Buffalo man injured directing traffic
A Buffalo man was injured Friday evening as he was attempting to direct traffic around his stranded semi truck on Packard Road, Niagara Town police reported.The 71-year-old man was struck by a motorist...
View ArticleNiagara fire destroys home on Edgewood Drive
A fire Friday afternoon drove four residents from their home on Edgewood Drive, Niagara Town police reported.The fire alarm was sounded at about noon, and town police and the Niagara Active Hose Fire...
View ArticleFewer meetings, smaller committees for Niagara Legislature
LOCKPORT – Niagara County legislators will meet less than ever in 2013.The schedule of meetings for the new year, distributed at last week’s reorganizational meeting, almost abandons the traditional...
View ArticleNewfane mother ‘taking on the world’
NEWFANE – The diminutive dynamo known as Susan Neidlinger is an independent businesswoman, a Newfane shop owner, fervent promoter of artists and the area, educator, mentor, animal lover and horse...
View ArticleNF Council set to name Choolokian chairman
NIAGARA FALLS – Glenn A. Choolokian appears poised to become the next chairman of the City Council.Choolokian said last week he will nominate himself for the position – to be voted on Monday – and two...
View ArticleNew top cop has vision for Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – The city police superintendent who preceded him is more than two decades older and started on the beat about the same time E. Bryan DalPorto was born.But this doesn’t mean that an...
View ArticleWounded Lewiston Marine honored by County Legislature
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Legislature and the county’s state lawmakers paid tribute last week to a U.S. Marine from Lewiston who was wounded in combat in Afghanistan.Lance Cpl. Christopher T....
View ArticleIndoor farmers’ market brings a bit of summer to West Side
Abby Militello enjoys shopping at local farmers’ markets. It’s something she does in the summertime – but not so much during the winter, because there aren’t any around.“I go through withdrawal in the...
View ArticleFalls tavern owner may well be Notre Dame’s biggest fan
Notre Dame fans and alumni will converge on Miami Monday for college football’s national championship game.Others will cheer from the Notre Dame campus, elated with the program’s return to national...
View ArticleThe remarkable life of Buffalo’s Pi Schwert
The remarkable life of a man nicknamed Pi played out in Western New York years before there ever was a movie or book of the same name. He is largely forgotten now, obscured by time and overrun by...
View ArticleMission gives out warm clothes to homeless vets
NIAGARA FALLS – At least 40 homeless people – many of them veterans of America’s recent wars – were dressed a little warmer Sunday night, and they were a little less hungry because of the generosity of...
View ArticleLockport police to begin handling evictions; sheriff says move is illegal
LOCKPORT – The Lockport Police Department was given the authority last week to begin executing eviction warrants, but the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office said the move violated state law.For decades,...
View ArticleEfforts to acquire stretch of Legacy Drive suffer setback
LEWISTON – The Town Board’s effort to acquire and pave a short section of unfinished Legacy Drive just east of the village line was back to square one after Town Attorney Michael J. Dowd told the Town...
View ArticleFalls man pleads guilty to operating cross-border pot ring
A Niagara Falls man admitted Monday to running a cross-border marijuana ring.Wally Reynolds, 36, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to possess with intent to...
View ArticleSuspicious package found at Niagara air base
The Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station received a suspicious package this afternoon, base officials said, triggering emergency measures at the base.The package was received at 2 p.m. by a civilian mail...
View ArticleFalls man sent to state prison over shooting incident
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man was given a prison sentence Tuesday for firing several gunshots out of the second-floor window of his Pine Avenue apartment on Sept. 5.Jesse A. Johnson, 34, pleaded...
View ArticleDisbarred lawyer jailed for stealing from client’s estate
LOCKPORT – A former attorney who practiced law in North Tonawanda for more than 40 years was sentenced Tuesday to two years in Niagara County Jail for looting a Wheatfield man’s estate of more than...
View ArticleLockport man charged with drunken driving following a rollover crash
ROYALTON – A Lockport man walked away uninjured following a rollover crash on Riddle Road early this morning but faced a number of charges after Niagara County sheriff’s deputies determined he had...
View ArticleSloma resigns as Niagara IDA chairman
WHEATFIELD – Henry M. Sloma, who has been chairman of the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency for more than seven years, resigned today.Sloma said he has a business opportunity which might...
View ArticleNiagara IDA OKs tax break for trash incinerator
WHEATFIELD – Covanta Niagara’s plans to expand its Niagara Falls trash incinerator, including a rail spur to handle municipal garbage from Manhattan, received financial help Wednesday.The Niagara...
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