May Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month Promotes Safe Riding
Erie County urges drivers and riders to share the road, boost awareness, and follow safety practices as spring and riding season begin. Officials cite 2021 motorcyclist deaths at 5,932 nationally and highlight licensing, proper gear, and training programs with local resources and renewal deadlines.
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Erie County
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
Nysmsp .Org
Erie County Auto Bureau
Erie
MAKING EAGLE Depew Scout Earns Eagle Scout Honor
Depew resident Matthew Killian, a Bowmansville Fire Hall Troop 601 member, received the Eagle Scout medal at a court of honor. His Service Project planted 28 white pine trees to shield the Hull Family Home and Farmstead cemetery from the Thruway, with 40 volunteers. Killian, a Lancaster High sophomore, earned 72 merit badges and participates in Symphonic Band, Jazz Ensemble, and AVPA activities. He aims to study education after high school.
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Depew
Matthew Killian
Bowmansville
Killian
Western New York Scout Council
Hull
Thruway
Lancaster High School
Academy of Visual and Performing Arts
National Honor Society
Death notices Ethel F. Krahling 97 Clarence Lancaster
Ethel F. Krahling 97 of Clarence and formerly of Lancaster died May 6 2024. Wife of the late Frank R. Krahling mother of Renee Litzenberger Thomas Krahling Carl Krahling and the late Mark Krahling grandmother of seven sister of Dolores Petty and Sandra Hayasaka. Family receives friends May 17 4 to 8 p.m. Amigone Harris Hill Chapel. Mass May 18 10:30 a.m. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church. Flowers declined. Condolences at Amigone.com.
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Krahling
Ethel F
Pawlak
Clarence
Lancaster
Frank R. Krahling
Renee
Karl) Litzenberger
Thomas Krahling
Carl
Jacqueline) Krahling
Mark Krahling
Dolores
Earl) Petty
Sandra
Steve) Hayasaka
Harris Hill Chapel
Amigone Funeral Home, Inc
Main St
Harris Hill Road
Main Street
Harris Hill
Amigone.com
Independent Health bike month sweepstakes in May
Independent Health invites New York residents 18 and older to win a May National Bike Month prize pack. Enter at independenthealth.com/bikemonth by May 24 by sharing a story on why you love riding a bike. Prize includes a $200 Dick's Gift Card, two SkyRide registrations with helmets, two Reddy Bikeshare memberships or credits, and a prize pack.
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Independent Health
New York
Independenthealth.com
Bikemonth
Dick’s Sporting Goods
Reddy Bikeshare
Bee Heard Calls for Construction Work in Village
Bee Heard column urges immediate action on two downtown construction sites after years of noise and pollution. Residents demand completion by Sweeney and Ruda, praise a Lancaster superintendent and Town supervisor Robert Leary, and invite anonymous public comments via the Bee Heard feature with a weekly limit and editing rules.
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Sweeney
Ruda
Lancaster
Robert Leary
Bee
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