Great Lakes cleanup effort looks to the future
A million cubic yards of contaminated soil have been dredged from the Buffalo River.And the dump site from an earlier dredging has been turned into the Times Beach Nature Preserve, with invasive plant...
View ArticleAstronics to buy Oregon company in $136 million deal
Astronics Corp. has agreed to spend $136 million to buy PECO, an Oregon company that makes the aircraft cabin lighting and air flow components located above passenger seats.The cash deal, expected to...
View ArticleFalls resident charged with shooting man 7 times
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Falls man with a history of gun violence was arraigned today in Niagara Falls City Court on attempted murder charges, accused of shooting a man seven times in the stomach...
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New York branding apparent on UB's new hoops court
By Bob DiCesare We showed you the first pictures of UB's ongoing floor resurfacing -- including the New York State image at center court -- last week. Now the athletic department has released a...
View ArticleJudge sets date for Flight 3407 trial
The families of Flight 3407 are tired of waiting for their proverbial day in court.Four years have passed since the Continental Connection flight crashed in Clarence Center killing 50 people, and most...
View ArticleLawyer admits stealing $339,488 from clients
A real estate lawyer Wednesday admitted stealing $339,488 from four clients, with some of the thefts starting as far back as 2006.Thomas J. Wojciechowski, 67, appeared in Erie County Court and pleaded...
View ArticleFrey the Wheelman has future as hip office space
Frey the Wheelman is about to get a $5 million makeover.Uniland Development Co. wants to turn the industrial properties on Ellicott Street into a new “innovation hub” for one or more technology...
View ArticleEmpire Genomics wins federal grant, licenses Cornell technology
Empire Genomics, a Buffalo life-sciences startup that develops tests to pinpoint whether a medical drug or treatment will help an individual patient, has received a $142,000 federal grant to produce a...
View ArticleLiazon to move into rehabbed ‘Coffee Rich’ building
Health benefits exchange provider Liazon Corp. on Wednesday confirmed that it will be the lead tenant taking up at least one floor of Ellicott Development Co.’s planned redeveloped Coffee Rich...
View ArticleBuffalonian sentenced in drug case
A 26-year-old Buffalo man today was ordered by U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to serve a 58 month prison term on his conviction for conspiring to possess and distribute heroin. U.S. Attorney...
View ArticleFederal court child pornography plea
A 27-year-old Buffalo man pleaded guilty before U.S. Judge Richard J. Arcara today to a receipt of child pornography charges. John Luchetti faces a possible prison term of up to 29 years and a fine of...
View ArticleMissing girl in Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls police today sought public help in finding Breana Rose Schram, a 17-year-old Niagara Falls girl who was last seen walking her dog Monday in the area of 27th and Niagara Streets.Police...
View ArticleTeen sentenced for grisly North Buffalo killing
A teenager convicted of first-degree manslaughter for participating in the grisly stabbing of another teen last summer in North Buffalo was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison, the maximum...
View ArticleToxic algae and Lake Erie’s dead zone
Buffalo News special report, Fourth of five parts on the health of Lake Erie-----Massive algal blooms covered thousands of square miles on the other end of Lake Erie in 2011. Some warn the next ones...
View ArticleTry Sweet_ness 7’s egg sandwich with pesto
In recent months, Prish Moran, the owner of both Sweet_ness 7 cafés (220 Grant St., 883-1738 and 301 Parkside Ave., 834-1954,) has been busy reshaping her popular breakfast-all-day...
View ArticleZoo hosts BuffaLove Fest
Celebrate “everything Buffalo” at the first BuffaLove Fest taking place at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Buffalo Zoo.There will be food trucks, artisans who specialize in Buffalo-themed goods, as well as...
View ArticlePhotographer Marshall Scheuttle’s ‘Borderland’ on...
A major solo exhibition of photographs by local artist Marshall Scheuttle will go on view Saturday in CEPA Gallery (617 Main St.). The show, called “Borderland,” contains a series of portraits and...
View ArticleAfter 53 years, Locust Street art center is going strong
At any time of year, a visit to the Locust Street Neighborhood Art Classes is likely to renew your faith in the power of the arts to transform lives. The storied organization on the edge of the Fruit...
View ArticleDriver with prior DWI blows a 0.22 reading
A Depew driver with a prior DWI conviction was charged Wednesday night with driving with a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit after State Police said he pulled out of gas station and...
View ArticleMissing 17-year-old girl is found unharmed
NIAGARA FALLS – A 17-year-old girl who was reported missing Wednesday was found by police at about 9 a.m. today on 19th and Falls streets.The girl, who was walking to a friend’s house, told police she...
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