Buffalo Riverkeeper educates immigrant anglers about dangers of WNY fish
Like many of the 1,500 immigrants in Buffalo, Kyaw Soe regularly fishes the Niagara River for food. That’s what he and many other immigrants from Burma did back home.But what Soe and the others did...
View ArticleFrontier hires superintendent search consultant; also raises school...
The Frontier School District isn’t wasting any time delving into an intensive search for its next superintendent.The School Board on Tuesday unanimously approved hiring School Leadership, a regional...
View ArticleCheektowaga School Board votes not to raise tax rate
The Cheektowaga School Board voted Tuesday not to raise the property tax rate after district officials were informed that the town’s assessments were lower than expected.Superintendent Dennis Kane...
View ArticleRestored map of 1813 Buffalo to go on display at Central Library
The restored map of the frontier village of Buffalo shows about five dozen residences and businesses, months before it was torched to the ground during the War of 1812.The map will commemorate the...
View ArticleBridge/Culvert issues cropping up in villages, pitting municipalities...
In the Village of Lancaster, a battle is under way over what is known by some as the Erie Street Bridge, just east of Court Street.But to Town of Lancaster officials, this span over Spring Creek in an...
View ArticleLouie’s Hot Dogs won’t reopen on Elmwood and Hodge
The dream of reopening the burned-out Louie’s Foot-Long Hot Dogs site in the Elmwood Village has died.But that doesn’t mean the hot dog stand won’t reopen in the immediate neighborhood.Angelo Turco,...
View ArticleWNY home prices reach highest median ever
Western New York’s housing market is continuing on its hot streak this summer, driven by continued low interest rates, rising consumer confidence and a shortage of available homes for sale that is...
View ArticleIn Focus: It’s opening day at the Erie County Fair
It’s opening day at the Erie County Fair, and organizers are celebrating 174 years of up-close animal encounters, agricultural exhibits and food frenzies.Assistant Fair Manager Jessica Underberg talks...
View ArticleFood has become Cook of the Month Barbara Blackburn’s window on the...
Barbara Blackburn’s first kitchen experiments were straight out of the book. Her Betty Crocker cookbook had all the directions a Cheektowaga girl needed to turn Bisquick into a “pizza” topped with...
View ArticleCrime summit set today in Merriweather Library
Two Erie County lawmakers will hold a second summit on violent crime and homicides in Buffalo.The summit, called by Legislature Chairwoman Betty Jean Grant and Legislator Timothy R. Hogues, both...
View ArticleSchumer supports NRG Energy plant conversion
Sen. Charles E. Schumer threw his political weight behind NRG Energy’s $506 million plan to convert its coal-fired power plant in Dunkirk to natural gas, arguing Tuesday that it would be better for...
View ArticleNiagara Legislature shelves Mount View sale in face of lawsuit threat
LOCKPORT – After a threat by an attorney for a rival assisted-living facility to sue the county, the Niagara County Legislature withdrew from its agenda the sale of the former Mount View Health...
View ArticleLackawanna callbacks could help lead to legal settlement
The Lackawanna School District appears close to settling a federal lawsuit filed by three former maintenance workers who alleged being fired in 2010 for bringing harassment and discrimination...
View ArticleFirefighter injured at scene of $90,000 house fire in South Buffalo
One Buffalo firefighter was taken to a hospital for treatment of undetermined injuries suffered Tuesday evening while fighting a fire that caused a total of $90,000 damage to a 2½-story wooden house...
View ArticleBatavia man gets prison for taking girl out of state to have sex with her
A Batavia man has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to 56 months in prison for taking an underage girl out of state to have sex with her.Timothy Logsdon, 29, had previously...
View ArticleSynacor reports first loss, stung by Windows 8 changes
Synacor Inc. lost money during the second quarter – its first quarterly loss since the Buffalo-based Internet content provider went public more than two years ago – as changes in Microsoft Corp.’s new...
View ArticleWhere Amherst’s millions will go
It's a good problem to have -- a town comes into so much money that it's hard to keep it all straight. But here's our attempt at clarifying exactly how much money Amherst will receive from the State...
View ArticleMan charged in kidnapping after woman found bound with tape
LOCKPORT – City police responding to a call in the 100 block of South Transit Street found a woman face down in a car with her hands and feet bound by duct tape Tuesday night.Police released the...
View ArticleLocal soldier found dead in her Fort Hood barracks
A soldier from the Buffalo area stationed at Fort Hood died Sunday after being found unresponsive in her barracks at the Texas military base, the Fort Hood Public Affairs Office announced today. Pfc....
View ArticleNew state school tests result in huge plunge in students’ scores
Elementary student proficiency in English and math took a sharp, but anticipated, plunge, according to standardized test results released by the State Education Department today. Statewide, only 31...
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