Pegulas help officially break ground for HarborCenter
Terry Pegula took a break from the disappointing season his Buffalo Sabres are having to bring the city a bit of good news.Pegula – who is seldom seen or heard around Buffalo – was in town on Saturday...
View ArticleTolls tell the tale of two bridges
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration’s approval Friday of a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ont., might at first glance seem to be a sign that the Motor City has its border-crossing act...
View ArticleRain puts strain on area drains
The robins love it. There is nothing like a good rain to make the earthworms come out, and when they do – they’re gone.Drenching rain – the area has had more than 3 inches this week alone – also tends...
View ArticleSpringville man faces felony drunk driving charge
A Springville man faces a felony drunk driving charge after being arrested Saturday night for the second time in four years, according to the Erie County Sheriff’s Office.Nicaiah Ausman, 26, was...
View ArticleFire in garage of Newfane home chases resident
NEWFANE – One resident fled from a home at 3948 Lockport-Olcott Road Saturday night after a fire broke out in the attached garage, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said.The blaze at 9:30 p.m. was...
View ArticleGPS units targeted in pair of Falls car break-ins
NIAGARA FALLS – Global positioning systems were targeted in two car break-ins unday morning, Niagara Falls police said..One car was parked in the lot of the Days Inn on Main Street, police said. A...
View ArticleTourists on coffee break lose their passports in car break-in
NIAGARA FALLS – Passports were among items stolen from the car of two tourists who had stopped for coffee in a Niagara Falls Boulevard business about 9:15 a.m. Saturday, police said.A Texas woman and...
View ArticleDWI charged lodged after vehicle crashes into ditch in Marilla
An Orchard Park woman was charged with driving while intoxicated early Saturday after her car crashed on Two Rod Road in Marilla, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office said..Kristin E. Isaksen, 34, of...
View ArticleWe deserve the best deal on Maid of the Mist
It’s not about saving power plant rubble at the edge of the Niagara River. Or whether a preservation group is working with a California company to block the Maid of the Mist. It’s about getting the...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: A favorite lyric from blues singer Bessie Smith, born on this date in 1894, “I ain’t good-lookin’, but I’m somebody’s angel child.”...A Glorious April DawnColors of exquisite beauty...
View ArticleTwo charged with aggravated DWI in Chautauqua County
MAYVILLE – Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies charged two drivers with aggravated driving while intoxicated following arrests early Sunday.Steven L. Taber, 43, of Sunset Drive, Town of Hanover, was...
View ArticleCub Scout lauded for saving diabetic mom
By Harold McNeilNews Staff ReporterIn just two months as a member of Cub Pack No. 139 of the Boy Scouts of America, 6-year-old DeMaris Scarver has learned to become a better listener and sharpened his...
View ArticleNew law alerts women to risk posed by dense breasts
Lisa Zybert has dense breasts.It is a condition that is not uncommon and is completely benign.But having dense breast tissue can mask cancers on mammograms, and when women know their breasts are...
View ArticleUB ‘hackers’ demonstrate a knack for creating useful apps in a...
The University at Buffalo’s North Campus can be a confusing place, with or without a map.So a team of UB computer science students decided to develop a smartphone app for that.It took them just 24...
View ArticleGlimpse of a pilot inspires WWII role flying P-47
John T. Wozer started from the ground up in becoming a pilot with the Army Air Forces.After graduating from St. Bernard High School in Bradford, Pa., he found work with the Army Corps of Engineers...
View ArticleBidding planned for Lincoln Ave. reconstruction in Lockport
LOCKPORT – Bidding for the reconstruction of Lincoln Avenue, one of the Lockport area’s largest road projects, is expected in December.Richard W. Eakin, Niagara County deputy public works commissioner...
View ArticleLockport schedules public planning session for ideas on downtown
LOCKPORT – Citizens with ideas on how to improve conditions and offerings in downtown Lockport will have a chance to voice them Saturday. A design workshop to be held in the Dale Association, 33...
View ArticleArchitectural historians’ event ends with an accent on...
If the just-concluded 66th annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians were a building, it likely would qualify for landmark status.The four-day gathering, which attracted 620...
View ArticleAmherst man taken to ECMC after fall from tree
Getzville firefighters and Amherst police were called to a Countryside Lane home early Sunday afternoon for the report of a man injured in a fall from a tree.The call, which came in at 12:23 p.m.,...
View ArticleTwo officers hurt, seven charged during UB Spring Fest melee
Two University at Buffalo campus police officers suffered minor injuries while breaking up skirmishes late Sunday afternoon during Spring Fest 2013, a concert in Alumni Arena sponsored by the UB...
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