The 'burbs

Join The Buffalo News' Cheektowaga reporter TJ Pignataro at noon Thursday from the Millennium Hotel where Cheektowaga Town Supervisor Mary F. Holtz will hold her State of the Town address. Holtz is expected to detail some of the town's accomplishments during 2011 and her vision for the town's future. The address will be held during a membership luncheon for the Cheektowaga Chamber of Commerce.

Join The Buffalo News' West Seneca reporter, TJ Pignataro, who will report from the West Seneca Senior Center at 7 p.m. for this first of four workshops set up to provide information to residents about the future use of 200 acres of property at the site of the former West Seneca Developmental Center.

Join Buffalo News' Cheektowaga reporter TJ Pignataro who will conduct the first live blog from Cheektowaga Town Hall at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday. The Cheektowaga Town Board will begin by holding a pair of public hearings to get input about its 2012 Community Development Block Grant Program and proposed amendments to the town's parks ordinance. The public hearings will be followed by the town's regular board meeting.