Development group works on image of Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – As the owner of some of the most coveted – and potentially valuable – real estate in upstate New York, Niagara Falls Redevelopment has a vested interest in seeing to it that people...
View ArticleNiagara Cerebral Palsy is big loser at trial
Only the jurors know for sure the turning point in the 17-day trial, when they turned against the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Niagara County.Jurors deliberated only about two hours Tuesday...
View ArticleAir Base’s new mission is a controversial one
WASHINGTON – The lifeline that Congress threw to an Air National Guard unit in Niagara Falls last week may end up being a death sentence someday for terrorists holed up in the hills of Pakistan, Yemen...
View ArticleEx-student wrestler sues opponent over herpes
A former Williamsville South student who claims to have contracted skin herpes at a high school wrestling tournament last year has sued his opponent, three high schools and the doctors who cleared the...
View ArticleIndoor firing range debuts at Air Reserve Station
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station officials last week opened a new $6.5 million indoor firing range.The 28,000-square-foot small-arms range will provide year-round firearms training for...
View ArticleFormer county executive urges quick search for next Bills owners
The Buffalo Bills should act sooner, rather than later, to search for a new ownership group willing to tackle the heavy debt load of buying the team and possibly building a new stadium, the team’s...
View ArticleShooting suspect’s statement should be suppressed, lawyer says
LOCKPORT – The attorney for Niagara Falls shooting suspect Paul E. Buck Jr. argued last week that his client’s statement should be ruled inadmissible for his upcoming trial.Dominic Saraceno of the...
View ArticleSnowstorm Wednesday into Thursday to follow White Christmas
Virtually all Western New Yorkers will enjoy the perfect kind of white Christmas on Tuesday – with a light coating of snow creating a picture-perfect Christmas postcard, but not enough snow or howling...
View ArticleDonors brighten holidays for thousands
A glistening white Christmas tree, with wrapped presents peeking out from beneath decorated branches, brought sparkle and holiday cheer to Bernice Montanez and her family.But the Season of Giving...
View ArticleWhite Christmas to be followed by whiter post-Christmas
Virtually all Western New Yorkers should enjoy the perfect kind of white Christmas today – with a light coating of snow creating a picture-perfect Christmas postcard, but not enough snow or howling...
View ArticleHoover’s Dairy – offering egg nog with no equal
SANBORN – Chris Phillips of Wilson walked into Hoover’s Dairy just before 9 a.m. Friday and, without anyone asking, made clear that he was a man on a mission: “I have to get more egg nog before it’s...
View ArticleCounty Legislature endorses $25 million NCCC project
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Legislature last week endorsed a $25 million enlargement of the library and some classrooms at Niagara County Community College.The resolution committed the county to...
View ArticleMan in Newfane Highway warehouse said he lived there
NEWFANE – A man found inside the warehouse of the town Highway Department on Monday afternoon claimed to live inside the facility, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies reported.Shortly before 4:30 p.m.,...
View ArticleMan on probation arrested after gunfire incident in Lockport
A man identified by police as a convicted sex criminal was arrested late Tuesday after a gunshot was fired at a suspected Lockport drug house.Kenneth W. Houghton Jr., 31, of Walnut Street, was arrested...
View ArticleNiagara County denied trust fund share, still seeks land
LOCKPORT – Niagara County has been denied a share of the Oppenheim Zoological Society’s trust fund, but a judge has yet to rule on whether the county may grab the 15.3-acre site of the former Oppenheim...
View ArticleNCCC gets $2.5 million in grants
SANBORN – Niagara County Community College has received four grants totaling nearly $2.5 million, President James P. Klyczek announced.The largest grant is $350,000 each year for five years from the...
View ArticleBuffalo weathers first snowstorm in a couple years
Western New Yorkers were shoveling out their driveways – and their neighbors, too – Thursday following a winter storm that dumped about a foot of heavy snow across the region overnight.The snowstorm,...
View ArticleFalls YMCA offers open house New Year’s Day
NIAGARA FALLS – An introduction to a variety of fitness classes will be offered during a free open house program from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on New Years’s Day in the Niagara Falls Branch of the YMCA of...
View ArticleHeritage plan wins U.S. approval
LEWISTON – Congress has approved a 327-page management plan and environmental assessment that will permit a local commission to “begin to build the capacity of local historical societies and civic...
View ArticlePowerful storm brings back the snow
Look around. Seem familiar?It’s been a while since Buffalo took the brunt of a full-fledged winter storm. The last real blast, in December 2010, caught an array of plow crews flatfooted and stranded...
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