Speculation about Lancaster Airport expansion riles residents
Speculation that the Buffalo Lancaster Airport is on the verge of an expansion that could bring jets to the facility has upset a determined group of Lancaster residents who have long been fighting to...
View ArticleBuffalo graduation rates sank to 47% in 2012
Buffalo Public Schools graduation rates continue to stir serious concerns, with the latest graduation data released by the state showing the city trailing behind every other major city school district...
View ArticleSouth Buffalo Charter School undeterred by ECIDA setback
South Buffalo Charter School officials pledged Monday to go forward with a new building on South Ogden Street, despite failing to win tax breaks for the project from the Erie County Industrial...
View ArticleBicyclist in critical condition after fall into creek
A man in his early 20s found lying face-down and unconscious in the shallows of Ellicott Creek off Old Niagara Falls Boulevard on Monday evening was listed in critical condition this morning in Erie...
View ArticleThorn-in-the-side blogger to stay anonymous
Concerned Hamburger, the anonymous blogger who comments on and lampoons the Hamburg Central School District, will remain anonymous.State Supreme Court Justice Diane Y. Devlin Monday quashed a subpoena...
View ArticlePolice again respond to bottle bomb explosions
If it is an adolescent prank, authorities say it is starting to get old.For the fourth time in recent months, Buffalo police have responded to explosions involving bottle bombs.The latest incident...
View ArticleContract with Lackawanna DPW workers to be reveiwed
The City of Lackawanna has reached a deal with another one of its collective bargaining units.But public works employees will have to wait a couple more weeks for the new contract to be finalized.The...
View ArticleTown of Tonawanda gives power over site plan approval to planning board
Final approval for architectural site plans will be given by the Town of Tonawanda Planning Board under a new law passed Monday night by the Town Board. Approval had previously been given by the...
View ArticleSouth District police use evictions to deal with criminals
With each eviction in his sprawling South District, Buffalo Police Chief Patrick M. Pascall sends home the same message:“Change your behavior or change your address.”Since 2011 more than 150 problem...
View ArticleRail authority seeks PILOT renewal
SALAMANCA – A new slate of officers and updates on ongoing projects topped the agenda for the annual meeting of the Southern Tier Extension Rail Authority on Monday.The rail authority spans from the...
View ArticleGraduation rates up for some Niagara high schools
Niagara County schools showed small gains and minor losses in the percentages of their high school students graduating in four years in 2012, according to data released Monday by the state Education...
View ArticleLockport man mugged near Allentown bar
A Lockport man was beaten by five men near Main and Allen streets early Sunday.The 37-year-old victim told Buffalo police he was chased and then kicked and beaten by his attackers at about 3 a.m.The...
View ArticleMan tackled with gun in Niagara Street bar
A Buffalo man faces several charges after police were called to a Niagara Street bar early Sunday for the report of a man with a gun.Jose R. Santos, 30, of Hinman Avenue, was arrested at about 2:30...
View ArticleNewfane seeks Greenway funds for Olcott pier, beach repairs
LOCKPORT – The Town of Newfane last week sought Niagara County Legislature support for Niagara River Greenway funding to repair one of the piers at Olcott’s Krull Park Beach and the wall on the...
View ArticleColorful character coming here to spread word about empowered disabled people
Jewel Kats is a character – and a fashion eccentric.The 34-year-old Toronto woman wears ultrabright “Ruby Woo” lipstick, sports permanent tattooed eye makeup, and uses two hot-pink crutches.She’s also...
View ArticleBuffett due here to help celebrate GEICO success
GEICO Corp., one of the nation’s largest auto insurers, has reached its goal of hiring 2,500 employees in Western New York, two years ahead of schedule.The Washington, D.C.-based insurance giant today...
View ArticleBoard OKs 2013-14 budget with 1.6 percent increase
JAMESTOWN – Jamestown Community College’s 2013-14 budget was approved Tuesday by the college’s board of trustees. The new budget, which totals $34.55 million, is a 1.6 percent increase from the...
View ArticleCardiac/stroke care upgrade in the works for Falls hospital
NIAGARA FALLS – Buffalo’s John R. Oishei Foundation has donated $750,000 to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center’s fund drive for a new cardiac/stroke care center, the hospital announced Monday.The...
View ArticleMore modern cargo planes sought for Falls air base
WASHINGTON – The Western New York congressional delegation, led by Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand, is making a push for bringing more modern cargo planes to the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station.In a...
View ArticleNeMoyer announces bid to be 7th District legislator
NORTH TONAWANDA – Michael E. NeMoyer, who works for Pendum LLC as a technician servicing banking machines, announced Tuesday that he is running for the Niagara County Legislature.NeMoyer, a Democrat,...
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