Buffalo Niagara schools focus on security as classes resume
As students return to class today for the first time following Friday’s mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., administrators in the Buffalo Niagara region said they plan to take an intense, renewed look at...
View ArticleProposed Black Rock scrap metal business is focus of public relations battle
A public relations battle over a proposed scrap metal business at Hertel Avenue and Military Road continued over the weekend in advance of a review by the city Planning Board on Tuesday.Former Erie...
View ArticleWorker with bank deposit bag robbed in Lancaster
An employee of Quaker Steak & Lube in Lancaster was robbed Monday morning as she was carrying a bank deposit bag to her car, Lancaster Police Capt. William Karn said.The victim told investigators...
View ArticleEx-trooper pleads guilty to promoting prostitution
Titus Z. Taggart, an 18-year veteran of the state police who was fired last summer after an internal investigation into allegations he was involved with off-duty parties involving prostitutes, pleaded...
View ArticleTwo-vehicle crash on East Side sends four people to ECMC
Four people, two from each vehicle, were taken to Erie County Medical Center at noontime Monday, after a Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority para-transit van collided with a Lincoln Navigator in...
View ArticleErie County IDA grants tax breaks to four projects
A Kenmore business that tests engines made at the General Motors Powertrain plant in the Town of Tonawanda and a sister plant in Tennessee, is receiving nearly $60,000 in tax breaks from the Erie...
View ArticleBuyer says Cello-Pack’s local operations won’t change
Cheektowaga packing company Cello-Pack Corp. has been acquired by a downstate packaging firm, Trinity Packaging Corp.Trinity is expected to continue Cello-Pack’s local operations, at 55 Innsbruck...
View ArticleWilson man charged with assaulting teen during neighborhood dispute
WILSON – A fight between two Dorwood Park neighbors over the weekend ended up with both arrested and both injured, according to Niagara County sheriff’s deputies.Robert L. Gualano, 47, of B Street, was...
View ArticleObservant neighbor helps Niagara County deputies catch a thief
WRIGHT’S CORNERS – A neighbor who saw something suspicious in the woods behind a store near her house alerted Niagara County sheriff’s deputies, which led to the arrest of a Lockport man over the...
View ArticleMan shot in neck on West Side porch
Buffalo police suspect that mistaken identity – involving two relatives – may have led to a man getting shot in the neck late Sunday on the West Side.The victim, whose name wasn’t released, told...
View ArticleErie County Jail ombudsman proposal put on hold
A push for an independent ombudsman for Erie County’s two jails is on hold as county lawmakers give new jail leadership a chance to follow through on promises to improve transparency and communication...
View ArticleGenesee ARC workers’ jobs may hinge on new trash contract
BATAVIA – The city’s budget preparations, which usually start in mid-January, will include a new dilemma that could pit spending realities against jobs for disabled workers.Genesee ARC’s contract for...
View ArticleBenderson buys former American Axle plant in Cheektowaga
Benderson Development Co. has snapped up the giant former American Axle & Manufacturing facility on Walden Avenue in Cheektowaga for nearly $2.4 million, taking advantage of the site’s location and...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, born on this date in 1927, “A right is not what someone gives you; it’s what no one can take from you.” ...Oh, Christmas TreeEach...
View ArticleUnruly woman briefly jailed after disturbance in Ellicottville
ELLICOTTVILLE – An Irving woman was briefly jailed Sunday when Cattaraugus County sheriff’s deputies charged her with unruly behavior after they were called to the Tamarak Club.Deputies arrived at the...
View ArticleBatavia man gets probation on meth charge
A Batavia man who acquired methamphetamines and shared them with others on numerous occasions between April and July 2010 has been sentenced to two years on probation by U.S. District Judge Charles J....
View ArticleClarence man charged with groping teen girl at Eastern Hills Mall
A Clarence Center man was charged over the weekend with inappropriately touching a 17-year-old girl at the Eastern Hills mall.Thomas Allan, 25, was arrested about noon Saturday, state police said...
View ArticleJamestown drug trafficker sentenced to 2 years
LITTLE VALLEY – A Jamestown man was ordered by Monday by Cattaraugus County Judge Larry M. Himelein to serve a state prison term of two years as a repeat felon and then face two years of post-release...
View ArticleRyan pressures Clarence IDA on tax breaks for car dealership
Assemblyman Sean M. Ryan is stepping up his pressure on the Clarence Industrial Development Agency to reject tax breaks for a planned new Towne Mini dealership on Main Street and to share details of...
View ArticleBuffalo Niagara Medical Campus work begins with ‘Conventus’
The transformation of Main Street along the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus is about to get started.Fencing went up Monday, and construction is expected to begin soon on a major medical office building...
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