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Town of Hamburg Comprehensive Plan Update
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 to address…
Smooth sailing over the Skyway
100+ schools closed because of high winds. Surely the Skyway must have been closed, right? Nope. Sorry, folks. To be fair, it was closed for about an hour earlier in the week in one direction only because of a fender bender. That’s the first time this winter.
Bloggers make the mainstream media
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