Amherst board approves permit for would-be chicken owners
The chickens win.Most Amherst homeowners can now apply for the right to raise chickens in their backyards – with conditions.The Town Board voted, 5-1, Tuesday to create a temporary “special-use...
View ArticleBus loses control on slippery roads in Lockport
Roads were slick this morning in Niagara County, where heavy snow hit overnight and this morning, delaying schools an hour in Newfane and Barker. In one case, a Ridge Road school bus driver heading...
View ArticleAmherst motorist who fled deputies charged with DWI
An Amherst motorist who refused to pull over in the Clarence eventually was stopped and charged with driving while intoxicated, Erie County sheriff’s deputies reported this morning.Deputies Simon...
View ArticleSenecas agree to comprehensive street improvements
The Seneca Gaming Corp. has agreed to make street and sidewalk improvements around the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino, and the Common Council on Tuesday agreed to allow the improvements to move ahead....
View ArticleLevesque stepping down as NU president
LEWISTON – The Rev. Joseph L. Levesque took over as president of Niagara University in 2000 and turned the school into a 21st century campus.New buildings, renovated facilities, updated...
View Article2 robberies in Niagara Falls appear to be unrelated, police say
NIAGARA FALLS – Two robberies, one at gunpoint in broad daylight, were reported to city police Tuesday. The heists appear unrelated.A 25-year old man, a driver for H.W. Bryk and Sons Heating and Air...
View ArticleLockport eyes new ticket process for property violations
LOCKPORT – The Common Council is considering a speeded-up process for fining property owners for violating city ordinances on sidewalk snow shoveling, lawn mowing, garbage placement and unlicensed...
View ArticleFBI agent accused of driving without pants granted conditional dismissal
An FBI special agent accused of driving on the State Thruway in Eden without wearing pants will see his charges dismissed if he steers clear of additional trouble for the next six months.John A....
View ArticleIroquois home-school policy stands on no extra activities
The Iroquois Central School Board, after months of debate and fact-finding, has decided not to change the district policy of excluding home-schooled students from extracurricular activities.Board...
View ArticleElmwood Village to host Green Code meeting
The Elmwood Village Association will host a meeting on the city’s proposed comprehensive zoning code at 10 a.m. Saturday at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, 875 Elmwood Ave. The city’s Office of...
View ArticleThree promoted in Lockport Fire Department
LOCKPORT – Matthew O. Streckewald has been promoted from captain to assistant chief of the Lockport Fire Department, Alderman and Fire Board member Patrick W. Schrader said Wednesday.Streckewald, a...
View ArticleDealia Hughes turns 100
Age really is just a number for people like Dealia Hughes.The Buffalo resident lived on her own until she was 99. She cooked her own meals, shopped for her own groceries and handled her own...
View ArticleNew BOCES superintendent knows Silver Creek well
SILVER CREEK – Former Silver Creek School Superintendent David O’Rourke visited the Board of Education on Wednesday evening in his new role as superintendent of Erie 1 BOCES.O’Rourke, who said he will...
View ArticleSchumer seeks testing for veterans’ families
WASHINGTON – The Buffalo VA Medical Center should offer health testing not only to the veterans who may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C, but also to their family members and...
View ArticleGOP delays showdown over cuts, debt ceiling
WASHINGTON – House Republicans, once bent on again tying an increase in the federal debt ceiling to cuts in spending, punted on both issues Wednesday, passing a bill that lifts the debt limit for four...
View ArticleJudge sends ailing ex-convict back to jail
The twisted story of Frank J. Morrocco, an ex-convict from Amherst who suffers from leukemia, took another turn Wednesday afternoon when a federal judge sent him back to jail, at least until Feb....
View ArticleUpset by loss of historic mansion, Elma residents back construction halt
More than 100 residents packed Elma Town Hall Wednesday night as the Town Board held a public hearing on its decision to establish a one-year moratorium on the construction of new multifamily housing...
View ArticleNFTA to embark on a $4.5 million plan to transform Niagara Street commute
Plodding along Niagara Street on the No. 5 Metro Bus these days hardly qualifies as the ultimate commuting experience.The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority is about to change all that.A $4.5...
View ArticleFalls man shot as he opens door
A man was shot in the chest as he opened the door at 607 Elmwood Ave. in Niagara Falls just before 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, city police reported.The shooter shot the victim in the doorway and fled.“There...
View ArticleBuffalo School Board grants tenure to 358 teachers
The Buffalo School Board on Wednesday granted tenure to 358 teachers – many of whom have been working in the district a decade or more – and, by doing that, took another step toward correcting years...
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