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Hundreds of parents, students and teachers packed the Hamburg Central School Board meeting Tuesday night to object to the layoffs of 17 employees, including 13 teachers.

The decision to lay off 17 teachers and aides, and not fill 7 retiring positions was made last week, but the financial woes began years ago the superintendent says.

OLAF FUB SEZ: According to actress Tallulah Bankhead, born on this date in 1902, “If I had to live my life again, Id make the same mistakes, only sooner.”

Governor Kathy Hochul announced $5.1 million to establish school-based mental health clinics and that includes some Western New York schools.

The Buffalo Bills contest with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers starts at 8:15 p.m. at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park – and road closures around the ballfield start in the afternoon.

For any new journalist not familiar with Jim Owen, he quickly became ‘that guy who showed up again’ to local events, and became a beloved and indelible character amongst local media and citizens alike — dubbed the Mayor of Redfield Parkway for his advocacy and presence on that westside city street — and was a knowledgeable and popular fixture of Batavia and even during his

The way Jim Owen tells the story, his father Frank had very high standards when it came to music, and not every Owen in the family made the cut. “My sister Kathy was a very good singer, and my brother Robert was a very good singer, and then there’s Jim,” the honorary Mayor of Redfield Parkway said, adding that his father wasn’t mean about it. “He was very encouraging of me, he

Following years of jokingly being addressed as a key dignitary for the Redfield Parkway neighborhood, Jim Owen finally got his wish. The native Batavian, former teacher, coach, active citizen and well-known figure around town was dubbed the title Mayor of Redfield during City Council’s meeting Monday. After reading some of Owen’s history, Council President Eugene Jankowski

More than 20 school districts and several private schools are participating in the program so far.

Thanks to TikTok users around the world, there is a threat on the social media network urging students to participate in a nationwide school shooting and bombing as part of a “trend” online.