Tonawanda passenger killed in one car DWI crash
A Tonawanda man was killed Friday night in a one-car crash in the Town of Brant, Erie County deputies reported.Joseph F. Cavalleri, 20, was a passenger in a vehicle that was traveling east on...
View ArticleAmherst IDA halts tax breaks for senior housing
The Amherst Industrial Development Agency on Friday voted to impose a moratorium on all tax breaks for new senior housing projects until the agency can determine if there’s still a need for them to...
View ArticleZoo gates by black architect on Historic Register
Brent Rollins remembers his great-uncle John E. Brent as very loving and a humble man – a good guy. But what he did not know until he became an adult was that his late great-uncle was an important...
View ArticleNiagara Honor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers
Members of the New York Air National Guard’s 107th Airlift Wing achieved top honors for the fourth straight year in the New York National Guard’s Adjutant General’s Marksmanship Competition held...
View ArticleArmed robber takes cash at Wrights Corners gas station
A man displayed a handgun Saturday night during an armed robbery at a Wrights Corners gas station, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies reported.The suspect – a man between 6 feet to 6 feet, two inches...
View ArticleMachias pedestrian struck and killed on Route 16
YORKSHIRE — A Machias man was struck and killed by a vehicle early Sunday while walking on Route 16 in the Cattaraugus County Town of Yorkshire, State Police reported.Edward Speaker, 28, was walking...
View ArticleArmed robbery reported in University Heights area
A man robbed two victims at gunpoint early Sunday in the University Heights neighborhood, Buffalo police reported.A man and woman told police a man approached them at 12:45 a.m. at the intersection of...
View ArticleTonawanda man robbed in Allentown parking lot
A Tonawanda man was robbed early Sunday in Allentown by two men he had been drinking with, Buffalo police reported.The victim said he was attacked around 1:14 a.m. in a parking lot west of the...
View ArticleBackseat passenger dies in Buffalo crash
One man was killed and two others injured in an early morning crash Sunday at the ramp to the Kensington Expressway near Elm Street, Buffalo police reported.The fatal crash occurred just before 3:30...
View ArticleMetal fragment in leg is a lifelong remnant of duty at sea
In his sophomore year at Angola High School, David W. Hanner threw his schoolbooks overboard for adventure on the Great Lakes, never imagining that it would lead to service in the Korean War.“A...
View ArticleDomestic dispute leads to multiple charges for Delevan man
DELEVAN – A Delevan man faces a slew of criminal charges after allegedly head-butting, pushing and threatening a woman during a domestic dispute at his home late last week, State Police...
View ArticleBoys robbed of their cell phones on Dartmouth
The parents of the boys told police they were walking on Dartmouth when they were approached by four males who asked them to use their phones. After obtaining both of the phones from the boys, the...
View ArticleTolbert ready to rev up mayoral campaign against Brown
After a yearlong “listening tour,” Bernard Tolbert’s challenge to two-term incumbent Mayor Byron W. Brown in the September Democratic mayoral primary is proving low key.Even some of his ardent...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to writer and critic Ambrose Bierce, born on this date in 1842, “There is nothing new under the sun, but there are lots of old things we don’t know.”...Silver MapleFreshly cut...
View ArticlePok-A-Dot diner celebrates 60 years in business
BATAVIA – The Pok-A-Dot, an iconic diner sandwiched between a busy state thoroughfare and railroad tracks on the city’s South Side, celebrated its 60th year in business this past weekend.Hundreds...
View ArticleTough choices in Clarence on tax base, development
Clarence’s school problems have a lot to do with budgeting and spending.But they may also have something to do with Wegmans and Walmart.While much of the heated debate over the last month has revolved...
View ArticleTwo youths arrested for attack on juvenile with autism
Two juvenile males were arrested early Sunday on South Lane in connection with an attack on another juvenile with autism, according to Buffalo Police reports.The suspects allegedly punched the...
View ArticleWater bikes hit Buffalo’s harbor, offering a workout or a view
As Tracy Cardwell pedaled into the Canalside harbor Sunday, a passing kayaker asked how she liked bicycling on the water.“It’s easy,” she called back from her bicycle seat. Cardwell, 48, was joined...
View ArticleBuffalo’s newest immigrants celebrate World Refugee Day
As Ali Kadhum celebrated World Refugee Day at the YWCA on Grant Street on Sunday, he stopped to tell about a close friend from Mercy Movement, the organization Kadhum joined in his native Iraq to call...
View ArticleBill would compel audit of Niagara relicensing bounty
WHEATFIELD – A bill that passed both houses of the State Legislature in the closing days of the session would require the New York Power Authority to audit the host communities that have benefited...
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