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Don't oppose progress
We commend city council for voting not to oppose a liquor license application for Chipotle Mexican Grill, presumably to be located at 901 Leavitt Rd. And we question the members who did vote to oppose the application.
Ward 4 representative Jennifer Wasilk said Amherst has enough liquor licenses, ...
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Keep watch, and make the call
With telephones all around us, even in our pockets, we seldom consider the impact a single telephone call can have. A Spruce Tree Lane resident reminded us, and turned out to be a hero, when he made a call to the police that led to the apprehension of two suspects in the robbery of a local restaura ...
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Keep call center filled
The potential loss of 585 jobs at the TeleTech call center in Amherst Township is sobering. In this area, with the loss of manufacturing jobs over the years, we might be blasé about such losses, except for the sheer number of jobs.
Five hundred eight-five jobs is roughly equal to the entir ...
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Here's to the winners
If everyone likes a winner, there's a lot to like about Amherst lately. A quick perusal of our pages shows win after win, from the high school boys basketball team to city finances, from the junior high Science Olympiad team to the junior high school choir.
The basketball team, with only two play ...
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Consider cost to serve
The Amherst school board is looking to fill a seat vacated by the resignation of Nick Dimacchia. And while we would encourage any resident of the school district interested in filling that seat, we would also caution them to consider Dimacchia's reason for resigning.
The work of a school board me ...
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Haiti effort commended
When we heard of third-grader Maddy O'Hara's efforts to help the people of earthquake ravaged Haiti, we were happy to tell her story.
O'Hara learned about the devastation caused by the earthquake in school and by watching the news. But rather than shaking her head in dismay, she thought about how ...
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