Cyclists encouraged by Buffalo’s growing bike-friendliness
Bicyclists celebrated the end of “Bike to Work Week” on Friday by heralding a planned bike path that will link Canalside to the Outer Harbor and also a master plan on making Buffalo more...
View ArticleHorizon Village in Sanborn is given national award for excellence in...
SANBORN – Horizon Village, a 50-bed intensive residential treatment facility, has been honored for excellence in addictions treatment innovation. The honor came from the National Council for...
View ArticleBuffalo man arrested as alleged cocaine dealer
An East Delavan Avenue man arrested about 7 p.m. Thursday on Ivy Street is accused of attempting to sell drugs to two men who fled before police could question them. Irvin Johnson, 28, was charged...
View ArticleVictim called 911 before beating to complain of being harassed by off-duty...
William C. Sager Jr. called 911 early Sunday to say he was being harassed inside Molly’s Pub by the management and two off-duty police officers.Soon after placing that call, Sager was thrown down a...
View ArticleSeventh Street residents arrested on drug and false-name charges
Buffalo police said Seventh Street residents carrying heroin, cocaine and hypodermic needles were arrested about 7:30 p.m. in the 400 block of Seventh.Marta Lebron, 46, and Anthony Garcia, 35, were...
View ArticleHomebuilder gets probation for defrauding customers, contractors
Twenty victims of a former homebuilder have received some of the more than $344,000 he owed them when he went out of business.On Friday, he was sentenced to five years’ probation in Erie County...
View ArticleSenecas commemorate treaties with dance and history
In its annual ceremony with prayer, dance and speeches about history, the Seneca Nation of Indians commemorated the 1842 treaty at the Burchfield Nature & Arts Center, by Buffalo Creek in West...
View ArticleExplorer Post seeks donations toward cost of New York trip
Explorer Post 102, sponsored by the Buffalo Police Department, is looking for donors to help finance a planned trip to New York City later this year. Donations can be made by contacting Buffalo Police...
View ArticleCuts to special education in 2014-15 budget rile Lackawanna School Board...
Amid the backdrop of what some are calling an austerity budget that punishes special education students, one incumbent and two newcomers are vying for three open seats in the Lackawanna School Board...
View ArticleNeighbor linked to mayhem that scared children
A Rodney Avenue man was arrested for breaking a neighbor’s kitchen table and other items and scaring two children during an argument about 10 a.m. Friday, police said. Robert L. Jackson, 20, is...
View ArticleSix candidates see two boards seats in Ken-Ton
When two seats on the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda School Board opened in 2011, it was a lackluster race. The candidates ran unopposed.Now, however, with district residents energized by an emotional...
View ArticleNo charges filed in Evans hit-run case
Unless police uncover some major new piece of evidence, no one will be criminally prosecuted for the hit-and-run incident that killed Evans resident Barry “Bob” Moss last December.After hearing...
View ArticleSuperintendent Brown seeks to leave job; cites “baseless...
Buffalo School Superintendent Pamela Brown said Friday that she is ready to leave her post.“Due to the recent, persistent and baseless allegations about my suitability for the position of...
View ArticleCast, crew call it a wrap on film made mostly here
It wasn’t Hollywood. It was Hertel Avenue.It wasn’t a major studio production. It was an independent film.It wasn’t shot on the West Coast. It was filmed mostly in Western New York over a four-year...
View ArticleWitness credited with helping to track down Falls hit-and-run suspect
NIAGARA FALLS – A witness helped identify the driver in a hit-and-run crash early Saturday off Highland Avenue, police said.Officers responding to the “A” building of the Jordan Gardens housing...
View ArticleSpringville voters to decide on makeup of school board
Springville-Griffiths voters will see familiar propositions on the ballot this week in the school district election, as they decide whether to change the school board members’ length of terms and add...
View ArticleConvenience store holdup in Wheatfield may be a repeat performance
WHEATFIELD – A clerk at the 7-Eleven store on Ward Road told police that a man who robbed him at gunpoint late Thursday was the same person who robbed the store on April 9.The latest incident occurred...
View ArticleDriver, 75, seriously injured in Concord crash
A Concord man suffered serious injuries after striking a house and tree on Fowlerville Road in Concord Saturday, Erie County sheriff’s deputies said. Nicholas Katrein Jr., 75, of Concord, was...
View ArticleDWI suspect faces battery of charges following crash, foot chase
PORTER – A Niagara Falls man faces drunken driving and other charge after driving hitting several mailboxes on Riverview Drive about 3 a.m. Thursday, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said.An...
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