Hearing in Council Chambers weighs relief for communities
A Long Island legislator has called a hearing from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday in Buffalo Common Council Chambers to talk about how to provide relief for financially distressed municipalities. State...
View ArticleUB’s Buffalo Prep receives $470,000 to grow program
Buffalo Prep, a program sponsored by the University at Buffalo that helps economically disadvantaged students finish high school and go to college, has received a $470,000 grant from the John R....
View ArticleBuffalo Irish Festival returns to Canalside this weekend
The Buffalo Irish Festival returns to Canalside on the waterfront this weekend with three days of Irish entertainment, dance, genealogy, food, beverages and an artisan market with more than two-dozen...
View ArticleAnnual hot dog fundraiser to aid Community Library
The seventh annual West Falls-Colden Community Library Hot Dog Roast Fundraiser will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the library, 1966 Davis Road, West Falls.Sahlen’s hot dogs will be sold...
View ArticlePendleton meeting pitches free Yellow Dot program
PENDLETON – Yellow Dot – the free lifesaving program designed to help first-responders provide timely medical attention – is available through the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office.Yellow Dot, organized...
View ArticleSpecial-use permit OK’d for Hertz rental location
LOCKPORT – The town Planning Board granted a special-use permit recently for a Hertz rental car location on South Transit Road.The store will open soon in the former Lifetime Muffler building at 5660...
View ArticleFailure on security deposit scuttles special sale meeting
Today’s meeting scheduled to consider the sale of the Chautauqua County Home has been canceled.Chautauqua County Attorney Stephen Abdella announced Tuesday that the special meeting, which had been...
View ArticleChautauqua Dems back Amy Farnham for Legislature
SHERIDAN – The Chautauqua County Democratic Committee has endorsed Amy Farnham in the Sept. 10 primary election race for the District 5 seat in the County Legislature, county Chairman Norman P. Green...
View ArticlePaula’s Donuts debuts in new Tonawanda location
Customers of Paula’s Donuts – old and new – are having no trouble finding the new location on Sheridan Drive in the Town of Tonawanda, which opened at 5 this morning.After losing the lease and moving...
View ArticleTourist struck, killed by impaired motorist in Falls, Ont.
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – A 76-year-old tourist from Quebec died after he, his wife and their grandson were hit Tuesday night on Niagara Parkway by a pickup truck whose driver was impaired, Niagara...
View ArticleThruway travelers will be affected by Obama trip to Buffalo, Syracuse
President Obama’s visit to Buffalo and other upstate cities will cause temporary traffic delays along the Thruway on Thursday and Friday, state officials said.At certain times, motorists may be unable...
View ArticleTwo men charged in Orchard Park burglary
Two men were arrested and one charged with driving while intoxicated in connection with a robbery in Orchard Park on Tuesday night, officials said.Orchard Park police stopped a white pickup truck on...
View ArticleSenecas eye Rochester-area casino, despite legal hurdles
ALBANY – The Seneca Nation of Indians has hired a developer to help explore a possible casino and hotel project in the Rochester suburbs near the Thruway.The Senecas, believed to have an option to...
View ArticleAt Gerard Place, troubled women find a haven for restoring their souls
She sold herself to strangers to support her drug habit In time, she signed away custody of her children. Nothing mattered but the drugs.Raised in the suburbs in what she said had been a happy...
View ArticleDepew High School graduation rate tops 90%
The Depew School District is celebrating a milestone: For the first time, more than 90 percent of students are graduating on time.Superintendent Jeffrey Rabey this week reported to the Board of...
View ArticleObama’s Buffalo visit: timetable, road closings, parking
Do you have a ticket to President Obama’s speech today in the University at Buffalo’s Alumni Arena? Wondering how the president’s arrival will disrupt the typical weekday commute? Here’s what you need...
View ArticleBTF says mediator’s proposal on contract favors Buffalo school district
A proposal by a state mediator assigned to contract negotiations between the Buffalo Board of Education and the teachers union recommended that teachers who now have fully covered health insurance be...
View ArticleWishing for more smoke at The Woodshed - 6
Before we get to the food, I want to take a paragraph to remind you what you’re reading. ¶ My weekly review is an account of one meal at a restaurant. Usually it’s the only time I have eaten there....
View ArticleKolkmeyer is on the prowl
Banker-turned-developer Paul Kolkmeyer is looking at another building conversion project, this time in North Buffalo across the street from one of Rocco Termini’s projects.Kolkmeyer, the former CEO of...
View ArticleSilo City continues its artistic evolution with ‘Motion Picture’
A battle is brewing at Silo City, the gritty complex of grain elevators and rusty industrial buildings on the Buffalo River that will serve as the backdrop for Torn Space Theater’s war-themed...
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