Snowfall totals by locale
The National Weather Service notes a record snowfall of 13.8 inches was set in Buffalo Wednesday, breaking the old record of 7.3 set in 1959. The daily snowfall is the sixth-greatest on record for the...
View ArticleWest Seneca, Wheatfield reschedule youth hockey tryouts
Tryouts for the Squirt leagues of the West Seneca Youth Hockey Association, postponed because of the blizzard, will be held Saturday at the town rink.Squirt Major Tier II tryouts begin at 2 p.m....
View ArticleTonight’s Good for the Neighborhood event canceled due to cold weather
Due to the cold weather, the Independent Health Foundation has canceled tonight’s Good for the Neighborhood program scheduled, which had been scheduled for 6 to 7:30 p.m. at West Side Community...
View ArticleSummit Park Mall in Wheatfield sold
The long-neglected Summit Park Mall in Wheatfield finally has a new owner.Zoran Cocov, a developer and real estate broker from Brampton, Ont., completed his purchase of the mostly empty retail...
View ArticleLast chance to vote for Lloyd taco truck
By Andrew Z. Galarneau You can find more taco trucks in plenty of U.S. cities, but you'd be hard pressed to find a more passionate city of eaters than Buffalo. Maybe that's why Lloyd taco truck is...
View ArticleDelayed closure of Holland schools won’t cost a snow day
A decision to briefly open Holland Central School District on Wednesday morning despite a blizzard warning drew complaints from parents but won’t affect the district’s state-required instructional...
View ArticleCowlesville man, 30, killed in snowmobile accident
BENNINGTON – A Cowlesville man died sometime overnight after the snowmobile he was riding southbound on Folsomdale Road in the Town of Bennington traveled off the east shoulder of the road and struck...
View ArticleAlleged serial burglar given minimum sentence
LOCKPORT – A man who was suspected in as many as 13 Lewiston burglaries drew the minimum sentence Thursday from Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III.Michael T. Nolfi, 27, of Cherry Lane,...
View ArticleLockport woman pleads guilty in meth case
LOCKPORT – A woman whose boyfriend pleaded guilty two weeks ago to making methamphetamine in a parked car accepted the same plea offer herself Thursday.Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III...
View ArticleFalls man draws 7 years for robbery and burglary
LOCKPORT – Tyrell J. Jordan, a Niagara Falls man whose attorney called him “a young man who is desperate to obtain property to sell for drugs,” was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison and five...
View ArticlePomfret business building destroyed by accidental fire
MAYVILLE – A Halogen utility light that accidentally was left too close to combustible material was blamed Thursday for a fire about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday that destroyed a Town of Pomfret business...
View ArticleIndictment accuses woman of possessing a wide range of drugs
LOCKPORT – A Town of Niagara woman pleaded not guilty Thursday in State Supreme Court to a six-count indictment accusing her of possessing five different drugs when the car in which she was riding was...
View ArticleFalls man to try treatment after cocaine plea
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man risked up to nine years in prison Thursday as he entered the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment following his guilty plea to cocaine...
View ArticleAuction of swindler’s property postponed because of tax lien
LOCKPORT – Concerns over a state tax lien caused a postponement Thursday of the auction of property owned by a criminal who was ordered to pay restitution for stealing about $600,000 from an elderly...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein, born this date in 1879, “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”...ALWAYS ON SUNDAY – Help...
View ArticleAMS moving forward on plans to hire 249
AMS Servicing plans to start relocating employees to a new location in Elma in mid-July, as it targets adding 249 jobs over the next five years.AMS, a residential mortgage servicer, is currently in...
View ArticleNorth Buffalo company files lawsuit over flaws in 5-foot globe
A North Buffalo company that makes exhibits for museums across the country, including the 9/11 museum in New York City, has run into some trouble with a 5-foot globe known as the Magic Planet that...
View ArticlePublic hearing set for corrections officers’ residence ruling
LITTLE VALLEY – Members of the Cattaraugus County Legislature voted unanimously Wednesday to hear the public’s views on allowing County corrections officers to live in adjoining New York counties.The...
View ArticleDunkirk officials seek funding for dredging of harbor
DUNKIRK – City leaders will be looking for ways to get enough funds to dredge the harbor this summer. At the regular meeting of the Dunkirk Economic Development Committee on Thursday, Planning...
View ArticleSalamanca school tax levy could decrease by nearly 30 percent
SALAMANCA – School districts throughout New York State are seeing funding cuts and taxes going up by as much as the tax cap will allow. But the Salamanca School District is seeing the opposite,...
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