Schneiderman sues HSBC over foreclosures
ALBANY – Thousands of New Yorkers have likely been denied a better chance to get their homes out from under foreclosure by HSBC Bank USA and its Depew mortgage operations facility, Attorney General...
View ArticleLockport man admits breaking toddler’s arm
LOCKPORT – A Robinson Road man pleaded guilty Monday in Niagara County Court to throwing a 23-month-old girl while he was baby-sitting her and breaking her left arm.Michael J. Zinck, 23, admitted to a...
View ArticleMan on probation for DWI arraigned on new charge
LOCKPORT – A Youngstown man who is on probation for a 2009 drunken driving conviction was arraigned Monday in Niagara County Court on a new charge of driving while intoxicated.Jesse S. Taylor, 36, of...
View ArticleDeadbolt at Falls home foils would-be burglar
NIAGARA FALLS – A deadbolt lock requiring the use of a key apparently thwarted a would-be burglar at a Cleveland Avenue residence late last week, police said.An upstairs resident at the building told...
View ArticleDoctor accused in drug case reports theft of refrigerator
NIAGARA FALLS – Pravin Mehta, the former doctor accused of fraudulently dispensing huge amounts of prescription drugs while he was practicing medicine in a Main Street office building, told police...
View ArticleBeaver Island maintenance supervisor injured by high-lift bucket
Leg and back injuries suffered by Beaver Island State Park maintenance supervisor Edward Krecisz, 45, are expected to keep him out of work for the next week or so, Kevin Koch, chief of the Grand...
View ArticleStorm damage snarls business at Grand Island Town Hall
Grand Island Town Hall was open Monday only for “essential services” because Sunday’s severe thunderstorms disabled a wastewater “lift” station serving the building and damaged traffic signals at a...
View ArticlePolice identify 4 suspects charged in SWAT team case
The three men and a woman arrested in a Buffalo Police SWAT team incident Sunday afternoon on Normal Avenue were identified Monday by authorities.Angel Seda, 22, is charged with weapons assault and...
View ArticleAlden couple arrested after domestic dispute
A 27-year-old woman and a 36-year-old man were arrested by state troopers after a violent domestic dispute in a Town of Alden apartment Sunday morning. Nadine D. Denzel and Scott M. Taylor were...
View ArticleRepublicans endorse Carney for Family Court
Erie County Republican Chairman Nicholas A. Langworthy on Monday announced the endorsement of Mary G. Carney as a candidate for Family Court judge in the Nov. 5 general election.A partner at Carney...
View ArticlePoloncarz vows to return abandoned sites to tax rolls
Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz on Monday vowed to return abandoned properties to the county tax rolls.Joined by County Director of Real Property Tax Services Joseph L. Maciejewski and Town of...
View ArticleRon Haskins to address CAO dinner Friday
The Community Action Organization of Erie County will present its 48th annual anniversary Award Dinner & Celebration at 6 p.m. Friday in the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center.This year’s theme is...
View ArticleFlint to run for Somerset highway superintendent
SOMERSET – Michael Flint, 56, has announced his candidacy for Town of Somerset highway superintendent in November.Longtime Superintendent Kenneth Bigelow will retire at the end of the year.Flint has...
View Article$100,000 grant to support Niagara Health Home director
NIAGARA FALLS – A grant of up to $100,000 over two years will help Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center support the director of its Niagara Health Home program.Dr. Amarpreet Grewal Bath, who joined...
View ArticleWalk for senior citizens set Thursday
TOWN OF NIAGARA – The Health Association of Niagara County will sponsor a free “Walk in the Park” for Niagara County senior citizens from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Town of Niagara’s Calvin K....
View ArticleLack of diversity stymies Niagara County online health survey
LOCKPORT – More than 1,000 people have taken the Niagara County Health Department’s online Community Health Assessment survey, but Public Health Director Daniel J. Stapleton said last week that the...
View ArticleRocket Camp offered at St. Bonaventure
ALLEGANY – Friday is the deadline to register students for the two sessions of Rocket Camp this summer at St. Bonaventure University in the Dresser-Rand Challenger Learning Center.Rocket Girls, which...
View ArticleSplit verdict in fatal shooting in Cheektowaga park
Dontre Jones, who fatally shot a teenager in a busy Cheektowaga park two years ago, was convicted today of first-degree manslaughter but acquitted on a second-degree murder charge following a non-jury...
View ArticleFamily of slain homicide witness issues plea for justice
Few people would have blamed William “Popeye” Blackmon if he’d kept his mouth shut after witnessing, just a few feet away, the shooting death of his good buddy last July.Instead, he helped lead...
View ArticleSAFE Act draws opposition at forum
More than 200 “citizen patriots” got a call to action to fight the SAFE Act, New York’s gun-control law, Monday night at a TEA New York-sponsored forum.“It’s you guys who are going to make a...
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