Drug charges lodged in routine traffic stop
A Columbus Avenue man stopped by police as he drove out of his own driveway without working headlights was arrested on drug charges early Thursday. Debashish Kake, 34, was charged with criminal...
View ArticleWoman accused of slashing tire during argument with neighbor
A Crestwood Avenue woman is accused of slashing the front tire of a neighbor’s car during an argument early Wednesday evening. Cecile P. Puckhaber, 33, was charged with criminal mischief and...
View ArticleLarson says Wheatfield is overtaxed; Cliffe vows to end highway levy
WHEATFIELD – The challenger in the race for town supervisor said at a news conference Thursday that the town’s growing surpluses show that residents are overtaxed.Thomas J. Larson said the town can...
View ArticleLockport School Board acting to rename junior high in memory of...
LOCKPORT – The Board of Education has begun the process of renaming North Park Junior High School in honor of desegregation pioneer Aaron A. Mossell.The board read its new policy on naming or renaming...
View ArticleHamburg residents challenge proposed apartments
Residents of Roundtree Village in Hamburg let out gasps, guffaws and expletives Wednesday night when a traffic consultant said a proposed apartment complex would not significantly affect traffic.DATO...
View ArticleBicyclist dies after heroic rescue effort
The 12-year-old bicyclist who was freed from beneath a car on Sheridan Drive in the Town of Tonawanda Thursday evening has died, police reported this morning. The boy’s name was not released. Several...
View ArticleGarden Notes / News of area clubs and events
The Buffalo Area Daylily Society and Western New York Hosta Society will hold their annual public plant sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Harvey D. Morin, VFW Post, 965 Center Road, West...
View ArticleElmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts caps off Buffalo’s festival...
The Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts, the Elmwood Village’s crunchier, funkier and more localist answer to the larger Allentown Art Festival, will turn a three-block stretch of the city into a...
View ArticleOrchard Fresh earns award
Orchard Fresh, a separate arm of gourmet grocery stores launched by Tops Friendly Markets, has been named “best new concept design” by Progressive Grocer magazine’s Store Design Contest.The magazine...
View Article‘Meet the Candidates’ night set for Falls Council hopefuls
NIAGARA FALLS – Candidates running for three open seats on the Niagara Falls City Council this November are scheduled to participate in a question-and-answer session at 6 p.m. Monday in the Rapids...
View ArticleState’s job growth trails national growth
ALBANY – New York’s job growth rate is trailing the nation for the first time in six years, the state’s chief fiscal watchdog reported Friday.The job growth rate in New York was 1.8 percent in 2012,...
View ArticleVideo: McCarthy on Obama visit political spinoff
President Obama's stop in the Buffalo area will likely have some political spin off for the city's mayor, according to The News' Bob McCarthy. He talks with Brian Meyer about the political aspect of...
View ArticleRobbery reported at Niagara Falls M&T branch on Main
NIAGARA FALLS – City police are on the scene of a bank robbery at the M&T Bank branch at 750 Main St.Police were called to the scene, across the street from City Hall, at about 12:45 p.m.No...
View ArticleBinghamton receptive to Obama's college message
BINGHAMTON – President Obama spent an hour this afternoon answering friendly questions from a friendly audience at Binghamton University, as students and professors repeatedly asked him to delve deep...
View ArticleComplete coverage of President Obama's visit
* Main story: Obama connects with UB crowd on plans for education aid * Sidebar: Meet the UB sophomore who introduced the president to the crowd * Column: Welcoming the president to the real world of...
View ArticleMayoral candidates square off on ECC
When opponents of Erie Community College’s plan to locate a new science-oriented instructional building in Amherst went to the Buffalo Common Council in July for a show of support, they got it.At the...
View ArticleFive injured, one critically, in South Buffalo crash
Five people were taken to area hospitals after a two-car crash at about 3:20 p.m. Friday at South Park and Dorrance avenues. One of the injured was listed in critical condition at Erie County Medical...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda man charged with three 2012 drug deals
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda man was arraigned in Niagara County Court Friday on an indictment charging him with making three cocaine sales to a police informant in that city last year.Patrick E....
View ArticleGenesee County Legislature approves projects for Genesee Community College
BATAVIA – The Genesee County Legislature has agreed to spend $21.3 million as half the cost of master plan improvements at the county-sponsored Genesee Community College.The plan, which so far has no...
View ArticleJailhouse informant may have hoodwinked DePetris in Niagara Falls hitman case
LOCKPORT – Timothy C. DePetris, the Niagara Falls businessman accused of trying to murder his brother-in-law and then trying to hire a hitman to finish the job, may have been hoodwinked by a jailhouse...
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