Upgrades for cityscape, as apartment projects in Elmwood Village, North...
An apartment project in Elmwood Village and another in an emerging North Buffalo neighborhood won key approvals Tuesday, which will allow construction on both to begin in late spring.One of Elmwood’s...
View ArticleFifth annual prom dress drive now under way
Erie County Legislator Lynne Dixon and Urban Valet Dry Cleaners are conducting their fifth annual prom dress drive.Gowns are being collected through March 21 and will be made available to local high...
View ArticleSchool Board petitions available starting Monday in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Petitions will be available starting Monday for those interested in running for the city School Board this spring.Those interested in being a candidate for School Board can pick up...
View ArticleFBI putting up billboards to aid search for animal rights activist
The FBI is putting up billboards in Buffalo as part of a nationwide search for an animal rights activist accused of domestic terrorism.The billboards ask the public to contact the agency if they think...
View ArticleWinter’s bitter cold takes a break for the Shamrock Run
Green and white striped socks.Green beer stein emblazoned suspenders.Green shorts, shirt and sneakers.And to top it all off, a green top hat.The only thing that wasn’t green was Mike Degenaars’ fake...
View ArticleA woman of many titles shares her pride about LaSalle
NIAGARA FALLS – Teresa “Terry” Lasher Winslow has held many titles in her six decades. A former Niagara County historian, she also has been a museum director, elementary school teacher, librarian and...
View ArticleNot your usual Lockport mayor, McCaffrey vows to turn city around
LOCKPORT – Most Lockport officeholders have tended to be factory workers or small-business owners, but not Mayor Anne E. McCaffrey.She is undoubtedly the first Lockport mayor to speak French, to have...
View ArticleAround Town/Niagara County meetings and hearings this week
Barker The School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the administrative offices, Quaker and Haight roads. Lewiston The Village Board will hold a work session at 6:30 p.m. Monday in Village Hall, 145...
View ArticleMarch 2-9/Niagara County faith-related events
Today SERVICE: 2 p.m., Second Presbyterian Church, 71 Van Buren St., Lockport. Special service featuring Hands Up Ministries in partnership with lead pastor Al Robinson of Spirit of Truth Ministries....
View ArticlePublic art project in Niagara County might put decorative wine barrels on...
NIAGARA FALLS – A public art project in the works for Niagara County might bring a decorative wine barrel to a place of interest near you.“Barrel Through Niagara” will give artists a chance to show...
View ArticleKennedy calls for increased state spending on pothole, road repairs
As Western New Yorkers continue to battle one of the harshest winters in recent years, Sen. Tim Kennedy, D-Buffalo, is pushing for legislation to deal with the proliferation of potholes.Kennedy is...
View ArticleFire erupts in Town of Tonawanda home near Kenmore East High School
Firefighters were dispatched late this afternoon to a fire in the 1000 block of Brighton Road near Kenmore East High School in the Town of Tonawanda.Authorities said the occupants of the home fled...
View ArticleMaspeth man asked to leave casino accused of attacking security supervisor
NIAGARA FALLS – A Maspeth man was arrested in Seneca Niagara Casino Hotel early Saturday after he punched a security supervisor in the face while being removed from a hotel bar, authorities said....
View ArticleFire in 19th Street apartment complex is traced to bedroom
NIAGARA FALLS – A fire that appeared to start in a second-floor bedroom damaged an apartment complex at 426 19th Street Friday afternoon. A resident of the apartment unit smelled smoke shortly before...
View ArticleEvents for people with disabilities
Catholic Health is hosting a stroke support group from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday in OLV Senior Neighborhood Community Room, 55 Melroy Ave., Lackawanna. Attendance is free and open to recently diagnosed...
View ArticleDemocratic candidate uses unproven hacking claim to raise funds
WASHINGTON – Five months after Democratic congressional candidate Martha Robertson raised big bucks off an unproven claim that Republicans tried hacking her website, GOP operatives are accusing her of...
View ArticleNew faith-based school aimed at niche market
You might say the Buffalo Chesterton Academy is going old school.Local public school districts and the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo are moving to shut down schools throughout Erie County, because the...
View ArticleDriver accused of trying to dodge Kensington Expressway traffic stop faces...
A Buffalo man who tried to avoid a traffic stop about 11:20 a.m. Friday on the Kensington Expressway ended up crashing into a tree, state police said.Seth H. Deitsch, 33, of Niagara Street, was...
View ArticleIs mayoral control of Buffalo schools the right answer?
In a city with one of the worst academic records in the state, there seems to be a running list of people – from the governor to the state education commissioner to school board candidates – weighing...
View ArticleGiambra defends role in pitch for red-light cameras
When a major player in the red-light camera industry last summer began courting the City of Tonawanda, it struck some as curious.Even odder, the Arizona-based company pitching photo enforcement for...
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