Reporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to perennial rock star Mick Jagger, born Michael Philip Jagger on this date in 1943, “Either we stay at home and become pillars of the community, or we go out and tour. We...
View ArticleSkyway ramp closure, project on Scajaquada to affect traffic
Drivers in Buffalo will face two new obstacles Saturday – an eight-hour closure of an entrance ramp to the Skyway and a weeklong project on a section of the Scajaquada Expressway, the state Department...
View ArticleRotted support beam displaces four households from condo
Four households in an Amherst condominium received temporary housing Thursday from the Red Cross after a support beam rotted out in the building as a result of recent flooding, Red Cross and Amherst...
View ArticleWorking Families Party line won’t have sheriff candidate
Bert Dunn will not appear on the Working Families Party line in this year’s election for sheriff despite his earlier listing on the Erie County Board of Elections website.Democratic Elections...
View ArticleGuess Who will be headliners for first Concert for a Cure
The Canadian rock band the Guess Who will headline the first John P. McGowan Concert for a Cure from 2 to 10 p.m. Sunday at Canalside on the Buffalo waterfront. Proceeds will benefit Roswell Park...
View ArticleElections Board invalidates petition for write-in candidate
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Board of Elections on Thursday invalidated an election petition, which led county Democrats to demand a criminal investigation of Republican County Legislature Clerk Mary...
View ArticleSPCA to debut surgical trailer with free cat spaying, neutering
WHEATFIELD – The SPCA of Niagara will launch its new surgical trailer with a free spaying and neutering promotion today through Sunday, shelter director Amy Lewis announced.The trailer is on the...
View ArticleCEO of Seneca health system elected to hospital board
NIAGARA FALLS – Alan K. Barlow, CEO of the Seneca Nation Health System, has been elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. Barlow, who joined the...
View ArticleProgram that assists youth with school, sports gets grant
The First Niagara Foundation is giving a $10,000 grant to help Willie Hutch Jones Educational and Sports Programs provide character-building activities and instructional help at no charge for youth in...
View ArticleSardinia man charged with felony DWI on on ATV
A 40-year-old Sardinia man, with two drunken-driving convictions, was charged again with DWI after he was spotted driving an all-terrain vehicle on a public road, according to Erie County sheriff’s...
View ArticleWrite-downs ding Moog’s earnings
Moog Inc.’s third-quarter profits fell by 12 percent as write-downs related to its struggling medical device business and an investment in a technology start-up canceled out what otherwise would have...
View ArticleBuffalo schools may restore instrumental music programs
Buffalo school district administrators are making progress in restoring some money to the band and orchestra programs that were cut from 14 city schools for this coming school year. Below is a letter...
View ArticleSoft sales hit Columbus McKinnon profits
Weaker sales in its key industrial markets caused Columbus McKinnon’s profits to tumble by 17 percent during the first-quarter, although the earnings still were stronger than analysts were...
View ArticleNiagara Falls sewage treatment plant back on line
NIAGARA FALLS - The city’s damaged sewage treatment plant is back online thanks to the installation of five temporary pumps, the city announced this morning.Most of the Niagara Falls’ sewage had been...
View ArticleCara Dickey heading back to jail for up to 18 months
A former teacher who spent almost three years in prison for raping a teenage student will spend more time behind bars for failing to register as a sex offender and violating parole.Cara L. Dickey, 35,...
View ArticleCar stolen from North Tonawanda found in Pendleton
PENDLETON – A car stolen recently in North Tonawanda was found Thursday evening, abandoned on the Pendleton walking path off Mapleton Road, sheriff’s deputies said.The 2002 Ford had no license plates...
View ArticleVolunteer reports checks stolen while at Rescue Mission
The victim was working at the Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission between 6 and 7 p.m. when someone entered her purse, which had been left in a kitchen area, and ripped the blank checks out of a checkbook....
View ArticleVillage of Gerry preparing for 69th annual ‘Rodeo City’
GERRY – In just a few days, the small village of Gerry, a few miles north of Jamestown, will become “Rodeo City,” home to the longest continuously running professional rodeo east of the Mississippi...
View ArticleTwo pot plants found in side yard of Olcott home
OLCOTT – A pair of five and-a-half foot tall marijuana plants were found growing in the side yard of a Clinton Street residence Thursday evening, sheriff’s deputies said.While police were in the area...
View ArticleHow did Jessie die?
The school nurse sent Jessie home sick from Lockport High School on Friday, March 1. By the following Monday, the 19-year-old special education student was dead on the floor of his bedroom. When...
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