Drunk driver sentenced for fatally striking Depew resident
Renaldo Pearson, 48, who pleaded guilty to one count of felony vehicular manslaughter, was sentenced on April 3 to three to six years in prison and license revocation for striking Depew resident Amber Young on the 1500 block of Broadway in Buffalo. Young died after being found in the street and taken to ECMC. Pearson fled the scene before being detained near the Buffalo border as his vehicle matched witness descriptions. The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Christopher McCarthy of the Vehicular Crimes Bureau.
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Depew
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Broadway
Buffalo
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Cheektowaga
Christopher McCarthy
Vehicular Crimes Bureau
Composting station opens at Lancaster Municipal Building
A new compost drop-off location is now available at the Village of Lancaster Municipal Building, 5423 Broadway. Residents can recycle food scraps and organic material to keep them out of landfills and enrich soil. Sign up online at farmerpirates.com/neighborhood-drop-off.
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Village of Lancaster
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Lancaster Arbor Day Celebration in West Wood Park
The Town of Lancaster hosts an Arbor Day event from 10 am to noon on Saturday April 27 at West Wood Park with registration at 9 30 am. Prizes for Arbor Day Poster Contest winners from Lancaster and Depew schools will be awarded and a flag ceremony honors 25 years as a Tree City USA.
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Lancaster
Westwood Park
Park Pavilion
Depew
Tree City USA
Forestry Department
Medals Restored For West Seneca WWII Veteran Wisniewski
Two of Edward Wisniewski’s sons Paul and Tom received replacement World War II medals in a home ceremony after most of the veteran’s records were lost in a fire. The honors include the World War II Victory Medal, Asian Pacific Campaign Ribbon, American Defense Service Medal, and Army Good Conduct Medal, plus an American Capitol flag.
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Edward Wisniewski
West Seneca
Wisniewski
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Tom
Jim Manley
West Seneca Joint Veterans Committee
Brian Higgins
Department of the Army
Jim
Veterans Committee
Gary Dickson
Sec
Capitol
Dickson
United States
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Bethlehem Steel
Lackawanna
St. Patrick’s Church
Ford Motor Assembly
New York
Harvey Morin
VFW
Manley
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