Faithful stick with St. Ann Church
They were ousted from their beloved church and told the repairs needed to get back in could cost as much as $12 million.But a small group of plucky Catholics cannot let go of St. Ann Church on...
View ArticleA secret plan finds perfect home for overlooked dog
Vinny Marano and his fiancee, Heather VanDette, went from zero dogs in their Cheektowaga home to three. And Maggie, a 70-pound red pit bull, who frightened VanDette when they met, is now her...
View ArticleLawmakers approve funds to complete Lewiston Road project
NIAGARA FALLS – The end of the reconstruction of Lewiston Road is within sight.City lawmakers on Monday approved an additional $204,000 in work for Accadia Site Contracting of Depew, work the city...
View ArticleUlrich City Centre sold to Tonawanda firm
LOCKPORT – Developer David L. Ulrich announced Monday that the sale of Ulrich City Centre, the 13-store development in the heart of downtown Lockport, has been completed.Sinatra & Co. Realty of...
View ArticleHolland Schools reinstate girls swim team
The Holland School Board has reinstated the girls varsity swim program for next year after pleas from the community and swimmers forced it to rethink the budget-cutting move.“We certainly heard you...
View ArticleWith lawsuit looming, Hamburg board sets hearing to reconsider zoning change
Hamburg Town Board members took steps Monday night for a do-over.The board scheduled a public hearing on a change in the zoning code – the identical amendment that it approved in February to allow an...
View ArticleWoman dead, man wounded in drive-by shooting on E. Ferry and Stevens
One woman is dead and a man is being treated at Erie County Medical Center following a drive-by shooting at East Ferry and Stevens avenues about 8:30 p.m. MondayThe woman was pronounced dead at ECMC...
View ArticleSupreme Court to weigh recess appointments
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear what could become a landmark case on the limits of the president’s power to make appointments – along with a defining moment in the career...
View ArticleAssemblywomen blame Cuomo’s strategy for failure of ‘equality...
ALBANY – The death of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s much touted “women’s equality agenda” was the result of a poor strategy that relied too much on outside women’s rights organizations and not enough on a...
View Article$100,000 wedding underscores economic impact of gay marriage
For two decades, Jimmy- lee Taglis, of Buffalo, designed gowns and tuxedos for other people’s weddings.But he never dared dream about having a wedding of his own.“There was always a tear in my eye...
View ArticleCuomo touts successes, but business groups repeat complaints
The state legislative session now behind him, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday touted Albany’s accomplishments in 2013 and sought to re-enforce his commitment to an upstate region he said is often...
View ArticleDaughter’s out-of-control party in Hamburg prompts mother to act
What happened in Hamburg two weeks ago played out like a Hollywood script involving teens, alcohol and an empty house.And it had a bad ending – most notably a family car stolen and set on fire.A...
View ArticleNation’s big-city police chiefs’ group supports SAFE Act
New York’s sheriffs have been outspoken in their opposition to the state’s new gun-control law.Now the nation’s big-city police chiefs are wading into the legal fight.And they support the SAFE...
View ArticleState grants Time Warner major tax breaks for call center
Time Warner Cable will get more than $3.1 million in state tax breaks for bringing 152 new jobs to the edge of Buffalo’s East Side, officials said Monday, as the Cuomo administration threw out the...
View ArticleTwo years after ‘big splash’ from gay marriage, Falls strives...
NIAGARA FALLS – When New York State legalized gay marriage almost two years ago, many in Niagara Falls saw the potential to rekindle its image as the “honeymoon capital.”Most business owners and...
View ArticlePartially decomposed body found in yard on East Side
A corpse, apparently partially decomposed, was found by Buffalo police in a backyard in the first block of Fisher Street Monday afternoon.Homicide Squad detectives and the Crime Scene Unit were sent...
View ArticleTrimming of Amherst Town Board looks to be a go
The downsizing of the Amherst Town Board from six members to five has been given what appears to be a final green light after years of contentious debate.The board voted Monday not to mount a legal...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to British writer and publisher Ernest Benn, born on this date in 1875, “Liberty is being free from the things we don’t like in order to be slaves of the things we do...
View ArticleFabiatos third superintendant in a decade
Cathy Fabiatos, principal of Pine Valley Junior-Senior High School, was selected Saturday morning at a special board meeting as the new superintendent of the Holland Central School District.“I look...
View ArticleA hurdle to new SPCA site cleared
The removal of a deed restriction for the proposed new site of the SPCA Serving Erie County has been requested by the West Seneca Town Board, eliminating another hurdle toward next spring’s...
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