Full-Flavor: West Side Bazaar
During the opening weekend of the West Side Bazaar, I headed over to 25 Grant St., to sample its new international food court – five food vendors selling traditional dishes from Ethiopia, Burma,...
View ArticleCheektowaga school budget hearing draws sparse crowd
A sparse crowd gathered for the Cheektowaga Central School District’s 2013-14 budget hearing Tuesday night, offering no feedback even after learning that taxes would be going up.District Treasurer...
View ArticleDepew man’s death while in custody is ruled a homicide
With the family of the late Richard A. Metcalf Jr. of Depew already preparing lawsuits against the Depew Police Department and the Erie County government over Metcalf’s death while he was in custody,...
View ArticleBass Pro opening store in Niagara-on-the-Lake
Bass Pro is coming to the Niagara region after all.The hunting, fishing and outdoor activity megastore, which turned down a location on the Buffalo waterfront after a decade of indecision, announced...
View ArticleIBM experts to help Buffalo boost youth employment
The neighborhoods in Buffalo where the most young people are unemployed typically also host the city’s biggest employers. To connect young people ages 16 to 24 with jobs that could be literally right...
View ArticleIntruder shot by officer had long felony record
The burglar shot to death Monday afternoon by an off-duty Buffalo police officer in the officer’s University District home has been identified as 53-year-old Wayne Andre White, law enforcement sources...
View ArticleSome of ‘Buffalo Billion’ going to Niagara Falls for Moses...
The latest installment of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s “Buffalo Billion” economic-development pledge will be used to help pay for ripping up a portion of the Robert Moses Parkway just south of Niagara...
View ArticleA call to act forcefully on climate change
Trillions of corn kernels scorched last summer across the most fertile agricultural land in the world.The drop in Great Lakes water levels was measured by the foot.Last fall’s devastating East Coast...
View ArticleRegional water system discussed for Northern Chautauqua County
BROCTON – The Chadwick Bay Regional Development Corp. heard a presentation on the prospects for a regional water distribution system when it met Thursday in the Nickel Plate Restaurant. The City of...
View ArticleFamily wants answers after man’s death in ECMC ruled homicide
The recent homicide ruling in the death last November of burglary suspect Richard Metcalf Jr. at Erie County Medical Center has left his parents “emotionally spent,” a family spokesman said.“Again,...
View ArticleSeven charged in Jamestown drug bust
JAMESTOWN -- Three men and four women were taken into custody during Jamestown police raids Friday morning on two apartments at 916 North Main St. where police seized crack cocaine, prescription drug...
View ArticleGang member convicted in shooting that targeted witness
A Town of Tonawanda man was convicted Friday of wounding an innocent female bystander when he was trying to shoot a witness in a murder case just after midnight last Aug. 5.Eric Smith, 23, a member of...
View ArticleOlean schools set policy on students’ use of technology
OLEAN – The Olean Board of Education this week enacted a policy regulating the use of technology in the district. Cso Woodworth, the district’s technology administrator; other administrators; and a...
View ArticleMan convicted of raping best friend’s girlfriend
LOCKPORT – After more than five hours of deliberation over two days, a Niagara County Court jury on Friday convicted a Lockport man of raping his best friend’s girlfriend almost two years ago.Dalvan...
View ArticleTown of Lockport meth lab busted
A 27-year-old Town of Lockport man was arrested and a suspected meth lab in a Ruhlman Road home in the township was busted about 8 a.m. Friday by the Niagara County Drug Task Force and state...
View ArticleMan charged with trying to kill girl loses lawyer
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man charged with the attempted murder of a 7-year-old girl on New Year’s Eve lost his attorney Friday because of a conflict of interest.Assistant Public Defender Michele G....
View ArticleTwo men sentenced on cocaine charges in Niagara
LOCKPORT – The charge was the same but the sentences differed in two drug cases before Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas Friday.Kevin I. Kelly, 19, of John Street, Lockport, went to state...
View ArticleSLA closes University Heights bar for sale of alcohol to minors
Mojo’s, a popular Main Street bar near the University at Buffalo’s South Campus was shut down Friday by the State Liquor Authority for alleged sales of alcohol to minors.Dennis Rosen, chair of the...
View ArticleSky-high workers’ comp claims dominate Niagara board meeting
TOWN OF NIAGARA – Workers’ compensation claims for the Niagara Active Hose Volunteer Fire Company have hit more than $312,000 a year, 10 times greater than the average cost of claims by other...
View ArticleBuffalo man gets 10-year federal prison term for cocaine trafficking
Ramone Perry, 32, of Buffalo, on Friday was ordered by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to serve 10 years in federal prison and then face eight years of post-release supervision on a conviction...
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