New assistant principal named at Heim Middle
Andre Thomas has been appointed the new assistant principal at the Williamsville District’s Heim Middle School, effective Sept. 23.Thomas has served as the assistant principal at Burgard Vocational...
View ArticleCuomo expected to talk today at City Hall
LOCKPORT – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is expected to speak at Lockport City Hall this afternoon, city officials learned Wednesday.Cuomo’s appearance is expected to include an update on state efforts to aid...
View ArticleVeterans have opportunity to learn about benefits
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara County military veterans who want to learn about benefits available to them will have the opportunity at 7 p.m. today in LaSalle Post 1142, American Legion, 8643 Buffalo...
View ArticleDiocese ends worship role for St. Ann Church
St. Ann Church will not function as a Catholic worship space any longer, but the Diocese of Buffalo has agreed to explore possibilities other than demolishing the venerable East Side structure.A...
View Article3rd debate raises fact-check issues in Buffalo mayoral contest
The mayoral candidates threw around figures, debated ideas and avoided the topics they did not want to talk about.The third debate Tuesday for Mayor Byron W. Brown and his challengers, Bernard A....
View ArticleState taps BNE to run its suite at ‘The Ralph’
ALBANY – The Cuomo administration is keeping its suite at Ralph Wilson Stadium, but it has turned over the suite’s management and tickets to a local business group.Months after coming under criticism...
View ArticleWash down bacon treats with beer at Beer & Bacon Fest in Williamsville
As if running a candy store wasn’t enough to get the neighbors envious, Gayle Hardick has been cooking pans full of bacon in her Village Sweet Shop (1 Buffalo St., Hamburg).“When I make bacon in my...
View ArticleBuskerfest brings international talent to the streets of Niagara Falls, Ont.
Street performers from around the world will descend on a stretch of asphalt in Niagara Falls, Ont., this weekend for the Niagara Falls Buskerfest, a weekend-long tribute to the ancient art of...
View ArticleAs Curtain Up! approaches, theaters unveil new seasons
With the official opening of the 2013-14 theater season just weeks away, several companies have firmed up their production schedules.The New Phoenix Theatre will open the season with the comedy “Venus...
View ArticleMayor to receive Rotary award
By Robert J. McCarthy Some days it's good to be an incumbent when running for re-election as mayor of Buffalo. Mayor Byron W. Brown, facing a challenge from former FBI agent Bernard Tolbert,...
View ArticleMan dies in Allegany County industrial accident
ANDOVER – A 79-year-old man died Wednesday afternoon when he was by hit steel components that fell from a hydraulic oil rig in Allegany County, State Police reported.The victim, Douglas L. Wightman of...
View Article‘Grain Dances, Steel Floats’ reflects on Buffalo’s...
Last September, during the Music is Art Festival in Delaware Park, dancers Nancy Hughes and Scott Slocum performed on boats floating in Hoyt Lake for spectators on the shore at the invitation of local...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to billionaire investor Warren Buffett, born on this date in 1930, “The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not...
View ArticleState education commissioner is in town
A state ruling on the Buffalo Public Schools’ transfer plan for students in failing schools will be delayed until after education officials come up with plan to have the district absorb students from...
View ArticleCuomo brings $2.27 million in checks to Niagara County flood victims
LOCKPORT – Patricia Garver of Lockport opened the envelope Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo gave her today, gasped and started to weep.It was a check for $31,900, the maximum allowed under the state’s flood aid...
View ArticleLockport man jumped and robbed in hallway of his apartment building
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – A Dysinger Road man said he was lured out of his apartment in the 6600 block to meet with a woman he knew and then was struck by an unknown man who demanded his money just before...
View ArticleDriver stopped for speeding, charged with drunken driving
WHEATFIELD – A driver stopped for driving 63 in a 45 per hour zone at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday in the 2100 block of River Road was found with beer cans under the front seats and had a blood alcohol level...
View ArticleTwo men charged in an attempted break-in at a Falls gas station
NIAGARA FALLS – Police responding to a burglary in progress at 4:20 a.m. Wednesday at a gas station in the 8600 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard arrested two men at the scene.Jason Laufenberg, 39, of...
View ArticleJury acquits defendant in New Year’s Day shooting
A 23-year-old Buffalo man was acquitted this week on several charges, including attempted murder, stemming from a New Year’s Day shooting on Bailey Avenue.After a week-long trial before Erie County...
View ArticlePinnacle to operate as a Buffalo public school
Pinnacle Charter School students this year will continue attending classes in the same Ash Street building they have grown accustomed to, but the school will operate as a Buffalo public school, not a...
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