Official newspaper of the Akron Central School District, Town of Newstead, and Village of Akron
Child Find is a continuous process of public awareness activities, screening and evaluation designed to locate, identify, and refer as early as possible young children with disabilities and their families who are in need of an Early Intervention Program or Pre-school Special Education services through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
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Akron Community Band will feature music from the 21st Century as they continue to celebrate 100 years of music on Friday night.
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BankonBuffalo, Main Street Akron location, has a 26Shirts PopUp today, August 2 until 12 noon. All welcome to stop by and check their merchandise.
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The Town of Newstead bicentennial events are over, and a great deal of fun was had by those participating. If you ran out of time to complete the scavenger hunt, you have until the end of the month. The scavenger hunt was designed for family fun and enjoyment. As an added bonus you could learn something new about Akron/Newstead history. Booklets are still available at Town Hall, Village Hall, Newstead Public Library and Knight-Sutton Museum. Pick one up and find the signs at the various locations. There will be a code to decipher. Everyone who took part earlier in the
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Erie County Commissioner of Public Works William E. Geary, Jr. announced last week that Akron-Crittenden Road (CR-246) from Skyline Drive to East Avenue will have a full road closure beginning July 14. There is an anticipated completion date of September 26, 2023.
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Town of Newstead Supervisor and Chair of the Newstead Bicentennial Planning Committee welcomed all to the closing ceremony on Friday night. “Good evening everyone and welcome to the closing ceremony for the Town of Newstead’s 200th birthday! It has been a long week, but we had a lot of fun!” she said. “Thank you once again to all the Bicentennial Planning Committee members! A few other community members that really went above and beyond the call of duty this week were Dave Stutz, Jacob Halleck, and Jonathan, who spent hours in the heat and humidity parking and unparking cars for
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The Newstead Historical Society enjoyed another successful 4th of July fundraiser. We would like to thank everyone who baked a pie or bought a pie. Both were very much appreciated. The winner of our beautiful Amish made quilt was Anita Ballow. The second place winner was Dave Meegan and third place went to Patty Keppler. Congratulations to all our winners!
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Superintendent of Highways, Michael Bassanello was recognized for his outstanding commitment to training and education following 15 years of dedicated attendance at the Annual School for Highway Superintendents (Highway School) held at Ithaca College last month.
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Akron Central School Board of Education members held their organizational meeting for 2023-2024 school year on Wednesday, July 5. New Board members Joe Cena and Stephanie Coffta, elected during the annual meeting in May were sworn in, and the board held an election of officers. Erik Polkowski was elected as President and Philip Kenline was elected Vice-President.
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