Second national clothing chain to open store in Lockport
LOCKPORT – Rue 21, a national clothing chain aimed at young people, will open a store in the Town of Lockport in about 90 days, town officials said Thursday.“We’re very excited to offer Rue 21,”...
View ArticleNatalie Lewis’ gifts were evident beyond the swimming pool
Natalie McGurn must have been 7 years old at the time, a nervous little girl at her first St. Rose swim practice. All these years later, she can still picture this smiling, happy face coming over to...
View ArticleJudge gives green light to plan for senior citizen housing in Lewiston
LEWISTON – State Supreme Court Justice Mark A. Montour has given the green light, at least for now, to a plan to build a $12.3 million, four story 138-unit Bridgewater Estates senior citizens housing...
View ArticleMother’s persistence leads to jail for man in 2012 fatal crash
A Hamburg mother’s persistence paid off Thursday as the drunken driver who killed her 14-year-old daughter was sentenced to state prison – more than two years after the fatal crash and after he had...
View ArticleCourt nixes Canadian nuclear reactor proposal
TORONTO, Ont. – A proposal in Ontario to build four new nuclear reactors in Darlington, Ont. – almost directly north of Olcott Beach across Lake Ontario – was nixed by a Canadian court Wednesday,...
View ArticleNew Cheektowaga assessments reflected in school tax rates
NEWS STAFF REPORTERProperty owners in Cheektowaga got their first look at their new, full-value assessments in March.After residents of the town’s four school districts vote next week on their...
View ArticleExpansion of Audubon Library is being discussed in Amherst
The Audubon Library in Amherst, the second-busiest library in the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library system, may be getting bigger.Amherst officials are discussing an expansion to the popular...
View ArticleForever Board aims to make breakthrough in drywall
Ronald J. Voit sees gypsum boards used everywhere in construction as drywall building material.But he remains undaunted about bringing a mold-resistant alternative called Forever Board to the...
View ArticleJob growth in Buffalo Niagara stays slow but steady
The Buffalo Niagara region’s slow but steady job growth continued into April.The region added jobs at a 0.7 percent annual pace over the last year, pushing employment levels to their highest for any...
View ArticleGarden Notes / News of area clubs and events
Garden Friends of Clarence will hold a perennial plant sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Clarence Town Park, large pavilion, 10405 Main St., Clarence. Open to the public....Orchard Park...
View ArticleHoward rejects oversight on cell phone monitoring
Erie County Sheriff Timothy B. Howard told legislators Thursday that it is solely up to the courts – not them – to determine how he may use cellphone surveillance equipment to track persons of...
View ArticleIn one plan, 1950s-style fun called key to Market Arcade theater’s...
Four proposals to privatize the Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre would keep it a movie theater.But at least one of those interested in taking over the complex in Buffalo’s Theatre District...
View ArticleScajaquada ramp to be closed off for maintenance work
The westbound ramp of the Scajaquada Expressway to the southbound 1-190 will be closed for maintenance work from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday and Tuesday, the New York State Thruway Authority has...
View ArticleLockport YMCA to merge with Buffalo – if money for new building is...
LOCKPORT – The Lockport Family YMCA may merge with the Buffalo Niagara YMCA in 2016 – if money is raised for a new Lockport YMCA building and a buyer is found for the old one.Buddy Campbell, president...
View ArticleSchool board seats, budget on ballot in Batavia
BATAVIA – A newcomer, incumbent and former member are the only candidates for School Board seats when City School District voters go to the polls Tuesday Jessica Maguire-Tomidy, CEO of Habitat for...
View ArticleBuffalo man gets six months in jail for harassing telephone calls
A Buffalo man was sentenced by Cheektowaga Town Justice Paul S. Piotrowski to six months in jail on his guilty plea to aggravated harassment charges for threatening telephone calls made to an...
View ArticleBuffalo man faces 30-year prison term for bank fraud plea
A Buffalo man pleaded guilty to bank fraud before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara and faces a mandatory prison term of 30 years.Avery Gill, 56, of Buffalo, also faces five years of...
View ArticleMore support in State Senate for medical marijuana
By Tom PreciousALBANY -- The Senate sponsor of the measure to legalize medical marijuana said tonight she has never been more optimistic than now that her bill will get passed in the coming six...
View ArticleWheatfield proposes controls on residential chickens
WHEATFIELD – A recent incident on Shawnee Road has led the town to draw up a proposed law to limit the number of chickens that can be kept in residential areas.The Town Board will hold a public...
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