July 14-21 / Niagara County faith-related events
Monday PRAYER: The Healing Rooms of Buffalo Niagara is open to pray for anyone who needs physical, emotional or spiritual healing, 7 to 9 p.m., Potters House Christian Community Church, 723 Seventh...
View ArticleSpecial edition of ‘Marble Orchard’ planned
LEWISTON – “The Marble Orchard: Spirits of 1813” offers vignettes of various historical Lewiston figures in full period costume, with special free performances planned for Friday, Saturday and Sunday...
View ArticleCutting overgrown medians in Falls down to size
NIAGARA FALLS – They’ve been greeting visitors to downtown for a couple of months now.Slowly, they’ve been disappearing, but not as fast as many people would like.Tall weeds – sometimes as high as...
View Article‘Operation Primetime’ uses summer fun to give back to Buffalo...
For about a decade now, Diamond Solomon of Buffalo’s Riverside neighborhood has looked up to the staff at Northwest Buffalo Community Center as mentors.They have provided Solomon with a variety of...
View ArticleFalls house fires damage two homes
Three adults required housing assistance from the American Red Cross today after fire ripped through the Niagara Falls home they were living in at 1967 Falls St.Niagara Falls firefighters responded to...
View ArticleSalamanca woman arrested for DWI after hitting pole
Erie County sheriff’s deputies charged a Salamanca woman with driving while intoxicated and other charges early today following a one-car accident on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation.Deputy Ryan...
View ArticleSomerset motorcycle crash with deer hospitalizes two
Two people thrown from a motorcycle this afternoon after striking a deer in the Town of Somerset were taken to a local hospital, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said.Deputies did not identify the...
View ArticleShort in stature, D-Day survivor finds himself long on luck
Surviving World War II amounted to a matter of inches for Carmen M. Pariso.On Utah Beach, during the Allied invasion on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the 5-foot-2 Pariso realized that being short was a good...
View ArticleSouthtowns Meals-on-Wheels to drop to one meal a day
With the Southtowns Meals-on-Wheels program projecting a budget shortfall of between $15,000 and $20,000 this year, its board decided last week to reduce the number of meals clients receive each...
View ArticleDunkirk Drug Court to recognize graduates
DUNKIRK – Four more recovering substance abusers will be honored when Dunkirk City Court’s Drug Court holds its summer graduation and open house at 11 a.m. Thursday in the courtroom in City Hall. The...
View ArticleLong-delayed remediation of Olean wastewater plant to cost $20 million
OLEAN – Problems with the wastewater-treatment plant have been around for about as long as the building has been in operation, according to a city official. In fact, since the building was...
View ArticleFamilies of Flight 3407 victims want NTSB to reopen investigation
WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board should open a new chapter in its investigation of the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 following disclosures by a former Colgan Air...
View ArticleTaste of Buffalo off to its 30th opening
No matter their cuisine or signature dish – and there were many – restaurateurs from the more than 50 local establishments represented at this weekend’s Taste of Buffalo festival had one goal and one...
View ArticleMotorcyclist hurt in collision with deer
SHERIDAN – A Silver Creek man sustained injuries this morning after a deer entered the roadway and he struck it with his motorcycle, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office said.John McAlevey, 56, was...
View ArticleToys R Us offers $25,000 reward in June killing
Toys R Us, the scene of a Town of Hamburg killing more than two weeks ago, has offered a $25,000 reward in the case that has left police still unsure whether the slaying could have been a botched...
View ArticleGenesee County Fair starts Tuesday
BATAVIA – The Genesee County Fair, an annual tribute to agriculture and 4-H programs, will open a five-day run Tuesday at the fairgrounds on the East Main Street Road.Opening day of the 174th...
View ArticleCity extends splash pad hours
In response to high temperatures, the city has extended hours for splash pads and a pool, and opened cooling centers through Wednesday. The city’s 11 splash pads will close at 8 p.m. tonight, Tuesday...
View Article91 degrees? For Western New York, that’s hot
We won’t see any record-setting temperatures, and folks in the American West might be giggling at what we find oppressive, but Western New York is going through a hot, humid and relatively...
View ArticleTops to make major donation to new Children’s Hospital
Tops Friendly Markets is expected today to announce a major donation for a mother-baby unit in a new Kaleida Health children’s hospital downtown.The gift, described as a multi-million dollar donation...
View ArticleResurfacing of Kensington Expressway to last until June 2014
Traffic is will be affected nightly well into 2014 on the Kensington Expressway as the state Department of Transportation initiates $18.4 million in two improvement projects on one of the region’s...
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