Democrats say budget cut would jeopardize Buffalo River cleanup
An 80 percent cut in Great Lakes cleanup funds proposed last week by House Republicans would seriously undermine the $44 million remediation project for the Buffalo River, said area Democrats who...
View ArticleTermini’s interest in DL&W Terminal wanes
Developer Rocco R. Termini’s enthusiasm for rehabilitating the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Terminal has waned in recent months, dampening optimism for a public commercial space at...
View ArticleLancaster village to ante up $150,000 so part of building can be razed
Lancaster village officials Monday averted jeopardizing about $900,000 in combined federal and state money earmarked for the long-awaited demolition of nearly half of the hulking Lancaster Village...
View ArticleCollins backs bill to divert presidential campaign funds
Rep. Chris Collins on Monday called for passing a bill to eliminate federal funding for presidential campaigns and political party conventions, and to reallocate the money to expand pediatric research...
View ArticleChautauqua County to get disaster aid; Allegany won’t
There was good news Monday from Washington and bad news from Albany for two Western New York counties recovering from heavy rain and flooding in late June.Chautauqua County is one of four upstate New...
View ArticleAnnual used-book sale will be held Aug. 8-10
Thousands of used books, CDs, cassettes, albums and VHS movies will be priced at just 50 cents as the Central Library on Lafayette Square holds its annual used-book sale Aug. 8 to 10. Buyers who want...
View ArticleComment sought on projects seeking Greenway funding
The Niagara River Greenway Commission is seeking public comment on four projects that have applied for Greenway funding.The Buffalo Lighthouse Association is seeking $825,000 to renovate the...
View ArticleNew nursing director named at Schoellkopf Health Center
NIAGARA FALLS – JoAnn Getman, a veteran registered practical nurse, was announced Monday as the new director of nursing at Schoellkopf Health Center in Niagara Falls.Getman was most recently director...
View ArticleProperty owners warned about high-priced deed offers
Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs and County Executive Mark Poloncarz warned property owners Monday to be wary of people offering to sell a “Certified Copy of Your Deed” at highly inflated prices.The...
View ArticlePieri sentence reduced in hit-and-run case
The jail sentence of a 40-year-old man who coaxed his former girlfriend to drive away after her car struck and injured two young women four years ago in Snyder has been reduced from one year to 10...
View ArticleThe Buzz: Of bats, Beach, Bauerle and ballet
Same bat channel Two images to take with us from Artpark’s big birthday bash last week: One was a bat, orbiting the stage in the program’s first half. That is so Artpark! The second was Broadway...
View ArticleA jazz renaissance in Buffalo
We were once a must-play tour stop for jazz, a city known among artists as one comprising an open-minded and “into it” group of listeners who not only would fill the club, but give back to the...
View ArticleJudge’s error produces mistrial for Lockport ‘sign guy’
LOCKPORT – The judge made a mistake, the defense attorney called him on it, and the result was an instant mistrial Monday in the case of a Town of Lockport business owner charged with violating the...
View ArticleState education chief not coming to Buffalo amid backlash on Lafayette and...
Local and state leaders Monday called on State Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. to come to Buffalo this week and explain his actions to students and parents at Lafayette and East high...
View Article70 years later, a WWII veteran is aloft again on a B-17
Richard J. Notebaert piloted 50 combat missions in a B-17 bomber, so it was only fitting that he sat back Monday and enjoyed his 51st ride as a passenger.The Liberty Foundation’s Memphis Belle is back...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to legendary baseball manager Casey Stengel, born Charles Dillon Stengel on this date in 1891, “When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed, and when...
View ArticleAmenities, upgrades mark hospitals’ competition for Buffalo babies
One day after Lillian Vermeulen entered the world in Sisters Hospital, she and her parents recovered in a “special beginnings suite” that featured a flat-screen TV, a Keurig coffee maker and a free...
View ArticleFor trailblazing female firefighters, a tribute in South Wales
A siren would sound, calling firefighters to an emergency and setting Helen J. Silliman’s heart aflutter. At the scene, her adrenaline would kick in, and the nervousness would ebb.Once the work was...
View ArticleCuomo signs Jay J.’s Law, closing child abuse loophole
ALBANY – A year ago, relatives of Jay J. Bolvin, a young North Tonawanda boy severely injured at the hands of his father, were huddled in a third-floor office at the state Capitol trying to convince...
View ArticleElectrical fault in fan blamed for Tonawanda house fire
An electrical fault in a combination fan/heat lamp sparked a fire that significantly damaged a house in the Town of Tonawanda on Sunday night, police and fire officials reported.Elwood volunteer...
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