2012-05-27T21:40:42-04:00 urn:uuid:6465ac97-6fe7-4267-9344-4d3a8e589718 urn:uuid:767f789c-0edf-44f6-9536-464677e207c6 2012-05-03T02:50:50-04:00

urn:uuid:ba0e50f6-1bdc-4508-ba06-e9a6227d73b7 2012-04-05T23:58:50-04:00

<p> A decision Tuesday by the Tonawanda Common Council to require daily Canal Fest operations on the south side of the canal to conclude by 10 p.m., rather than 11, apparently isn&#8217;t sitting well with Canal Fest organizers, who have yet to agree to the change.</p>

urn:uuid:be586a43-b6f3-4a50-abf5-219507f93e0f 2012-03-28T01:29:37-04:00

<p> Rep. Louise Slaughter and a small band of colleagues in the House of Representatives deserve praise for their determination in putting a stop to a long-standing dirty secret in politics &#8212; that members of Congress have been making a boatload of cash by parlaying their official knowledge of the nation&#8217;s affairs into private fortunes on the stock market.</p>

urn:uuid:db2f1559-1773-49ff-b613-8598a9ec5d8c 2012-03-21T02:04:32-04:00

<p> In the three school districts primarily composing the Tonawandas we are seeing, in varying degrees, the beginning of the end of education here as we know it.</p>

urn:uuid:3327e7a9-2277-4b2e-adeb-a61ea29d3063 2012-03-17T01:13:35-04:00

<p> More than the Xs and Os of a football playbook, the Mario Williams signing is a generation-in-the-waiting signal that this franchise is finally on the right track.</p>

urn:uuid:f2f3cf37-2829-4c98-b3f3-31eb11a1ca95 2012-03-06T00:33:53-05:00

<p> In reading Sunday&#8217;s cover story by reporter Jill Keppeler, readers probably shared our shock in the success story that is the Erie Community College industrial technology program.</p>

urn:uuid:04f2c3c6-a31b-4eac-9191-84111574836c 2012-03-01T01:04:04-05:00

<p> The U.S. Postal Service has been mailing it in for years.</p>

urn:uuid:6f8afec5-d83e-417b-b57e-bcf0f7dd992b 2012-03-01T01:00:28-05:00

<p> I felt sorry for Whitney Houston. But this week, the world lost two people whose departure makes me truly nostalgic.</p>

urn:uuid:fc294158-cf92-4002-b27c-b3110852270b 2012-02-25T23:05:05-05:00

<p> Though voters in the city who have waited for nearly four months to find out who won might find this welcome news, the problems with our election system this razor-thin race uncovered are anything but comforting.</p>

urn:uuid:f833008c-3c5c-4d3a-a2ff-6a711d1eeb83 2012-02-23T01:33:41-05:00

<p> The tumult and excitement over approving Nik Wallenda&#8217;s request to walk across the Niagara Gorge has at times been deafening.</p>