Woman driver killed in a three-vehicle Fredonia crash
FREDONIA – A 49-year-old woman pickup truck driver was killed when she lot control of her vehicle and struck another truck on State Route 60 about 300 feet south of Shumla Road in the Town of Pomfret...
View ArticleTop WNY Republicans meet with Trump, ask key questions
A group of top Western New York Republicans is now asking potential gubernatorial candidate Donald J. Trump some key questions.According to sources familiar with the situation, the queries include:•...
View ArticleClearing the obstacles to D-Day invasion at ‘Bloody Omaha’
Eighteen-year-old Robert N. “Lefty” Lowenstein had been working for a couple of years for the old New York Central Railroad in the Black Rock yards as a clerk.A pretty important job for a teenager,...
View ArticleBuffalonians sing the praises of Dr. King
Amid the pageantry and soul-stirring music Sunday in Kleinhans Music Hall honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., was one man whose actions in October some say exemplifies the life and legacy of the...
View ArticleTwo charged with tampering with pot evidence
Two men were charged with trying to destroy marijuana after police stopped their vehicle on Broadway at Liddell Street because they allegedly failed to use a turn signal about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday....
View ArticleLicata tapped to serve as Erie County Water Authority board’s attorney
Longtime trial attorney and Buffalo School Board member John B. Licata has been tapped by the Erie County Water Authority Board of Commissioners to serve as the organization’s lead attorney.Board...
View ArticleWater Main break on Maple Road
A water main broke on Maple Road in Amherst Thursday afternoon, affecting Maple East Elementary School, Erie County Water Authority officials said.The Williamsville Central School District canceled...
View ArticleMan arrested on marijuana charge wile allegedly blocking traffic
A 20-year-old Newton Street man was arrested on a marijuana charge while allegedly interfering with the flow of traffic in the first block of 7th Street about 6:40 p.m. Wednesday. Lamar L. Pace was...
View ArticleTwo Niagara Falls robbery suspects arrested after foot chase
NIAGARA FALLS – Two Niagara Falls men were arrested Thursday afternoon after a foot chase that ended what police said was an unsuccessful effort to rob a Portage Road check cashing business with a...
View ArticleKeough chosen to fill vacant Lockport Town Board seat
LOCKPORT – Thomas J. Keough, a retired Air National Guard officer, was appointed Wednesday to fill a vacant seat on the Town Board.Keough, 62, a Republican, replaces Cheryl A. Antkowiak, who was...
View ArticleResidue on spoon leads to man’s arrest
A 29-year-old Perry Street man was arrested on drug charges when officers allegedly saw him walking at Weaver and Griswald streets with a spoon with drug residue in plain view in the back pocket of...
View ArticleTwo arrested in fist fight outside their homes
Two Southside Parkway men were arrested about 12:30 a.m. Thursday for allegedly fist fighting outside their homes in the first block of that street and pushing away a neighbor woman who tried to get...
View ArticleNiagara Charter School audit finds inaccuracies
NIAGARA FALLS – A state audit of student enrollment and billing at Niagara Charter School for the 2012-13 fiscal year has found that billings and enrollment figures were not always accurate, State...
View ArticleAuditors critical of two Buffalo charter schools
Auditors were critical of two Buffalo charter schools in reports issued Thursday by the office of State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.Charter School for Applied Technologies was cited for...
View ArticleCounty lawmakers OK up to $300,000 for start of work on road in Clarence
The Erie County Legislature on Thursday approved spending up to $300,000 to begin design and engineering work on the reconstruction of Goodrich Road in Clarence, to the apparent bewilderment of at...
View ArticleParishioners appeal bishop’s decision to close school in City of...
Some area Catholics are fighting to keep their schools open next fall, even as they scramble to register their children in other Catholic schools for the 2014-15 academic year.Parishioners of St....
View ArticleGrandmother of slain boy wants to see infant granddaughter more often
Robin Hart will be allowed to see her 3-month-old granddaughter the first Thursday of every month at the home of the baby’s foster parents, and if the visits go well, she could see the infant more...
View ArticleWilliamsville inventor touts new type of wind turbine
LOCKPORT – A Williamsville engineer, who said he’s invented a new type of wind turbine that beats the usual three-blade windmill in every way, tried to drum up interest from the City of Lockport’s...
View ArticleDash’s keeping Hertel site open along with new store
Dash’s Market will keep its Hertel Avenue location open even as it opens a giant new location in the former Budwey’s store less than a mile and a half away on Kenmore Avenue.“Our plan right now is to...
View ArticleArmed robber hits two convenience stores
Armed robberies at two 7-Eleven convenience stores in North Tonawanda and Amherst early Thursday morning appear to be related to a string of armed robberies that have been reported throughout Erie and...
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