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Canada fires burning fast, blowing south and ramping up air pollutants in WNY

By Joanne Beck
Jun 30, 2023, 5:06pm

smoke over tonawanda — *Apparent smoke from the wildfires in Canada created a haze over the Tonawanda Creek on Friday morning.*
*Photo by Howard Owens.*

So this is what life has come to for much of upstate New York: checking the air quality reports every couple of days and having a good scientific expert on speed dial.

At least that’s how it is for The Batavian, with air levels reaching up past 150 for Western New York the last few days, signaling a red zone of “unhealthy.”

Stuart Steiner: Leaving at the 'top of his game' and reaping a special reward

By Billie Owens
Apr 5, 2011, 7:50pm

This is the second in our series on the 2010 Chamber of Commerce award winners. The awards will be presented at a dinner at the Clarion Hotel on Saturday.

The inaugural Genesee County Lifetime Achievement Award of the local chamber of commerce will be presented Saturday to retiring college President

Planning Board declares Holiday Inn Express won't impact environment

By Brittany Baker
Apr 5, 2011, 10:52pm

The Town of Batavia Planning Board decided Tuesday that a proposed Holiday Inn Express would not have a negative impact on the environment if it were to be built next to the Hampton Inn on Federal Drive.

"What we did tonight was to say the project will not effect the