Sunday, Feb. 23 • Amherst police responded to an area eyeglass store for the report of the larceny of approximately $3,000 worth of eyeglass frames. An employee was able to provide a license plate of ...

Amherst is a large town of 53.6 square miles with a population of over 131,000 residents who have many different needs. The needs of Eggertsville, Getzville, Snyder, Swormville, East Amherst, and the ...

Williamsville East boys hockey coach Mike Torrillo has a motto of “if they don’t score, we can’t lose games,” and his team took that to heart in Friday’s Section VI Small Schools final against ...

Students in the Williamsville Central School District are getting ready to have more of a voice in the district as members of the Williamsville Board of Education. Several school districts throughout ...

Sunday, Feb. 16 • An Amherst police officer observed a vehicle with a suspended registration that fled from a previous traffic stop on Feb. 11. Officers deployed “stop sticks” and the vehicle ...

The Town of Amherst and the Northtown Center at Amherst is helping host four of the New York State Amateur Hockey Association’s [NYSAHA] state tournaments. The first tournament played at the center ...

Nigel L. Flint, 29, of Amherst, has been found guilty by a jury of one count of murder in the second degree and one count of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. Jurors rendered their ...

In November 2025, three Amherst Town Board positions will be up for election, two town board seats and town supervisor. Current Amherst Supervisor Brian Kulpa’s, Deputy Supervisor Shawn Lavin’s and ...

Williamsville South’s boys basketball team completed an undefeated regular season for home games with its 86-62 nonleague triumph over Cheektowaga on Feb. 19. The Billies went 7-0 at home this winter.

Williamsville North’s first year competing in the Section VI Small Schools boys hockey playoffs has been going well. The No. 4 seeded Spartans (15-5-1-1) downed No. 13 seed West Seneca East, 3-2, in ...

BARON, Laurie C. (Mercer), 72, of Williamsville, died Feb. 19, 2025. Mother of Rachel Baron; sister of Lisa (Al) Pitzonka and Becky (late Wayne) Summers; aunt of Shawn (Erin) Summers, Emily Summers, ...

ast month, I joined my colleagues in state government and returned to Albany for the 2025 Legislative session. It’s always a busy time. Each January, my staff and I work to quickly introduce as many ...