World War II Bronze Star awarded
World War II Army paratrooper Doral E. Cummings earned a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart for his actions in ground combat in the Normandy Invasion, but never received the Bronze Star.On Wednesday, in a...
View ArticleSilver Springs man jailed for incident with a woman in Warsaw
WARSAW – A 46-year-old Silver Springs man was arrested by New York State Police when he was seen here Saturday with a woman who had obtained a court order of protection against him recently. Lynn E....
View ArticleTonawanda Coke fined and company executive given prison term for...
Tonawanda Coke on Wednesday was ordered to pay $24 million for what a judge called “singularly inexcusable” conduct that left much of the community wondering if the company created a public health...
View ArticleHeritage Heights will stay open after vote
Heritage Heights Elementary School will not be closing next fall.In a 5-2 vote Tuesday evening accompanied by cheers from an overflow crowd of school supporters, the Sweet Home Central School District...
View ArticleMarch Madness in Buffalo: Restaurants, bars ready for hordes of Syracuse fans
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View ArticleMetheny gets a little help from his friends in UB show
For 40 years, Pat Metheny has been chasing an ephemeral muse. A jazz musician, both at heart and in capability, Metheny has unfailingly pushed the jazz envelope as a composer, freely bringing in...
View ArticleProtest planned today outside Amherst mortgage servicing office
Community and social activists are planning a demonstrating in front of the offices of PHH Mortgage Corp. in Amherst this afternoon to protest the company’s plans to lay off 135 workers, even after it...
View ArticleMagazine names Chautauqua best small town to visit in U.S.
Smithsonian magazine has named the Town of Chautauqua, best known for its namesake lake and summer-long institution, No. 1 on its latest list of the best small towns in America to visit.Chautauqua...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to eminent composer Johann Sebastian Bach, born on this date in 1685, “The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the...
View ArticleCommunity Bank plans new back office facility in Allegany
ELLICOTTVILLE – Community Bank wants to build a $6 million back office operation on Route 417 in Allegany and is asking for help from the Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency.Last year the...
View ArticleCause being probed for Niagara Power Project fire
LEWISTON – The New York Power Authority is still investigating the cause of a transformer fire that erupted shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Robert Moses Niagara Power Project, drawing five local...
View ArticleCheektowaga’s Cleveland Hill School District narrows budget gap
Although it still has a way to go, the Cleveland Hill School District significantly narrowed its 2014-15 budget gap to $112,281 with two weeks to go before school board adopts a spending plan....
View ArticleFormer Lockport bank worker charged with stealing from seven accounts
LOCKPORT – A 58-year-old former Lockport bank worker pleaded not guilty today in Lockport Town Court to charges of grand larceny and scheme to defraud for allegedly stealing more than $35,000 from the...
View ArticleFalls man charged with beating his grandmother
LOCKPORT – A man was arraigned Thursday in Niagara County Court on charges of beating up his 89-year-old grandmother.Jerry D. Sweney, 45, had been living with her on Independence Avenue in Niagara...
View ArticleCheektowaga man admits to child porn possession in Niagara County
LOCKPORT – A Cheektowaga man pleaded guilty Thursday in Niagara County Court to having child pornography on his personal computer.Joseph C. Olick, 53, of Woodell Street, was living in Cambria when he...
View ArticleFalls woman denies selling Suboxone
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls woman pleaded not guilty Thursday in State Supreme Court to a four-count indictment accusing her of making two Suboxone sales to a police informant.Dallas J. Porter, 28, of...
View ArticleMiddleport to donate used fire truck to namesake town
MIDDLEPORT – The Middleport Fire Company will donate its reserve fire engine to a volunteer fire company in Middleport, Pa., this Saturday. Company vice president Darren Burdick said the 1985...
View ArticleWheatfield Planning Board OKs motel expansion
WHEATFIELD – The town Planning Board granted conditional approval Wednesday to a proposal from Driftwood Suites, 2754 Niagara Falls Blvd., to build five new 1,100-square-foot townhouses.Board...
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