Watch Falls council primary debate
Three of the four candidates in running in the Democratic primary for Niagara Falls City Council participated in a debate hosted by The Buffalo News on Friday. Incumbents Sam Fruscione and Charles...
View ArticleHead Start program is feeling the pain of funding cuts
A key anti-poverty program from the civil rights era is feeling the strain from Congress’ sequestration battle.Head Start, an early childhood development program that serves more than 2,000 children...
View ArticleSynthetic ice rink installed for weekend ‘Wingman’ tourney
It’s time to drop the puck.Workers late this morning put the finishing touches on the 40-by-20-foot synthetic ice rink being installed in the Exchange Street lot at Coca-Cola Field, for this weekend’s...
View ArticlePolice put the boot on suspect accused of bootleg DVD sales
A Normal Avenue man who cursed police officers sent to Rhode Island Street and Normal late Thursday was taken into custody for trying to sell bootleg DVD movies, authorities said. Julio Rodriguez, 33,...
View ArticleBoston woman charged with breaking into car in Buffalo
A Town of Boston woman arrested on stolen property charges is accused of breaking into a parked car on Chandler Street near Military Road in Buffalo about 2:30 a.m. Friday and stealing a computer and...
View ArticleWoman accused of unfriendly jab during dispute over money
A Royal Avenue man charged with criminal mischief and harassment is accused of punching a woman in the face as they argued over money at Delaware and Hertel avenues about 11:30 p.m. Thursday. Daniel...
View ArticleLancaster schools receive approval for teacher evaluation plan
Lancaster School Superintendent Michael J. Vallely went out of his way this week to let the district know its teacher evaluation plan had been approved by state education officials.Even though...
View Article3-year-old boy dies, three others injured in Cheektowaga crash
A 3-year-old Cheektowaga boy died and his mother. older brother and another driver were hospitalized after a head-on crash on Losson Road near Borden Road about 3:50 p.m. Friday.Police said the...
View ArticleBlaze blamed on fire pit ashes causes $325,000 in damage to East Amherst home
Carelessly discarded ashes from a fire pit triggered a fire about 3:20 p.m. that caused $325,000 damage to a home at 36 Chapel Woods in East Amherst, authorities said.Amherst Fire Control said...
View ArticleTheft suspect who jumped from bridge in West Seneca is behind bars
The Cheektowaga man who jumped off a bridge into Buffalo Creek in West Seneca after stealing beer and cookies from a nearby supermarket Monday night was in custody in Erie County Holding Center Friday...
View ArticleAnonymous mailer fans fires of Democratic primary
Tensions appear to be rising in two Erie County Legislature district races as the countdown to the Sept. 10 Democratic primary looms closer.At issue are two anonymous, mass mailings that were recently...
View ArticleErie, Pa., business awarded garbage, recycling totes pact
An Erie, Pa., company has been awarded the contract to supply the Town of West Seneca with garbage and recycling totes.Rehrig Pacific Co. was among six companies that bid on the job. It will cost more...
View Article$5,670 donation comes from wintertime fundraiser
A donation of $5,670 has been received by Camp Good Days & Special Times from the proceeds of Boarding for Breast Cancer, a wintertime event last February at Holiday Valley. The sponsors of the...
View ArticleDebate set for Thursday focuses on legislative races
LOCKPORT – Three Niagara County legislators and their opponents will meet in a debate at 7 p.m. Thursday in Lockport Town Hall, Old Beattie and Dysinger roads.The Niagara USA Chamber and the Lockport...
View ArticleDespite frenzy, many parents shopped early for school supplies
Kelly Tadusz has been to four stores looking for a see-through mesh bookbag.“I’ve never even heard of such a thing,” Tadusz said. “Have you?”Sheila Burr, of Williamsville, won’t be able to rest until...
View ArticleWhat a way to say so long to summer as weekend swells with festivities
You can watch outdoor “ice” hockey in downtown Buffalo, in 80-degree weather. You can watch, or march in, the Labor Day parade. You can enter yodeling and sauerkraut-eating contests in Cheektowaga...
View ArticleAndrea Lozinsky Schoenthal: The scars of childhood help a writer find her...
In June 1945, when I was 20 months old, my mother found a lump on my neck below my right ear. From ages 2 to 7, I had several operations to remove recurring tumors. The last operations were at Roswell...
View Article“Steel’s” by Dave Dyer tells story of Buffalo-based...
In the early days of the Roaring ’20s, Buffalo was booming, and so was an innovative retail business founded and inspired by the charismatic Leonard Rambler Steel.Steel’s offices and shops employed...
View ArticleBuffalo United Artists about to be a theater company without a home
On the evening of Sept. 22, Buffalo United Artists Theatre will welcome its final audience.The theater company and its fellow tenants in the Delaware Court Building have been told they must leave the...
View ArticleProspects dim for flood aid to Falls residents
NIAGARA FALLS – When it comes to flood damage reimbursements from Albany, Lockport residents cashed in, but Niagara Falls residents may strike out.In effect, it could be a case of “first flooded,...
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