Lack of transparency continues on School Board
Yesterday's special Buffalo school board meeting and committee meetings were loaded with newsworthy information, some of which we'll have to catch up with over the course of the next week. Look for...
View ArticleMore upgrades planned for Niagara Falls State Park
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Falls State Park will see an additional $15 million in renovations through the end of 2017, on top of the previously announced $25 million in work, state parks officials said...
View ArticleCouple from Taiwan accosted in the Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A 36-year-old man from Taiwan told police he was attacked by two men as he was walking in the 400 block of Fourth Street at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.He said he was holding a case of water...
View ArticleCuomo vetoes nearly half of bills sent to his desk
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was in a veto state-of-mind Wednesday evening, killing almost half of a batch of 68 bills passed by lawmakers last spring but sent to him just 10 days ago.In all, he...
View ArticleFederal officials warn that NFTA needs additional aid from state
For more than a year, local transit officials have warned that New York State’s reluctance to adequately fund Metro Bus and Rail could result in drastic cuts in service.Now the federal government is...
View ArticleDocument: Official claim filed against Gabryszak
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View ArticleKrog Corp. is designated developer of downtown Buffalo Trico site
Krog Corp., which is planning a mixed-use redevelopment of the long-vacant former Trico building on Ellicott Street, on Friday was named the designated developer of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus...
View ArticleTown of Tonawanda police grow beards as fundraiser
Scraggly or bushy, full or patchy, all the beards grown by Town of Tonawanda police over the last six months had one thing in common no matter how they turned out – support for one of their own.Eighty...
View ArticleFlood, winter storm watches in effect for weekend
Rain combined with a quickly melting snowpack will greatly increase the possibility of flooding this evening and into Sunday.Forecasters also are keeping a watchful eye on the temperature as rain...
View ArticleNiagara Falls Zoning Board of Appeals rejects request for liquor store
NIAGARA FALLS – The city’s Zoning Board of Appeals has rejected a second request to allow a liquor store to open in a residential neighborhood on 24th Street.The proposal from Faisel Haruna to open...
View ArticleHiggins, Collins press Customs to address bridge wait times
WASHINGTON – Reps. Brian Higgins and Chris Collins Friday turned up the heat on U.S. Customs and Border Protection in their attempt to get the agency to address long wait times not only at the Peace...
View ArticlePomfret, Fredonia at odds over fire contract
FREDONIA – The Fredonia Village Board sprayed cold water on the Town of Pomfret’s proposed 2014 fire-protection contract during a special meeting Friday in Village Hall. Pomfret officials sought a...
View ArticleAs 2013 winds down, Obama looks ahead to ‘a year of action’
WASHINGTON – President Obama hailed the growing strength in the economy at an end-of-the-year news conference Friday, but pledged to use 2014 to broaden the recovery to more of America’s citizens.“We...
View ArticleMontour sworn-in as first Native American state court judge
Mark A. Montour was sworn in Friday as the first Native American judge in New York, vowing to protect the rights of every resident and to recognize the sovereignty of the Native American courts across...
View ArticleFruit Belt man accused of punching pregnant neighbor
A Lemon Street man arrested on an assault charge shortly after 11 a.m. Friday is accused of punching a pregnant neighbor and fighting police officers. Timothy L. Alexander, 21, was charged with...
View ArticleFoul weather threatens to snarl U.S. holiday travel
ST. LOUIS – Holiday travelers in the Midwest and parts East and South were keeping a leery eye Friday on a band of foul weather stretching across the nation’s midsection that was threatening to mar...
View ArticleWorkers told to stay off roof of vacant former bank building in Olean
OLEAN – Memo to Santa: Please, no reindeer hooves on the roof of the vacant Manufacturers Hanover Bank building.The lid of the long-vacant, seven-story building at State and Union streets is on shaky...
View ArticleCooperative Peace Bridge Authority approves routine items
FORT ERIE, Ont. – The Christmas spirit seemed to descend on the often-fractured Peace Bridge Authority Friday as Canadian and U.S. representatives avoided confrontation over several issues that...
View ArticleDeaths in Yemen raise questions on new drone policy
WASHINGTON – In some respects, the drone strike in Yemen last week resembled so many others from recent years: A hail of missiles slammed into a group of trucks traveling by convoy on a remote desert...
View ArticlePresident of NFTA union barred from employee recognition lunch
What started as a holiday recognition lunch Friday for Metro Bus and Rail employees turned into an ugly standoff between labor and management of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority.Transit...
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