Pastor accused of sex abuse of children
LOCKPORT – The Rev. Roy D. Harriger Sr. may have left a trail of as many as 10 victims of sexual abuse across three states and four decades, a State Police investigator said Wednesday as he announced...
View ArticlePower outages reported in WNY, most of them in Niagara County
National Grid’s web site reported late tonight that about 2,800 customers in the eight counties of Western New York were experiencing electrical outages, with the vast majority of them in Niagara...
View ArticleThanksgiving Day closings
This is how area offices and services will be affected Thursday by the Thanksgiving Day holiday.City Court Closed County courts Closed State courts Closed Federal courts Closed City offices Closed...
View ArticleDiscount Diva’s tips for surviving Black Friday
Brown is the new black. Brown Thursday – the shopping extravaganza formerly known as Thanksgiving – will kick off the shopping season today, one day before the traditional Black Friday.It’s considered...
View ArticleCity, town ready to host ‘Christmas on the Canal’
LOCKPORT – The City and Town of Lockport will host several events Saturday and Sunday during the annual “Christmas on the Canal” celebration.From 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, downtown businesses will hold an...
View ArticleMercy Flight fly-over part of Santa Claus parade Friday
OLEAN – Nearly four dozen units will take part in Olean’s annual Santa Claus Lane Parade on Friday evening. Mercy Flight of Western New York will officially kick off the procession with a helicopter...
View ArticleHamburgh Holidays set for Saturday kickoff
Hamburgh Holidays will kick off at 11 a.m. Saturday with the Santa Claus parade. The parade will feature music, floats and marchers. Masters of ceremonies will announce the names of contingents from...
View ArticleThanksgiving Day closing
This is how area offices and services will be affected today by the Thanksgiving Day holiday.City Court Closed County courts Closed State courts Closed Federal courts Closed City offices Closed County...
View ArticleVirginian to lead Visit Buffalo Niagara
The head of the tourism promotion agency in Loudoun County, Va., will be introduced as the new leader of Visit Buffalo Niagara today, a tourism industry source said.Patrick Kaler, president and chief...
View ArticleWest Seneca, Lancaster high schools reap rewards in Florida
When members of the West Seneca High School marching band won the silver state championship cup this season – for the fourth time in five years, no less – they reveled in the unexpected rewards of...
View ArticlePolice find drugs, sleeping child during traffic stop
Damone Tillman, 37, was charged with drug possession and endangering the welfare of a child following a traffic stop Wednesday prompted by heavily tinted windows, Buffalo Police said. Tillman, whose...
View ArticleMan caught on surveillance videotape selling marijuana, police say
A Roesch Street man is accused of dealing marijuana at Riverside Avenue and Tonawanda Street – a crime that was captured on surveillance videotape, Buffalo police said Wednesday. Myshawn Farmer, 25,...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to comedian Herb Shriner, born on this date in 1918, “Conversation is three women standing on the corner talking. Gossip is when one of them leaves.”...TIME TO SHOP – Find the...
View ArticleEllicottville celebration taps true meaning of season
ELLICOTTVILLE – Amid the hustle and bustle of the holiday shopping season, community members who put together Ellicottville’s Christmas Stroll want to reinforce the true meaning of the season.Along...
View ArticleLockport fire destroys one house, damages another
LOCKPORT – One house was destroyed and a second heavily damaged in a fire that broke out at 3:10 a.m. Thursday, fire officials said.The blaze originated in a house at 73 Elmwood Ave., which was...
View ArticleIn a year, 2 lakes’ water levels rise nearly a foot
Lake Erie’s water level in October was 10 inches higher than in the previous October, recovering from the historic drop-off in 2012.The 10-inch rise is equivalent to the water volume in more than 2...
View ArticleAnimal activist sharply criticizes Niagara SPCA’s director
PENDLETON – The president of an animal rescue group blasted SPCA of Niagara shelter director Amy Lewis for alleged mismanagement, in the wake of Lewis’ appeal to the public to start adopting dogs and...
View ArticleFredonia’s Miracle on Main Street festival to offer telegrams to Santa
FREDONIA – Children will be able to send telegrams to Santa Claus as one of the newest offerings during the annual Miracle on Main Street Dec. 7 in downtown Fredonia. The telegrams will be sent to the...
View ArticleHolland School Board votes not to reopen building
Preliminary discussions on a potential capital project have drawn the Holland School Board back into the thorny topic of building reconfigurations, particularly whether to reopen the former middle...
View ArticleSummer day camp proposed in West Seneca
It was well before this week’s Thanksgiving school break when parents started calling the Town of Orchard Park’s Recreation Department to ask about next summer’s day camp program.“We have probably...
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