State’s pension fund shows 10.4% gain for year
ALBANY – Riding a rebound on Wall Street, the state’s largest public pension fund saw a 10.38 percent rate of return in the year ending March 31, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced Monday.The...
View ArticleKali the polar bear cub set to leave Alaska for Buffalo
The hunter thought he had a rare catch, a large polar bear bagged in the northern hinterlands of Alaska.What he didn’t realize was that the bear was a female, with a tiny little cub waiting for her...
View ArticleWhat to do with a waterfront dinosaur 80 feet high?
Back in the 1920s, nobody ever questioned what to do with grain elevators on the Buffalo waterfront.They stored grain.But now the old Cargill Pool Grain Elevator adjacent to Gallagher Beach will be...
View ArticleBuffalo school district reviews $908 million spending plan
The Buffalo school district has rolled out a preliminary $797 million base budget for the next school year that would increase spending by $14 million despite a net loss of staff positions.“We’re...
View Article“Coach O’ remembered for life lessons at JFK High School
Peter Odrobina’s achievements as a coach at John F. Kennedy High School in Cheektowaga, impressive as they were, took a back seat Monday as friends, colleagues and former players remembered Odrobina...
View ArticleWaterfront stadium group offers NFTA $500,000 for outer harbor land
The group promoting a new waterfront stadium for the Buffalo Bills has offered $500,000 to the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority for an exclusive option to negotiate purchase of 150 acres of...
View ArticleCuomo proposes panel of experts to go into localities with ideas, possibly aid
ALBANY – With an increasing number of local governments under financial duress, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is proposing the creation of a state panel of experts to go into communities with ideas and...
View ArticleForestville clerk’s hours extended
FORESTVILLE – New Forestville Mayor Linda Aures on Tuesday evening got the support of the Village Board for increasing the new village clerk’s hours and hiring two temporary employees to help with a...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to fashion and portrait photographer Richard Avedon, born on this date in 1923, “All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.”...GOING TO BAT – In the early 1950s,...
View ArticleCost overrun on new Niagara radio towers trimmed
LOCKPORT – The cost of constructing five new towers for Niagara County’s emergency radio service will exceed the contracted amount, but by less than first feared.County Legislator David E. Godfrey,...
View ArticleManna announces plans to run for Amherst supervisor
The race for Amherst supervisor is starting to take shape.Amherst Council Member Mark A. Manna – the lone Democrat on the Town Board – has requested the endorsement from the Amherst Democratic...
View ArticleFedEx groundbreaking gives region bragging rights
FedEx Trade Networks began construction Tuesday on its new distribution center in the Town of Tonawanda, giving hope to local development officials that the company’s expansion will boost the Buffalo...
View ArticleServotronics’ profits jump, sales fall in first quarter
Servotronics Inc.’s first-quarter profits nearly tripled, despite lower sales, as the restructuring of its cutlery business last year led to sharply lower losses from its knife business.While...
View ArticleRoswell Park gets its own Dunkin’ Donuts
Patients, staff and caregivers now have a new place to buy refreshments at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.Dunkin’ Donuts cut the ribbon on a new full-service kiosk in the hospital’s lobby at Elm and...
View ArticleHamburg School Board refuses to end blogger lawsuit
Hamburg School Board members Tuesday night refused to end a lawsuit that spawned a subpoena looking for the identity of an anonymous blogger.The board voted, 3-2, against a motion by board member...
View ArticleAlden school budget ready for voters
For the first time in four years, the Alden School Board is feeling optimistic about its proposed budget.The 2013-14 financial plan does not contain any cuts to programs or staff. The district is...
View ArticleCity’s garbage-hauling pact leads to 1,000% rise in fuel surcharge
The city’s contract with its garbage hauler includes a provision that has allowed a fuel surcharge to rise by more than 1,000 percent, increasing the amount taxpayers are required to pay for the...
View ArticleTV Chef Fabio Viviani to greet fans at BJ’s
Fabio Viviani has earned the right to sit down. Saturday, the hunky television chef from Florence will welcome fans at the BJ’s Wholesale Club in Amherst. From 11 a.m. or thereabouts, he’ll have brief...
View ArticleMario Williams’ ex-fiancee pushes back with countersuit
Mario Williams fired the first public salvos against his ex-fiancee, essentially calling her a gold digger in a lawsuit to recover a 10.04-carat engagement ring worth $785,000.It was only a matter of...
View ArticleHoskins seeks $2 billion in lawsuit over her horses
Three years after the SPCA raided her Morgan horse farm for alleged animal cruelty – and nearly a year into her ongoing criminal trial in the matter – Beth Lynne Hoskins has filed a civil lawsuit...
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