Three men and a boy arrested in gang assault
Three men and a teenaged boy were arrested on gang assault and other charges shortly after a man who was mugged at Welker Street and Woodlawn Avenue told police they were among the seven or eight...
View ArticleMarilla discusses sludge issue
The Marilla Town Board is considering whether to join with other towns in sharing the cost of legal and professional services to advise them on issues surrounding Quasar Energy Group’s plans to store...
View ArticleQuinn, Pierce ride tide of change to board
In a show of discontent over the direction that the Buffalo Public Schools are headed, voters Tuesday elected Larry Quinn and Patti Bowers Pierce to the School Board, upsetting the majority that...
View ArticleThe Hatch to add cocktails, craft beer
The Hatch plans to add a full bar under its new operators, aiming to deliver cocktails crafted with fresh ingredients plus a craft beer selection.Construction at the Erie Basin Marina snack bar is...
View ArticleClimate change report: More snow for Buffalo
WASHINGTON – Buffalo may face a future with more lake-effect snow thanks to a warmer Lake Erie that will be more prone to harmful algae blooms and invasive species, the federal government said today...
View ArticleGetting ready for the tourist season, Maid of the Mist launches two boats
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Falls’ most iconic tourist attraction is gearing up for a new season that will be unlike any it’s seen in the past.For the first time in the Maid of the Mist’s history, it will...
View ArticleComptroller approves of plan to cut city taxes
Comptroller Mark J.F. Schroeder said Tuesday that he supports Mayor Byron W. Brown’s plans to cut taxes. “At the end of the day, having reduced taxes is one of the reasons Buffalo is doing as well as...
View ArticleAs GOP convenes, Obama, Cuomo vie for spotlight
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s schedule in Westchester County today includes appearing at the new Tappan Zee Bridge with President Obama – which is about as big time as it gets.Republican opponent Rob...
View ArticleResidents face another cleanup but nothing like in 2009
Five years after “the 500-year flood,” the high-water mark is still visible on the rear of Ken Lashua’s one-story brick home in Silver Creek.It’s four feet off the ground.On Tuesday, residents were...
View ArticleFalls assault case comes down to this: fist or golf club?
LOCKPORT – Dennis C. Jeffrey, of Niagara Falls, struck a man in the side of the face with a golf club in a dispute over where to place a downed tree limb, a prosecutor said in his opening statement at...
View ArticleMills calls for new highway committee to tackle infrastructure issues
Erie County Legislature Chairman John Mills is calling for the creation of a new committee to address the county’s infrastructure issues after minority Democrats in the Legislature refused to sign off...
View ArticleAmherst explores idea of sharing purchasing director job
The Town of Amherst may be in the market for a purchasing director, if some of its neighbors want to share the position.Amherst is throwing out the idea to the towns of Cheektowaga, Tonawanda and...
View ArticleMaziarz, Gallivan deny political magazine report that they made illegal...
State Sens. George D. Maziarz and Patrick M. Gallivan issued statements Tuesday in which both denied any wrongdoing, after an Albany-based political magazine said the two local senators led the state...
View Article3-year-old was riding trike when shot in the chest
Tracy Hollaman’s 3-year-old son was riding his tricycle a few doors down from his grandfather’s Fennimore Avenue house Monday night when a bullet intended for a nearby 14-year-old boy struck him in...
View ArticleTown of Newstead approves cable contract renewal
Three public hearings were announced at the Town of Newstead town board meeting Monday, one of which was the Time Warner Cable contract renewal approved that evening. In the preceding weeks, the town...
View ArticleAmherst stops sending sludge to Wheatfield plant because of safety issues
The Town of Amherst has stopped sending sewage sludge to the Quasar Energy Group’s controversial digestion plant in Wheatfield.Supervisor Barry A. Weinstein said that the issue of whether the plant’s...
View ArticleHibbard’s Custard planning sites in Wrights Corners and Pendleton
LOCKPORT – Hibbard’s Custard, a Lewiston ice cream tradition for 75 years, is planning two Lockport-area locations.James Hibbard, co-owner of the family-run business, went before the Town of Lockport...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda pursues projects to improve blight in the city
NORTH TONAWANDA – The Common Council gave the go-ahead Tuesday for the Office of Community Development to once again seek a $400,000 New York State Office of Community Renewal HOME Investment...
View ArticleLoring Avenue teen stabbed in arm with kitchen knife
A 21-year-old Loring Avenue man was arrested on assault charges after allegedly stabbing a teenaged neighbor girl with a kitchen knife during an argument Tuesday evening. James Mitchell was charged...
View ArticleHamburg board member asks state education commissioner to halt bid to remove...
A Hamburg Central School Board member maintains the board did not have enough votes to charge her with official misconduct last week, and she is asking the state education commissioner to halt the...
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