers 20th Annual Food Drive Set for Saturday

Local effort ranked 4th in nation in 2011

The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), in conjunction with United Way of Greater Niagara, AFL-CIO and the U.S. Postal Service, will conduct its annual food drive this Saturday, May 12, 2012.  This is the largest single-day food drive in the nation. 

Over the last 19 years, the NALC has collected over 1 billion pounds of food through this effort.  In 2011, Western New York Branch collected 1.4 million pounds of food, ranking fourth in the nation.  The Greater Niagara community played an important role in the local effort, collecting approximately 150,000 pounds of food.  Twenty-nine local agencies benefit from this event, which provides food for needy individuals and families throughout Niagara County.