What to do about the Skyway?
What to do with the Skyway – the stretch of raised highway that sweeps along the lakeshore suspended 10 stories above marinas, sailboats, grain elevators and 27½ acres of waterfront? Politicians, a...
View ArticleOrchard Park passes open-container law banning street use of alcohol
You won’t be able to walk down the street or sidewalk in the Town of Orchard Park drinking a beer, and you’ll need a permit to sip a glass of wine at Yates Park this summer.Town Board members...
View ArticleDominican wins 10-year battle to become U.S. citizen
Nothing, not the threat of deportation, not the ensuing 10-year legal battle, not even six years in the Batavia detention center, made Carlos Garcia waver.Even while representing himself – he didn’t...
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School election ballots and more for Erie, Niagara counties
Voters in every Western New York community outside of Buffalo will head to the voting booth next Tuesday (May 21) to consider school budgets, school board candidates and propositions. The following...
View ArticleFalls roofer admits defrauding now-destitute elderly man out of $600,000
LOCKPORT – A high-rolling roofer pleaded guilty Wednesday to defrauding a retired Lewiston businessman out of more than $600,000 over a six-year period and squandering it at Seneca Niagara...
View ArticlePsychologists, social workers, stadium funding restored to city school budget
Plans to eliminate dozens of school psychologists, social workers and other student support staff from next year’s Buffalo schools budget were scrapped Wednesday in response to concerns from parents...
View ArticlePowerball jackpot soars to $475 million
DES MOINES, Iowa — So you didn’t win Wednesday’s $360 million Powerball jackpot? Make that you and everyone else.A message early today on the multistate lottery’s website said the jackpot has soared...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists decry plan to truck weapons-grade N-waste through N.Y.
Accident. Fire. Terrorism.Sometime this summer, high-level, weapons-grade radioactive waste is expected to pass through New York State – maybe through the Buffalo Niagara region – on flatbed trucks...
View ArticleOrphaned polar bear cub arrives but may not stay long
Buffalo rolled out the red carpet for its newest polar bear cub Wednesday.But Kali’s time at the Buffalo Zoo may be short-lived.“As far as we know today, the decision is just to keep Kali here through...
View ArticlePolice seek Tonawanda Street bank robber
A white male wearing a dark short sleeved shirt and a dark hat is being sought by Buffalo police for a holdup at the M&T Bank branch in the 700 block of Tonawanda Street about 11:30 a.m. today....
View ArticlePublic help sought in probe of Orchard Park home burglary
Orchard Park police are seeking public help in their continuing investigation of the theft of $9,000 worth of jewelry during a residential burglary at 3894 Baker road sometime Wednesday morning....
View ArticleRoad rating system helps officials more accurately prioritize repairs
LITTLE VALLEY – As data improves on road conditions in Cattaraugus County, crews are better able to find problems and to make more permanent repairs. The use of a new road scoring system has made road...
View ArticleDunkirk drug court honors five graduates, others
DUNKIRK – The Dunkirk City Treatment Court celebrated National Drug Court Month at a graduation this week in City Hall.The ceremony honored the five graduates who completed their rigorous recovery...
View ArticleState approves court work at Cattaraugus County center
LITTLE VALLEY – The State Unified Court System has approved preliminary plans for renovation of the courtroom section of the Little Valley County Center.The approval will be on the agenda for the next...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to syndicated newspaper columnist Harriet Van Horne, born on this date in 1920, “There are days when any electrical appliance in the house, including the vacuum cleaner, seems...
View Article2-year-old dies in backyard pool
A two-year-old boy who wandered away from his Crane Place home drowned about 1 p.m. Thursday in a nearby backyard pool on Cowper Avenue in the Town of Tonawnanda.Police withheld the name of the boy,...
View ArticleJudge frustrated by further delay in case of strangled 5-year-old
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III, frustrated by the failure of an expert to deliver a report that could be used in defense of a murder suspect, began setting deadlines...
View ArticleHigh-speed chase ends in crash, arrest of driver
A man in his early 30s was arrested by Buffalo Police Strike Force officers when a high-speed chase ended with his crashing his pickup truck into a utility pole at Main and Utica streets after grazing...
View ArticleSheriff Howard on SAFE Act: ‘I won’t enforce it’
It’s no secret Sheriff Timothy B. Howard is opposed to New York’s new gun-control law.But Howard, who is running for re-election this year, is now ratcheting up his opposition by filing a friend of...
View ArticleOld Falls Street concert schedule announced
NIAGARA FALLS – Food and free live music highlight this year’s activities on Old Falls Street, which were announced Thursday.Among the new features at the three-block downtown area, between Third...
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