Roswell Park opposes Cuomo funding method
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s fondness for making some state aid recipients compete for public funding might be fine for programs like economic development. But health groups, including Roswell Park...
View ArticleIroquois hopes for big turnout in May vote
At the last of four budget work sessions Tuesday, Iroquois School Superintendent Douglas Scofield explained why even a fairly moderate tax levy, like the 2.24 percent increase he’s proposing for...
View ArticleActor to screen movie, speaker at scholarship ball.
tagThe Buffalo Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity will host the 19th annual Daniel R. Acker Scholarship Ball at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo, 2 Fountain Plaza.Actor and...
View Article‘Passport Day’ to offer applications Saturday
Applications for passports or renewals will be accepted Saturday ► 3/9 ◄ at three local locations as part of “Passport Day in the USA 2013.” The Town of Tonawanda clerk’s office will offer the service...
View ArticleFight for Air Climb to benefit Lung Association
The stairways will be alive Saturday morning in One HSBC Center as downtown Buffalo’s tallest building hosts the American Lung Association’s Third Annual Fight for Air Climb.Participants will be...
View ArticleCheck Out Hunger drive draws record donations
Donations set a record in the 21st annual Check Out Hunger drive, the Food Bank of Western New York reported. Customers at nine local food retailers gave $752,931, nearly 2 percent more than last...
View ArticleSource: Pembroke site is top choice for VA cemetery
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has selected a site in Genesee County as the preferred location for a new national veterans cemetery in Western New York, The Buffalo News has learned.The VA is...
View ArticleCheap Eats: Billy Baroo’s is well above par
There was something familiar about “Billy Baroo,” the name of the bar and restaurant inside the Wehrle Golf Dome in Clarence. Something about the sound of the words being murmured, “Billy, Billy,...
View ArticleOhio call center closing in Fort Erie
An Ohio call center operator is shutting down a facility in Fort Erie, laying off the last 65 workers, after it lost the operation’s only contract, for Canadian telecommunications giant Rogers...
View ArticleTwo-alarm house fire on Box Ave. starts in auto
A fire that started in an automobile spread to a nearby house on the 100 block Box Avenue this morning, sending firefighters to a two-alarm blaze.Eight adults living were driven from the two-and-half...
View ArticleDunkirk power plant granted 2-year reprieve from shutdown
The coal-fired power plant in Dunkirk officially won a two-year reprieve from a threatened shutdown Wednesday, under an agreement that will keep the facility operating at a reduced capacity through...
View ArticleCheektowaga police forum looks at violence
Grisly sounds and images of school violence began the Cheektowaga Police Department’s town hall forum on the topic Wednesday night in the auditorium of Maryvale High School.There were wrenching...
View ArticleMan held on felony drug charges after raid
A 31-year-old Rhode Island Street man was arrested early Thursday afternoon in a court-authoritzed raid on his home after a months-long investigation by the narcotics units of the Erie County...
View ArticleMan, 23, charged in Nov. 17 assault at gas station
The arrest of a 23-year-old Herman Street man for an allegedly vicious attack Nov. 17 on another patron of a gas station at Ontario and Skillen streets was announced by Buffalo police officials...
View ArticleHartland woman gets probation for role in burglaries
LOCKPORT – A woman who took part in two November 2011 burglaries was placed on five years’ probation Thursday by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III.Amanda J. Swan, 26, of Drum Road, Hartland,...
View ArticleFalls man gets 2 years in prison for drug-dealing
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man explained his continued involvement in drug dealing Thursday before Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III sent him to state prison.“Why are you still committing...
View ArticleCity transfers ownership of Webster Block to Sabres
The City of Buffalo officially transferred Friday ownership of the Webster Block to the Buffalo Sabres, which will put $2.2 million in the city’s general fund. Cliff Benson, Sabres’ chief development...
View ArticleGenesee County development successes celebrated
BATAVIA – The Genesee County Economic Development Center celebrated one of its most successful years in an annual report Friday at the agency’s annual luncheon.About 200 business leaders and...
View ArticleBridge plan will restore Front Park
Front Park – the first park Frederick Law Olmsted designed and built in Buffalo – will be made whole again six decades after a road was paved through it to reach the Peace Bridge.Work is expected to...
View ArticleMan robs Lockport M&T Bank branch
LOCKPORT – A man wearing gloves, aviator sunglasses and a white piece of tape on his nose robbed the M&T Bank branch at Pine and Walnut streets of an undetermined amount of cash Friday...
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