Wheatfield constable’s First Amendment rights weren’t...
WHEATFIELD – An appeals court ruled Friday that Town Constable Craig M. Schultz’ First Amendment rights weren’t violated in 2011 by a critical letter from a superior that was published in The Buffalo...
View ArticleTucker sets Lockport State of the City address
LOCKPORT – Mayor Michael W. Tucker announced Friday that he will present his annual State of the City address Tuesday.The speech, as it has been for the past several years, will be given during a noon...
View ArticleCharter School for Applied Technologies wants to expand
The Charter School for Applied Technologies – the largest charter school in New York State – wants to add more students.With 1,675 students currently enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade, the...
View ArticleWelcome to the sweet world of Lockport’s Cindy Jex
Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and one’s thoughts often turn to love, romance, chocolate and, well, sometimes, even more chocolate.That’s where Cindy Jex, owner of the Barker Chocolate Box,...
View ArticleState auditors will return to Lockport for Round 2
LOCKPORT – State auditors will return soon to Lockport City Hall.This new audit will not be looking at the same things as last year’s, when the state Comptroller’s Office said Lockport’s financial...
View ArticleSage phones home, then grabs gold
SOCHI, Russia – Sage Kotsenburg was 10 minutes away from the first of his two runs in the Olympic slopestyle final, the most important snowboard ride of his life. So to use one of his favorite words,...
View ArticleThree Hamburg superintendent candidates named
Hamburg Central School Board members have interviewed two of three candidates for superintendent, and plan to talk to the third hopeful on Tuesday.The two interviewed this week are sitting...
View ArticleWillow, the Lancaster kennel dog, needs a new home
Willow, the English bulldog-pit bull mix who has spent most of her 9 years living at the Lancaster town dog kennel, appears closer to finding her first real home.The overweight, 70-pound...
View ArticleWays sought to halt spike in heroin use
Since last Sunday, when The Buffalo News reported on an epidemic of heroin and opiate deaths in Erie County and elsewhere in the nation, the deaths kept coming. Starting with actor Philip Seymour...
View ArticleVictim of Clarence fire identified
The woman who died in a Clarence house trailer fire Friday night has been identified as Nelsonia Voight.Fire calls went out about 7:45 p.m. Friday, and when Erie County Sheriff’s deputies and the...
View ArticleShoplifting spree leads to heroin charges for 4
Four Buffalo residents were arrested in a Dunkirk shopping plaza Friday after they went on a shoplifting spree, stealing merchandise valued at more than $2,000, Dunkirk police reported. The four were...
View ArticleGun owners still sour on Cuomo
State grants for shooting ranges?If Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo thinks that will help him mend fences with gun owners, well, that dog don’t hunt.Just ask Jim Mills of South Buffalo, who was one of the dozens...
View ArticleAirlines buffeted by rules tied to Flight 3407
WASHINGTON – Five years after Continental Connection Flight 3407 fell from the sky and three and a half years after surviving families forced Congress to pass a landmark aviation safety law, their...
View ArticleOrchard Park police arrest drivers on drunken driving charges
Orchard Park police arrested two men on drunken-driving charges in separate incidents Friday.Police on Saturday said that Timothy J. Hourihan, 28, of West Seneca was charged with DWI after his breath...
View ArticleCandy sale to benefit WCA Hospital
The WCA Hospital Auxiliary will sponsor a Peterson’s Candies Valentine’s Day sale 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday and Friday at the hospital gift shop, 207 Foote Ave. in Jamestown.Proceeds from the...
View ArticleJamestown police make heroin arrests across from police headquarters
Jamestown police said heroin was being sold from an apartment across the street from police headquarters. Three men were arrested Friday on drug charges.Jamestown police executed a search warrant on...
View ArticlePolice arrest customer who refused to leave Buffalo bar
A Long Island man faces charges of disorderly conduct and harassment after he allegedly grabbed several women early Saturday morning at a West Chippewa Street tavern, according to Buffalo police...
View ArticleMeasure classifies lands as wilderness in Adirondacks
Tens of thousands of acres of Adirondack region land will be classified as “wilderness, primitive and wild forest areas,” under a provision signed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo Friday.The classification...
View ArticleMan initially denied having gun in Buffalo school
Dwayne Ferguson, the MAD DADS Buffalo chapter president who was arrested Thursday for having a gun inside the School 97 Harvey Austin Elementary School, allegedly denied possessing the weapon when...
View ArticleChurch closings in limbo as Rome overrules bishop
A group of local Catholics battling Bishop Richard J. Malone over the future of an East Side church has found an unexpected ally – the Vatican.St. Ann Church just six months ago was on track to be...
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