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In a poll about Hamburg’s best breakfast, the Gun Club won with 36% of the vote. Rounding out the ballot, in order of popularity with our visitors, were the Legion, Hamburg Diner/3rd Street Cafe tied for 3rd, then came the American House, followed by the Vets. |
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A recent poll concerning the efforts of the OurTown Foundation |
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found 54.55% thought it was doing a good job, 22.73% felt the results are fair, 18.18% voted it was a waste of tax dollars and |
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4.55% thought it was doing a poor job promoting Hamburg. |
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A poll asking whether we really needed a Lowe’s or Walmart nearby, yielded the following results. 64% voted yes, while 36% voted no. |
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Gas prices seemed to have an effect on summer driving habits. 100% of those voting in our last poll said they drove less because of the spike in fuel cost. |
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Of those voting in a poll about PA’s smoking ban, nearly |
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63% said they were non-smokers and it was about time a |
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ban was implemented. The other 37% was split among those |
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saying they will go out less, more or patronize a bar or club exempt from the ban. |
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The current economic conditions resulted in 67% of voters saying they would buy more practical gifts for the holiday, while 33% said they were cancelling Christmas altogether. |
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The New Year’s Resolution poll resulted in no one willing to |
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make a resolution and keep it. 67% said they won’t make one |
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because they never keep them anyway. 33% said their |
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resolution was to make no more resolutions. |
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Voters chose, now-defunct, Frank-FM as their favorite local radio station.Y102 finished second, followed by the big I-105 and a tie for last between WRAW, WIOV-AM and WEEU. |
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83% of voters believed that holding the Memorial Day weekend |
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Hamburg Family Festival at the Field House was a mistake, while 17% thought it was a good idea. |
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83% of voters said they would avoid Hamburg during the State Street bridge repair, while 17% said it wouldn’t stop them from getting to town. |