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Fewer students, teachers to start new year
      Enrollment is expected to be 7,036, down slightly from last year, when West Seneca students return to their classrooms next Tuesday. That doesn’t mean that some buildings won’t see an increase in student population. For example, the district is experiencing an increase estimated in the teens at West Elementary, which will accommodate 801 students this year.
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Up the creek
     Kiley Rooney, 2, and sister Natalie, 5, of West Seneca, explore the shallow waters of Buffalo Creek on Saturday near the Burchfield Nature and Art Center with their mother, Sherri Christian.
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Schools reduce bus routes to achieve savings
      Long before the last school year ended for West Seneca students, the administration was busy calculating where to make cuts to a less than favorable budget. Officials unanimously agreed that every facet of the district’s educational program must be spared — and that came at the expense of reductions in other areas.
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Residents can receive texts from WSPD
      Even law enforcement is into social networking, which means your next text message could come from the West Seneca police. According to Chief Edward F. Gehen, the department has launched a new community information service that uses the Web and cell phones to deliver timely information to residents.
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Monday, Aug. 23 — 2:13 a.m.: Reserve firefighters and Rural Metro assisted a 54-year-old Waltercrest Terrace man who fell. — 6:49 a.m.: Reserve firefighters and Rural Metro aided a 71-year-old Reynolds Road female who was experiencing chest pains. More...
Even though the drama associated with the state budget process is now behind us, it’s never too early to start focusing on New York’s financial concerns, particularly when you talk about programs and services that may be on the outside looking in when it comes to the state’s spending plan for next year. More...
Cars parked on the south shoulder of East & West Road approaching Roycroft and Naples drives make it just a matter of time before someone is T-boned trying to turn left from either of these side streets onto East & West. One or two cars are bad enough, partially obstructing the view of motorists. But a line of three or four cars? More...
(Editor’s note: The Bee’s police blotter is a sampling of unusual, sometimes humorous calls received by the police department. More...
(Editor’s note: Call The Bee at 632-0390 and record a one-minute comment on our Bee Heard line. It gives readers an opportunity to comment quickly and candidly on items of local or regional interest. Callers do not have to identify themselves and no callers’ names will be used. In the interest of fairness and good taste, The Bee will not publish derogatory or insulting comments. More...
The West Seneca Central School District has announced its free and reduced price meal policy for the 2010-11 school year. More...
West Seneca West’s football team had a nightmare of a season in 2009 due to an unfathomable amount of devastating injuries on a weekly basis, and there wasn’t much coach Joe Cantafio could do about it at the time. More...
Local disposal sites aim to get meds off the street
D rive up and drop off. It’s as simple as that when it comes to the disposal of unwanted, expired or unused prescription drugs. More...
Fireman’s Exhibit sets Labor Day steak raffle The Firemen’s Memorial Exhibit Center of Western New York has scheduled a Labor Day steak raffle for Monday, Sept. 6. Tickets cost $1 each and can be obtained by calling Jim Kavanugh at 674-5585 or Art Popiol at 652-0345. Poceeds will benefit the Exhibit Center. More...
thurs. 2  After School Escape — Children in grades K-5 are invited to enjoy a one-hour program for kids featuring a different, fun, outdoor activity each week, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2 at Reinstein Woods, 77 Honorine Drive, Depew; Free - no registration required. 683-5959, www.dec.ny.gov/education/1837.html fri. More...
A delivery from Respiratory Services of Western New York just might include a little more than a new oxygen tank. It comes with a smile, a professional attitude, and it might even include a changed light bulb for an elderly patient who can’t reach the fixture. More...