Niagara Falls homeless shelter seeks overturning of city code order
NIAGARA FALLS – The operators of a homeless shelter for men on Ferry Avenue have asked the city Zoning Board of Appeals to overrule the city’s order stopping the service.Charles J. Naughton,...
View ArticleFredonia State Council gathers
FREDONIA – Members of the Fredonia State College Council met Wednesday in the president’s office to hear a review of the past year and plans for the next.The council was told that recruitment for the...
View ArticlePomfret water problems aired
FREDONIA –Members of the Pomfret Town Board heard about problems with the new North End Water District at their regular meeting on Wednesday.The board heard a complaint from Joe Brown of Webster Road,...
View ArticleNiagara town clerk to fill supervisors role until November election
TOWN OF NIAGARA – The Niagara Town Board had been expected to name a replacement for former Supervisor Steven C. Richards on Wednesday.Instead, it named Town Clerk Sylvia Virtuoso as deputy supervisor...
View ArticleAssembly ethics panel drops probe of Gabryszak
ALBANY – Four months after Dennis Gabryszak resigned in disgrace following allegations he had sexually harassed female staff members, the Assembly’s ethics committee has formally dropped its...
View ArticleSign too bright for Depew school’s neighbor
Nearly a year after a digital sign was placed outside a Depew school, one neighbor is seeking a favor: Please don’t leave the light on.Robert Smith, who proudly stated that he is a 37-year neighbor of...
View ArticleMomentum to ban microbeads from soaps, cosmetics grows
The tiny plastic particles that became more popular in soaps and facial scrubs over the last few years are showing up on beaches and in the waters of the Great Lakes, especially Lake Erie.A report to...
View ArticleDespite feeding tube and constant pain, Kelly toughs it out
Jim Kelly offered a poignant perspective Wednesday on his raging battle against cancer.The Buffalo Bills’ Hall-of-Fame quarterback got choked up talking about the fact he recently had a feeding tube...
View ArticleFalls school board candidate bares her soul
NIAGARA FALLS – Angela J. Bray is a writer, model and disability advocate who serves on the Niagara Falls Human Rights Commission.The 34-year-old has also penned tales of erotica.She’s been...
View ArticleDueling Falls ferries begin operations for the season
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – As a Hornblower ferry pulled away bearing a full group of tourists for the first time, a small crowd cheered, seagulls squawked and the falls raged majestically.Then another ship...
View ArticleLockport man who violated probation gets a “shock”
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas said Thursday that “shock incarceration,” the state prison system’s boot camp-style program for young felons, is just what Daniel L. Swann...
View ArticleMan released despite allegations he might be terrorist in training
Ari Elias Baum is charged with defrauding the Social Security system, but prosecutors think he also may be a terrorist in training.As part of an effort to keep the Buffalo man in jail, Assistant U.S....
View ArticleState will assist Camp Good Days in recovering from flood damages
New York State will assist in the estimated $60,000 in repair work needed at Camp Good Days and Special Times in Branchport, Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy announced during a visit to Penn Yan to assess storm...
View ArticleReceptionist’s gardens brighten area around holding center
Flower power is brightening a corner of downtown that might not be considered the happiest of places.Outside the Erie County Sheriff’s Office and Holding Center, Susie Wilkie Zagorski is planting...
View ArticleBuffalo State ready to narrow finalists for presidency
A new president for SUNY Buffalo State could be named within the next few weeks, now that each of the five finalists for the post has visited the campus,The last of the finalists ended her visit on...
View ArticleCity settles with alderman’s family over mother’s death
LOCKPORT – The City of Lockport’s insurance company will make a cash payment to the estate of the mother of Alderman John Lombardi III, settling a lawsuit over her death on a day when the city’s two...
View ArticleBuffalo Preservation Board supports making Larkin District a city landmark
Buffalo’s Preservation Board on Thursday voted to designate the Larkin District a city landmark, a move prompted by what appeared to be demolition activity around a historic powerhouse.The landmark...
View ArticleGrandfather says slain boy’s life was full of love
Eight-year-old Jacob T. Noe had an abundance of love in his life and those closest to him – including his mother – always made sure he was safe.But in the early-morning hours of Wednesday, Jessica L....
View ArticleNine from Buffalo to be election observers in Ukraine
Nine Buffalo-area residents will be joining with hundreds of other election observers for the upcoming Ukraine national and regional elections.The contingent includes former Erie County Legislator...
View ArticleFeds, police probe severe beating of man in Main Street bar
An Air National Guardsman was badly beaten in a University Heights bar over the weekend and deposited nearly dead outside, according to police sources.To make matters worse, the attack may have been...
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