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🌱 How will Hoover and Franklin parents navigate Monday’s new dismissal rules?

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  • How will Hoover and Franklin parents navigate Monday’s new dismissal rules?

Also on today's calendar: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and 2 more events.

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Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Thursday: Very cold with snow showers, with a high of 25 and low of 18 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Friday: Mostly cloudy, snow showers, temps: high: 30, low: 23.
  • Saturday: Cold; a bit of afternoon snow, with a high of 27 and low of 12 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• ‘Safety has been prioritized as number one': Ken-Ton implementing new pick-up & drop-off rules at two schools (wkbw.com) — New pick-up and drop-off rules at Hoover and Franklin schools in the Town of Tonawanda start Monday, changing how buses, walkers, and parent pick-ups are handled to improve safety. Cars and buses will be more separated, with Hoover parents rerouted behind the school and Franklin families using the Lincoln Park lot, while the superintendent says the plan will be tested and adjusted based on feedback.
   

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    Thursday December 11
  • Itty Bitty Storytime
    Grand Island Memorial Library
    10:00 am
  • Jericho Road Tutoring
    Elaine M. Panty Branch
    11:00 am
  • Boondoggle Club
    Elaine M. Panty Branch
    4:00 pm
  • Family Brick Builders Night
    North Tonawanda Public Library , 505 Meadow Drive , North Tonawanda
    4:30 pm
    • Friday December 12
  • Birding at River Lea
    Beaver Island State Park , 100 Beaver Island Pkwy , Grand Island
    10:00 am
  • Wellness Desk
    North Park Branch
    10:00 am
  • Buffalo Jazz Collective Holiday Celebration
    West Falls Center for the Arts , 1863 Davis Rd , West Falls
    7:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • A disabled vehicle and an accident on I-190 South near Long Road in Grand Island are causing lane closures and delays.
    7:41AM on Dec 10: A crash on I-190 South beyond Exit 20 in Grand Island has closed the left lane. (Nextdoor )
  • A friend sent me this shot of her brother’s Xmas tree.
    Reminds me of the recent poster on here of a woman asking to swap her big tree for a smaller one as her cats wouldn’t leave her big tree alone. I get… (Nextdoor Green Acres)
  • Sodexo, Inc. posted a job opening for Food Service Worker in Tonawanda. Apply here.
  • Savers Thrifts Stores posted a job opening for Savers / Value Village Careers - Customer Service Associate in Tonawanda. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Tonawanda here.

🗞 Nearby News

Amherst

  • Vehicle crashes into East Amherst pet store (wgrz.com)
  • 20-Year-Old Bronx Man Arrested in Shooting of NY Jets Star Kris Boyd (complex.com)
  • Margery Louise Vossler, 87, formerly of Wellsville (hornellsun.com)

Buffalo

  • Buffalo named Most Festive Place to celebrate Christmas in the U.S. (buffalorising.com)
  • Lake Erie-Niagara River Ice Boom Installation planned to begin December 14 (wkbw.com)

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