Local News - Orchard Park Bee (2024)

Orchard Park collecting school supplies for Journey’s End Refugees Services

By Bee Group Newspapers | on August 15, 2024

From Sunday, Aug. 11, to Saturday, Aug. 24, Eero Worang-Zizzi, a sophom*ore at Orchard Park High School, is running a school supply drive for Journey’s End Refugee Services. New and gently used school supplies are being requested. The most needed items include rulers, colored pencils, pens, calculators, scissors, folders, crayons and college-ruled notebooks. Items can be dropped off at the […]

SPCA’s Doggie Entourage is trial run for pets, owners

By Bee Group Newspapers | on August 15, 2024

by JIM TAMMARO
Intern

Looking for a dog to adopt can be a tough and challenging process. Going from shelter to shelter, just looking at the dogs, does not really provide a good idea into how they will behave when they go to their new home. The Doggie Entourage program, run by the SPCA Serving Erie County, is looking to change that. Now, prospective […]

Orchard Park upcoming meetings

By Bee Group Newspapers | on August 15, 2024

All meetings are open to the public. 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20: Board of Education, Orchard Park Middle School, 60 S. Lincoln Ave. 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21: Town Board, Orchard Park Municipal Building, 4295 S. Buffalo St. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28: Village Zoning Board, Orchard Park Municipal Building, 4295 S. Buffalo St. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3: Village […]

Orchard Park Town Court schedule

By Bee Group Newspapers | on August 15, 2024

All court sessions, unless otherwise noted, will begin at 5 p.m. at the town’s municipal building, 4295 S. Buffalo St. A town prosecutor night is one in which an assistant district attorney is not present, and the calendar consists almost exclusively of violations and traffic tickets. DA night is a session when an assistant district attorney is present to prosecute […]

A busy summer for the Erie County Sheriff’s Office

By Bee Group Newspapers | on August 15, 2024

John Garcia
ERIE COUNTY SHERIFF

These are some of the busiest, but most exciting days of the year for the Erie County Sheriff’s Office. It feels as if it has been a long off-season, but the Buffalo Bills are ready to take the field. This month, the team is hosting two preseason games before kicking off the regular season on Sept. 8. The Sheriff’s Office […]

Walkability is important in the village

By Bee Group Newspapers | on August 15, 2024

Jo Ann Litwin Clinton
VILLAGE OF ORCHARD PARK MAYOR

Traffic has been an issue at the Four Corners even before there were automobiles. The question remains: How do we control traffic, yet make our village safe and walkable? The primary purpose of traffic calming is to support the livability and vitality of residential and commercial areas through improvements in nonmotorist safety. For many decades, the U.S. has focused on […]

News Brief

By Bee Group Newspapers | on August 15, 2024

The Orchard Park Bee is on social media. Don’t forget to follow the paper on Facebook® @OrchardParkBee for more news and photos. This account sometimes posts breaking news and will feature links to sports, news, business and lifestyle stories. The Aurora Players will hold auditions for its production of “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley” on Aug. 5 and 6 at […]

Steep decline in applications for police civil service examination

By Bee Group Newspapers | on August 15, 2024

Erie County is grappling with an unprecedented drop in applications for the upcoming civil service examination for police officers. With only 367 applicants signed up for the Sept. 28, exam, and the registration deadline looming on Aug. 14, the county is sounding the alarm. This stark decline follows a troubling trend: 987 applicants in 2022, 1,515 in 2019, and 1,797 […]

Attorney general’s office launches web privacy guides for consumers, businesses

By Bee Group Newspapers | on August 15, 2024

Two privacy guides are now available on the Office of the Attorney General website: a business guide to website privacy controls and a consumer guide to tracking on the web. OAG issued the two guides following a review that uncovered unwanted tracking on more than a dozen popular websites, collectively serving more than 75 million visitors per month. The business […]

Appeal 2024 raises $8M

By Bee Group Newspapers | on August 15, 2024

Appeal 2024 raised just over $8.2 million in cash and pledges in support of Catholic Charities of Buffalo and the Fund for the Faith, 84% of its $9.5 million goal. Appeal 2024 was launched in January and concluded on June 30. “It’s because of the support and generosity of those who give through the annual Appeal that Catholic Charities can […]