Water main ruptures on South Park Avenue in Buffalo
A portion of a South Buffalo neighborhood was without water Sunday following the rupture of a water main on South Park Avenue, according to Buffalo city officials.An area of South Park between Abbott...
View ArticleWallenda completes tightrope walk near Grand Canyon
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER GORGE, Ariz. – Florida aerialist Nik Wallenda completed a tightrope walk that took him a quarter mile over the Little Colorado River Gorge in northeastern Arizona on...
View ArticleKenmore celebrates the Dog Days of summer
Sid Cranston of Wilson and his 2-year-old mixed breed, Benson, won the owner look-alike contest for their matching grey beards.Becket Panfil, 13, of Angola and his Yorkiepoo, Horton, won best trick...
View ArticleFaithful stick with St. Ann Church
They were ousted from their beloved church and told the repairs needed to get back in could cost as much as $12 million.But a small group of plucky Catholics cannot let go of St. Ann Church on...
View ArticleRide for Roswell raises more than $3.8 million
Nine-year-old Jenna Stroud of Cheektowaga rode for her teenage brother, to whom she donated her bone marrow when she was 7. Debbie Rogers of North Tonawanda rode for her Uncle Nathan, who died of...
View ArticleDevoted to local heritage, North Tonawanda History Museum marks its 10th year
NORTH TONAWANDA – Imagine discovering Grandma’s attic full of treasured memories of the past. Then imagine all of the Grandma’s attics in North Tonawanda gathered in one place.That is the North...
View ArticleNiagara Q&A / Rosemary Sansone Happy memories inspire a fun place for children
OLCOTT – Sometimes the future is sparked by a memory of the past.This is the case in Olcott, where Rosemary Sansone looked at a dilapidated carousel roundhouse, recalled blissful times as a child and...
View ArticleTechnology makes it easier to reunite owners and missing pets
Technology has done many things in recent years that would have been impossible a few years ago. Now it can determine the identity of a pet’s owner with the swipe of a scanner.However, that can happen...
View ArticleLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Where in the Falls is the development? In recent headlines, Niagara Falls Redevelopment has come out to reclaim their accomplishments. Back in 1997, as part of a redevelopment agreement, they signed...
View ArticleMuseum events
The North Tonawanda History Museum has several special events planned this summer.• During Canal Fest of the Tonawandas, Monday through next Sunday, there are two presentations each day.• At 1 p.m....
View ArticleFormer music teacher says police pressure led to false confession
LOCKPORT – A former Lutheran school music teacher, whose conviction for sex crimes was overturned by the State Court of Appeals, testified last week that he falsely confessed under police...
View ArticleFree Falls concerts draw big acts
NIAGARA FALLS – The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and 10,000 Maniacs will perform at two free concerts this month on Old Falls Street.The orchestra will perform Saturday, with 10,000 Maniacs...
View ArticleLewiston Art Festival will be an environmentally friendly event.
LEWISTON – Mounds of garbage left behind after any successful festival can put a damper on an otherwise positive experience.So the Village of Lewiston has issued a proclamation declaring “The Art of...
View ArticleAround Town/
Barker The School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the district’s administrative offices, Quaker and Haight roads. Cambria The Planning Board will meet at 8 p.m. Monday in Town Hall, 4160 Upper...
View ArticleJuly 14-21 / Niagara County faith-related events
Monday PRAYER: The Healing Rooms of Buffalo Niagara is open to pray for anyone who needs physical, emotional or spiritual healing, 7 to 9 p.m., Potters House Christian Community Church, 723 Seventh...
View ArticleSpecial edition of ‘Marble Orchard’ planned
LEWISTON – “The Marble Orchard: Spirits of 1813” offers vignettes of various historical Lewiston figures in full period costume, with special free performances planned for Friday, Saturday and Sunday...
View ArticleCutting overgrown medians in Falls down to size
NIAGARA FALLS – They’ve been greeting visitors to downtown for a couple of months now.Slowly, they’ve been disappearing, but not as fast as many people would like.Tall weeds – sometimes as high as...
View Article‘Operation Primetime’ uses summer fun to give back to Buffalo...
For about a decade now, Diamond Solomon of Buffalo’s Riverside neighborhood has looked up to the staff at Northwest Buffalo Community Center as mentors.They have provided Solomon with a variety of...
View ArticleFalls house fires damage two homes
Three adults required housing assistance from the American Red Cross today after fire ripped through the Niagara Falls home they were living in at 1967 Falls St.Niagara Falls firefighters responded to...
View ArticleSalamanca woman arrested for DWI after hitting pole
Erie County sheriff’s deputies charged a Salamanca woman with driving while intoxicated and other charges early today following a one-car accident on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation.Deputy Ryan...
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