Suspected La Nova Pizzeria robber pleads not guilty
A Buffalo man pleaded not guilty today to robbing two La Nova Pizzeria employees at gunpoint as they left the West Side restaurant to make a bank deposit.Authorities accused Terrance Price, 21, of...
View ArticleWhat is a polar vortex?
Consider it a late-arriving visitor from the North Pole, or a hurricane without the palm trees. The polar vortex chilling much of the country – including Western New York over the next one or two days...
View ArticleWeather is closing area highways
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo this afternoon announced that parts of the Thruway in Western New York will be closed starting this afternoon due to extreme winter weather conditions. Starting at 3 p.m., the...
View ArticleClosings and advisories around the region
A number of community activities have been affected by today’s winter weather and the prospect of worsening conditions tonight and Tuesday:• A forum to discuss the state’s Common Core education...
View ArticleBuffalo cancels after-school activities because of weather
Buffalo Public Schools officials have cancelled all student and Adult Education after-school activities for today because of the impending storm. This includes all scheduled afternoon and evening...
View ArticleMessy commute home impacted by poor visibility, road closures
The storm has begun.How bad things have been depends totally on where you are.The Skyway’s closure has significantly snarled traffic leaving Buffalo and heading south. It seems many motorists opted...
View ArticleFiring up a generator? Beware carbon monoxide
The Erie County Department of Health today offered advice to homeowners considering using alternative methods to heat their homes in the event of a power outage caused by the winter storm.“Everyone...
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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to our 13th president, Millard Fillmore, born on this date in 1800, “An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.”...STEEL TOWN TALES – Opening up the new year...
View ArticleLockport Town Board vacancy may remain for a month
LOCKPORT – The Town Board may not appoint anyone to the vacant seat in its ranks until February, Town Supervisor Marc R. Smith said Monday.The seat opened as of Dec. 31, when Councilwoman Cheryl A....
View ArticleTuesday garbage collection canceled in Town of Lockport
LOCKPORT – Town Supervisor Marc R. Smith announced today that there will be no garbage collection in the town Tuesday.The decision was made by the town’s garbage contractor, Waste Management, because...
View ArticleBATAVIA – Three ceremonies will be held this week to administer the oaths of office to city, county, village and town officials elected last November. The largest ceremony will involve about 30...
View ArticleCharter School of Inquiry envisioned as hothouse for kids’ critical...
Instead of using textbooks to teach math, how about bringing an apple to class, cutting it into halves – then quarters or fifths, and so on – to demonstrate fractions?Or take the same apple and...
View ArticleSnow not stopping letter carriers during blizzard
After delivering mail for the past 17 years, Bryan Krukowski says Tuesday was the worst weather he has faced.“I can deal with snow and ice, but when you have this kind of wind, it’s a whole new...
View ArticleBlizzard experiences vary widely in Amherst
The size of the snow bands and fluctuations in wind speed and direction have made the Blizzard of 2014 an unusual event, even by our unusual weather standards.Take Amherst, for example: The town...
View ArticleTown of Tonawanda ‘weathering the storm’
The snow and wind really picked up in the Town of Tonawanda late Tuesday morning and early afternoon, officials said.Supervisor Anthony F. Caruana declared a state of emergency around 1:30 p.m....
View ArticleSituation still bleak in Evans
In the more far-flung Southtowns, roads were cleared during the day on Tuesday but highway crews had to break work at times because of reduced visibility.“The problem with us and all the other towns...
View ArticleVisibility in West Seneca down to zero
“It’s just blizzard-like conditions. The visibility is down to zero,” West Seneca Highway Superintendent Matthew English said. “There should be no unnecessary travel.”West Seneca is caught in the...
View ArticleLots of car off roads today in Cheektowaga
Cheektowaga joined other towns and villages in Erie County in declaring a state of emergency about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.And as if to drive the urgency home, Walden Galleria also closed its doors today,...
View ArticleHamburg man charged with fleeing from New Mexico police
LAS VEGAS, N.M. – New Mexico State Police said a Hamburg man was shot by officers Saturday night when he drove away from them, headed the wrong way on an interstate highway and then drove toward one...
View ArticleBlizzard shuts down city
In the city of Buffalo, police officials said the snow had not only kept most vehicles from the streets, it also brought reported crime to a near stand-still. Officers were dispatched to minor traffic...
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