cheektowaga

New York State has determined that in a very specific area in Western New York there are elevated cases of cancer.
Six different forms of cancer are more often seen on the Buffalo-Cheektowaga border by the Kensington Expressway, the mainline Thruway and Walden Avenue to the south...

This is awesome. I saw Buffalo was on the list and said 'HA--I knew we'd be on there'.
Then I saw that CHEEKTOWAGA IS up there with the big cities!

New York City, New York - 213,447 
Chicago, Illinois - 210,421
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 65,508 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 57,485 
Los Angeles, California - 5…

Punxatawny Phil's prognosticating days may be coming to an end. After claiming an early spring, police have decided it may be time to bring him in.

Imagine how great this is going to be
Honestly, it's not that crazy hard either. It's a promotion that has been done in Buffalo in the past, most recently at Dunkin' Donuts locations. The first 100 people that camp out in line for Chick-Fil-A's grand opening will get FREE food for…

The rising price of road salt hurts taxpayers and some towns won't even get it!

Those parking bans are in effect in Westen New York! When is the parking ban? For each town, we have the details on how to avoid the parking ticket!
Keep in mind that many towns and villages may alter their time frames if snow is late to arrive...

Woah.
Some 7 year olds came home from school at Cheektowaga's Union East Elementary School this week with a coloring book homework about AIDS and HIV.
As you can imagine, parents are extremely concerned:
 John Tatta, the boy's father, says he was never told the second grade students woul…

Hats off to the Cheektowaga Police Department.
They're one of the busiest agencies in Western New York and receive 200 a day during the week alone--some can be interesting.
While they surely take care of people in need, I always wonder what they think when they get these bizzare calls for these:
These …

I can't believe this town takes the cake for collecting the most fines in NYS. This is absolutely insane!

Chik-Fil-A has submitted plans to build a second location in Western New York!
Last year it was announced that the first Chick-Fil-A around Buffalo will be at the former Famous Dave's location on Walden by the Galleria Mall and is expected to open late this year...

The potholes around Buffalo are bad.
This year seems worse than ever and I've been trying to do this for a few years now--but, we've finally been able to get out and see the Worst Pothole Towns around WNY BEFORE they all got filled in.
So, we took some trips as the snow began to thaw out and…

It's a scary incident that you need to protect yourself from!
Cheektowaga Police said that a man knocked on a door by St. Joe's hospital and posed as a worked and said that he needed to check the water pressure. When he let himself in the house, he took some stuff...