Cigarette thief flees on bicycle
Someone threw a brick through the window of a North Buffalo gas station and stole several packs of cigarettes early Sunday.The incident happened at about 1:20 a.m. at the Delta Sonic on Delaware...
View ArticleVictim beaten by six or seven males
A male said he was jumped by at least a half-dozen attackers on Englewood Avenue early Sunday.The victim, whose age was not disclosed, told police between six and seven males beat him at about 2 a.m....
View ArticleDeputy, suspect tumble down Lockport hill
LOCKPORT – It was all downhill for a Niagara Falls man as he tripped while running from officers early Saturday after a reported fight at Main and Locust streets.Lockport police reported that when...
View ArticleArmed robbery at Lockport 7-Eleven
LOCKPORT – Two men, one of them armed with a gun, robbed the 7-Eleven store at South Transit and West High streets about 4 a.m. Sunday, Lockport police said.The men fled with an undetermined amount of...
View ArticleNiagara County Fair’s 2014 logo chosen
LOCKPORT – Matthew McAuley, 15, of Lockport, has been named the winner of the Niagara County fair 2014 logo design contest.Matthew, a sophomore at St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute, was chosen through...
View ArticleDeBacco named OB/GYN coordinator at Niagara Falls Memorial
NIAGARA FALLS – Laura M. DeBacco will join the OB/GYN Center at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center as its full-time coordinator, effective April 14.DeBacco will direct operations at the center and...
View ArticleNiagara County Health Dept. sets chronic disease classes
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Health Department and the county Office for the Aging are offering free six-week classes in managing chronic disease, beginning this week.One class begins Tuesday in St....
View ArticleUnited Way of Greater Niagara names award winners
NIAGARA FALLS – The United Way of Greater Niagara will honor several award winners Thursday for helping out during last year’s fund drive.The awards will be given at the United Way’s annual meeting,...
View ArticleBulk trash will be collected in Niagara Falls this week through May 9
NIAGARA FALLS – Starting this week and running through May 9, city residents will be able to dispose of bulk trash items with the regular weekly garbage pickup.Tree limbs must be cut in 4-foot...
View ArticleOusted clerk’s complaint claims retaliation
Cheektowaga Town Court has lost the services two key employees in a month’s time amid a dispute over a controversial four-year-old video showing a town prosecutor making advances on another...
View ArticleFree prom dresses prompt plenty of patrons
Louise Zollinger was torn.The 16-year-old junior from Pine Valley High School held up the light blue satin prom dress with sea green sequins against her cotton-candy pink hair. Then she held up the...
View ArticleFour-vehicle crash on Transit Road injures three
Three people were injured in a four-vehicle crash near the intersection of Transit and Robinson roads in the Town of Lockport this morning, state police said. One driver was taken by Mercy Flight to...
View ArticleGardening program set for Glenwood Ave. Block Club
The Glenwood Avenue Block Club and Home Depot will conduct an information meeting about the upcoming gardening season from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday in the Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library, 1324 Jefferson...
View ArticleBlack media panel to speak at Buffalo State networking session
“Meet the Black Media,” a free networking event for all aspiring journalists and others pursuing careers in media, will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Bulger Communication Center at SUNY Buffalo...
View ArticleShea’s to hold Wine, Food & Beer Festival May 15
Shea’s Performing Arts Center will hold its 19th annual Wine, Food & Beer Festival from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 15. The fundraiser will showcase a variety of wine, beer and culinary tastings....
View ArticleArea students at Fredonia honored with SUNY Chancellor Award for Student...
FREDONIA – Two Buffalo area students were among four SUNY Fredonia students honored in Albany for their achievements. Carl Lam of Hamburg and Samantha Jemiolo of Orchard Park attended a reception...
View ArticleKiller in Toys R Us homicide admits manslaughter, getting 25 years
Bernard “Bernie” Grucza today pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the homicide of Laurence C. “Larry” Wells II at the Toys R Us store last June.Grucza was charged with second-degree...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: In the words of Academy Award-winning lyricist E.Y. “Yip” Harburg, born Isidore Hochberg on this date in 1896, “If happy little bluebirds fly/ Beyond the rainbow/ Why, oh why can’t I?”...
View ArticleSwerving for potholes leads to driver being jailed on unrelated charges
NIAGARA FALLS — Niagara County sheriff’s deputies stopped a man who they said was swerving all over the road as he turned from Lafayette Avenue onto Wyoming Avenue at 9:42 a.m. Monday. The driver told...
View ArticleCheektowaga shoplifting case results in jail sentence
A Buffalo resident with a lengthy arrest record was sentenced Monday to six months in jail in a shoplifting case, Cheektowaga police reported.Lawrence T. Zielinski, 40, of Davey Street, who pleaded...
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