Cyclist Struck by Delivery Truck in Elma

Published October 11, 2010

Cyclist Struck by Delivery Truck in Elma
The Erie County Sheriff’s Office reports that a 70-year-old Orchard Park man was struck by a FedEx delivery vehicle while riding his bicycle on Bullis Road in Elma just before 9 a.m. Wednesday morning. The incident occurred near Winspear Road.
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Elma Pumpkin Festival is Saturday
“Pumpkin People” can be seen around Elma in coming days as part of the town’s annual Pumpkin Festival. Local residents and businesses have been working to create the figures – a pumpkin head atop stuffed clothing – for a contest, displaying them in front of homes and shops in advance of the Oct. 2 festival.
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New Book Shares History of Civil War Soldier from Elma
For three years during the Civil War, Allen Hurd sent letters home to his family in Elma. His mother saved those correspondences and passed them on to family members. The letters start with his desire to join the Union Army, talk about the hard times and battles, and they close with his death at Gettysburg two years before the war ended.
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