Official newspaper of the Akron Central School District, Town of Newstead, and Village of Akron
A $34,730,650.00 proposed 2022-2023 Akron Central School budget and candidates for three Board of Education seats will be presented at a public hearing on May 10, and will come before district voters on May 17, 2022
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The absentee ballot request portal for the Tuesday, June 28 primary and all other 2022 elections is now open on the Erie County Board of Elections website at www.elections.erie.gov. The direct link to the portal is https://elections.erie.gov/Absentee_Notice.
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Senator Rath is asking for residents to nominate teachers that they would like to honor. The nominations will be open during Teacher Appreciate Week, which runs from May 2nd through May 6th.
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Additional fundraising and programing ideas surfaced as the Town of Newstead Bi-Centennial Committee continued to develop plans for a celebration of Newstead’s milestone anniversary in 2023 during their meeting this month.
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There were no public questions or comments relative to the proposed Village of Akron 2022-2023 spending plan during a public hearing on that budget Monday night.
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Akron Central Music Department is excited to present the 2022 “Pop Goes the Movies” themed concerts on April 2, 2022. It was April of 2019 when the they last presented their Cabaret Concerts for friends and family in the school’s performance gymnasium. With pandemic restrictions lifted, the popular concerts return as the gymnasium is transformed into a nightclub with the glamour of Hollywood with lights, round tables, beverages and snacks. The event will be a soundtrack of theatrical favorites and pop music.
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Akron Village Board members adopted a resolution on Monday night expressing solidarity with the country and people of Ukraine and imploring the leaders of the United States to take greater steps to assist Ukraine in defending its nation.
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The Town of Newstead bicentennial committee continues to work on plans for the Bicentennial Celebration in 2023.
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Akron Central School Board members expressed support of the Erie-Niagara School Superintendent’s Association request to New York Governor Hochul “to move schools from the emergency phase of COVID-19 to a new phase when the presence of a virus no longer disrupts the normal operations of our schools,” during their Board meeting on February 9.
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Bursting with originality, “The Theory of Relativity” comes to the Edward Allen Auditorium stage for the first time next week.
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