Buffalonian sentenced in drug case
A 26-year-old Buffalo man today was ordered by U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to serve a 58 month prison term on his conviction for conspiring to possess and distribute heroin. U.S. Attorney...
View ArticleFederal court child pornography plea
A 27-year-old Buffalo man pleaded guilty before U.S. Judge Richard J. Arcara today to a receipt of child pornography charges. John Luchetti faces a possible prison term of up to 29 years and a fine of...
View ArticleMissing girl in Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls police today sought public help in finding Breana Rose Schram, a 17-year-old Niagara Falls girl who was last seen walking her dog Monday in the area of 27th and Niagara Streets.Police...
View ArticleTeen sentenced for grisly North Buffalo killing
A teenager convicted of first-degree manslaughter for participating in the grisly stabbing of another teen last summer in North Buffalo was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison, the maximum...
View ArticleToxic algae and Lake Erie’s dead zone
Buffalo News special report, Fourth of five parts on the health of Lake Erie-----Massive algal blooms covered thousands of square miles on the other end of Lake Erie in 2011. Some warn the next ones...
View ArticleTry Sweet_ness 7’s egg sandwich with pesto
In recent months, Prish Moran, the owner of both Sweet_ness 7 cafés (220 Grant St., 883-1738 and 301 Parkside Ave., 834-1954,) has been busy reshaping her popular breakfast-all-day...
View ArticleZoo hosts BuffaLove Fest
Celebrate “everything Buffalo” at the first BuffaLove Fest taking place at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Buffalo Zoo.There will be food trucks, artisans who specialize in Buffalo-themed goods, as well as...
View ArticlePhotographer Marshall Scheuttle’s ‘Borderland’ on...
A major solo exhibition of photographs by local artist Marshall Scheuttle will go on view Saturday in CEPA Gallery (617 Main St.). The show, called “Borderland,” contains a series of portraits and...
View ArticleAfter 53 years, Locust Street art center is going strong
At any time of year, a visit to the Locust Street Neighborhood Art Classes is likely to renew your faith in the power of the arts to transform lives. The storied organization on the edge of the Fruit...
View ArticleDriver with prior DWI blows a 0.22 reading
A Depew driver with a prior DWI conviction was charged Wednesday night with driving with a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit after State Police said he pulled out of gas station and...
View ArticleMissing 17-year-old girl is found unharmed
NIAGARA FALLS – A 17-year-old girl who was reported missing Wednesday was found by police at about 9 a.m. today on 19th and Falls streets.The girl, who was walking to a friend’s house, told police she...
View ArticleMike’s Deli Sandwiches is worth the trip
Mike’s Deli Sandwiches is a small place with its front door on the side of the building that faces Military Road across from the Fashion Outlets. There are two four-person tables, a counter with...
View ArticleContractor seriously injured in an industrial accident
NIAGARA FALLS – A 20-year-old contractor working on construction of the new Greenpac Paper Mill project at Norampac was seriously injured Thursday morning when his leg became trapped between two large...
View ArticleSecurity scare at Grand Island elementary school
Erie County sheriff’s deputies on Thursday investigated a threat of harm allegedly made at Kaegabein Elementary School on Grand Island, officials reported.School officials notified the Sheriff’s...
View ArticleState Thruway worker arrested in Albion
ALBION – A 55-year-old New York State Thruway Authority worker was remanded Thursday to the Orleans County Jail by Albion Town Justice Gary Moore after his arrest by New York State Police...
View ArticleFive Star secures top executives with agreements
If Five Star Bank were to be sold, the new owner would find it quite expensive to remove three of the bank’s top executives for at least a year after the deal.Five Star’s parent company, Warsaw-based...
View ArticleSynacor opens Boston area office
Synacor Inc. has opened an office in suburban Boston that will become one of three engineering hubs for the Buffalo Internet content provider, staffed by as many as 25 new hires.But a Synacor...
View ArticleBMHA may have broken transparency laws
Executives and commissioners of the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority apparently violated open-government laws when they went into a closed-door session Thursday, apparently to discuss the recent...
View ArticleTotes coming to West Seneca and Lackawanna
It’s taken seven years, but the lid is about to slam shut on garbage-seeking rats in Buffalo’s first-ring suburbs.Bids will be opened this morning for garbage and recycling totes in the Town of West...
View ArticleRiverside raid nets 21 arrests, guns and drugs
Twenty-one people were arrested and police seized four guns, quantities of crack cocaine, heroin and crystal methamphetamine and more than $42,000 in a series of raids in Riverside that started late...
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