St. Casimir’s Catholic Church will open to the public a room where...
The bare, pine-paneled bedroom in St. Casimir’s rectory remains frozen in time, to an August day and two nights in 1976.A plain white spread covers the bed. A cross hangs on the wall next to a picture...
View ArticleEast Side fire does $75,000 in damage
Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a blaze that did $75,000 damage to a Moeller Street home this morning.The fire at 57 Moeller was reported at 8:42 a.m. The 2-1/2 story frame...
View ArticleMarketing Niagara Falls and the region is a labor of love
NIAGARA FALLS – John Percy, president and chief executive officer of the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corp., doesn’t remember the exact details of his first visit to this area as a child, but he...
View ArticleNew 24 Below Gallery in Niagara Falls will offer classes, live music
NIAGARA FALLS – A co-op style art gallery will open later this week in the basement of the former Niagara Club.Andrea and Tina Galyn are opening 24 Below Gallery and Cafe, at 24 Buffalo Ave., a...
View ArticleYoungstown Field Days being scaled down this year
YOUNGSTOWN – With the loss of rides, Youngstown Fire Company’s popular Field Days on Labor Day weekend will be reduced to a beer tent with music, food and gaming over just two evenings.Also eliminated...
View ArticleMount St. Mary’s gets stroke care recognition
LEWISTON –Mount St. Mary’s Hospital has received national recognition for its success with stroke patients.The hospital is a New York State-designated stroke center and recently received the American...
View ArticleRelatives of multiple sclerosis patients plan to walk, run and golf for a cure
LOCKPORT – A fundraising walk for multiple sclerosis patients has been held annually in Lockport for more than a decade, but this year a small group of women plan to offer their own events in addition...
View ArticleWilson budget will hinge on three scenarios
WILSON – The Wilson Village Board will vote Wednesday to establish a final village budget for 2014-15 – the last day permitted for the vote under state law.The board will meet at 7 p.m. in Village...
View ArticleNiagara Honor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers
Niagara University accounting professor Ian Burt has won a pair of $10,000 awards, the university announced.A doctoral dissertation he wrote earned a cash prize from the Institute of Internal Auditors...
View ArticleLockport artist Joseph Whalen, promoter collaborate on book
LOCKPORT – Recently rediscovered works of Lockport artist Joseph Whalen, combined with the poems of Niagara Art Trail promoter Jay Krull, comprise a new book being launched this week.The work will be...
View ArticleRivershore will hold first 5K run
LEWISTON – Rivershore Inc. will offer its first 5K run event, held on the first Saturday in May to coincide with the annual Smelt Festival. The race will benefit the private not-for-profit...
View ArticleLewiston Smelt Festival draws large crowds
LEWISTON – There is one more Friday fish fry to put on your calendar – the Lewiston Smelt Festival from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday. More than 400 pounds of free samples of smelt are fried up each year at the...
View ArticleJill Kelly says there’s no place like home
Jill Kelly had to laugh at the irony. There was a time, as a young man, when her husband resisted the idea of coming to Buffalo. Now, 30 years later, Jim Kelly has become the epitome of what we like...
View ArticleMary Wilson hopes clinic will inspire girls to participate in sports
Inspiration was the theme of a two-hour workout session Mary Wilson hosted Saturday for about 250 girls at the Buffalo Bills’ field house in Orchard Park. The event was part of a program for girls to...
View ArticleVillage of Forestville faces doubling of tax rate in new budget
FORESTVILLE – The proposed tax rate approved for the Village of Forestville will more than double the current rate.At $10.87 per $1,000 of assessed value, it is more than two times last year’s rate of...
View ArticleWork to dismantle ice boom off to a slow start
New York Power Authority crews started to dismantle the ice boom Tuesday morning, but they were called off after removing just one of the 22 steel spans that stretch like a necklace across the outlet...
View ArticleCattaraugus County stormwater demonstration site to debut May 22
LITTLE VALLEY – What is believed to be the first demonstration site on stormwater management is being developed in anticipation of a May 22 debut at the Cattaraugus County Department of Public...
View ArticleWith law enforcement background, Pierce takes aim at truancy on agenda to...
Patricia A. Pierce has seen firsthand, through her career in law enforcement, the disastrous effects that a lack of education can have on children, as well as families.“I’ve seen so many neglected...
View ArticleTwo Jamestown drug suspects arrested
Randalea Rivera, 26, was arrested in the 300 block of Crescent Street and charged with felony counts of criminal possession of marijuana in the second-degree. Raheem Butts, 23, was arrested at the...
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