Creek restoration plan for Forest Lawn
A new creek restoration plan for Forest Lawn Cemetery outlines options for improving water quality, habitat, bridges and abutments. The report, started last year and released earlier this month, also...
View ArticleGardening classes: A Long winter’s antidote
As the year’s planting season approaches after an abominable winter, Fran Evans has noticed an unusual eagerness among local gardeners in recent weeks. They come to his gardening classes with more...
View ArticleHonor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers
Philip Cortellucci received his commission to second lieutenant upon graduation from the Marine Corps Officer Candidates School in Quantico, Va., on March 14.Cortellucci is a 2007 graduate of City...
View ArticleJudge rules jilted woman can keep engagement ring
The first text message left Christa M. Clark incredulous. Her fiance of 14 months broke off their engagement.“Your doing this through a text message????” she replied.But his next text messages to the...
View ArticleDemocrats back Savage for vacant County Legislature seat
Peter J. Savage III, the City of Buffalo’s senior deputy corporation counsel, is in line to fill a vacant seat on the Erie County Legislature after winning the backing of Democratic committee members...
View ArticleAfter a decade of decline, an abandoned church finds its meaning
Inside the former Immaculate Conception Church at the corner of Elmwood Avenue and Edward Street, where the last Mass was held on a midsummer Sunday in 2005, a dozen squares of plywood paneling hang...
View ArticleHamburg to get more video lottery money
Hamburg got a substantial bump in aid from New York state for being a host community for the video lottery terminals at Hamburg Gaming.The newly adopted state budget includes an extra $185,503 for the...
View ArticleBandits with handgun hold up 7-Eleven in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Two men used a handgun to rob the 7-Eleven store at 2824 Pine Ave. early Saturday – the second such attempt on a local 7-Eleven in just over 24 hours. Police said the robbers,...
View ArticleState denies Paladino’s bid to unseat board president
State Education Commissioner John King has rejected both of Buffalo School Board member Carl Paladino’s petitions to have President Barbara Nevergold removed from office. However, King left unanswered...
View ArticleMother charged with DWI on son’s birthday
Friday was supposed to be a joyful day for a Buffalo mother who had planned to celebrate the birthday of one of her three young sons, authorities said.Instead, she spent the day in jail while two of...
View ArticleThree Niagara County villages hold budget hearings this week
Three public hearings are slated this week regarding village budgets for 2014-15.Public hearings are planned for 7 p.m. Monday in both Middleport and Barker, while Youngstown will hold its hearing at...
View ArticleFormer UB economist proposes paying for kidney donations
As of January, there were 99,200 people waiting for kidney transplants in this country, with a new patient added to the list every 20 minutes.About 14,000 kidney transplants were performed in the...
View ArticleJacobs family reportedly leads list of Bills suitors with local ties
Just because the Buffalo Bills are up for sale doesn’t mean they’ll be packing up for a more lucrative market.That’s the conclusion local political and business leaders share with experts in the...
View ArticleThe candidates / Possible suitors for the Buffalo Bills
TERRY PegulaAge: 63Net worth: $3.3 billionHow wealth acquired: Oil and gas drilling.Reasons to buy: Owns Buffalo Sabres, which he bought in 2011 for $189 million. He sold his company, East Resources,...
View ArticleDryer lint sparks house fire
FALCONER – Excess dryer lint that ignited caused a house fire on South Work Street on Saturday night, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office said.The dryer lint in the vent pipe of a second-floor...
View ArticleShooting victim, bystanders refuse to talk to police
A 21-year-old man was shot twice Saturday afternoon on the corner of East Ferry Street and Goodyear Avenue.The shooting happened at about 2:09 p.m., according to a Buffalo police report.The victim,...
View ArticleIcy overpasses, ramps cause morning mayhem
Firefighters and tow truck drivers were kept busy early today as icy conditions on area overpasses and bridges caused at least four accidents.Shortly after 6:30 a.m., a five-car pile-up occurred on...
View ArticleTwo hit by buckshot in Bailey-Genesee area
Two people were injured when they were struck with buckshot late this morning in the Bailey-Genesee neighborhood.The incident happened at Texas Street and Kerns Avenue just before 11:30 a.m.The two...
View ArticleFirefighters probe smoke at Lancaster Lanes
Firefighters have been called to Lancaster Lanes bowling alley, 4913 Transit Road, for a report of smoke in the building.The alarm was called in just after 9 a.m., according to Lancaster police.No...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
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