Kitchen Table Family Restaurant is like eating at home
The Kitchen Table Family Restaurant is in a little stand-alone building on Elmwood near Amherst that has housed several other restaurants through the years, most recently Richie’s Place, followed by...
View ArticleThree arrested for armed robbery early today
A Kensington Avenue man and two Hempstead Avenue teens were arrested Wednesday for allegedly stealing a laptop computer and other property from a Lasalle Avenue man at about 12:30 a.m.Howard Cahee,...
View ArticleWest side burglar sentenced to eight years in state prison
Reymundo Nieves-Rojas was ordered Wednesday by State Supreme Court Justice Christopher J. Burns to serve an eight-year state prison term on his guilty plea to burglary charges linked to a series of...
View ArticleSinclairville man arrested after fight
CHARLOTTE – A 51-year-old Sinclairville man was arrested Wednesday here by Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies on assault and harassment charges for allegedly injuring a man during an altercation...
View ArticleMotorist charged with DWI after Route 219 accident
A property damage accident in the Town of Concord late Wednesday resulted in the arrest of a Lockport man on a drunken driving charge, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office reported.Deputy Donald Hoelscher...
View ArticleMore than 300,000 pounds of food collected for food bank at the fair
Final figures are in on what turned out to be the largest food drive in the history of Western New York.More than 300,000 pounds of food – 305,978 to be exact – were collected during the 11-day-long...
View ArticleOlean’s Rally in the Valley continues through Sunday
Olean’s annual motorcycle extravaganza is in full swing.Now in its eleventh year, the Rally in the Valley combines charity and entertainment in a five-day lineup of summertime, motorcycle-themed...
View ArticleWCA gets new mobile bladder scanner
The Ambulatory Services Center of WCA Hospital in Jamestown is now using a new mobile bladder scanner to improve patient care, thanks to a $9,800 grant from the Holmberg Foundation.The scanner allows...
View ArticleBuffalo to miss heavy, gusty rainstorms hitting Northeast
The heavy gusty rainstorms forecast for much of the Northeast later today are likely to miss the Buffalo-Niagara region, said Jon Hitchcock, meteorologist for the National Weather Service.“The chance...
View ArticleObama pushing rating system for colleges, universities
President Obama today will unveil a plan for the federal government to establish a rating system for colleges and universities that will ultimately link federal aid to performance.The rating system is...
View ArticleAttorney questions police response to calls
NEWS STAFF REPORTERWith Cheektowaga police preparing to discuss what they have characterized as “inappropriate” conversations that occurred between three high school teachers and a jailed murder...
View ArticleObama stresses higher education as ‘pathway to middle class’
President Barack Obama told an energetic crowd inside the University at Buffalo’s Alumni Arena this morning that he chose to speak in Buffalo about his goals for higher education because the...
View ArticleM&T leases more space in Lafayette Court
M&T Bank Corp. has taken more space inside the Lafayette Court Building in downtown Buffalo.The Buffalo-based bank has leased nearly 2,300 square feet of first floor space that formerly housed an...
View ArticleUB’s most famous student today
She’s America’s most famous college student today.UB sophomore Silvana C. D’Ettorre had the honor of introducing President Barack H. Obama before his much anticipated speech on higher education at the...
View ArticleSpecifics lacking as Buffalo school chief submits strategic plan
Wednesday night’s Buffalo school board meeting ran for six hours and finally adjourned because everyone was just too tired to continue at close to 11:30 p.m.Even maverick board member Carl P. Paladino...
View ArticleVegetarian ‘wing’ to highlight National Buffalo Wing Fest...
Drew Cerza, the self-styled “Wing King,” has come up with some new offerings to spice up the 12-year-old National Buffalo Wing Festival.Wednesday, Cerza announced there will be a mechanical chicken, a...
View ArticlePublic left in dark on school turnaround plans
When Superintendent Pamela C. Brown unveiled the Buffalo School District’s strategic plan Wednesday, she described it as an exceptional document – the result of eight months of effort, community...
View ArticleHomeless brothers among those charged in Niagara Falls burglaries
LOCKPORT – Two brothers who were kicked out of their Niagara Falls home and spent some nights sleeping in the woods were arraigned this week in Niagara County Court, charged with a string of...
View ArticleObama connects with UB crowd on plans for education aid
President Obama rolled into Buffalo on Thursday to unveil an ambitious plan aimed at curbing college costs – and to praise a city that he said is on the move.Kicking off a two-day bus tour of upstate...
View ArticleNotebook: Smaller moments in the news events of a presidential visit
The three daughters of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo wore knee-length dresses in navy, white and cobalt. Mayor Byron W. Brown wore a red tie.And throughout the crowd waiting to enter UB’s Alumni Arena Thursday...
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