Lockport Town Board gets referendum petitions on wards, bylaws
LOCKPORT – Councilman candidate Paul R. Black presented the Town Board with referendum petitions Wednesday, calling for the establishment of wards in the town and a package of new rules for the...
View Article$1 million bequeathed to Hilbert College
A Connecticut woman who graduated from Hilbert College in 1981 with a two-year degree in paralegal studies has committed $1 million to her alma mater in Hamburg.The $1 million bequest to Hilbert from...
View ArticleAmherst race shows judicial contests are anything but civil
Elections for town justice are supposed to be civil, respectful and somewhat ... judicial.Not so in Amherst this year, as the race for the top legal post outside Buffalo is heating up into an all-out...
View ArticleCheektowaga residents question proposal for full market value assessments
Residents had plenty of questions when a proposal to convert property assessments in the Town of Cheektowaga to full market value had its first public airing Thursday night.But there was one question,...
View ArticleCuomo on outer harbor: ‘You have an asset that most cities would die...
Two bucks.For that bargain price, New York State will buy Gallagher Beach, which could become Buffalo’s first public swimming beach, and the Small Boat Harbor, with its 1,005 slips, and turn the area...
View ArticleAlleged killer of girl, 13, terrorized neighborhood, residents say
Darshawn Morris was a menace and gang member who terrorized his Hagen Street neighborhood, according to residents there who knew him.The fact that the 21-year-old Buffalo man is now also an accused...
View ArticleGarden Notes / News of Western New York clubs and events
Orchard Park Garden Club will host “A Salute to the Movies: A Standard Flower Show” from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at 1 Fox Run Lane, Route 20A and California Road, Orchard Park. Open to the...
View ArticleCouncil sets meeting on health care law changes
The Common Council will host a meeting to discuss changes in health care laws at 5:30 p.m. next Thursday in Council Chambers at City Hall, 65 Niagara Square.The “ABCs of Health Care” is meant to...
View ArticleScholastic rowing group to hold fundraiser today
Officials with the Buffalo Scholastic Rowing Association are expected to provide more details about the ground-breaking and opening of their new boathouse at a fundraiser this weekend.The association...
View ArticleAnimals who help disabled focus of People First Forum
The important role that specially trained animals play in the lives of people with disabilities will be highlighted in a People First Forum program from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Museum of...
View ArticleSchumer continues push to convert power plant
WASHINGTON – Sen. Charles E. Schumer continued his push Thursday for the conversion of the coal-fired NRG power plant in Dunkirk to natural gas, calling on the chairman of the State Public Service...
View ArticleFire Department gets $40,644 federal grant
NORTH TONAWANDA – The North Tonawanda Fire Department has been awarded a $40,644 Assistance to Firefighters grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency.The...
View ArticleYurt structures slated for Four Mile Creek park
YOUNGSTOWN – The yurts are coming to Four Mile Creek State Park. The domed-roof structures, with windows, wood floors and fabric walls, similar to those used traditionally by nomads in Central Asia,...
View ArticleCollins joins call to dredge Lack Ontario harbors
Rep. Chris Collins, R-Clarence, has joined with state and local leaders to renew a call for dredging of Lake Ontario harbors by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after touring the harbors at Olcott and...
View ArticleAmigone says crematory in Town of Tonawanda is not reopening
The owner of a Town of Tonawanda crematory that has been under fire by neighbors and the state attorney general announced Thursday that he has “no immediate plans” to reopen it and backed away from a...
View ArticleFalls teen gets 22 years to life for strangling 5-year-old Cheektowaga girl
LOCKPORT – John R. Freeman Jr. was denounced by Isabella M. Tennant’s father as a “disgusting animal” Thursday, as Freeman was sentenced to 22 years to life in prison for killing the 5-year-old girl...
View ArticleLockport man admits shooting girl, 2
LOCKPORT – Willie R. Scott Jr., who according to his attorney had vowed never to take a plea bargain, backed away from that position Monday and admitted he shot a 2-year-old girl in the face.Scott,...
View ArticleKidz “N” Kites to include dogs and cats
TOWN OF NIAGARA – “Kidz ‘N’ Kites” is going to the dogs. Or rather, the dogs – and cats – are coming to “Kidz ‘N’ Kites,” on Saturday at Veterans Memorial Park, 7000 Lockport Rd.The Niagara County...
View ArticleTonawanda Creek Road closed
PENDLETON – Tonawanda Creek Road, between Campbell Boulevard and Bear Ridge Road was closed at about 2 p.m. today after a tractor trailer struck a utility pole at Tonawanda Creek and Old Tonawanda...
View ArticleTwo drivers injured in crash
NIAGARA FALLS – Two drivers were injured in a crash at Niagara Falls Boulevard and Packard Road at about noon today.Both drivers were taken to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center with non...
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