Annual Hero Awards honor locals
The 100 Club of Buffalo honored 30 Western New Yorkers at the 64th Hero Awards Dinner on April 21 at Samuel's Grande Manor in Clarence. Recipients include Erie County Sheriff John G. Garcia and Aaron Salter Jr. The ceremony salutes courage across law enforcement fire EMS and civilians.
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100 Club of
Buffalo
Samuel’s Grande Manor
Clarence
100 Club
Erie County
John G. Garcia
Buffalo Police Department
Garcia
Buffalo Police
ECMC
Aaron Salter Jr
Salter
Tops Friendly Market
Jefferson Avenue
Exemptions eyed for volunteer firefighters recruitment aid
FASNY seeks inclusion of funding in the final New York state budget to boost volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention. The group urges an increase to the state income tax credit for volunteers, removal of limits on pairing a tax credit with property tax abatements, and a state funded stipend for completion of basic firefighting courses.
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Firefighters Association of the
State of New York
FASNY
New York
Volunteer Fire Service
New York State
Edward Tate Jr
Depew District OKs 2023 24 Budget Budget vote May 16 at Depew High
Depew Union Free School District adopts a 51.542 million dollar budget for 2023 24 with estimated equalized tax rates of 20.91 per thousand in Lancaster and 17.23 in Cheektowaga for homes assessed at 100 000. The plan includes capital projects across middle and high schools and Cayuga Heights Elementary with phase one starting in early May. Voters will decide on five land parcels for future development and whether a student may serve as ex officio non voting board member at the May 9 budget hearing and May 16 vote.
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Depew Union Free School
Donna Hill
Lancaster
Cheektowaga
Hill
Young+Wright Architectural
Buffalo Construction
Carlee Development Co. Inc
Arric Corporation
Thomas Johnson Inc
Apollo Steel Corporation
Action Roofing, Inc
T.G.R Enterprises, Inc
Scrufari Construction Company, LLC
M.E.S. Plumbing Corps
DN. Brown and Associates
Ferguson Electric Inc
Ingalls Site Development Inc
Musco Sports Lighting LLC
Cayuga
Hank Stopinski
Board of Education
Amy Doody
Nicholas LaMarca
Depew High School
Transit Road
Depew
Lancaster Probes Zero Emission Vehicle Plan Grants
Lancaster village reiterates commitment to the Multi-State ZEV Memorandum of Understanding aiming to deploy 3.3 million zero emission vehicles by 2025 and align with New York State goals for 100 percent zero emission new cars by 2035. A NYS Comptroller procurement decision waits on a grant, with other updates on Cayuga Creek Park work, Plum Bottom Creek culvert timelines, and Fireman’s Park renovations awaiting bids or CPL guidance.
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New York State Comptroller’s Office
Cayuga Creek Park
CPL
Bridge
Plum Bottom Creek
C&s Engineers
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Steller
St. Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church
St. Mary’s Board of Education
John Trojanowsky
Lancaster Youth Board
Trojanowsky
Newman
Catholic Church
Erie Community College
Ladies of Charity
St. Vincent DePaul Society
Elijah Robinson
Bison Iron & Step
Harlem Road
Bison Ironand Step
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