Buffalo Shakespeare Garden at the Karpeles fundraiser planned for April 27
A fundraiser for the Buffalo Shakespeare Garden at the Karpeles will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. April 27 in the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, 453 Porter Ave. Suggested donation: $20.16. Make...
View ArticleSmallwood Garden Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. April 21
Smallwood Garden Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Blocher Home, 135 Evans St., Williamsville. Elizabeth Licata, editor of Buffalo Spree and national garden blogger/speaker, will present...
View ArticleMusicalFare’s lighthearted ‘Adrift in Macao’ kicks off...
With the re-emergence of the sun after one of the worst winters in memory comes the Western New York theater scene’s annual spate of lighthearted productions. And not a moment too soon.First out of...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 90 days in jail over weekends in Route 20 collision
An Orchard Park woman said Thursday her life has not been the same since a pickup truck smashed head-on into her car on Southwestern Boulevard in Hamburg Sept. 11, 2012.Ashley Derenda, 20, is still...
View ArticleMan gets 25 years in fatal stabbing of his half-brother
A man who fatally stabbed his half brother 22 times on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 25 years in prison, a week after the victim’s former girlfriend was sent to prison for...
View ArticleObscenity plea enables filmmaker to avoid child porn conviction
In the end, Lawrence Brose pleaded guilty to obscenity, not child pornography.For people in the arts world, that’s a huge caveat, a red flag of sorts, in their homemade analysis of whether the local...
View ArticleSiege of Fort Erie to highlight War of 1812 commemoration
They stood together Wednesday behind the podium at the Buffalo History Museum, military interpreters entering their third year of celebrating the bicentennial of the War of 1812. Already, Guy Rizzuto...
View ArticleHillary Clinton makes women her political priority
NEW YORK – Hillary Rodham Clinton took the stage here Thursday with her daughter, Chelsea, and actress America Ferrera to begin what the former secretary of state calls a series of “No Ceilings”...
View ArticlePennsylvania company pleads guilty to asbestos safety violations in...
Attorneys for Lycoming Construction Services, LLC, a Williamsport, Pennsylvania-based limited liability company, entered a corporate guilty plea Thursday before Chief U.S. District Court Judge William...
View ArticleAt former site of the Aud, Canalside takes shape
In the location where hockey teams and hoopsters once competed, a “back to the future” presence is taking shape.Water began flowing this week into the “historically aligned” replica canals at the site...
View ArticleCheektowaga councilman is out after attorneys agree on state law
Cheektowaga Council Member Charles Markel’s name was scrubbed from the town’s website Thursday after town officials conceded that he gave up his seat when he pleaded guilty to improperly collecting...
View ArticleDeath of 16-month-old Jamestown girl ruled a homicide
The death of a 16-month-old Jamestown girl Thursday has been ruled a homicide.Jamestown police detectives are interviewing relatives and friends of the child, identified today as Nayla J. Hodnett.The...
View ArticleWheatfield offers reward for info on damaged locker room
WHEATFIELD – The Town Board this week voted to offer a $1,000 reward for information that would explain why the showers in the Youth Center locker room were left running for hours or perhaps days,...
View ArticleElma to repair park buildings
The Elma Town Board is moving on a plan to demolish an old storage building and the press box at Creek Road Park used by EMW Sports Inc. and replace them with a 20-by-30- foot building for storage on...
View ArticleSmoke shop ownership dispute brings police to scene
An ownership dispute about the Arrow Hawk Smoke Shop and Gas Mart on the Tonawanda Indian Reservation that is likely to end up in both New York State and Native American courts brought state troopers...
View ArticleCounty’s two golf courses to open for season on Thursday
Grover Cleveland and Elma Meadows golf courses will be opening for the season at 7 a.m. Thursday, the Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry announced.“We are looking forward to a...
View ArticleFaith United Church of Boston hires pastor
Faith United Church of Christ in Boston has announced that the Rev. Dave Shoobridge will be its designated pastor for the next six months.Shoobridge graduated from Eastern Mennonite Seminary in...
View ArticlePublic meeting set Tuesday on expanding Verizon FiOs
A community meeting to discuss bringing Verizon FiOS television and Internet service to Buffalo and other local communities will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the West Side Community Center, 161...
View ArticleMan found dead in vehicle, foul play suspected
A man was found dead inside a vehicle just after 3:30 a.m. today, Buffalo police reported, and detectives are investigating because foul play is suspected.Officers made the discovery near the...
View ArticleGang associate gets 4 years in prison for weapons possession
Marlon Johnson, Jr., 25, of Kenmore, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for possession of a firearm.Johnson was an associate of the Bailey Boys Gang, federal prosecutors said, and his...
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