Going the distance



Village proposes law banning skateboarding



The Lancaster Village Board will consider adopting a proposed amendment to ban skateboarding on sidewalks when its next meeting is held on Sept. 24. Village Attorney Arthur Herdzik was asked by Deputy Mayor Paul Maute to draw up the law after several business owners spoke to the board at this past Monday’s session regarding their concerns over young skateboarders and […]

Center provides opportunities for youth across area



Construction continues at the new Cantalician Center for Learning in Depew, but the facility officially opened its doors Tuesday to mark the beginning of a new chapter in the agency’s existence. (See editorial on page four) Phase One of the renovation of the 95,000-square-foot building at Dick Road and George Urban Boulevard, formerly St. Barnabas school and parish, is complete. […]

Big Brother presence on Main Street aims to help police fight crime

Village of Depew

They’re watching. Village and law enforcement officials in Depew have set their sights on a new tactic to reduce crime in the area: cameras. Cameras will go up along Main Street at Neoga, Sanilac and Wyandotte streets. They will be monitored by dispatchers at the Depew Police Department, which, on Gould Avenue, is just blocks from one of the village’s […]

Police nab suspect in bank heists



Police charged a man on Sunday afternoon in connection with bank robberies that occurred in both the Town of Tonawanda and Village of Depew. Waqar Younas Ghumman, 22, of Amherst was arrested by the Town of Tonawanda police with assistance from the Amherst SWAT team. He is charged with robbery in the first degree and felony grand larceny. Tonawanda Police […]

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‘Pajama bandit’ pleads guilty to three robberies



A Lancaster woman has pleaded guilty to committing three robberies at drugstores in Depew, Amherst and Tonawanda earlier this year. Emily R. Bromley, 20, was dubbed the “pajama bandit” by investigators because she was wearing pink pajama bottoms and a gray sweater when she walked into the Rite Aid on Transit Road in Depew in April. During that robbery, Bromley […]

News brief



The Lancaster Historical Society, 40 Clark St., will host the program, “Old Time Radio Club,” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16.

Seniors plan for upcoming trip to Dominican Republic



When they first came to Christian Central Academy, the members of the class of 2013 began fundraising for what they call “an experience of a lifetime.” Now they are in their last few months of preparation for their senior trip to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. During the last seven years, the senior classes at the academy in Amherst […]

Lancaster roofing project near completion; summer school a success



The roof rehabilitation at the William Street School is almost complete, according to an update given by Jerry Young of Young + Wright, the architectural firm overseeing the project. Young addressed the Lancaster Central School District at its meeting on Monday evening with details of the progress thus far. “The project is almost complete,” Young said. “The roofing materials are […]