Peace Bridge meeting today rife with animosity
The Peace Bridge Authority convenes today for the first time since discord erupted between its Canadian and American delegations in April, and every indication suggests that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s...
View ArticleState lawmakers to unveil bill reforming Niagara River Greenway development...
Two state lawmakers are proposing legislation they say will reform the process of developing a Niagara River Greenway.State Sen. Mark Grisanti and Assemblyman Sean Ryan, in a news release, said their...
View ArticleColumbus McKinnon’s profits jump nearly fivefold
Columbus McKinnon’s fourth-quarter profits jumped nearly fivefold as a big gain from a revaluation of its tax position more than offset earnings from its operations that were slightly weaker than...
View ArticleLegislature approves residency rule for new Erie County workers
New employees of Erie County government will have to live in the county after the Legislature on Thursday narrowly passed a residency law despite some concerns raised by the county executive’s...
View ArticleFire damages at recycling plant estimated at $2 million
LEWISTON – Damages are estimated at $2 million or more in a fire which destroyed a paper recycling facility at Modern Landfill Corp. on Pletcher Road Wednesday evening.“The recycling building appears...
View ArticleBrant woman who caused crash that killed baby gets 15-year sentence
The mother of seven-month-old Baylee Marie Dion recalled her as a blue-eyed angel, “ripped from me” by a drunken driver guilty of “killing my perfect baby.”Denise Hine, Baylee’s mother, asked a judge...
View ArticleLockport man imprisoned for stabbing former friend
LOCKPORT – Four years in state prison and three years’ post-release supervision was the sentence from Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas Friday for a Town of Lockport man who repeatedly stabbed...
View ArticleFalls man gets a year in jail, but more charges are pending
LOCKPORT – Levester J. Rose of Niagara Falls was sentenced Friday to a year in Niagara County Jail on a drug possession charge, but more legal trouble may be coming for him.Assistant District Attorney...
View ArticleTwo missing North Tonawanda children located in woods
Two young North Tonawanda children were found Friday afternoon, crying in woods about a mile and a half from their homes, after a frantic search by their parents, police, city workers and...
View ArticleFalls man chooses prison over drug treatment
LOCKPORT – Ramone A. Westbrook of Niagara Falls decided to plead guilty to a drug felony Friday in Niagara County Court without entering court-supervised drug treatment. Defense attorney James J. Faso...
View ArticleJamestown man charged with selling cocaine
JAMESTOWN – A 23-year-old Jamestown man was taken into custody Friday afternoon following an investigation by Jamestown police into his alleged crack cocaine trafficking in the city. Alex Oliveras was...
View ArticleMother and son arraigned on Falls drug dealing charges
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls woman and her son appeared in Niagara County Court Friday to answer drug-dealing indictments.Evelyn George, 48, and Eddie George, 27, of Ninth Street, each pleaded not...
View ArticleNiagara USA Chamber calls for school consolidation
WHEATFIELD – The Niagara USA Chamber, the county’s largest business group, issued a statement Friday urging the county’s 10 school districts to explore consolidation.Christopher Boron of Lockport, the...
View ArticleArizona man charged after accident in Attica
ATTICA – A 29-year-old Arizona man was ordered held at the Wyoming County Jail following his arraignment Friday in Attica Village Court shortly after he was involved in a drunken driving accident in...
View ArticleWest Valley cleanup work progressing, official says
LITTLE VALLEY – Cleanup and remediation are well under way at the West Valley Demonstration Project, an official of the company in charge of the operation told Cattaraugus County legislators this...
View ArticleK9 saves day in multi-agency drug raid
NIAGARA FALLS –“Tank,” the Town of Tonawanda Police K9 dog, was the only “officer” to uncover any evidence during an early-morning raid Friday at the home of a suspected Niagara Falls drug dealer.The...
View ArticleBuffalo native shares story of Oklahoma tornado
Malika Likavec huddled next to her husband, arms wrapped around her two young girls, as the tornado ripped through her neighborhood Monday in Moore, Okla. There, in the steel bunker beneath her...
View ArticleVeterans offer lessons in history at West Seneca East High School
It was an opportunity for them to talk about their military service, but the stories told by veterans to students at West Seneca East High School on Friday also touched on American history and...
View ArticleSilver Creek School Board reviews passed budget
SILVER CREEK –The Silver Creek Board of Education met this week to review the successful passing of the school budget and swear in two board members. The budget passed, 260-110. Voters also approved...
View ArticleMarilla Town Board plans to buy house for use by the Historical Society
The Marilla Town Board is taking steps toward buying a house at 1739 West Ave. for use by the Historical Society and the vacant lot next door for additional parking.The property is behind Town Hall on...
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