Heavy rains turn Lake Erie into a toilet
Imagine a 241-mile-wide toilet. That is what Lake Erie becomes when heavy rains overwhelm the 100-year-old pipes and our municipal wastewater systems.Overflow systems automatically discharge liquid...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to English novelist Arnold Bennett, born on this date in 1867, “It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.”...To Our Servicemen and WomenYou answered...
View ArticleBicyclist, back from injury, thanks responders
Dan Humiston smiled Sunday as he finished his 50-mile bike ride through Southern Erie County.It went a lot smoother than a year ago, when he was coming down a hill on Trevett Road in Concord, hit a...
View ArticlePooches to spend fewer days at Cheektowaga kennel before adoption
It’ll be a shorter pit stop on the road to possible new homes for dogs that end up in Cheektowaga’s kennel.The Town Board has changed the dog ordinance to reduce the impound period from five business...
View ArticleCOMING UP: Community Events
Williamsville SCHOOLS: The Williamsville Board of Eduction will review the district’s New York State report card data and the 2012-13 wellness report as part of the agenda when it meets at 7 p.m....
View ArticleRecord-handling problems said to date back further
In response to claims that top Erie County administrators were unaware of the improper disposal of confidential social services records until April, a social services employee said last week that she...
View Article3 vie for Council seats in North Tonawanda
NORTH TONAWANDA – Two people have announced their candidacy for open seats on the North Tonawanda Common Council, and one incumbent has announced his bid for re-election.Donna Braun, of Lincoln...
View ArticleOne or two injured in bar fight
A fight at the 4Play nightclub on Chippewa Street early Sunday morning resulted in one woman taken to the hospital with a cut on her face, and possibly a second woman sustaining an injured hand,...
View ArticleTires and rims stolen from car
When a Riverside man went to his car Sunday morning, it was all there -- except the tires.The man’s 2008 Honda was parked in front of his Clayton Street sitting atop bricks. The tires and rims had...
View ArticleSpringville feed mill burns
Four fire companies responded to a fire that broke out at the Gramco feed mill Sunday afternoon in Springville.The fire broke out around 2 p.m. at the mill, located at 299 Waverly St., according to a...
View ArticleGunshot victim in critical condition
A Buffalo man remained in critical condition Sunday night after being shot multiple times on the 200 block of Roslyn Street early Saturday morning.According to a police report, an unknown man fired...
View ArticleGrider Street man reports theft of doors, furnace, paint
Whoever broke into a Grider Street home was either very strong -- or came with a truck.The victim of the burglary told police that three doors, tiles, paint and a furnace were stolen from a house he...
View ArticleCreatures invade Lake Erie
An Asian carp was pulled from the Scajaquada Creek where it flows into the Black Rock Channel. Now, take a moment and catch your breath. This occurred May 17, 2007. It appears to be the only...
View ArticleShooting victim found dead in East Side alleyway
A man apparently shot in front of a store in the city’s East Ferry-Moselle area late Sunday night was found dead in a nearby alleyway, Buffalo police reported early Monday.Authorities have not...
View ArticleTonawanda man surrenders to police after two-hour standoff
A two-hour standoff ended peacefully early this morning in the Town of Tonawanda when police negotiators convinced a man to leave his home and surrender to police. The man had told his wife he wanted...
View ArticleNew focus on freshmen and life skills sets Lake Shore apart
It’s 8:05 on a weekday morning, and the students in a sunny room in Lake Shore High School look a little sleep-fogged.Some sort through backpacks. A few stare into space.This is their first class of...
View ArticleMissing City of Tonawanda teenager found safe
Several hours after City of Tonawanda police sought the public’s help in locating a missing teenager, detectives reported late Monday afternoon that the girl has been located, safe and unharmed, in...
View ArticleState’s delays in assigning risk level to sex offenders prevents...
When Philip M. Gray completed his federal prison sentence for child pornography in February, the former D’Youville College sociology professor returned to Amherst and registered as a sex offender with...
View ArticleStriving to reform a military culture where commanders can condone...
WASHINGTON – You might find it shocking to hear that the world’s greatest fighting force estimates that an average of 71 sexual assaults occurred within its ranks on any given day last year.Or to hear...
View ArticleSix people flee from Sunday night fire in Masten Park area
The Red Cross was called to assist three adults and three children routed from their Masten Park home by a fire that caused an estimated $30,000 in damage Sunday night, Buffalo fire officials...
View Article