‘Once’ is a quiet antidote to Broadway spectacle
“Once” was enough.That was my first thought after viewing the acclaimed Irish film about two unlikely musical collaborators in hardscrabble Dublin. It struck me as discount mumblecore with a brogue,...
View ArticleJudge orders man who drove drunk with seven kids in car to 5 years...
A Buffalo man who admitted driving drunk July 4 with seven children in his car was placed on five years’ probation today and fined $3,000.State Supreme Court Justice Penny M. Wolfgang also ordered...
View ArticleArmed man who led Buffalo police on high-speed chase gets 3½ years
A Buffalo man who threatened a woman with a gun, then led police on a high-speed chase that ended when he ran out of gas was sentenced today to 3½ years in prison.State Supreme Court Justice Penny M....
View ArticleFire Department to carry heroin antidote
City firefighters will begin carrying an antidote that can reverse the effects of a heroin overdose, Mayor Byron W. Brown said today. A date for firefighters to begin carrying Narcan hasn’t been...
View ArticleArrest made in Amherst bank robbery
A 47-year-old man has been charged with robbing an Amherst bank branch on March 18, police announced today.Ruben Gray, of the Town of Tonawanda, was arrested Tuesday following an investigation by town...
View ArticleWestbound I-86 closed in Town of Allegany
The westbound lanes of Interstate 86 are temporarily closed in Cattaraugus County as crews work to remove an overturned milk truck, according to State Police.The closure begins at Exit 25 in Olean and...
View ArticleTonawanda City schools’ spending plan could increase tax levy by 2.55...
With a current budget gap of $286,138 for the 2014-15 school year, the Tonawanda City School District is close to a $30.59 million spending plan that could potentially increase the tax levy by 2.55...
View ArticleTwo Buffalo apartment projects in older buildings to receive tax breaks
Developer Rocco Termini’s $12.4 million project to turn a mostly vacant office building on Elmwood Avenue into apartments that would be part of what he envisions as “Pierce Arrow Village,” won...
View ArticleJury hears 911 tape of shooting victim identifying his attacker
LOCKPORT – A Niagara County Court jury today heard a dramatic tape of a 911 call in which John Petty, a Niagara Falls man who thought he was dying, identified the man who shot him.However, defense...
View ArticleTwo Buffalo men shot, one dies
A 27-year-old man was fatally shot and a 28-year-old man slightly wounded in a shooting at an East Delevan-Jefferson neighborhood apartment early Wednesday, homicide detectives said.The identities of...
View ArticleLockport police searching for gunman who shot at house and car.
LOCKPORT – Investigators today are looking for a suspect who shot someone’s vehicle and home in the 500 block of Walnut Street Tuesday night, between Vine Street and Wilson Parkway. No injuries were...
View ArticleTailgate vigil for Ralph Wilson planned for Sunday
Bills boosters are planning a memorial tailgate on Sunday to celebrate Ralph Wilson’s life.The scheduled 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. gathering, by the Bills Mafia fan club, will take place near the stadium at...
View ArticleJennifer Marchant gets 12 years in prison for killing boyfriend
LOCKPORT – Jennifer R. Marchant, the North Tonawanda woman who claimed she killed her boyfriend in self-defense only to see a jury reject the claim, was sentenced today to 12 years in state prison.The...
View ArticleTwo litters of river otter pups born at Buffalo Zoo
They apparently don’t call him “Rascal” for nothing.The Buffalo Zoo announced Wednesday that Rascal, a 7-year-old North American river otter, fathered two separate litters with 9-year-old sisters...
View ArticleAmid uncertainty, school boards pare budgets
Suburban school boards continue to pare down their budgets for the 2014-15 school year while they wait to find out whether financial aid will be increased in the New York State budget.Districts are...
View ArticleLorna Hill’s inner strength guides her in life, on stage
Over the past five years, life has handed Lorna Hill grief upon grief.In 2009, the veteran Buffalo actor and stalwart leader of the Ujima Theatre Collective lost her 7-year-old grandson Asa to a car...
View ArticleTabree’s charcuterie platter is artful introduction to local pork
You don’t need a table to explore Chef Bruce Wieszala’s penchant for locally sourced food at Tabree (4610 Main St., Snyder).Tabree offers a charcuterie platter in two sizes ($30, $16) populated with a...
View ArticleUtility work will affect Twin Cities Highway traffic
NORTH TONAWANDA – As the weather breaks, National Grid will begin utility work in March and continue through April along Twin Cities Memorial Highway.Contractor crews from O’Connell Electric Co. will...
View ArticleBuffalo Place lays off 3
Buffalo Place laid off three workers to tighten its budget after losing its longtime contract to operate the concerts and other functions at Canalside.The downtown business improvement organization,...
View ArticleMontante awarded loan for Elm Street building redevelopment
The Buffalo Urban Development Corp. has approved a $750,000 loan to TM Montante Development’s Elm/Michigan Holdings LLC to help finance the $8.1 million mixed-use project to redevelop the long-vacant...
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