Schoellkopf Health Center names Durno administrator
NIAGARA FALLS – John R. Durno, a health care administrator with more than 25 years of experience, has been appointed administrator of Schoellkopf Health Center effective June 24.The nursing home is...
View ArticleBusiness incentive programs are focus of free workshop
CAMBRIA – A free workshop for current or prospective businesses interested in learning about incentive programs offered by local and county economic development agencies is set for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday...
View ArticlePasserby pulls groggy man from Batavia creek
BATAVIA – A mystery man is being credited with helping rescue a conscious but groggy man who was spotted floating down Tonawanda Creek Saturday morning.A resident in the Walnut Street area heard...
View ArticleFight outside Broadway bar leads to box cutter attack
The victim, who was treated at Erie County Medical Center, told Ferry-Fillmore District police that an unknown woman cut him on the left side of the face outside the bar, at about 1:15 a.m. Police...
View ArticleMan attacked with hammer in Bailey-East Delavan area dispute
A Buffalo man was taken to Erie County Medical Center by a relative after he was struck in the head by his hammer-wielding girlfriend early Saturday morning in the city’s Bailey-East Delavan area,...
View ArticleBennett students’ nonviolence agenda seeks to repair image
Bennett High School was the target of much online vitriol after 10 of its students were arrested recently for allegedly assaulting and robbing an elderly man in Shoshone Park.It didn’t sit well with...
View ArticleNew memorial for Hispanic American military veterans unveiled
It’s hard to miss the new memorial on Buffalo’s waterfront that honors Hispanic American military veterans.In front of the USS The Sullivans at the Naval and Military Park, the memorial is alongside...
View ArticleWest Seneca boy, 10, joins mom’s fight against breast cancer
Anthony Joseph Walczak may only be 10 years old and stand 4 feet 6 inches tall, but the West Seneca boy has a super-sized heart – full of giving, fight and deep compassion.His impressive inner...
View ArticlePeace Bridge unity fell apart in December
Back on Oct. 12, Canadian and American members of the Peace Bridge Authority gathered at Fort Erie, Ont., headquarters to amicably and routinely approve construction projects for the next several...
View ArticleSpecial Olympics bring 1,800 to Western New York
The teen sprinters stood ready at the starting line, battling any pre-race jitters they might have had as they eyed the 100-yard straightaway ahead of them on the University at Buffalo Stadium track...
View ArticleParty lines drawn on Niagara County tourism contract renewal
LOCKPORT – Two competing resolutions on a new contract with Niagara County’s tourism promotion agency are on Tuesday’s County Legislature agenda.The majority Republicans are proposing only a one-year...
View ArticleA firefighter’s stirring story
Dec. 29, 1995: Roof collapses on Rescue 1’s Donald J. Herbert at 6:54 a.m., trapping him beneath debris and starving him of oxygen for six minutes. Firefighters storm back into burning house and pull...
View ArticleHonor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishment of Western New Yorkers
Helen Ferraro-Zaffram received the Bar Association of Erie County’s 2013 Lawyer of the Year Award at the group’s 126th annual dinner Wednesday in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. Ferraro-Zaffram is...
View ArticleThe fight behind injured firefighter’s miracle
After almost a decade in a semiconscious state, Donald J. Herbert woke up lucid on a Saturday afternoon in April 2005 and was talking and catching up with family and friends – for nearly 16 hours that...
View ArticlePeople Talk: A conversation with Robert Clemens
Principal Robert Clemens doesn’t use the word “throwback” to describe his disciplined style of running an elementary school. Instead, when he tries to explain why his Buffalo P.S. 81 on Tacoma Avenue...
View ArticleCheektowaga Central to expand alternative school programs
Teachers and staff at the Pine Hill Education Center hope to spread the successes of the middle and high school alternative programs to the elementary school level.During a presentation for the...
View ArticleAround Town / Niagara County meetings and hearings this week
The Barker School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the district’s administrative offices, Quaker and Haight roads.The Planning Board will meet at 8 p.m. Monday in Town Hall, 4160 Upper Mountain...
View ArticleKickboxer is devoted to his community
Amer Abdallah has an ambition to become a world champion kickboxer, and he is determined to bring Western New York along for the ride.In his first fight since entering the World Kickboxing...
View ArticleNational Guard pitches in on Bond Lake ditches
LEWISTON – The trails and drainage ditches at Bond Lake Park are getting some attention these days in a project that benefits the county and also provides training to local soldiers.About 20 to 25...
View ArticleWhat do you know about Buffalo’s most famous politician?
t’s been a good couple of years for Grover.A new book, “The Forgotten Conservative: Rediscovering Grover Cleveland,” by John M. Pafford, lays out Cleveland’s life and makes the case that the two-term...
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