Niagara Honor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers
State Sen. George Maziarz, a member of the Niagara University Class of 1976, was presented the St. Vincent de Paul Award from his alma mater during commencement exercises earlier this month.In...
View ArticleAround Town / Niagara County meetings and hearings this week
The city Zoning Board of Appeals will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Municipal Building, One Locks Plaza.Also this week:• The town Zoning Board of Appeals will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Town Hall,...
View ArticleEast Aurora boy receives kidney from school aide
Two years ago, when Roy Jaworski was a fourth-grader at Parkdale Elementary School in East Aurora, he spent a lot of time in the school’s health office, where he struck up a close friendship with aide...
View ArticleEvents for people with disabilities
St. Catherine Laboure Adult Day Health Care at Sisters Hospital provides an opportunity for adults age 18 and over, who are chronically ill or disabled with a medical diagnosis requiring skilled...
View ArticleHonor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers
The Canisius College Alumni Association presented history professor Bruce J. Dierenfield with its 2013 Kenneth L. Koessler Distinguished Faculty Award during spring honors convocation this month in...
View ArticleWho will be the next CEO of First Niagara?
If First Niagara Financial Group took out a help-wanted ad for its chief executive officer position, it might look like this:“Buffalo-based firm seeks experienced executive to run and grow – but not...
View ArticleStruggling to feed the rural poor
NEWFANE – Denise Noble has visions of a refrigerator bursting with dairy and fresh produce, and shelves overflowing with boxes of cereal, canned goods and personal care items to meet the increasing...
View ArticleExtra security, ‘Boston’ spirit mark marathon
The race was in Buffalo, but Boston blue and yellow was evident from the Huron Street starting point to the downtown convention center finish line of today’s Buffalo Marathon.“Boston kept me going,”...
View ArticleLewiston’s Timothy Henderson portrays the past while fighting for the...
LEWISTON – Environmentalist, writer, re-enactor, teacher, father – Lewiston resident Timothy P. Henderson, 66, wears many hats. He grew up in the Village of Lewiston and has been an outspoken advocate...
View ArticleHeavy rains turn Lake Erie into a toilet
Imagine a 241-mile-wide toilet. That is what Lake Erie becomes when heavy rains overwhelm the 100-year-old pipes and our municipal wastewater systems.Overflow systems automatically discharge liquid...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to English novelist Arnold Bennett, born on this date in 1867, “It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.”...To Our Servicemen and WomenYou answered...
View ArticleBicyclist, back from injury, thanks responders
Dan Humiston smiled Sunday as he finished his 50-mile bike ride through Southern Erie County.It went a lot smoother than a year ago, when he was coming down a hill on Trevett Road in Concord, hit a...
View ArticlePooches to spend fewer days at Cheektowaga kennel before adoption
It’ll be a shorter pit stop on the road to possible new homes for dogs that end up in Cheektowaga’s kennel.The Town Board has changed the dog ordinance to reduce the impound period from five business...
View ArticleCOMING UP: Community Events
Williamsville SCHOOLS: The Williamsville Board of Eduction will review the district’s New York State report card data and the 2012-13 wellness report as part of the agenda when it meets at 7 p.m....
View ArticleRecord-handling problems said to date back further
In response to claims that top Erie County administrators were unaware of the improper disposal of confidential social services records until April, a social services employee said last week that she...
View Article3 vie for Council seats in North Tonawanda
NORTH TONAWANDA – Two people have announced their candidacy for open seats on the North Tonawanda Common Council, and one incumbent has announced his bid for re-election.Donna Braun, of Lincoln...
View ArticleOne or two injured in bar fight
A fight at the 4Play nightclub on Chippewa Street early Sunday morning resulted in one woman taken to the hospital with a cut on her face, and possibly a second woman sustaining an injured hand,...
View ArticleTires and rims stolen from car
When a Riverside man went to his car Sunday morning, it was all there -- except the tires.The man’s 2008 Honda was parked in front of his Clayton Street sitting atop bricks. The tires and rims had...
View ArticleSpringville feed mill burns
Four fire companies responded to a fire that broke out at the Gramco feed mill Sunday afternoon in Springville.The fire broke out around 2 p.m. at the mill, located at 299 Waverly St., according to a...
View ArticleGunshot victim in critical condition
A Buffalo man remained in critical condition Sunday night after being shot multiple times on the 200 block of Roslyn Street early Saturday morning.According to a police report, an unknown man fired...
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