Cheektowaga, NY

Democrats select Max to chair party By John J. Hopkins      A major shakeup occurred at Monday's annual reorganization meeting of the Cheektowaga Democratic Committee when Frank Max assumed the role as party chairman after defeating incumbent party chairman Kenneth Meyers. More ... FIRE PREVENTION...      Back row, Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School Principal Thomas More ... Five-year agreement, raises agreed between Depew, police      The Village of Depew and its police union avoided binding arbitration to reach an agreement on a tentative five-year contract, which includes a 3.1 percent annual pay raise but will require future recruits to pay part of their health insurance premiums. More ... Town budget hearing draws few comments      Average homeowners will pay about $9 less on their 2007 property tax bills than they did in 2006 under Supervisor Dennis H. Gabryszak's tentative town budget, as major changes in the fiscal plan were outlined Tuesday at Town Hall. More ... READY TO RIDE...      Tyler and Tatiana Layman of south Cheektowaga try out one of the rear seats of a pumper at last Saturday's open house at the South Line Fire Hall on French Road. ( More ... Also this week in the Times       A 25:1 student-teacher ratio at Pine Hill Primary Center has some parents upset. More ... Town man drives truck into police station      Cheektowaga police arrested a town resident at gunpoint last Friday after he drove his pickup truck over the front lawn and into a wall of the Cheektowaga Police and Courts Building on Union Road. More ...