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Erie County Fair Schedule: Tuesday, Aug. 13

Today 8 a.m.: 4-H Horse Show (throughout the day): Horse Show, Ring 1; Hunter Jumper Horse Show, Ring 29 a.m.: Open Class APA/ABA Poultry Show, Barn 9; Open Class ARBA Rabbit Show, Barn 9.10 a.m.:...

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Gibraltar president and CEO set to retire

Gibraltar Industries’ president and chief operating officer, Henning Kornbrekke, will retire at the end of the year, after about nine years in those roles.The Hamburg-based building products maker...

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For ultimate fairgoers, Erie County Fair is a family tradition

Clayton Fattey and His Orchestra would grace the bandstand in Slade Park on the Hamburg Fairgrounds, filling the evening air in sweet song.Singing along from song sheets, the crowd crooned along to...

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Lackawanna, firefighters reach tentative contract deal

The City of Lackawanna has reached a tentative deal with its firefighters on a new contract, although key details of the proposed pact haven’t been released.City Attorney Antonio Savaglio revealed...

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Roy-Hart official, brother settle on lawsuit

On a summer night in 2011, Patricia Riegle’s colleagues elected her to an eighth year as president of the Royalton-Hartland School Board.“It’s going to be a challenging year,” Riegle said at the...

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Survivor testifies in predatory sexual assault trial of Sam Muscarella

A 22-year-old suburban Erie County woman had just gotten into the shower after returning home from her afternoon shift as a health care worker late on a December night in 2011.“I was taking my shower,...

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Obama’s upstate trip next week will include Buffalo

WASHINGTON – President Obama’s first bus tour of his second term will bring him back to metro Buffalo next week, as the president embarks on a two-day trip across upstate New York and Pennsylvania to...

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Buffalo OKs student transfer, East/Lafayette plans

Despite some yelling, confusion and four hours of questions and disagreement, the Buffalo Board of Education approved the district’s plan to transfer children out of underperforming schools, as well...

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New Bills policy includes ban on zippered seat cushions, most purses

Still clutching one of your prized Super Bowl souvenirs, the zippered seat cushion from any one of the Buffalo Bills’ four Super Bowl appearances in the early 1990s?Don’t plan on bringing it to any...

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Amherst session next week for those needing passports

International travelers who need passports can apply for them at a “Passports on the Move” session from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. next Wednesday at the AAA Travel & Insurance Center, 100 International...

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Forestville committee examines controversial prospect of village dissolution

FORESTVILLE – Emotional comments about the possible dissolution of the village were made by several residents at the Forestville Village Board meeting Tuesday.A new committee given the task of looking...

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Buffalo-area teen killed in Florida crash

A Buffalo-area teen died Tuesday morning in a car crash in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.Leanne Hall, 16, was a passenger in a car that rolled over after striking the...

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New commander of State Police Troop A named

The New York State Police have named Michael J. Cerretto, 48, as the new commander of Troop A, which covers Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming counties.A...

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Vandals wielding motor oil cause extensive damage in Cheektowaga

Vandals armed with a disregard for property and quarts of used motor oil left thousands of dollars of damage in an early-morning rampage on a roughly four-block area in Cheektowaga, police reported...

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Residents surrounding Water Street want answers, too

LOCKPORT – If there was a general theme to Tuesday night’s public meeting on the Eighteen Mile Creek cleanup and the buyout of five homes on Water Street in Lockport, that theme was: What about...

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Man arrested for fourth time for public lewdness

A Millicent Avenue man has been arrested for at least the fourth time for public lewdness, Buffalo police announced Tuesday.Gerard Schuh, 25, was taken into custody after a woman reported that he had...

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Mongielo files police brutality suit

LOCKPORT – David J. Mongielo, the Lockport “sign guy” who tangled with police at a roadblock on Lincoln Avenue on June 27, filed a $575,000 police brutality suit in State Supreme Court last...

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Deadline to order trees looms for block clubs

The deadline is Aug. 30 for block clubs and other organizations to order trees through Re-Tree WNY to replace those in public areas that were lost in the Oct. 12, 2006, surprise snowstorm. Four...

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Bills training camp capsule: Going deep

Tuesday: Day 13 of 18.Highlight: Receiver Marquise Goodwin again made the play of the day, catching a 70-yard touchdown bomb from Kevin Kolb.QB watch: Kevin Kolb moved well on his injured knee and...

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Family chosen to receive new exterior paint job

NORTH TONAWANDA – Painters Plus’ owner Jesse Gooch has selected a family in the third annual Project HOPE (Helping Others Paint Exteriors) contest.Winner Megan Sholtz, 35, a mother of three, will have...

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