Man killed in Cheektowaga crash had complained about dangerous road
A retired state police senior investigator who died with his wife Tuesday in a car crash had previously complained how dangerous it was turning onto Genesee Street from their Cheektowaga development,...
View ArticleRequest to rename park for Parete is rejected by Council in Lockport
LOCKPORT – The Common Council decided Wednesday to refuse a request from high school classmates of the late Buffalo Police Officer Patricia A. Parete to rename a city park in memory of the Lockport...
View ArticleLockport parking ramp demolition gets green light as suit is dropped
LOCKPORT – The litigation over the demolition of the downtown Lockport parking ramp ended with a whimper Wednesday, and the ramp’s history will end with a bang in a few days.A lawsuit over the...
View ArticleLackawanna police raises also pump up pay for other city officials
Lackawanna City Council members unwittingly gave pay raises to city division and department heads when they approved a new contract for police officers last month.And they are not happy about...
View ArticleState, Seneca officials work to end casinos feud
ALBANY – Top Seneca Nation and Cuomo administration officials huddled into the night Wednesday in hopes of forging a deal to end a years-long $600 million dispute that could keep the tribe from facing...
View ArticleSenate panel rejects special prosecutor plan
WASHINGTON – The Senate Armed Services Committee Wednesday rejected Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand’s effort to put prosecutors in charge of sexual assault cases in the military, as the panel’s chairman...
View Article‘Unusually high’ numbers of fish dying in many WNY waterways
This spring, Charlene Knoll and her young son, Grant, have noticed unusually large numbers of dead and dying fish in the Erie Barge Canal, along Old Niagara Falls Boulevard in the Town of...
View ArticleCheektowaga playground honors slain 5-year-old girl
Five-year-old Isabella Tennant loved swinging on the swings and sliding down the slides at Stiglmeier Park in Cheektowaga. Always smiling and laughing, she didn’t mind that her favorite playground was...
View ArticleBuffalo school music cuts hit sour note
Madison Phillips fell in love when she picked up the clarinet at Lovejoy Discovery School two years ago. She was happier to go to school on days when she got to play her instrument and went from...
View ArticleVictim of Wednesday crash on QEW dies in ECMC
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – A Niagara Falls man injured in a four-vehicle chain-reaction crash on Queen Elizabeth Way just north of Lyons Creek Road Wednesday died Thursday in Erie County Medical Center,...
View ArticleEmployee handbook on Niagara town policies gets go ahead
TOWN OF NIAGARA – An employee handbook that contains all policies regarding working for the Town of Niagara is in the works.At a work session Thursday, the Town Board agreed to authorize Town Attorney...
View ArticleFalls man’s guilty plea in wife’s murder is thrown out
Kelvin W. Robinson of Niagara Falls, who admitted stabbing his wife to death in 2004, won his appeal Friday, on his third try.A four-judge panel in the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court ruled...
View ArticleSeeking to slow down Parkside speeders
Frequent complaints about lead-footed drivers along Parkside Avenue by the Buffalo Zoo and Delaware Park may soon diminish with new speed readers that are being introduced by police to encourage...
View ArticleFunding spared for developmentally disabled
An Albany agreement to restore money for programs for the developmentally disabled will come as a relief for small agencies like Autism Services Inc. in Amherst and its 400 clients.The deal, first...
View ArticleBillboard campaign targets underage drinking
A billboard campaign targeting underage drinking planned for the city’s West Side will carry messages for parents translated into Somali, Arabic, Karen and Spanish.“There are tremendous language...
View ArticleHamburg bookkeeper admits stealing nearly $800,000 from Buffalo employer
Already previously convicted for drunken driving, Mary Jane Hagler of Hamburg added a new crime to her record.The bookkeeper on Friday admitted stealing nearly $800,000 over 10 years from the Buffalo...
View Article‘The Drunken Botanist:’ The history of alcoholic drinks, with...
It all started with a bottle of gin someone gave a friend of Amy Stewart at a convention of garden writers. The gin recipient was less than thrilled with the gift – “I don’t know what to do with...
View ArticleCleveland BioLabs’ officials look for signs of a turnaround
Investor Jeff Chokel keeps looking for signs that Cleveland BioLabs is poised to turn its promise into profits.And after owning the Buffalo life sciences company’s stock for nearly seven years –...
View ArticleTappo restaurant to open Monday in revamped Horton Coffee building
Well-known Buffalo chef Mike Andrzejewski will launch his newest restaurant on Monday, in partnership with prominent developer Rocco Termini, as Tappo Restaurant opens its doors at 338 Ellicott St.,...
View ArticleEnhancing the Falls experience
NIAGARA FALLS – The visitors were as impressed as the politicians Friday, as some $5 million worth of improvements in Niagara Falls State Park officially opened.The work improves access to Luna...
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