Cheektowaga, NY

Maryvale budget provides tax relief By John J. Hopkins Times       Although the 2007-08 academic year budget will rise by nearly $700,000, taxes are projected to drop 86 cents per thousand dollars in the Maryvale School District under a spending plan approved Monday by the Board of Education. The $32,325,512 spending plan presented by Superintendent Gary L. Brade... More ... GET WELL WISHES...       Children from Little Angels Day Care Center delivered get well cards Wednesday to the patients at St. Joseph Hospital. Accepting the cards for distribution were Dr. Suresh Parikh MD; Mark Nizinkiewicz, RN and Teresa Staniszewski, RN, MS. The children are, from left, Sean Mahn, Elijah Haqq, Kalah H... More ... Depew budget hikes taxes but fund balance is untouched       Depew Mayor Barbara Alberti announced that the 2007-08 budget carrying a 2.64 percent tax hike is still more than two percent lower than the tentative budget proposed by the prior administration- if former mayor Joseph Mcintosh didn't touch the village's fund balance. More ... Unsuspecting drivers find busy road closed       Reconstruction of Harlem Road has caused expected delays at times along the busy route, and at times drivers have found it difficult to enter the state highway from side streets, but two recent closings of Maryvale Drive created a potentially dangerous situation when drivers found their access bloc... More ... THE END IS NEAR...       A fire inside the upper level of a Lackawanna Avenue garage in Sloan Sunday evening doesn't have much spark left as a firefighter douses the blaze from a ladder while additional firefighters prepare to use a fan to ventilate the building. More ... Also this week in the Times        Cheektowaga Central administrators praise the district's safety precautions             in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings. More ...