'Day of Caring' in flood-damaged neighborhood
Volunteers are sought for a “Day of Caring” Saturday in West Seneca to help homeowners affected by the Jan. 11 flooding.The effort is being coordinated at Winchester Community Church, 909 Harlem Road,...
View ArticleBuffalo schools chief gives openness a try
Buffalo School Superintendent Pamela C. Brown has made a marked effort this week to appear more open and responsive to the public in light of long-standing criticism that she communicates poorly and...
View ArticleHouse of horrors greets family after dream vacation
When Steven Binder, his wife and daughter returned home from a dream vacation in Costa Rica last month, they walked into their Parkside house to find the mother of the cat sitter they’d hired standing...
View ArticleGarden Notes: News of area clubs and events
The Western New York Iris Society will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at 5755 Genesee St., Lancaster. Dave Baehre will discuss the 2013 Siberian Convention in Michigan and present photos of American Iris...
View ArticleOwners of apartments owe Amherst back taxes
Amherst will go after more than $2 million in back taxes owed by the owners of two senior apartment complexes.The Town Board has directed its attorneys to work with Erie County and the Sweet Home and...
View ArticleArctic blast again coming our way
Everybody’s talking about the weather this winter.And there will be plenty more conversation to be had around Buffalo Niagara through the weekend.Bone-chilling temperatures – and, yes, a new round of...
View ArticlePenguin Run to benefit Cradle Beach
The 20th annual Penguin Run 5K to benefit Cradle Beach is planned for 11 a.m. Sunday. The race is held each year on the Sunday between the final NFL playoff game and the Super Bowl.The race will be...
View ArticleFirst Niagara’s profits climb 31 percent
First Niagara Financial Group’s fourth-quarter profits jumped by 31 percent, but analysts were expecting that. What they weren’t expecting was rising expenses taking a bite out of the Buffalo bank’s...
View ArticleUnited Jewish Fund sets ‘Super Sunday’ appeal
There’s a bonus waiting for donors who substantially increase their pledges during the United Jewish Fund Campaign’s 34th annual Super Sunday telephone appeal this Sunday – a gift certificate. Super...
View ArticleLawyer for cat sitter says text message opened door to house party
A text message from a Parkside family to a teenage cat sitter opened the door for a wild party of area high school students and the trashing of the family’s house last month, the lawyer for the cat...
View ArticleLockport man charged with critically injuring his infant son
A 23-year-old Town of Lockport man was arrested Friday for allegedly shaking his 5-month-old son so violently Wednesday that the infant is now listed in critical condition at Buffalo’s Women and...
View ArticleCPS probed complaint against tot’s mother
Erie County caseworkers investigated a complaint last summer that little Mayouna Smith was being physically abused, but the 3-year-old was not removed from her mother’s care and ended up being beaten...
View ArticleHoping for a January thaw? Time to give up
We are starting to believe the weather forecasters, maybe because the weather recently has been so extreme no one has to exaggerate to get the public’s attention.When they said “Snow,” we got snow,...
View ArticleYoungmann bridge hole triggers replacement
When a chunk of concrete became dislodged Thursday from a Youngmann Highway bridge, the incident reinforced the need to replace the aged bridge and others nearby in a major, multimillion-dollar...
View ArticleBreak in the weather means a warming to all of 24 degrees
You know it’s cold when …When 24 degrees is considered a break in the weather.It’s hard to imagine, but that projected high temperature is a welcome change from the single digits that have been the...
View ArticleFires leave several homeless in Buffalo
Buffalo fire investigators are looking into the cause of two early morning fires that left several people homeless.A fire at a Black Rock apartment house forced residents out into the cold, and a fire...
View ArticleLockport residents may vote on school sale
LOCKPORT – The Lockport Board of Education may include a proposition on the sale of the closed Washington Hunt Elementary School on the May 20 district ballot, Deborah A. Coder, assistant...
View ArticleThree stabbed during Gowanda confrontation
GOWANDA – A fight that escalated into a stabbing Friday ended with a Gowanda man charged with three counts of assault.Gowanda Police said Andrew D. Estrada, 18, stabbed two of the three men he was...
View ArticleMother of gang member pleads guilty in drug trafficking
The mother of a gang member admitted Friday before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara that she helped the gang sell drugs.Carmen Geter, 41, pleaded guilty to a racketering conspiracy charge in...
View ArticleFormer North Tonawanda woman shot in Wisconsin
A former North Tonawanda woman has been identified as the victim of a shooting in northwest Wisconsin.The Sawyer County Sheriff’s officials said Claudia Bunny, 38, was shot Jan. 18 near Hayward by her...
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