Lancaster Public Library Seen as Community Heart
National Library Week spotlights Lancaster Public Library as an inclusive hub offering free programs from technology workshops to art and STEM activities. Director Kara Stock calls libraries centers for learning and equity, while youth librarian Megan Carr notes letting children pick books fosters ownership and love of reading. The library serves Lancaster and Lancaster Depew with NY state funding support and community partners like The Friends of the Lancaster Library. National Library Week runs April 23 to 29.
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Lancaster Public Library
Kara Stock
Stock
Lancaster
Megan Carr
Carr
Lancaster-Depew
Buffalo & Erie County
New York State
Monica Wallace
Friends of the Lancaster Library
Wallace
Library
Pulaski Association to honor Unsung Heroes on Polonia Day
Ten individuals including Colleen Mulvaney Killian and Adrianne Kasmierczuk will be celebrated May 2 at Klocs Grove with a 6 p.m. cocktail and 7 p.m. dinner. Tickets cost 55 dollars single or 100 dollars couple, with payments due by April 20 to General Pulaski Association. Also notes a scam alert from ECSO and a $1,500 Polish Arts Club of Buffalo Scholarship with May 1, 2023 postmark deadline.
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Colleen Mulvaney Killian
Adrianne Kasmiercczyk
The
Pulaski Association
Kloc’s Grove
Seneca Creek Road
General Pulaski Association Inc
P.O
Cheektowaga
Polish Arts Club of Buffalo Scholarship Foundation
New York State
New York
Polish Arts Club Ofbuffalo.com
Stan Nowak
Bank of Lancaster Liquidation Shocks Local Business Leaders
Ninety years ago on April 13 1933 the Bank of Lancaster was seized by the State Banking Department for liquidation. Directors announce an immediate plan for complete reorganization and a new institutional structure. A barn fire on the Tamalko farm near Barton Road and Wehrle Drive destroyed the building and its contents. Firefighters from Lancaster and Bowmansville fought the blaze. livestock perished including two work horses and several cattle while hay and machinery were lost.
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Bank of Lancaster
State Banking Department
Tomasko
George Tamalko
Barton Road
Wehrle Drive
Lancaster
Bowmansville
Out of the Past Fire Draws 500 Traffic to Barn Blaze
Tomalko attributes the blaze to a homeless wanderer seeking shelter in a barn. The fire was visible for miles as cars lined up more than a mile and a half. In court, eight parents faced fines or short terms for unsanitary school conditions, then received suspended sentences due to welfare status.
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Tomalko
Harold B. Davis
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Symington Gould
Lancaster Memories
Mary Jo Monnin
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