Reporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett, born on this date in 1946, “These changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes,/ Nothing remains quite the same./ Through all of the...
View ArticleHoover’s Dairy – offering egg nog with no equal
SANBORN – Chris Phillips of Wilson walked into Hoover’s Dairy just before 9 a.m. Friday and, without anyone asking, made clear that he was a man on a mission: “I have to get more egg nog before it’s...
View ArticleVolunteers install solar array at Haitian school
Volunteers working through the Solar Liberty Foundation navigated official corruption and geographic challenges to bring electricity to a village on an island off the coast of Haiti, where a crew...
View ArticleDisabled painter’s Christmas cards brighten season
The artwork Larry Deskiewicz creates by moving the paintbrush affixed to a bicycle helmet on his head relaxes the muscles that his cerebral palsy makes tight and makes him feel good in general.“It...
View ArticleNeedy find food for body and soul at annual dinner
Christmas dinner came a day early Monday for about 450 Buffalo residents in need.They came in all ages, shapes and sizes. Some of the elderly used wheelchairs or walkers. Some of the homeless came in...
View ArticleFormer Quad/Graphics plant in Depew sold for $4.4 million
An investment group is paying nearly $4.4 million for the former Quad/Graphics printing plant in Depew, with plans to subdivide the massive facility for a collection of manufacturing and distribution...
View ArticleOrchard Park apartment complex to be auctioned
A 29-unit apartment complex in Orchard Park is going up for auction early next month.Cash Realty & Auctions will put the Rose Hill Mews property at 4481 S. Buffalo St. on the block on Saturday,...
View ArticleTheft ring busted at Clarence Walmart
A shoplifting ring at the Walmart Superstore in Clarence was broken up on Monday, when State Police charged four employees with stealing thousands of dollars by not ringing up merchandise or scamming...
View ArticleSuspicious blazes keep firefighters busy
Two suspicious fires – one in the city’s Genesee-Moselle neighborhood, one in Black Rock – are under investigation by Buffalo fire officials.Firefighters were called at 8:04 p.m. Monday to extinguish a...
View ArticleWork by UB, Amherst firm could expand area’s biotech industry
Sjogren’s syndrome is a frustrating disease.The most common symptoms are deceptively simple – dry eyes and a dry mouth. But the disorder is often dismissed or misdiagnosed until the condition leads to...
View ArticleDonors brighten holidays for thousands
A glistening white Christmas tree, with wrapped presents peeking out from beneath decorated branches, brought sparkle and holiday cheer to Bernice Montanez and her family.But the Season of Giving...
View ArticleChristmas morning armed robbery attempt takes place in Elmwood area
Two women were approached by a man with a rifle early this morning in the city’s Elmwood neighborhood, Buffalo police said.The women were standing in a driveway on Lexington Avenue, near Richmond...
View ArticlePolice, white Christmas Eve foil Schiller Park burglary
Police tracked footprints in the snow to solve a Christmas Eve burglary in the city’s Schiller Park neighborhood.The thieves kicked in a rear door of a house on Rogers Avenue late Monday and stole a...
View ArticleMan stabbed during strange encounter on East Side
A man told Buffalo police today that he was sliced with a kitchen knife by an unknown assailant at Erb and Genesee streets near the city line.Marshawn Barclay, no age or address available, said he was...
View ArticleSouth Buffalo teen accused of multiple car break-ins
A 19-year-old has been charged with breaking into more than two dozen vehicles in South Buffalo, police said Tuesday.Nicholas White, no address available, was charged with third-degree burglary, petit...
View ArticleCounty Legislature endorses $25 million NCCC project
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Legislature last week endorsed a $25 million enlargement of the library and some classrooms at Niagara County Community College.The resolution committed the county to...
View ArticleElma official calls for code book review
Elma Councilman James Malczewski wants the town to take a closer look at the code book regarding townhouses, condos, senior apartment complexes, apartment buildings and multifamily dwellings.Meanwhile,...
View ArticleE. Aurora eyeing long-stalled Roycroft, village improvements
The Village of East Aurora would see two new welcome signs and snazzy improvements to two old alleyways along Main Street, while the Roycroft Campus would get new landscaping, reconfigured parking...
View ArticleBrant man charged with felony DWI after rollover crash
A Town of Brant man faces felony drunken driving and other charges following rollover crash Tuesday in North Collins.James R. Nelms, 29, of Orchard Meadows Drive. was found by Erie County sheriff’s...
View ArticleBody found in Webster home is believed to be killer’s sister
WEBSTER – An ex-con killed two firefighters with the same caliber and make military-style rifle used in the Connecticut school massacre after typing a note pledging to burn down his neighborhood and...
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