The remarkable life of Buffalo’s Pi Schwert
The remarkable life of a man nicknamed Pi played out in Western New York years before there ever was a movie or book of the same name. He is largely forgotten now, obscured by time and overrun by...
View ArticleTitus Avenue blaze causes $40,000 in damages
An early-morning fire at a vacant Titus Avenue house caused about $40,000 in damages, according to the Buffalo Fire Department.Firefighters were called to the scene at 44 Titus, which is just north of...
View ArticleDyngus Day flap tops Cooper’s 2012 ‘RidicuList’
Remember that little to-do last year over Buffalo’s Dyngus Day celebration and Anderson Cooper’s reaction?You know, some people got a little bothered when the CNN host giggled uncontrollably during a...
View ArticleNational Federation for Just Communities to present Community Leader Awards
The Rev. Darius G. Pridgen, senior pastor at True Bethel Baptist Church and Buffalo’s Ellicott Council member, will be among the individuals and organizations honored by the National Federation for...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to President Millard Fillmore, born on this date in 1800, “Nothing brings out the lower traits of human nature like office-seeking. Men of good character and impulses are...
View ArticleHamburg teacher plan submitted to state for approval
Hamburg Central School officials submitted an unsigned teacher evaluation plan to Albany late last week, and district officials hope that doing so will save hundreds of thousands of dollars in state...
View ArticleMission gives out warm clothes to homeless vets
NIAGARA FALLS – At least 40 homeless people – many of them veterans of America’s recent wars – were dressed a little warmer Sunday night, and they were a little less hungry because of the generosity of...
View ArticleLockport police to begin handling evictions; sheriff says move is illegal
LOCKPORT – The Lockport Police Department was given the authority last week to begin executing eviction warrants, but the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office said the move violated state law.For decades,...
View ArticleTwo new strains creating busy flu season; vaccinations urged
Public health officials are recording a busy flu season and again urge people to seek vaccinations if they haven’t already received one.“This year we are seeing much more flu compared to last year with...
View ArticleGaming and grooming shop aims to empower young men.
When it comes to cutting and styling hair, the barbers at Game Time Experience and Groom Zone Barbershop don’t play around.But the customers are certainly welcome to. A bank of 20 Microsoft Xbox and...
View ArticleMarines becomes a second ‘family business’
At 19 years old, Brett C. Scheuer realized there was more to life than making pizzas – even if it was the family business– and decided to join the Marine Corps. He figured it would be a passport to the...
View ArticleSloma resigns as Niagara IDA chairman
WHEATFIELD – Henry M. Sloma, who has been chairman of the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency for more than seven years, resigned today.Sloma said he has a business opportunity which might...
View ArticleMultiple accidents on I-86 due to black ice
Freezing rain has caused slippery conditions on Interstate 86, leading to multiple accidents midday today, according to the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office.Black ice was reported on I-86 from...
View ArticleNiagara IDA OKs tax break for trash incinerator
WHEATFIELD – Covanta Niagara’s plans to expand its Niagara Falls trash incinerator, including a rail spur to handle municipal garbage from Manhattan, received financial help Wednesday.The Niagara...
View ArticleCuomo outlines wide-ranging agenda in State of the State address
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo took a hard left turn Wednesday in his annual State of the State speech – one reminiscent of those his liberal father regaled New York with for 12 years – calling for...
View ArticleFalls man charged for his role in a shooting that injured a 2-year-old
A Niagara Falls man wanted in the shooting of a 2-year-old girl in late November turned himself in to police Wednesday and is being held without bail in the Niagara County Jail.Willie R. Scott Jr.,...
View ArticleNT man arraigned in DWI case
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda man, who has served state prison time for drunken driving in the past, pleaded not guilty this week to a fresh indictment charging him felony driving while intoxicated and...
View ArticleFire-damaged Depew youth club plans to rebuild
The recently refinished hardwood floor still gleams in the gymnasium of the Depew-Lancaster Boys & Girls Club, but near the door, you have to cut through a layer of soot to see it. “This is all...
View ArticleMan who illegally sold painkillers gets prison sentence
A Buffalo man was sentenced Wednesday by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to 57 months in prison for selling prescription pills.Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael McCabe said Deshawn McLorn...
View ArticleTown of Lockport man sent to prison for probation violation
LOCKPORT – A Town of Lockport man who violated the terms of his probation in a grand larceny case was sentenced to one to three years in prison Wednesday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon...
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