Man who threatened Cheektowaga business owner sentenced to jail
A man who threatened the owner of a Cheektowaga auto repair shop with a baseball bat has been sentenced to four months in jail.James L. Sylvers, 37, of Lackawanna, was arrested Jan. 17, after he...
View ArticleUB to announce major medical school gift Wednesday
A major institutional donor is providing a multi-million-dollar gift to support construction of University at Buffalo’s new $375 million downtown medical school project.UB officials, along with...
View ArticleSalamanca residents to vote on buying site next to school campus
SALAMANCA – Voters in the Salamanca City Central School District will have a second proposition on the March 11 special ballot. After extended executive session discussions last week, the board has...
View ArticleWyatt appointed to University seat on Council
Common Council members Tuesday elevated their chief of staff to become one of them. Rasheed N.C. Wyatt, 50, was appointed in a 7-1 vote to fill the University District vacancy for the rest of the...
View ArticleOne man killed in QEW hit and run near Niagara Falls, Ont.
FORT ERIE, Ont. – A 33-year-old man from Lincoln, Ont., was killed about 8 p.m. Monday by a hit and run driver on the Queen Elizabeth Way in the lanes to Fort Erie near McLeod Road in Niagara Falls,...
View ArticleTruck driver from Amherst crashed in Chautauqua County
MAYVILLE – A 24-year-old truck driver from Amherst was ticketed for speeding and operating outside of his licensed class after he crashed, but was not injured at the ramp to the Southern Tier...
View ArticleBuffalo man arraigned in murder case
A Buffalo man was arraigned Tuesday on charges of attempted murder, first-degree assault and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon in a shooting last summer during a July 4 street party on the...
View ArticlePort terminal deal hits delay
The Toronto-area outdoor furniture manufacturer seeking to purchase the port terminal complex on Buffalo’s outer harbor has delayed closing the deal with the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority...
View ArticleRespiratory illness, falls pose danger in winter
Respiratory illnesses and injuries from falls remain the major weather-related issues faced by hospitals and other health facilities during this bitterly cold weather.But officials reported Tuesday...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 7 1/2 years on gun charges
The only person arrested during a night of fights and traffic disruption at the July 4th Friendship Festival in Riverside Park was sentenced Tuesday to 7½ years in prison for possessing a weapon that...
View ArticleBuffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens bring back interactive Night...
It’s an especially good time to be at Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens – and for the not-for-profit that operates the century-old, tri-domed Victorian glass house located on the edge of South...
View ArticleFlurrious festival offers break from cabin fever
Snow tennis, anyone? Delaware Park will host that and other snowy sports on Saturday, including kickball, Kan-Jam, golf and Quidditch, when temperatures are expected to rise into the 30s. The Buffalo...
View ArticleWind, snow could complicate commute home
The commute home could get a bit dicey this evening throughout parts of the city and Northtowns.Windy conditions are pushing the ice around on Lake Erie, which is exposing more water and producing...
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Name of HarborCenter restaurant revealed: (716)
A rendering of (716) provided by HarborCenter. See a gallery of renderings here. Details began to emerge Wednesday on the 13,000-square-foot, two-story restaurant that will be included in the...
View ArticleAt Salvatore’s Italian Gardens, the food’s flair starting to...
Machu Picchu, that ancient city built into a Peruvian mountaintop, is no secret. You’ve seen the pictures, seen the Facebook posts. ¶ Yet people travel. Nothing like standing there in person,...
View ArticleMan sentenced to prison for child porn
Befriended by a coworker who boasted about her trips to Toronto’s sex clubs, Steven Metz soon found himself drawn to the underground lifestyle.Over time, the Homeland Security supervisor also found...
View ArticleOrchard Park Garden Club to meet next week
The Orchard Park Garden Club will hold its regular membership meeting Feb. 6 in the Orchard Park Presbyterian Church, 4369 S. Buffalo St., Orchard Park.Sign-ups are at 11:30 a.m. Lunch at noon....
View ArticleLandscape group to meet next week at Salvatore’s
PLANT WNY (the Professional Landscape & Nursery Trades) will hold its annual Trade Show & Education Conference Feb. 7 at Salvatore’s Italian Gardens, 6461 Transit Road.For a list of seminars,...
View Article10th Street gang member gets 78 months in prison
A member of the 10th Street Gang was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to 78 months in prison.Melvin Medina, 29, of Buffalo, had previously pleaded guilty to a racketeering...
View ArticleFormer manager admits stealing $160,000 worth of metal parts from employer
The former manager of a Cheektowaga manufacturing firm has admitted stealing $160,000 worth of metal parts from his employer last year and selling them to local scrap metal dealers.Albert Manns Jr.,...
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