Buffalo district near agreement on Say Yes after-school program
Buffalo school officials are close to reaching an agreement with the leaders of Say Yes Buffalo on the details of a scaled-back after-school program intended to help students in low-performing...
View ArticleGillibrand calls women key to American work force
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand today unveiled a five-point plan in Buffalo aiming to ensure financial security for more middle-class women by modernizing workplace policies she said failed to keep pace...
View ArticleState to use first part of $613 million settlement to spur housing
ALBANY – A thorny, $613 million dispute between Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has been settled – for now.The two sides, warring behind the scenes over how proceeds from a...
View ArticleTemps falling as arctic front passes through
The big chill is back just as schools resume today after Monday’s federal holiday for Martin Luther King Day.The temperature will barely budge as highs between 5 and 10 degrees are expected this...
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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to high-wire artist Karl Wallenda, founder of the Flying Wallendas and born on this date in 1905, “Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting.”...ON THE WING...
View ArticleEden motorist jailed after 5th DUI arrest
An Eden man was sent to jail after his fifth arrest, within a year, related to driving while under the influence of drugs, according to town police.Investigating a report about an erratic driver at...
View ArticleMan arrested in candy theft discarded the candy while being chased
A 45-year-old Busti Avenue man was arrested for allegedly stealing almost $200 worth of candy from the 7-11 store at 256 Forest Avenue this morning and throwing it in a garbage bag in a yard as he was...
View ArticleOwner eyes expansion of Pilgrim Village housing complex
The owner of a 90-unit, subsidized housing development on the edge of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus is proposing an ambitious, multi-phase expansion to serve the growing medical campus.Mark...
View ArticleSanborn team advances to national auto tech finals
A team of two high school seniors from the Niagara Career & Tech Center in Sanborn advanced to a national automotive technology competition after winning a regional competition on Saturday.Andy...
View ArticleFire victim’s relatives are being sought
LITTLE VALLEY – The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office is trying to find relatives of a victim who died Sunday in a fire that heavily damaged a house in the Town of Allegany.Investigators are...
View ArticleHouse in Gerry destroyed in fire
MAYVILLE – A two-story frame house on Route 380 in the Town of Gerry was destroyed in a fast-moving fire this morning and one firefighter was treated at the scene for a minor injury.The fire was...
View ArticleEnsuring future of farmland, local communities buy up property so it stays...
Acres upon acres of Erie County farmland and open space have been gobbled up by suburban subdivisions, office parks and strip malls.But little by little, a handful of communities are quietly staking...
View ArticleMan held on three warrants and traffic violations
A 23-year-old Cambridge Avenue man who was wanted on three City Court bench warrants was stopped in the 400 block of Olympic Avenue about 3 a.m. today after police officers reported seeing him drive...
View ArticleAlleged shoplifter charged with petit larceny
A 47-year-old Holly Street man was arrested after officials of the 7-11 store at 1971 South Park Avenue allegedly saw him pocketing goods and leaving the store without paying about 10:45 p.m. Sunday....
View ArticleCameron exploring ‘strategic’ options that include selling...
Cameron International Corp. could put its centrifugal compression business – which includes a Cheektowaga plant – up for sale, as the Houston-based company explores “strategic alternatives” for the...
View ArticleCouncil not expected to look far for new member
The apparent front-runner to fill a vacancy on the Common Council has been friends with Council President Darius G. Pridgen for a long time. In fact, in the informal moments before city meetings, the...
View ArticleDefense Department plans boost BlackBerry
BlackBerry Ltd. surged the most in a month after the U.S. Department of Defense said the company’s smartphones will account for 98 percent of devices in one of its new networks.About 80,000...
View ArticleMemories of ‘dog’s best friend’ vivid in Lancaster...
It’s not often that a dog catcher is described as “a dog’s best friend.”But David R. Horn was the kind of dog catcher who would take home a stray pup that couldn’t find a home, return the mischievous...
View ArticleCuomo budget proposal to walk thin line between lobbyists and fiscal restraint
ALBANY – Governors and legislative leaders have long known that the most difficult negotiations over the state budget occur not in years with big deficits, but in times when the state’s finances are...
View ArticleDevelopment agency looks to have bigger impact
SALAMANCA – The Southern Tier West Regional Planning & Development Board has entered 2014 with a goal of becoming a larger partner in the region, looking for ways to build more opportunities to...
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