State buying property for bridge plaza at $3 million more than appraised value
New York State is finalizing purchase of the Episcopal Church Home property on Busti Avenue that it has long coveted for expansion of the Peace Bridge plaza, surprising Canadian members of the...
View ArticleStudents at five local colleges earn degrees
Graduating from college is a landmark in anyone’s life.But for Matthew Faulkner, graduating Saturday from Canisius College took on a more special meaning.That’s because he was not expected to survive...
View ArticleKen-Ton teacher placed on leave in criminal investigation
A teacher in the Kenmore Town of Tonawanda school district has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by authorities, police said Tuesday.Town of Tonawanda police have been...
View ArticleSix persons rescued in two boating incidents
Six persons were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard’s Buffalo Station in mishaps on Lake Erie and the Niagara River over a 12-hour period from late Monday until almost noontime Tuesday. At 11:27 p.m....
View ArticleFive gang members plead to federal drug charges
Five members of an East Side gang pleaded guilty to drug charges, U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced Tuesday.Tramell McGee, 30; Kevin Battles, 46; Jerome Brown, 40; Terrell Moore, 33; and...
View ArticleFederal review focuses on NFTA’s struggle for better financing
The federal government has launched a special review of Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority finances, expressing concern about its “continuing economic challenges.”NFTA Executive Director...
View ArticleErie County legislators call for investigations of data disposal blunder
A group of Erie County Legislators is calling for an investigation into how and why Department of Social Services workers mishandled sensitive data that potentially compromised the privacy of hundreds...
View ArticleA second access road set for Genesee Valley Agri-business Park
BATAVIA – A generous farmer and a federal grant will enable the Genesee County Economic Development Center to build a second major access road into its Genesee Valley Agri-business Park where two...
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Complete results from Tuesday's school elections
Erie County districts:Akron | Alden | Amherst | Cheektowaga | Cheektowaga-Sloan | Clarence | Cleveland Hill | Depew | East Aurora | Eden | Frontier | Grand Island | Hamburg | Holland | Iroquois |...
View ArticleCattaraugus IDA gets update on Holimont’s Westmont Ridge project
ELLICOTTVILLE – The next phase of the Westmont Ridge development is right on track.A representative from the Holimont ski resort met with the board of the Cattaraugus County Industrial Development...
View ArticleNiagara County Legislature invites Bills to consider moving to Falls
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Legislature is urging the Buffalo Bills to consider downtown Niagara Falls if the football team is seeking a site for a new stadium.The resolution the Legislature passed...
View ArticleBuffalo School Board expected to approve budget tonight
The Buffalo Board of Education is expected to approve a $794 million general fund budget tonight as part of a spending plan that totals $908 million when all the grants the district receives are...
View ArticleGreenway Commission rejects 2 proposals due to get money anyway
The Niagara River Greenway Commission on Tuesday rejected two proposals that are likely to obtain Greenway money anyway.The commission overwhelmingly shot down a Town of Lewiston proposal to build an...
View ArticleCouncil mostly leaves Brown's budget intact
Mayor Byron W. Brown’s proposed budget was approved by the Common Council on Tuesday after very few changes by lawmakers.A proposal to add two crime-surveillance cameras in each of nine Council...
View ArticleHigh voter turnout in Clarence, Lew-Port
Polls are closed in 37 districts in Erie and Niagara counties, where voters across the region had their say on school budgets today.The Buffalo News will provide live results on the School Zone...
View ArticleIn court, lawyer says Nushawn Williams ‘doesn’t have HIV’
Throughout Western New York, Nushawn Williams has been known for 16 years as a sexual predator who infected young women with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.But Williams, 36, appeared in State Supreme...
View ArticleResidents mobilizing to get input into use of Tonawanda Coke fines
Tonawanda Coke, in a landmark case in late March, was fined up to $200 million in federal court for illegally discharging coke-oven gas – notably cancer-causing benzene – as well as for dumping...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born on this date in 1859, “When one tries to rise above Nature, one is liable to fall below it.”...PLANTING SEASON – The...
View ArticleClarence voters reject 10% tax hike in school budget
Attempts to exceed school tax caps in Clarence and Lewiston-Porter failed on Tuesday, while voters in two dozen other communities gave approval to spending plans that would increase taxes.A proposed...
View ArticleCook of the Month: Bert Gambini cooks up a storm
Bert Gambini grew up in Tonawanda watching two Sicilian women, his mother and grandmother, cook the dishes that fed their family.Looking back now, that was where his love of cooking began, but they...
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