Sheriff’s Office plans presentation on police coverage for Silver Creek
SILVER CREEK – The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office will give a presentation on its proposal to provide police coverage for the Village of Silver Creek at a special meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in...
View ArticleFraternity hosts forum on black male achievement
A local panel convened by a national fraternity Thursday pondered the means for boosting academic achievement among African-American boys.Alpha Phi Alpha, the historically African-American fraternity,...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to novelist Bernard Malamud, born on this date in 1914, “There comes a time in a man’s life when to get where he has to – if there are no doors or windows – he walks through a...
View ArticleHOME marks 50th year battling housing discrimination
Scott Gehl, the longtime executive director of Housing Opportunities Made Equal, was only 10 years old when a group of local religious leaders and civil rights activists decided to formally take on...
View ArticleCuomo’s frustration with bridge authority boils over
When Canada wanted to improve its side of the Peace Bridge, the U.S. representatives on the bridge authority board went along with the plans. But the Canadian representatives have not been so...
View ArticleBorder-entry fee proposal is universally bashed
WASHINGTON – An Obama administration proposal to study instituting a land border entry fee has prompted outrage all along the U.S-Canadian border – and a vow from federal lawmakers to kill the notion...
View ArticleSchumer, McCain overcome partisan swamp to forge immigration bill
WASHINGTON – Sitting next to each other at a press breakfast Thursday, Sens. John McCain and Charles E. Schumer seemed like anything but the partisan rivals they’ve been for years.Instead, the 2008...
View ArticleCity schools won’t honor teacher evaluation agreement with BTF
The Buffalo schools will not honor an agreement with the teachers union that promised not to use two years of evaluations as grounds to fire any teacher, Superintendent Pamela C. Brown announced...
View ArticleCounty frets as state fails to pay early-intervention providers
LOCKPORT – The state’s takeover of payments to providers in the program that provides help to slow-developing toddlers has so far prevented any of the providers from being paid, Niagara County Public...
View ArticleSite planning for new ECC building delayed
There’s another wrinkle in the discussion over where to build a new academic building for Erie Community College.Consultants hired to provide the school and county some direction on the issue held off...
View ArticleLockport to print more visitor guides
LOCKPORT – The Greater Lockport Development Corp., the city’s development agency, voted Thursday to allocate $4,000 toward the printing of 35,000 copies of this year’s Lockport visitor guide, which is...
View ArticleMeals on Wheels seeking donations
NORTH TONAWANDA – Donation jars will be in place at local businesses throughout May for Meals on Wheels Month. Meals on Wheels plans to distribute 276 donation jars to businesses to raise awareness...
View ArticleInbound Skyway ramps to close Saturday for repairs
Northbound motorists on Route 5 will face a detour Saturday when they drive into Buffalo on the Skyway, the state Department of Transportation announces.The inbound off-ramp onto Pearl Street will be...
View ArticleCouncil supports outer harbor stadium, NFTA says no
The Common Council is set to call on the owners of land on the Outer Harbor to grant development rights to a group wanting to build a football stadium and entertainment complex.The Council does not...
View ArticlePaladino effect on School Board races seen in mailers
Call it the Paladino factor.Love him or hate him, outspoken developer and unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino has done more than any other candidate to raise awareness and raise the...
View ArticleJury convicts Buffalo man of robbery
An Erie County jury convicted a career criminal of robbery and weapons charges this week after a week-long trial.Jessie Medley, 50, of Walden Avenue, was found guilty of robbing a woman at knifepoint...
View ArticleFour indicted in murders of Chautauqua County couple
MAYVILLE – Charges of first-degree murder have been filed against two of the four men arrested in the deaths of Gordon and Joyce Skinner, whose bodies were found earlier this month in their burning...
View Article3 land trusts receive grants topping $100,000
Three Western New York land trusts, including two in Erie County, have received more than $100,000 in grants from the state department of Environmental Conservation.The grants are part of $1.4 million...
View ArticleUpgrade OK’d for Genesee County sheriff’s communications
BATAVIA – The Genesee County Legislature has approved an upgrade of nearly $11 million for the sheriff’s communications system, adding radio towers and enhancing the 911 emergency response system.The...
View ArticleBPO emotions run high as Carnegie Hall beckons
A week from today at Kleinhans Music Hall, half an hour before the 8 p.m. concert, people will raise their glasses in a champagne toast – to Carnegie Hall!“It’s emotional, getting ready for this big...
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