Palm Beach VIPs were excited about the debut of the exclusive Seminole Golf Club. Led by E.F. Hutton, it lured big names.

Erie County’s decision to take over the former Westwood Golf Course in the Town of Amherst is drawing heavy criticism from one local Republican.

The 171 acres of the former Westwood Club are expected to be redeveloped into a new, nine-hole golf course and passive park called Willowdale.

Now there is an Erie County plan to reuse it as a small golf course and public park. But there are questions from GOP politicians and the public on how that plan came to be. Westwood used to include a ...