Cuomo expresses concern about taxpayer costs for a new Bills stadium
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo today signaled a concern that there is a limit to how much taxpayer money can go into a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills if those are the demands of the team’s future...
View ArticlePolice: 'Possibly disorderly conduct' on video
A video viewed more than a half a million times on YouTube since Tuesday shows a white woman flinging racial slurs at a black man outside a Cheektowaga strip mall.The video, titled “Blatant Racism in...
View ArticleBuffalo’s new ‘Rust Belt chic’: the Belt Line
The cavernous building on Niagara Street – once home to Curtiss Malting Co. – for decades has been a run-down reminder of a bygone era.The building and dozens of others like it are clustered along the...
View ArticleSchrauth Forcucci says she's 'made some mistakes'
Catherine Schrauth Forcucci said she has made mistakes on the Hamburg Central School Board and would deal with people differently if given the chance.Witnesses testifying against Schrauth Forcucci......
View ArticleSyracuse charged with 11 felony counts of arson, criminal mischief
Christopher M. Syracuse and some acquaintances were in his Tonawanda apartment Tuesday afternoon when a friend sent him a cell phone photo of a suspected arsonist believed responsible for several......
View ArticleLancaster music store plans free concert
A Lancaster music store that helps keep programs humming in local schools is putting together a free concert to celebrate its 60th anniversary.Employees of Twin Village Music will perform at 7:30...
View ArticleGrand-opening festivities at Cabela’s expected to draw a crowd
Cabela’s – the destination outdoor sporting and recreation goods retailer – will open a store today in Cheektowaga amid festivities that include music and prizes. And... Read More
View ArticleWex Street couple charged with forging casino cards
A Wex Street couple was charged about 1 a.m. Wednesday by Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino security officials who accused them of forging casino complimentary cards and illegally using them to pay for......
View ArticleSweet Street man found hiding under a pool deck arrested early today
A 56-year-old Sweet Street man found hiding under a backyard pool deck in the 700 block of Perry Street about 1 a.m. Wednesday was charged with possession of burglar’s tools and criminal... Read More
View ArticleCar in Forest Lawn broken into; $150 cash, other items stolen
A car parked in Forest Lawn was vandalized Wednesday afternoon. The right front winwas broken, and $150 as well as a number of other items were stolen, Buffalo police reported. A Buffalo woman... Read...
View ArticleRamp to Youngmann Highway reopened after motorcycle accident
The on-ramp to the Youngmann Highway off Route 425 in the City of Tonawanda was reopened to traffic about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, about an hour after a motorcyclist lost control of his vehicle and was...
View ArticleDysfunction greets new chief academic officer
In her decades-long career in education, Linda L. Cimusz turned around one of Syracuse’s most struggling high schools and helped design an accountability system for the state of Texas.She... Read More
View ArticleSt. Lawrence Avenue man arrested in stabbing on Tonawanda Street
A 22-year-old St. Lawrence Avenue man was arrested about 11 p.m. Tuesday and accused of stabbing a man in the left side of his abdomen during an incident in the 1100 block of Tonawanda Street about...
View ArticleCharter board captains expose government, tourism groups to sport fishing
DUNKIRK –More than 50 anglers navigated Lake Erie in an armada of charter boats Wednesday morning, then capped the experience with a fish fry served up by the Northern Chautauqua... Read More
View ArticleSentencing for Mascia comes amid plea dispute
Joseph A. Mascia, whose guilty plea to an election law misdemeanor in two unsuccessful campaigns led to legal problems in his successful bid last month for re-election as a Buffalo Municipal... Read...
View ArticleMore than 42,000 got tax filing help
The state Department of Taxation and Finance has helped more than 42,000 taxpayers with limited English proficiency through its free language interpretation services launched in October 2012,... Read...
View ArticleRural/Metro move to shut down billing operations to affect 50 workers
Rural/Metro has shut down its coding and billing operations nationwide in a move to boost revenue and cut costs, which also affects about 50 employees in Buffalo. Some employees will be offered......
View ArticleUB study finds preschoolers lose more weight when treated with parents
The best way for obese preschoolers to lose weight may be to treat them with their parents, a study by Buffalo researchers shows.Primary-care treatment of overweight and obese preschoolers works......
View ArticleCanned food drive to aid road march
Food is being collected in Hamburg to support the second annual KIA Memorial Road March – the 10K ruck march through Chestnut Ridge Park, Orchard park, on Aug. 23. Participants in the road... Read More
View ArticleTwo women jailed and a clarence “spa” shut down
A 49-year-old Kenmore woman and a 61-year-old Flushing, Queens woman were remanded Wednesday to the Erie County Holding Center after a law enforcement raid led to the shut down of the Paradise Spa......
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