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The Orchard Park & East Aurora Sun / Saturday, November 08, 2014
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Orchard Park School Board makes presentation on maintenance plan By Tim Fenster
ORCHARD PARK SUN EDITOR
Later this month, residents will decide whether to allow the Orchard Park Central School District to spend nearly $25 million to renovate and update its facilities. Despite that high price-tag, and a tax hike of about $17 per $1,000 of assessed value, district administrators are confident that most the public is backing the project. After the Orchard Park School Board’s Tuesday, Nov. 4 meeting, which included a lengthy presentation on the renovation plans, Superintendent Matthew McGarrity said he had yet to receive comment from anyone against the plan. “I’ve heard nothing negative,” he said. Tuesday night’s presentation included a video of Bill Bosinski, superintendent of Buildings of Grounds, taking attendees on a kind of virtual tour of the district’s facilities, detailing every portion of the extensive maintenance plan. That plan is separated into two propositions. The first proposition is the $22.5 million Health & Safety Capital Improvements Plan. This plan includes dozens of projects, ranging from repairing rugged school sidewalks to renovating and expanding athletic fields to making stairways and door
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On Tuesday, Nov.18, voters will decide whether Orchard Park schools can move forward with almost $25 million in renovations and maintenance to facilities across the district. handles compliant with ADA standards. The projects included in the plan were identified in the district’s 2010 Building Condition Survey — a report mandated every five years by the Education Department. The total cost of addressing all items identified by the survey would have cost approximately $43 million. However, Assistant Superintendent for Business &
Support Services Jeffrey Petrus explained that the district whittled that down to a smaller list of more pressing projects. “As homeowners, we work to maintain our homes and try to stay within a certain budget, McGarrity said. “The district has been working to identify almost critical facility needs while being responsible for our community members and our taxpayers.”
The second proposition is a $1.8 million plan to renovate the Middle School Auditorium, which was built in 1948 and has seen no major renovations since. The meeting was in fact held in that auditorium, to give voters an idea of the condition of the facility.
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Mayor John Wilson has passed away The Village of Orchard Park with heavy hearts regrets to inform you that Mayor John B. Wilson passed away Wednesday night. He was 64. Our Village Family will miss his leadership and dedication to the community. Mayor Wilson has served the Village since 1983 as a Village Planning Board member, in 199 was elected Village Trustee and has held office as Mayor since 2005. Services will be held at FE Brown Sons Funeral
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East Aurora passes brewery law By Tim Fenster
ORCHARD PARK SUN EDITOR
Most residents know that East Aurora is widely considered an arts and crafts hub of WNY, and on Monday, Nov. 3, the village board cleared the way for another craft to enter the village — brewing. The new local law, approved by a unanimous vote, will officially allow breweries to open in districts zoned for commercial and manufacturing use. Village officials note that brewing was never banned in the village — it was just never written in to the village code. “It wasn’t not allowed. It just wasn’t in there,” Mayor Allan Kasprzak said. The absence of brewing in the village code was brought to the board’s attention in September, when resident John Cimperman addressed them on his plans to open a microbrewery at 23 Pine St., a building he already owns.
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By Christopher Treacy Julie Garvey doesn’t mean to step on anyone’s toes, but she’s had enough of all the breeding. As the purveyor of Pet Connections Inc., an animal shelter for the last 30 years that caters specifically to dogs in maternity, she knows of what she speaks. “There’s nothing glamorous about making more dogs and cats, and it’s got to stop,” she said. “I’m even done with the purebred thing - over it. … Purebred breeders should start rescuing purebreds abandoned at the pounds. Thirty years we’ve been here, and we haven’t had a break.” Garvey went on to explain how many folks just assume that shelters will take care of abandoned animals, but the reality is far less warm and fuzzy: because of the increase in no-kill policies - something she agrees with theoretically - shelters now
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
EAST AURORA VILLAGE BOARD ............. SECT. A PAGE 2
SPORTS............................................... SECT. B PAGES 1 – 4
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