Buffalo man gets 10-year sentence in December 2012 robbery
A Buffalo man last year took $1,600 in cash from a grandfather who had stopped at an East Side grocery store to play the lottery before planning to do some Christmas shopping for his...
View ArticleReport details progress on two area business parks
BATAVIA – Acres of farms, forests and wetlands are slowly being acquired for what ranks as the top job-creating development in Genesee County history, according to a progress report on two area...
View ArticleClipper system will deposit another layer of snow today
Keep your shovel handy. The National Weather Service says a clipper system will cross the region today, giving almost everyone another inch or two of snow. After that, most places will get a break...
View ArticleTown Boys & Girls Club holds Christmas party today
When the young members of the Town Boys & Girls Club gather today with their parents and the club’s staff for the annual Christmas party, they’ll enjoy a homemade dinner and a visit from Santa...
View ArticleTechnology-averse Amish pose challenge in STAR re-registration
ALBANY – Many New Yorkers, intent on keeping whatever savings they can get on their property taxes, are flocking to the Internet to re-register to keep their state STAR program benefits from...
View ArticleDriver pleads not guilty to DWI charges connected to fatal West Seneca crash
A retired tool-and-die maker accused of driving while intoxicated in connection with the Nov. 27 crash that killed West Seneca Democratic Chairman Daniel S. McParlane pleaded not guilty Tuesday in...
View ArticleWith forum input, State Ed delving into Common Core
After hundreds of parents and teachers turned out at education forums across the state in recent weeks to air concerns about changes taking place in classrooms, top state education officials are...
View ArticleChautauqua County officials ask Army Corps of Engineers leader to dredge...
SUNSET BAY – Community leaders on Tuesday presented health and safety issues – as well as the need for an accessible small boat harbor for recreation – to Brig. Gen. Margaret W. Burcham, commander of...
View ArticleDunkirk continues to revel in good news of plant conversion
DUNKIRK – City Council members were still celebrating on Tuesday after Sunday’s news from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo that the NRG Energy plant was approved for conversion to natural gas. The news will...
View ArticleFormer restaurateur gets 10 years for role in drug ring
There was a time when Filippo Inglima was known for his rice balls, lobster ravioli and the iconic Italian chef statue that stood outside his North Buffalo restaurant.Tuesday, Inglima became a...
View ArticleAmid protest, Niagara Legislature OKs budget with raises, tax trim
LOCKPORT – Over bitter protests from union workers, the Niagara County Legislature passed a 2014 county budget with raises for most department heads and nonunion employees but no raises for union...
View ArticleFirefighter hurt; Red Cross assists three in Briscoe Ave. blaze
Firefighters braving icy conditions responded to a house fire on Briscoe Avenue between Walden Avenue and Doat Street shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Buffalo Fire Department dispatch...
View ArticleMan arrested in alleged theft of a furnace
A man pulling a home furnace on a wagon Tuesday afternoon was arrested on burglary charges after police said he stole the heating unit from the basement of a Loring Avenue home.Shawn Collins, 29, of...
View ArticleFalling lake temperature signals eventual relief from wintry wallop of lake...
Lake Erie dipped to 34 degrees Tuesday off Buffalo’s harbor, four degrees below average. The water hasn’t been colder on a Dec. 17 in 18 years.So what does it mean for those shoveling sidewalks and...
View ArticleNazi diary seized in Lewiston put online by U.S. Holocaust Museum
WASHINGTON – Locked away for years at a home in Lewiston, the diary of a top aide to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler went online Tuesday to be read by anyone fluent in German.The U.S. Holocaust Museum...
View ArticleOhio Street rebirth stalled by dispute over housing complex
Ohio Street, an industrial road once built for truck traffic, will be converted next year into an attractive parkway, with trees and flowers, decorative light standards, informational signs, a pocket...
View ArticleCity of Tonawanda moves closer to installing red light cameras
The City of Tonawanda moved a step closer Tuesday to installing red light cameras at three intersections, which would make it the first municipality in the area to have the devices.The Common Council...
View ArticleNiagara Falls Zoning Board of Appeals rejects request for liquor store
NIAGARA FALLS – The city’s Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday rejected a second request to allow a liquor store to open on 24th Street in a residential neighborhood.The proposal from Faisel Haruna to...
View ArticleTransparency violations abound on school board
The Buffalo school board's and school administration's ongoing disrespect to the public continues unabated. Despite many written and verbal complaints on the part of Buffalo News reporters to get the...
View ArticleEden man accused of impaired driving for the fourth time this year
A 53-year-old Eden man who attempted to flee the scene of an accident was suspected of driving while under the influence of prescription drugs – for the fourth time this year, town police reported...
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