Amherst is a large town of 53.6 square miles with a population of over 131,000 residents who have many different needs. The needs of Eggertsville, Getzville, Snyder, Swormville, East Amherst, and the ...

Williamsville East boys hockey coach Mike Torrillo has a motto of “if they don’t score, we can’t lose games,” and his team took that to heart in Friday’s Section VI Small Schools final against ...

Students in the Williamsville Central School District are getting ready to have more of a voice in the district as members of the Williamsville Board of Education. Several school districts throughout ...

Sunday, Feb. 16 • An Amherst police officer observed a vehicle with a suspended registration that fled from a previous traffic stop on Feb. 11. Officers deployed “stop sticks” and the vehicle ...

The Town of Amherst and the Northtown Center at Amherst is helping host four of the New York State Amateur Hockey Association’s [NYSAHA] state tournaments. The first tournament played at the center ...

Nigel L. Flint, 29, of Amherst, has been found guilty by a jury of one count of murder in the second degree and one count of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. Jurors rendered their ...

After 78 seasons performing at Amherst Middle School, the Amherst Symphony Orchestra will be relocating for its 2025-2026 season to Williamsville South High School’s state-of-the-art auditorium. “We ...

In November 2025, three Amherst Town Board positions will be up for election, two town board seats and town supervisor. Current Amherst Supervisor Brian Kulpa’s, Deputy Supervisor Shawn Lavin’s and ...

Williamsville South’s boys basketball team completed an undefeated regular season for home games with its 86-62 nonleague triumph over Cheektowaga on Feb. 19. The Billies went 7-0 at home this winter.

BARON, Laurie C. (Mercer), 72, of Williamsville, died Feb. 19, 2025. Mother of Rachel Baron; sister of Lisa (Al) Pitzonka and Becky (late Wayne) Summers; aunt of Shawn (Erin) Summers, Emily Summers, ...

Williamsville North’s first year competing in the Section VI Small Schools boys hockey playoffs has been going well. The No. 4 seeded Spartans (15-5-1-1) downed No. 13 seed West Seneca East, 3-2, in ...

The Amherst Central Fire Alarm Office received one call from a passerby that there was dark smoke coming from the roof and the eaves of the residence at 414 Longmeadow Road at 8:58 a.m. Feb. 19. Town ...