$1.53 million in contracts awarded to build Lancaster indoor baseball facility
The proposed Lancaster indoor baseball training facility got a major green light Tuesday night when town leaders awarded $1.53 million in multiple construction contracts for the complex to be built in...
View ArticleTonawanda’s Riverview School roof replacement is on budget
Tonawanda City School District officials who were concerned about facing another major and costly roof replacement breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday night, as construction managers reported the...
View ArticleOrchard Park School Board eliminates Little Debbie snacks
Lunches will look a little different at Orchard Park Central schools in September.Little Debbie brand Cosmic Brownies and Zebra Cakes, snacks that have been available for purchase a la carte, will be...
View ArticleKen-Ton board hears from focus group on consolidation
The Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda School Board has said all along it wants community input before deciding what action it will take, if any, in an ongoing school consolidation study.This week, board...
View ArticleAttitudes on women still at issue for Tolbert amid lawsuits from years with...
As Bernard A. Tolbert ramps up his Democratic primary election campaign for mayor of Buffalo, he touts an impressive résumé with titles such as senior vice president of security for the National...
View ArticleResidents question BOCES plan for East High School
Parents, staff and graduates of East High School on Monday night questioned why Erie 1 BOCES should have anything to do with running the school.State Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. has...
View ArticleOlean again seeking developer for former bank building
OLEAN – For the second time since the former Manufacturer’s Hanover Bank building has been held by the city Urban Renewal Agency, a search for developers is under way. In late June, the previous...
View ArticleDemocrats target GOP clerk in Niagara election petition dispute
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Democrats this week asked the Sheriff’s Office to investigate whether County Legislature Clerk Mary Jo Tamburlin notarized a false statement on an election petition, which...
View ArticleLost Martin House window going up for auction Aug. 3
The geometric-patterned window composed of small pieces of shimmering pink, gold and aquamarine glass was installed in a local home’s interior wall, behind an outer storm window.And there it stood,...
View ArticlePanera Bread’s arrival raises competitive stakes on Buffalo’s...
Corporate chain Panera Bread is now taking on the local restaurants and markets on the Elmwood Strip.Panera on Wednesday cut the ribbon on its newest and largest Western New York location at 765...
View ArticleTonawanda couple hit with huge sewer line repair bill
When Friday’s powerful rainstorm hit Western New York, Matt and Stephanie Thomas noticed a peculiar odor emanating from their basement on Dupont Avenue in the Town of Tonawanda.“Our sump pump was...
View ArticleProposed tobacco ban limited to Chautauqua County-owned buildings
MAYVILLE – Members of the Chautauqua County Legislature on Wednesday amended a proposed local law that would have prohibited tobacco use on any county-owned lands. At the regular meeting held in the...
View ArticleTown of Lockport scraps revaluation plan
LOCKPORT – There will not be a townwide property revaluation in 2014, the Town Board decided Wednesday.Assessor Jill Lederhouse had proposed a complete reassessment of every property, but Town...
View ArticleHamister balks at Niagara Falls Council’s demand to raise land price
NIAGARA FALLS – The City Council majority wants more money for the city-owned land in a $25 million proposed downtown development project, but the developer said publicly Wednesday that he won’t pay...
View ArticleHealth officials probe medical waste discarded in Hamburg
Someone dumped a large amount of medical waste along a stretch of Southwestern Boulevard between Pleasant Avenue and Lakeview Road in the town of Hamburg, and the Erie County Health Department along...
View ArticleClarence town officials join push to relocate toll barrier
Officials from the Town of Clarence on Wednesday joined the ranks of local politicians demanding that the congestion-plagued Williamsville toll barrier be moved farther east along the Thruway.At a...
View ArticleLost hikers rescued in gorge
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – The Niagara Parks Police High Angle River Team helped the Fire Department to rescue three lost hikers in the Whirlpool Gorge about 6 p.m. Wednesday.Men from both agencies...
View ArticleStacking the deck against Buffalo’s six ‘failing schools’
Some Buffalo high schools are set up to succeed.Others just aren’t.Last month, the state Education Department highlighted the dramatic decline in Buffalo Public Schools graduation rates, which fell to...
View ArticleArtists, audiences converge on Allentown for the 8th Buffalo Infringement...
The Buffalo Infringement Festival – our rising city’s loudest, longest and most egalitarian arts event – has served as a beacon for artists with big imaginations and miniscule budgets since its quiet...
View ArticleRoss Warhol’s Bloom makes Chautauqua County produce into fine dining...
At 25, Chef Ross Warhol has done training stints in some of the world’s best kitchens, like Spain’s El Bulli, the French Laundry in California, and Alinea in Chicago. ¶ Then he returned to Chautauqua...
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