Announcements

Red Barrel Cider Mill is open for the season!  Fresh donuts baked this morning, and their fresh pressed cider, cider slushees, fudge, candies, local honey, pickles , jams , jellies and lots more!  Check them out!  Their NY Apple selection currently is sweet Maia, honey crisp, summer McIntosh, and Zestar. Each week they get new varieties in, and it’s still early!  Soon they'll have their beautiful mums!

Our Highway Department has started the September and October brush pickup!  They'll pick up leaves in October (only) too!  Please have your brush at the curb, big end out, no longer than 6 feet!  Please - no stumps, whole logs or trees!  Put your leaves at the curb also!  They'll visit every road in town once in each month!  Click or tap here to see their flyer!  And they've got wood chips they'll deliver - just fill out the form!

Erie County is distributing rabies vaccine bait by air and on the ground in August and September!  Please don't touch (or wear gloves if you must) - they'll dissolve after a week or so!
May 31, 2026 - Our Town Hall no longer has a waste prescription drug and waste syringe drop off box.  One is available at Colden Town Hall at 8812 State Rd, Colden, NY 14033
Download the ReadyErie emergency preparedness app - click or tap here for more information and link to the download!   For a direct app download link for your phone, tap this link -  http://readydl.com/ready-erie
Click or tap here to learn about Our Town's text information service!
Check out the Thank A Vet Discount program - click or tap here for times and locations!  There are literally hundreds of businesses involved - click or tap here to see the list!
Please be sure to have your refuse and recycling at the roadside for pickup by 6:00am on your regularly scheduled pickup day!  Contact Our Town Hall to learn your day!
Please use these links and phone numbers if your power goes out - the power companies don't know if you don't tell them!

   NYSEG:      1-800-572-1131      https://www.nyseg.com/wps/portal/nyseg/outages
  
       Current outages by street with time estimates (you must choose Erie County, Boston (twice), then find your street) -
          https://www.nyseg.com/outages/reportorviewoutage/viewoutagelist

       For street light outage: https://www.nyseg.com/outages/reportorviewoutage/reportstreetlightoutage
  
   National Grid (just a small part of Boston):   1-800-867-5222   https://www1.nationalgridus.com/ReportOrCheckOutage
Visit the National Weather Service for a Boston NY weather forecast! 
      https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=42.64319000000006&lon=-78.73977499999995#.Y6cBARXMKUl
Click or tap here to see the Erie County Road Status map - yellow and red are the "problem" spots!  Notice that we're in three different districts.

Click or tap here to inform Erie County of a road hazard!
Click or tap to connect to the Hamburg Fire Control Dispatch:  https://m.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/25996
Click or tap to connect to the NY State Police Live Audio Feed:  https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/43157 
Click or tap to connect to the NY State Thruway Authority (Buffalo Div): https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/32693