Grant will make new pedestrian bridge a reality
OLEAN – Members of the Olean Urban Renewal Agency were among the first to receive the news Thursday morning that a $535,000 grant has been awarded to transform a rail trestle into a pedestrian bridge...
View ArticleMarilla trims cap on credit cards
Marilla Supervisor Earl Gingerich Jr. has reduced the limit on credit cards for three employees, including himself, from $12,900 to $5,000 and canceled two other cards that employees in the Highway...
View ArticleGarden Notes: News of area clubs and events
African Violet & Gesneriad Society of Western New York will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Lancaster Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 40 Embry Place, Lancaster. Members will view a slide show from the...
View ArticleVictim of distracted driver carries powerful message to students
ANGOLA – The message “just hang up and drive” was delivered to nearly 1,000 students at Lake Shore High School on Thursday by Jacy Good, 27, who survived an accident that killed her parents. The teen...
View ArticleWith $33.3 million in Cuomo campaign war chest, funds flow in at $38,000 a day
ALBANY – How much is enough?It took Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s campaign 82 pages to list all the donations from individuals, corporations, unions and political action committees he brought in during the...
View ArticleWilliamsville man charged with felony DWI
A 30-year-old Williamsville man was arrested early Friday morning and charged with felony driving while intoxicated, state police in Clarence reported.Donald C. Brenner was stopped at about 1:30 a.m....
View ArticleMattar gets tax breaks for ‘veterans advocacy’ offices
Local personal injury attorney William Mattar is getting nearly $550,000 in tax breaks for a $4 million expansion project next door to the firm’s current office on Main Street.The Amherst Industrial...
View ArticleGabryszak accuser still donated
ALBANY – One of the women who accused former Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak of sexually harassing her donated money to the lawmaker’s campaign six months before leveling the allegations against him, and...
View ArticleVideo: Will Donald Trump run for governor?
Donald Trump will trek to the Buffalo area on Jan. 31. News Political Reporter Bob McCarthy talked with Trump about speculation that he'll run for governor. McCarthy tells Brian Meyer that Trump...
View ArticleThurman Thomas named to state tourism post
Thurman Thomas was appointed Friday To the New York State Tourism Advisory Council, where he’s expected to serve as vice chair.The tourism council advises Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the state’s tourism...
View ArticleCuomo: 'No place' in NY for extreme conservatives
By Tom Precious ALBANY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo suggested today that “extreme’’ conservatives don’t fit in with the vast majority of New Yorkers. “If they are extreme conservatives they have no place in...
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Sports dome roof with Amherst link to be deflated
Amherst's Birdair was dispatched to Minneapolis to rebuild the Metrodome's roof after its collapse in 2010. (Associated Press file photo) With the Metrodome roof set to be deflated Saturday with the...
View ArticleTwo-alarm fire breaks out at Berkley Road ranch home in Amherst
A two-alarm “plus” Amherst house fire on Berkley Road, between Wehrle Drive and Main Street, is being fought by three volunteer fire companies, which began responding at 11:33 a.m. today, fire...
View ArticleSurgeon general’s report links smoking to additional health problems
A report from the Surgeon General released Friday concludes that smoking remains the leading preventable cause of premature disease and death in the nation, killing an estimated 480,000 Americans a...
View ArticleAmherst police peacefully end standoff with man at Transit Road hotel
A standoff inside an Amherst hotel ended peacefully Friday morning, after a man was taken into custody and sent to Erie County Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation.Police were called at about 8...
View ArticleEvans expands ATM network, finishes office relocations
Evans Bancorp has expanded its ATM network around the state, and, separately, finished relocating employees after consolidating some of its locations.Hamburg-based Evans, the parent company of Evans...
View ArticleLawmakers urge state to keep Children’s Psychiatric Center open
Some of the region’s state lawmakers slathered their palms in paint Friday and then left handprints on a placard urging Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to keep the Western New York Children’s Psychiatric Center...
View ArticleCuomo: No place in New York for extreme conservatives
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo said “extreme conservatives” don’t fit in with most New Yorkers.“If they are extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York," Cuomo said in a radio...
View ArticleBurglars masquerading as water authority employees hit three homes
Three con artists made a convincing case to enter the homes of three senior citizens in Amherst, Clarence and Cheektowaga earlier this week to commit burglaries.All three were dressed in jackets with...
View ArticleAmherst adopts guidelines for senior housing tax breaks
The Amherst Industrial Development Agency adopted new guidelines for senior housing projects after its moratorium on tax breaks for those developments expired.The new guidelines, adopted Friday,...
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