Kaleida to move quickly on Children’s
Kaleida Health wants to quickly select a developer and complete the transfer of its Women & Children’s Hospital within six months – and lease the hospital building back for another two years until...
View ArticleSmall-plates-centered menu walks line between safe and ambitious at...
You can almost chart the story of the West Side from the menus on offer at 490 Rhode Island St., two blocks west of Richmond Avenue. ¶ Romanello’s Roseland (c. 1928-2005) was an Italian red-sauce...
View ArticleDudzick crafts another winner with ‘Miracle on South Division...
Go ahead. Try not to be charmed by Tom Dudzick. Let me know how far you get.I held out for maybe half an hour of his sublimely hokey “Miracle on South Division Street,” the latest page in Dudzick’s...
View ArticleArt of darkness: Monumental ideas swirl in paintings of Anselm Kiefer
By Colin DabkowskiNews Arts CriticAlmost everything about Anselm Kiefer’s art is monumental.The paintings are monumental, stretching up to 21 feet across and towering overhead, holding our attention...
View ArticleCuomo here Thursday to unveil 'major' development
In the largest down payment on his Buffalo billion-dollar commitment, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo this morning will announce the creation of a clean-energy research campus on 90 acres of land along the...
View ArticleFountains pass first test as East Canal park takes shape
The city’s newest fountain at the nearly completed East Canal passed its first test Wednesday, as lawyers, paralegals, secretaries and other staff of Phillips Lytle LLP get ready for their biggest...
View ArticleFamilies and individuals honored for their work with 4-H
LOCKPORT – A Gasport family chosen as the 4-H “Family of the Year” was among those recently honored by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Niagara County for its work and dedication to making a...
View ArticleFalls woman robbed, attacked in late-night encounter
NIAGARA FALLS – Two robbers made off with $300 in cash after attacking a woman at Tronolone Street and Walnut Avenue late Friday, police said. The 24-year-old victim told police two women asked her...
View ArticleCouple attacked by five men after leaving Falls convenience store
NIAGARA FALLS – Five men robbed a couple shortly after leaving a downtown convenience store early Saturday, according to police.A woman told police she and her boyfriend were enroute from the 7-Eleven...
View ArticleFalls police find alleged car thieves sleeping on the job
NIAGARA FALLS – Two suspects accused of stealing a car were arrested early Friday after they were discovered asleep in the vehicle, Niagara Falls police said.Police said they spotted the 2006...
View ArticleSurveillance photos lead police to suspect in Culinary Institute theft
NIAGARA FALLS – Surveillance video led police to the suspect who stole items worth more than $1,200 Wednesday night from an office of the Niagara County Community College Culinary Institute. Michael...
View ArticleEast Aurora School Board seeks to improve communication with public
The East Aurora School Board blamed failed communication efforts on the part of the district as well as voter apathy for the near defeat of a $7.8 million capital project last month.“We didn’t do a...
View ArticleCheektowaga wants to keep tabs on cabs
More taxi cabs are traveling the streets of Cheektowaga and occasionally are being used in the commission of crimes.That’s the reason town police say they want to know who’s behind the wheel and who...
View ArticleOrchard Park man accused of driving drunk with 2-year-old daughter in vehicle
An Orchard Park man was charged Friday with driving drunk with his 2-year-old daughter as a passenger in his vehicle.Frank Piskorowski, 28, was stopped by Orchard Park police on Abbott Road for...
View ArticleDemocrats seeking new leadership make offer to Gorski
To some Erie County Democrats, the ideal way to heal lingering wounds from the most recent election was to name a new county chairman who was a well known and experienced office holder, from the...
View ArticleBlood on jacket is key evidence in '79 murder case
Authorities say that after stabbing Patti Rodriguez 108 times, Michael Rodriguez fled from Lackawanna’s Holy Cross Cemetery in the early morning hours of Good Friday, April 13, 1979, his clothes...
View ArticleNY only state still on board with school data plan
NEW YORK – After months of debate about the risks of storing student data in the cloud, New York is pressing ahead with a plan to create a statewide database for every public school student’s grades,...
View ArticleMerger with UB on the table for Roswell Park
Top officials from Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the University at Buffalo will meet with a consultant and the state health commissioner Monday to discuss greater collaboration and possibly even a...
View ArticleFormer Water Authority exec eyed for Lackawanna post
The City of Lackawanna is in need of a new development director, and Mayor Geoffrey M. Szymanski could be courting an established political insider to fill the seat.Ralph D. Miranda submitted his...
View ArticleMarchant can be cross-examined on incidents with exes, judge rules
LOCKPORT – Jennifer Marchant, the North Tonawanda woman who claims she killed her boyfriend in self-defense, may be cross-examined regarding her physical confrontations with two other men, Niagara...
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