Poetry Series at Dog Ears Bookstore to Welcome Two Authors

Submitted by Joe Kirchmyer on Wednesday, May 16th, 1:17 pm

The popular monthly 4th Friday Poetry Series at the nonprofit Dog Ears Bookstore, located at 688 Abbott Road in South Buffalo, resumes at 7 p.m. Friday, May 25. Guest readers will include Elaine Chamberlain and George Grace.

Chamberlain taught English, creative writing and art and has done volunteer nursing in southern Mexico. She likes to write about growing up in Seattle, about the Mayan people who were her patients in Chiapas, and about travel on the cheap. She has traveled aboard chicken buses in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Bolivia; biked and ferried in Nova Scotia; and traveled by train, canal boat and bicycle rickshaw in India and Nepal. Last year she retired after 20 years as a mental health counselor. Her current passion is the art of collage and diorama.

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East Aurora Volunteer Firefighter Stars in Ad Campaign

Submitted by Patrick Klinck, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 11:33am

East Aurora Volunteer Firefighter Stars in Ad Campaign

A Statement Released by the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY)

Jessie Roland-Bystrak of East Aurora is one of two real life volunteer firefighters chosen by the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY) via an online casting call video contest to be featured in an upcoming statewide ad campaign. Jessie’s video entry can be found here alongside that of Jeff Burkhart from Oriskany, NY.

The commercials, which were filmed last week in Clay, NY, will focus on the double lives that volunteer firefighters lead: working and going to college by day and fighting fires by night. It will also center on these firefighters’ experiences, why they join, and what they love about the volunteer fire service. I have attached a few photos and have more if you are interested.

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School Budget Voting Results

Submitted by WGRZ Web Staff

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 10:20am

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:

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Aurora Waldorf School Completes $60,000 Front Entrance Project

Submitted by Patrick Klinck, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012, 11:11am

Aurora Waldorf School Completes $60,000 Front Entrance Project

A Statement Released by Aurora Waldorf School

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Celebrating School’s 20th year to include Time Capsule Installation

West Falls, New York –Aurora Waldorf School (AWS), an independent school providing a rigorous academic curriculum along with outstanding programs of movement, arts, and practical skills invites the entire community to a front entrance ribbon cutting and time capsule installation Saturday May 19, 2012 from 9:30-10am at 525 West Falls Road as it celebrates 20 years of teaching the right lesson at the right time.

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Pet Owners Beware: Pests are Poised for Attack

Submitted by Joe Kirchmyer on Monday, May 14th, 2:49 pm

(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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Help Us Preserve and Protect

Submitted by PR Gal on Monday, May 14th, 9:22 am

The view from Mill Road between Sweet and Blakely is one of Aurora, NY’s most treasured. Generations of Western New Yorkers have enjoyed the scenic vistas across the valley, breathtaking in all four seasons, from wildflowers and bright green meadow in springtime to the snow-draped evergreens of winter. With a 180-degree panoramic view to the west, this is the perfect place to watch the mist rise in the morning or to witness the sun sinking below the ridges at day’s end.

The Friends of Mill Road, a citizens group, has a one-time opportunity to secure this property for future generations by purchasing and preserving the 60 acres of open space that create this view. The purchase agreement with the landowners gives the group until the end of 2012 to raise the funds needed to acquire the property, construct a scenic overlook and place a conservation easement on the property to protect it forever.

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Chimney Bluffs: Sculpted By Nature's Hand

Submitted by WGRZ Web Staff

Sunday, May 13th, 2012, 12:37pm

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."

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