Council tries to get tough on corner stores
When an entrepreneur who wanted to open a convenience store on Bailey Avenue went to the Common Council to get approval, lawmakers already were skeptical, as police had advised against granting the...
View ArticleSUNY fee hike scuttled
ALBANY – An effort to hike fees charged to tens of thousands of undergraduate and graduate students at most State University of New York campuses has been scuttled.Expansion of the Academic Excellence...
View ArticleNew fee for demolition work in Falls has its ups and downs
NIAGARA FALLS – A new plan to regulate the demolition business in the city isn’t expected to drive away the companies that tear down its blighted structures.But a yearly fee attached to the plan has...
View ArticleHopes for ‘Draft Day’ film may rest on financing
We’ve dreamed of the Bills returning to the top of the heap after nearly two decades of mediocrity or worse.Now Hollywood thinks that dream may worth telling, too.Here’s the plot: a Bills general...
View ArticleTrial tacks spread of sex trafficking to suburban sites
When people hear tales of young women and underage girls forced into prostitution, they think of places like Malaysia and South Africa, not Amherst and Cheektowaga.But it was in Buffalo’s suburbs...
View ArticleEden school chief resigns, is replaced by interim
The Eden Central School District has parted ways with its superintendent.Superintendent Ronald K. Buggs has resigned and is being replaced by an interim until the district hires a permanent...
View ArticleMeeting sought on Hamburg teacher evaluation plan
Teachers and administrators in the Hamburg Central School District will get back to negotiating on Monday in hopes of coming up with a teacher evaluation plan in time for this week’s state...
View ArticleBarker sets meeting with experts on feral cats
BARKER – The Village Board has invited experts to discuss solutions to the burgeoning local feral cat problem during a special information session at 6 p.m. Monday.The meeting will be held in the...
View ArticleClarence mural evoking railroad past gathers steam
The West Shore Railroad will chug back into Clarence Hollow, on a mural planned for a highly visible blank space in the hamlet.A black-and-white mural featuring a locomotive and passenger cars will be...
View ArticleCenter aims to perform Little Wonders
NIAGARA FALLS – A multi-faceted program of education for teenage parents and care for their infant children will open soon in an area where it may be able to do the most good – next door to Niagara...
View ArticleNew service at Lewiston Library opens up the past
LEWISTON – If you are interested in finding out more about your family’s history, the Lewiston Public Library is making it easier than ever. The library has become an official “FamilySearch Center,”...
View ArticleFrom the blotter / Police calls and court cases, Jan. 2 to 9
A Lewiston-Porter school bus aide said she was threatened by a female student from Niagara Academy.Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said a case has been filed in Cambria Town Court against the...
View ArticleSon of jail suicide victim sues Niagara County
LOCKPORT – The son of a man who threw himself to his death minutes before he would have been taken to state prison on a rape conviction filed suit against Niagara County last week.The lawsuit claims...
View ArticleAt-risk family reacts to VA misstep; Collins calls for thorough review
Authorities say there’s a “very small risk” for the hundreds of Buffalo VA Medical Center patients who may have been exposed to HIV or hepatitis through the inadvertent reuse of insulin pens over a...
View ArticleSlaughter’s parting gift is a lesson in politics
ROCHESTER – Louise M. Slaughter never fit the mold of a typical Buffalo pol.A woman representing Buffalo in Congress? Unheard of.Neither did she satisfy other “requirements” – ethnic, Catholic,...
View ArticleReport sheds light on Buffalo School administrator’s firing
As a high-ranking Buffalo Public Schools administrator, Debbie Buckley oversaw more than $100 million of federal grants that were intended to help impoverished students in the nation’s third-poorest...
View ArticleAngela Berti: Playing a role in Wallenda falls walk
NIAGARA FALLS – When Angela Berti got her job as a state park public affairs coordinator here, with an office view of the bridge her grandfather Joe helped build, it was a thrill to tell him. “He was...
View ArticleA rocking farewell to Mohawk Place
After more than 20 years, the majority of them spent as the hub of the indie-rock scene in Buffalo, Mohawk Place will close for good today. So the venerable club threw itself a farewell party this...
View ArticleMan charged with stealing assault weapons on East Side
Northeast District police arrested a Dewey Avenue man Saturday in connection with the theft of assault weapons and other firearms in a burglary at a Wyoming Avenue home.Jamar T. Carney, 21, was...
View ArticleUniversity Heights burglaries reported by returning students
Three burglaries were discovered Sunday at University Heights apartments by college students returning from their winter break.The burglaries occurred since Dec. 15 and all three were committed within...
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