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2020-01-16 E-Edition

Engaged couple desperate for liver donor for fiance


In the United States today, more than 14,000 people are waiting for a life-saving liver transplant. Brian Lorentz, a Lancaster native expected to be married this October, is one of those people. In November 2018, Lorentz went to work like any other day as Lancaster schools’ head grounds crew chief, a title he has held since 1999. From planting trees […]

Bee Heard

.Dear Santa, please give our Village of Lancaster DPW employees something to do. Since there is no snow, they are riding around in pickup trucks (two to a truck) all day long. It would be nice to see they are accomplishing something during the day instead of driving around and going to the village bar 10 times a day. We […]

Depew looks to control 5G deployment


The Depew Village Board is looking to regulate the future deployment of 5G, the next generation of wireless network technology, within the village limits. According to the National Association of Counties, this new technology uses higher-frequency wavelengths transmitted through a network of small-cell devices, which are roughly the size of a backpack and scattered throughout communities. While using 5G, residents […]

Board schedules information sessions on roundabout project


The Village of Lancaster Board of Trustees has scheduled the first of a series of community meetings surrounding the upcoming construction project that will put roundabouts at Pleasant and Central avenues and between North Aurora Street and West Pleasant Avenue. Community members can learn more about the project, as well as offer their input on the design process, from 6 […]

WINTER BIRDING

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Drunken driver sentenced after injuring other driver

Anthony Myers, 33, of Depew, has been sentenced by State Supreme Court Justice John L. Michalski to six months in jail followed by five years of probation, according to Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn. On Sunday, June 30, 2019, at approximately 5:07 p.m., the defendant was driving west, under the influence of alcohol, on the Interstate 90 near […]

Depew man victim in fatal crash

The Orchard Park Police Department has released the name of the pedestrian who was involved in a fatal crash on Dec. 30. Galen Balaska, 51, of Depew, was pronounced dead at the scene after he was struck by a passing car traveling east on Southwestern Boulevard near Abbott Road. Balaska was attempting to push a bicycle across the intersection. The […]

HEY, LOOK!

— Claire Wallace admires her paintings with friend Jocelyn McNamara at a Lancaster High School Arts Academy art show held Tuesday evening.