Bid to lower DWI threshold stirs debate
A federal safety board stirred up debate Tuesday when it recommended that states cut the threshold for drunken driving almost in half – from a blood alcohol content of 0.08 percent to 0.05...
View ArticleFalls School Board candidates cover teacher evaluations, other issues at forum
NIAGARA FALLS – The six candidates for the Niagara Falls School Board spent the better part of two hours Tuesday night making their cases to voters about why they should be elected next week.At a...
View ArticleTimeline set for group to study Ken-Ton schools consolidation
The Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda School Board on Tuesday set a timeline for incorporating a focus group of community stakeholders into the school consolidation study under way in the district.Applicants...
View ArticleIn Focus: Peter Cimino, Lloyd Taco Truck
The region’s emerging food truck industry has been in the news in several communities. The Common Council recently voted to lower the first-time fee for food trucks from $1,000 to $800 and changed...
View ArticleAngelina Jolie’s mastectomies provoke conversation, awareness, worry
When news broke Tuesday morning that a healthy Angelina Jolie got a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer, several people contacted Kelli Cravey.They know that Cravey wants to have both of her...
View ArticleLetter tries to ease Peace Bridge fallout
ALBANY – A group of state lawmakers Tuesday offered an olive branch to Canadian Peace Bridge officials, urging them to keep on track a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’’ to begin a historic pilot...
View ArticleGarner sentenced to 18 years amid specter of Wienckowski case
Before Antoine J. Garner was sentenced to 18 years in prison Tuesday for three separate violent crimes, his attorney told the court that the sentencing would close the book in his client’s case.But...
View ArticleBorder fee study hits dead end in House committee
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration’s proposal to study imposing a fee for crossing the land borders of the United States met a dead end at a congressional committee Wednesday thanks to Rep. Brian...
View ArticleFurloughs for civilians at Niagara air base to begin in early July
Furloughs for civilian employees of the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 914th Airlift Wing at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station will begin on July 8.About 360 employees will be furloughed one day a week...
View ArticleColor of faces in race could be deceiving
On the surface, it seems emblematic of a modern community, enough to prompt a visitor looking at mayoral campaign posters this summer to think, “What a progressive place!”The Democratic primary in...
View ArticlePublic help sought in search for Buffalo bank robber
Buffalo police today called for public help in locating a “person of interest” they want to talk to concerning the robbery of the M&T Bank branch May 6 in the 400 block of William Street.The...
View ArticleNew Grape Discovery Center will open May 25 in Westfield
WESTFIELD – The Grape Discovery Center on Route 20 in Westfield will open for visitors May 25. The new center has been a project of the Concord Grape Belt Heritage Association, which promotes grape...
View ArticleWith community ‘hurting,’ Salamanca school budget calls for no...
SALAMANCA – For the second year in a row, property taxpayers in the Salamanca City Central School District will see no increase in their school tax for 2013-14, according to Superintendent Robert J....
View ArticleFredonia Schools to raise property taxes
FREDONIA – Local property taxes in the Fredonia Central School District would increase for the 2013-14 school year under a proposed budget of $28 million, according to School Superintendent Paul...
View ArticleOlean Schools seek to hike property taxes
OLEAN – Property taxpayers in the Olean City School District will be presented with a proposed tax levy increase of 2.8 percent in a budget of $37.61 million for the 2013-14 school year, according to...
View ArticleRoss, Lockport funeral director, to be appointed coroner
LOCKPORT – Michael A. Ross, co-owner of two Niagara County funeral homes, is to be recommended for appointment to a vacant Niagara County coroner seat.Ross, 52, of the City of Lockport, was chosen...
View ArticleVote pits Bruno against Rumore for head of Buffalo teachers’ union
In one corner for the Buffalo Teacher Federation presidency is Phil Rumore, the incumbent running for a 17th term to maintain the union’s current path.In the other is Marc Bruno, a history teacher at...
View ArticleDemolition moratorium for Trico faulted as landmark status is sought
An effort by city lawmakers to at least temporarily hold off on demolition of the Trico complex, a nationally designated historic structure, isn’t enough, preservationists said Wednesday.The Common...
View ArticleBank’s deal for Olean school falls apart
A plan by Community Bank System to buy a vacant former elementary school in Olean and convert it to a loan operations center has fallen apart, after the bank found that the conversion costs far...
View ArticleAssemblyman Ryan wants tax breaks for Batavia store investigated
Assemblyman Sean Ryan is urging state officials to launch an investigation into whether tax breaks that the Genesee County Economic Development Center approved this month for a Dick’s Sporting Goods...
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