LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7275 in Lancaster says they are struggling to keep the doors open with rising utility costs. Local leaders say losing it would mean losing a vital space for veterans and the local community.
“I don’t know what this community would do without it,” said Post Commander James A. Wier, a disabled American veteran who served in the Vietnam War.
Since 1946, the VFW Post in Lancaster has served as a place for veterans and community members to gather. “We are the only … active post in a 17-mile radius that helps veterans,” Wier said, pointing to many others that have closed over the years…