Hull House Plans Lawn, Plant Sale

Submitted by Lisa Johnson, Community Reporter

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 4:19pm

The Hull Family Home and Farmstead, 5962 Genesee St. at Pavement Road, Lancaster, will be the site of a lawn and plant sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 19 and 20.

Proceeds will benefit the restoration of the Hull House and maintenance of the BiNational Peace Garden.

For more information, visit www.hullfamilyhome.org.

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Dog ' N Suds Day to Benefit NYS Citizens Against Puppy Mills

Submitted by Lisa Johnson, Community Reporter

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 4:16pm

Dog ' N Suds Day to Benefit NYS Citizens Against Puppy Mills

Canine & Co., 5952 Transit Road, Depew, will host a Dog ' N Suds Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 3.

Baths will be $10 and $15, and appointments may be made by calling 681-0063.

The day will include a basket raffle, activities for children, food and dog contests. Area rescues also will be available with canines for adoption.

Proceeds will benefit NYS Citizens Against Puppy Mills.

For more information, visit www.citizensagainstpuppymills.org.

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Dog Ears Bookstore to Present NovelTea, a Unique Formal High Tea Event

Submitted by Joe Kirchmyer on Wednesday, May 16th, 1:54 pm

NovelTea, a formal high tea to benefit Dog Ears Bookstore and The Enlightenment Literary Arts Center, will take place from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at The Buffalo Irish Center, 245 Abbott Road, South Buffalo. NovelTea will feature all of the refreshments and trappings customarily found at a traditional high tea. Author Patty Gelman will deliver remarks exploring both her successful battle against breast cancer, and helpful writing and publishing tips for would-be authors.

Attendees will enjoy classic high tea fare including tea and coffee, fresh fruit, crumpets, and other baked goods and sweets. They are also be invited to don a formal hat from the collection of Mrs. Karen E. Penfold. Guests may also wear their own hats, as well as their finest frocks, for NovelTea.

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Poetry Series at Dog Ears Bookstore to Welcome Two Authors

Submitted by Joe Kirchmyer on Wednesday, May 16th, 1:17 pm

The popular monthly 4th Friday Poetry Series at the nonprofit Dog Ears Bookstore, located at 688 Abbott Road in South Buffalo, resumes at 7 p.m. Friday, May 25. Guest readers will include Elaine Chamberlain and George Grace.

Chamberlain taught English, creative writing and art and has done volunteer nursing in southern Mexico. She likes to write about growing up in Seattle, about the Mayan people who were her patients in Chiapas, and about travel on the cheap. She has traveled aboard chicken buses in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Bolivia; biked and ferried in Nova Scotia; and traveled by train, canal boat and bicycle rickshaw in India and Nepal. Last year she retired after 20 years as a mental health counselor. Her current passion is the art of collage and diorama.

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Opera House Rounds Out Cast of 'Damn Yankees'

Submitted by Patrick Klinck, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 10:37am

Opera House Rounds Out Cast of 'Damn Yankees'

A Statement Released by the Lancaster Opera House

Lancaster NY- The Lancaster Opera House is pleased to welcome up and coming performer Peter Hargrave, making his Buffalo debut as baseball hero Joe Hardy in the Tony award winning musical DAMN YANKEES. The show runs June 1-16, with shows on Fridays at 7:30pm, Saturdays at 2:30pm & 7:30pm (No 2:30pm show on June 2) and Sundays at 2:30pm.

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School Budget Voting Results

Submitted by WGRZ Web Staff

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 10:20am

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Voters in the Hamburg Central School District will have to wait a little longer for their school budget vote results. There was a malfunction with one of the machines on Tuesday. The machine has been sealed and the Board of Elections will handle the situation from here.

A handful of budgets did not pass including Bolivar-Richburg Central School District, Cheektowaga-Sloan, Niagara Wheatfield and Wyoming Central.

This year school districts in New York are required to submit their proposed spending and their proposed tax levy for the upcoming year.

Click here to take a look at what your school district proposed.

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