Town of Marilla residents will not have to wait until November to vote on lengthening the town supervisor's term. Town Board members agreed to set a special referendum to change the term from two to four years the night of Thursday, Jan. 8. They have not scheduled the referendum, but Supervisor Earl Gingerich, Jr. expects it to be set for the spring or summer. "We need to check with the Board of Elections," he said. No one spoke during the public hearing. The board plans to adopt the law in February, then schedule the referendum. Originally, the board planned to...

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By Historian Robert Lowell Goller On Christmas Eve 1914, East Aurora hosted what was likely among the first electrified Christmas tree lighting ceremonies in the world. Just a decade after the first recorded use of outdoor electric Christmas lights (on a tree in San Diego in 1904), and just two years after the first public tree lighting ceremony with electric lights (in New York City’s Madison Square Park in 1912), East Aurora flipped the switch on 250 electric lamps adorning a 35-year-old evergreen tree on the Roycroft Campus. Although the exact location of the pine tree is unknown, an account...

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Bird feeding season is upon us now that October has come to an end. Does that mean your bird feeding station is going to be overrun with hungry birds? No, not yet, but there are several reasons to get your feeders ready and supplied with a variety of quality seeds. First of all, having feed in the feeders is a way of letting your birds know that there is food available. Over the last week or two I have noticed a significant insurgence of birds present in small feeding groups around the yard. Yes, many birds are still finding plenty...

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