Local airmen make a connection in fight against cancer
NIAGARA FALLS – Patrick Little and Cierra Edwards couldn’t make it to Old Falls Street for Saturday’s Relay for Life, the annual fundraising walk for the American Cancer Society.Both are serving...
View ArticleMental health system has failed the severely ill
First of an occasional series investigating how police have become the front line in dealing with the mentally ill.By Matthew SpinaNews Staff ReporterOfficer Robert Yeates had crossed paths with her...
View ArticleMotorcyclist killed in crash on Plank Road in Cambria
CAMBRIA – A crash on Plank Road in the Town of Cambria killed a motorcyclist Saturday afternoon.The incident happened just after 4 p.m. near the intersectioM of North Ridge and Ridge roads, THE...
View ArticleToday’s mental health squad: The police
First of an occasional series investigating how police have become the front line in dealing with the mentally ill.By Matthew SpinaNews Staff ReporterOfficer Robert Yeates had crossed paths with her...
View ArticleFive injured in fiery crash on Clinton Street
At least five people were injured Saturday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash in the city’s Emslie neighborhood.The crash happened at about 3 p.m. on Clinton Street, near Lord Street, said Buffalo...
View ArticleHamburg police pull driver from Lake Erie after crash
A man found a creative way to escape authorities on Saturday.He jumped in the lake.But Hamburg police outsmarted him when they waded him out.The incident began as a one-vehicle crash shortly before 3...
View ArticleLost and found: Earliest Cradle Beach records discovered and returned
If you wanted to write a suspense story about two slim notebooks containing the handwritten records from the 1880s and 1890s that chronicle the birth of Cradle Beach, you would have a difficult time...
View ArticleFrom mini-tags to major murals, street art inches into Buffalo’s...
You may have walked the block hundreds of times in your life.The stretch of sidewalk along Elmwood Avenue between Allen and North streets, about as unremarkable a city block as any in Buffalo, is home...
View ArticleEvents for people with disabilities
The 25th annual Developmental Disabilities Awareness Day, featuring Western New York professionals and businesses that specialize in services for people with developmental disabilities, will be held...
View ArticleFor women in abusive relationships, a haven in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Women in abusive relationships are sometimes cut off from friends and family by their abuser or live in fear of what will happen if they leave. Havens such Passage House in the city...
View ArticleLife is working out for bodybuilder
Alone in the stage spotlight, Corinna Booth practically bares all.Except her true personality.“I’m kind of a tomboy,” the former Niagara Wheatfield High School track athlete and cheerleader said. “But...
View ArticleFlying a kite is a good way to remain grounded
CAMBRIA – Ted Shaw was coming off a depressive period when the sight of people painting the sky with kites along the Niagara River at Gratwick Park was the beginning of a hobby that opened up his life...
View ArticleNiagara Honor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishments of WNYers
Dr. Alan Meholick and Douglas Mooradian will head the 22nd annual Niagara Cup Classic fundraiser for Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center on June 4 at the Niagara Falls Country Club. Meholick, who is...
View ArticleOverdue makeover to brighten scene at N. Tonawanda court
NORTH TONAWANDA – City Court is getting a makeover. And court officials are convinced that it will make a difference in the way people feel about their dealings with the legal system.The monthlong,...
View ArticleClick It or Ticket seat belt enforcement campaign starts Monday
LOCKPORT – Beginning Monday the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office will be out in full force, partnering with New York State Police and other local law enforcement agencies taking part in the 2013...
View ArticleAround Town / Niagara County meetings and hearings this week
The School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the district’s administrative offices, Quaker and Haight roads.The Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, followed by the Zoning Board of Appeals at...
View ArticleNiagara County faith-related events
CONCERt: 4 p.m., Hartland Bible Church, 8110 West Ave., Gasport. Features the Festival Chorus of Clarence and the Middle Community Vocal Choir, led by Ric Jones, and the Middleport Belltones, directed...
View ArticlePublic pianos part of Lockport’s “sweet summer” plan
LOCKPORT – Many communities have offered themed public art programs, with the decorated bisons of the Herd About Buffalo effort of a few years ago being the best known local example.But less common...
View ArticleHistory Center readies program commemorating War of 1812
LOCKPORT – The History Center of Niagara County will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 with a free program Thursday funded by a New York State Council on the Humanities grant. Ann...
View ArticleNiagara County School District Elections
Voters in every Western New York community outside of Buffalo will head to the voting booth Tuesday to consider school budgets, school board candidates and propositions.The following capsules...
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