Man accused of hitting dog with beer bottle
A 48-year-old Jersey Street man was arrested on aggravated animal cruelty and other charges after he allegedly threw a 40 ounce beer bottle that hit the cockapoo pet dog of the woman he was arguing...
View Article‘Changemakers 30 Under 30 Awards’ to be presented
Thirty of the area’s leading young professionals will be honored Saturday evening in the third annual Changemakers 30 Under 30 Awards in the Burchfield Penney Art Center, 1300 Elmwood Ave. Among those...
View ArticleCrop damage due to cold spurs disaster designation in WNY
Five Western New York counties have been designated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as disaster areas because of crop damage caused by this winter’s extreme cold weather, Sen. Charles E....
View ArticleFind private school test scores
Look up the results of the state English and math tests for more than 60 private schools across Western New York. Online Database by Caspio Click here to load this Caspio Online Database. More than...
View ArticleHe’d be alive if he’d stayed in jail
If he had stayed in jail, he could still be alive.Even after Jeremy E. Thompson admitted his guilt last week to a brutal beating and robbery, he managed to persuade a judge to let him remain free on...
View ArticleFalls schools plan to trim up to 33 positions
NIAGARA FALLS – The city School District will have to cut between 14 and 33 jobs to help balance next year’s budget, under proposals unveiled Thursday night by Superintendent Cynthia A....
View ArticleWilliamsville jeweler accused of selling fake diamonds waives felony hearing
A Williamsville jeweler this morning at a brief village court hearing waived his right to a felony hearing. Now the case against him for allegedly selling fake gems is moving to a higher court with a...
View ArticleErie County land bank debuts
Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was scheduled to offer a preview of activities that will be undertaken by the county’s land bank and introduce its new executive director.Poloncarz has...
View ArticleOusted head of Elmwood Franklin to lead new school
The former head of the Elmwood Franklin School, who lost her job there after a tumultuous year at the elite private school, is staying in Buffalo and founding her own small private school in which...
View ArticleBuffalo man with $40,000 worth of pot pleads guilty
A Buffalo man arrested last May with 18 pounds of marijuana in his car pleaded guilty today to first-degree criminal possession of marijuana.Andrew Powell, 30, of Gilbert Street, faces up to 5½ years...
View ArticleCheektowaga police searching for copper, steel thieves
Three suspects are being sought by Cheektowaga Police in connection with a recent overnight heist of nearly $40,000 worth of copper tubing and steel piping from a Standard Parkway business and...
View ArticleBoot camp ordered for two teens who attacked Lockport High athletic director
LOCKPORT – Two teenagers who punched the Lockport High School athletic director and a monitor while being thrown out of the school gym during a Dec. 3 basketball scrimmage received identical sentences...
View ArticleRunaway sex offender admits to bail jumping charge
LOCKPORT – Paul S. Turley, who fled the area after jury selection in his sexual abuse trial last year, pleaded guilty to first-degree bail jumping today, but it won’t lengthen his 15-to-30-year...
View ArticleDuPont’s Tonawanda plant made coating for Goodyear blimp
You might say Goodyear’s new blimp is taking DuPont’s Town of Tonawanda plant for a ride.The DuPont plant supplied the product that protects the newest member of the famous fleet of airships from the...
View ArticleTime capsule from ‘The Hiker’ offers insight into 1920
Bolsheviks were on the move, the Crystal Beach ferry was resuming service and future president Herbert C. Hoover lost a presidential primary in California.Those were among the stories in old Buffalo...
View Article“American Made Movie” features Elma store
“American Made Movie,” a documentary which includes the story of the Made in America store in Elma, will be available on digital and cable video-on-demand outlets starting Tuesday.The film focuses on...
View ArticleKen-Ton debates its difficult choices at public forum
There were no pitchforks, torches or protest signs as the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda School District held the second of four public forums on its school consolidation plans Thursday evening in the...
View ArticleProject for new Fountain Plaza Metro station begins Saturday
A gleaming new station at Fountain Plaza – complete with radiant heating for cold winter commutes – awaits Metro Rail riders later this summer following a project that begins Saturday morning.Niagara...
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...
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