Terrace Park Apartments project making old Depew High School new again



More than 60 years after it ceased to be Depew’s high school, the building at 591 Terrace Blvd. is seeing new life and will soon be home to seniors who once walked its halls as students. According to Northeast Mechanical owner Roger Hoffman, who is renovating the building along with developer Mike Adolf of ADCO properties, the high school is […]

Depew budget increases still considered ‘tight’



The Depew Village Board adopted its budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year at Monday night’s meeting. While the board’s previous meeting, on April 10, offered a public hearing where no one spoke, this week’s meeting had multiple residents questioning the board on its decision to increase the tax levy by 3.9 percent — a figure that is 2.75 percent over […]

Village projects aim to improve walkability, aesthetics



The Village of Lancaster is moving forward with a project that has been years in the making. On Monday, the Village Board unanimously approved a resolution to advertise for bids for the BOCES Foundation Deconstruction Project. The project involves deconstruction and removal of the concrete foundation on the former site of the BOCES building at 11 W. Main St. The […]

Lancaster Boy Scout first in state to earn exploration badge



Daniel Dale of Boy Scout Troop 468 became the first to earn the new Exploration Merit Badge in New York State and northwestern Pennsylvania, according to Russell Etzenhouser, Scout executive for the Greater Niagara Frontier Council, Boy Scouts of America. Daniel, 13, is a life Scout and senior patrol leader with his troop, which meets at the Potter House on […]

Police: 411 tip leads to heroin arrests



An anonymous tip received by Cheektowaga police via the Tip 411 system led to two people being arrested on multiple drug charges last week. Dillon Butchart, 25, of Depew, and Jessica Seiler, 22, of Williamsville, were arrested April 19 and charged with three counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance and possession of a hypodermic instrument. According to police, […]

Man arrested on drug charges in Depew



A Clarence motorist pulled over in Depew for aggravated unlicensed operation also was found to be in possession of various narcotics pills, according to the Erie County Sheriff’s Office. Jahvon Peterson, 22, was stopped at Broadway and Transit Road, a press release from the Sheriff’s Office said. He was arrested on three felony charges of criminal possession of a controlled […]

News Brief



No letters to the editor or Bee Heard comments will be published about any School Board candidates or budgets after May 3 and 4. The deadline for those editions is Friday, April 28. Profiles of opposed candidates will be published May 10 and 11. Voting takes place May 16.

In the Military



Lt. Col. Alan Bookmiller of Lancaster, assigned to the Joint Force Headquarters, is retiring from the New York Army National Guard after 30 years of military service. Pvt. Jordan McCarville of Depew has been assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2-101 Cavalry of the New York Army National Guard.

GARBAGE BE GONE



Pickup strikes two bicyclists in Depew, critically injuring one



Two bicyclists were struck by a vehicle on Tuesday afternoon while crossing Dick Road in Depew. According to a press release from the Depew Police Department, the two men, ages 25 and 27, were struck by a pickup about 3:30 p.m. while in the left-hand turn lane just north of George Urban Boulevard. Depew Fire Department, Lancaster Volunteer Ambulance Corps […]