Amanda and I both planned to take today off and turn this into a four day weekend for the sole purpose of going skiing. Planning ahead for a ski day is always tricky since you never know what the weather is going to be like, but today worked out perfectly. First, the weather [...]

We took a ride out to the Hamburg Recreation Center to get discount tickets for Kissing Bridge and decided to make an attempt for a geocache or two. We trudged through the snow, but determined the cache we were looking for was buried under the snow and/or frozen to the ground, so we skipped [...]

This really doesn’t want to let up! I’m amazed at how bad the roads are around here, but that’s what happens when it’s too cold for salt to do any good. At least it looks like it’s going to hit 20 degrees tomorrow. Heat wave!

P.S. The skyway still hasn’t been closed [...]

Thursday night I was in bed, flipping through The Sun. I was astonished to see five pages of letters to the editor, most of which centered around the ongoing partisan problems in the Town of Hamburg. I was surprised to find a lengthy letter from Town Supervisor Steven Walters responding directly to all [...]

I’m not one to blindly bash a particular party, as we all know they both have their faults, but today served up a double helping of that which makes partisan politics disgusting.
First up… Erie County Democratic Party Chairman Len Lenihan. Listen to this WBEN interview with the Dem chief doing everything he can [...]

With the Borders at Quaker Crossing progressing right along, today comes this announcement of Barnes & Noble building a new store at the McKinley Mall.
The proclaimed world’s largest bookseller will open its first Southtowns store sometime in 2007, officials confirmed Wednesday. It was also noted that it will be the only Barnes & Noble outlet [...]

The Sun’s editorial this week echoes my viewpoint from a month ago on the Foit’s property.
Hamburg’s known as the town that friendship built and most folks outside of the town say Hamburg definitely is a “pro-business” community.
But when it comes to an issue involving a Hamburg business owner and a prime piece of property that [...]

As I sat in the Comprehensive Plan meeting earlier this week, discussions touched on subjects such as what makes Hamburg unique from other Western New York towns, and how do we draw people in to bring in income from non-residents. Immediately, my thoughts turned to the waterfront. Having a waterfront is an instant [...]

Tonight, Amanda and I attended the Town of Hamburg’s first public meeting on the update of it’s Comprehensive Plan. This plan, adopted in 1997, is the long term “master plan” for the town. The plan was meant to be revisited every five to ten years, and the Hamburg Town Board initiated this review [...]

Here’s something I never expected to see on a Sunday morning - a Town of Hamburg crew out picking up branches! Nice work, guys!