Snoozing McDonald’s drive-thru customer arrested for DWI
A man who fell asleep at the wheel in a McDonald’s drive-through lane on Main Street in Newstead Saturday morning was arrested for driving while intoxicated, according to New York State Police.Jesse...
View ArticleElectronics stolen from Falls tourist’s van
NIAGARA FALLS – A Flushing, N.Y. man told police that someone popped the lock on his van and took a laptop and other items while parked at a restaurant around noon Monday in the 100 block of Buffalo...
View ArticleToday at the Erie County Fair (Wednesday, Aug. 14)
Today8 a.m.: Hunter Jumper Horse Show, Horse Show Ring 110 a.m.: 4-H & FFA Market Lamb Breeding, Sheep and Showmanship Show, Showplex; Home Wine Making Competition Judging, Ag-Grange Building; Pie...
View ArticleWhen it comes to this lawyer’s backyard pizza, who could object?
When Alan Bedenko gets home to Clarence after staring at a screen all day as an insurance defense attorney and fires up his backyard pizza oven, he makes the best pizza in town.At least to him. And...
View ArticleCOMING UP
feast day: St. Maximilian Kolbe’s Feast Day will be celebrated with an educational presentation given by Dennis Castillo, dean of education at Christ the King Seminary and professor of church history,...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to comedian Steve Martin, born on this date in 1945, “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”...DOG DAYS – Erie County Legislator John J. Mills is hosting the seventh...
View ArticleIn Focus / Developer Karl Frizlen
Transforming an old warehouse that once housed a well-known antique shop into a multi-use complex that includes upscale loft apartments, a restaurant and small food manufacturers was a challenging...
View ArticleLegislature Republicans urge Poloncarz to release funds to fix roads.
Members of the Erie County Legislature’s minority caucus on Monday urged County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz to spend more on repairing the county’s crumbling roads and bridges. But the administration...
View ArticlePurple Heart found at Lockport Goodwill finds its way home
A Purple Heart awarded to a fallen World War II soldier will begin its journey back to his hometown in Pennsylvania today, but how the medal turned up at a Goodwill store in Lockport is still a...
View Article$30,000 in jewelry stolen from Wheatfield jewelry store
WHEATFIELD – A box containing 11 antique rings valued at $30,000 was stolen Friday afternoon from a Shawnee Road jewelry store, Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies said. At the time, an employee of...
View ArticleTwo arrested, two foiled in pair of ATV theft cases
TOWN OF NIAGARA – Two Niagara Falls men were arrested Saturday evening on an all-terrain vehicle stolen recently from the Oakfield area, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said. The ATV was stopped...
View ArticleOwners of houseboats shanghaied by thief with unlikely tale
NIAGARA FALLS – A man was spotted rummaging through two houseboats docked at the LaSalle Yacht Club early Sunday, and police suspect he boarded several other boats at the facility, stealing items from...
View ArticleAldean fan gets to meet his hero
For country singer Jason Aldean, it may have just been one of about 25 quick “meet-and-greets” he had with fans prior to his Saturday night concert at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center.But for...
View ArticleAuditor says Wheatfield’s spending is down, fund balances up
WHEATFIELD – The town is spending less money than it did five years ago and is rebuilding its depleted fund balances, Wheatfield’s outside auditor told the Town Board last week.“I would classify it as...
View ArticlePeters Dry Cleaning to be demolished this fall, DEC says
LOCKPORT – A former dry-cleaning store, now an abandoned hazardous waste site, will be cleaned up this fall, the state Department of Environmental Conservation said Friday.Peters Dry Cleaning, 316...
View ArticleReed has paid taxes late 38 times since 2005
WASHINGTON – Rep. Tom Reed, a Republican who represents the Southern Tier and serves on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, was late paying his property taxes 38 times between 2005 and this year...
View ArticleSale of Salamanca Elementary still on track
SALAMANCA – Only the governor making a visit to the area has derailed progress on the planned sale of a former elementary school in the county’s second-largest city.The former Seneca Elementary...
View ArticleMan punches and shatters formidable window at Sisters Hospital
A man punched through a double-pane glass window in the lobby of Sisters Hospital in full view of surveillance cameras and a security guard early Sunday, Buffalo police said.Ibrahim Ramadan, no age or...
View ArticleAlready looking ahead, fair closes out 2013
It’s official: A record-setting number of visitors – 1,160,184 – crossed through the gates into the Erie County Fair this year, breaking the previous record set in 2011 by 10 percent. LouAnn Delaney,...
View ArticleService was family affair for vet whose unit captured German sub
When it comes to patriotic service, Clarence Howard Licht modestly says his family “was well represented” in World War II.At 17 years old after graduating from Tonawanda High School, Licht followed...
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