Polar Bear Swim set for Sunday in Silver Creek
SILVER CREEK –The 13th annual Polar Bear Swim will be held Sunday at the Firehouse on the Lake, 23 Jackson St., Silver Creek. The event draws hundreds of swimmers and spectators. Prizes are awarded...
View ArticleFlood watch for Cayuga Island canceled
The New York Power Authority has cancelled a flood watch for Cayuga Island in Niagara Falls, Mayor Paul A. Dyster has announced on his Facebook page. The watch remains in effect for the Robert Moses...
View ArticleLive blog: Digging out from blizzard
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View ArticleElectronics recycling Saturday in East Aurora
Electronic devices can be turned in for free recycling from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Nativity Lutheran Church, 970 E. Main St., East Aurora, in a collection sponsored by State Sen. Patrick M....
View ArticleSchumer sends letter for brownfield grant in Jamestown
JAMESTOWN – Sen. Charles E. Schumer has sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy urging approval of a $200,000 federal grant to identify and assess priority...
View ArticleFillmore’s birthday commemoration to be held Thursday
The annual commemoration of the birth of President Millard Fillmore is rescheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at the 13th president’s gravesite in Section F of Forest Lawn, 1411 Delaware Ave. Fillmore’s...
View ArticleNo sign of embattled Gabryszak at state Capitol
ALBANY – There were no signs of Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak at the Capitol today for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State address. In the first day of the 2014 session since allegations of sexual...
View ArticleOfficials identify man killed in Niagara Falls fire
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Falls police have identified Thomas R. Bozek, 57, as the man who was killed in a fire early Tuesday morning in his apartment on the upper floor of 536 26th St. Three people...
View ArticleFlooding on Route 5 in Lackawanna
Traffic was being re-routed this morning on Route 5 in Lackawanna as a result of some flooding under a railroad bridge near Smokes Creek.Smokes Creek is definitely not the source of the flooding,...
View ArticleTom Precious’ continued coverage of the State of the State address
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View ArticleCuomo envisions $100 million genome center in Buffalo
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo used his State of the State address today to announce the establishment of a $100 million genomic research facility in Buffalo that will link gene researchers in...
View ArticleSt. Anne’s Church featured in calendar
St. Anne’s Church is featured in a 2014 calendar to raise funds and awareness for the Save St. Ann’s Church Revitalization Committee.The annal is a calendar and arts pictorial, with full color...
View ArticleSidewalk snow removal texting campaign launched
GObike Buffalo and Grow 716 are launching a texting campaign for people who want to get around safely on foot in the messy weather season. Participants are asked to report via text message when a...
View ArticleSuspect in Amherst Target fire pleads not guilty
A man accused of setting a fire that caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to a Target store last summer in Amherst pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Wednesday.The judge ordered him...
View ArticleBuffalo thief breaks window, steal bowling ball
An East Aurora man reported an unusual theft from his vehicle on Lower Terrace Street downtown shortly before the Buffalo Bandits game Friday night.The man told police that a thief broke the rear...
View ArticleCuomo stepping carefully on medical marijuana
NEW YORK – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo made a political splash by introducing a medical marijuana plan in the State of the State speech, but his cautious approach has been met with skepticism from pot...
View ArticleSilver Creek gets good news about hospital
SILVER CREEK – More than 1,000 people who crowded into the auditorium of Silver Creek Central School Saturday for a rally to keep Lake Shore Hospital from closing heard some encouraging news. A...
View ArticleSchumer says relief from long waits at border is in sight
About a month after calling a news conference at the Peace Bridge to complain about the long line of trucks crawling across the international span, Sen. Charles M. Schumer on Saturday said there may...
View ArticleAllowing guns in buildings is a matter of money in Kansas
WICHITA, Kan. – Reasoning that more guns mean greater safety, Kansas lawmakers voted last year to require cities and counties to make public buildings accessible to people legally carrying concealed...
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