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🌱 Tonawanda delays overnight parking ban until December 1

Tonawanda, New York Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello again Tonawanda! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Tonawanda delays overnight parking ban until December 1
  • Where to donate in Tonawanda for Cans for Christmas
  • Tonawanda contractor fined after electrician's death at Buffalo school

Also on today's calendar: Lake Erie Sub-Basin Work Group Meeting Fall 2026 and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Peeks of sunshine, with a high of 54 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with rain at times, temps: high: 47, low: 35.
  • Friday: Cloudy, showers around; cold, with a high of 40 and low of 34 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Town of Tonawanda, Cheektowaga, West Seneca delay winter overnight parking bans (wgrz.com) — Town of Tonawanda residents can keep parking overnight on streets until Dec. 1 under a delay to the winter parking ban. If significant snow arrives sooner, officials ask residents to park off-street between 2 and 6 a.m. so crews can plow. The town will revisit the ban before month's end.
   

2. Cans For Christmas Food Drive Returns To Western New York (wearebuffalo.net) — Tonawanda residents can donate nonperishable food at Paula’s Donuts, 2319 Sheridan Drive, and Catalyst Fitness, 3157 Eggert Road, during the Cans for Christmas drive. Running November 16 through December 14, the regional collection benefits St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy, which serves people and families in need in the Buffalo community.
   

3. OSHA fines employer after probe into fatal workplace accident at Buffalo school (buffalonews.com) — Town of Tonawanda contractor Frey Electric paid a $14,895 OSHA fine after investigators found inadequate scaffold safety training following an electrician's death at Buffalo's Burgard High School. Jose Vasquez Jr., 32, died in February while moving a scissor lift. His widow says the findings leave questions unanswered and has sued other parties involved.
   

4. Man arrested on DWI, weapon charges in Tonawanda (newportdispatch.com) — A Niagara Falls man faces DWI and felony weapon charges after a crash on I-190 northbound in Tonawanda. State police say they found a loaded revolver and ammunition at the scene. Rudolph I. Franklin, 41, was jailed following arraignment in Tonawanda Town Court, with another appearance scheduled for Nov. 12.
   

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Ok Tonawanda! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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