Former Falls official pleads guilty to corruption
For steering business to a favored contractor, former Niagara Falls Building Commissioner Guy A. Bax received an expense-paid fishing trip, free golf outings, home repairs that included a remodeled...
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 ArticleTwo copper thefts in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Two unrelated copper thefts were reported Monday, and in one the burglar was caught in the act.In the 500 block of 24th Street, the property owner told police he arrived at the house...
View ArticleMan arraigned on armed robbery, store theft charges
LOCKPORT – James A. Connell, 36, of Bellreng Drive in the Town of Niagara, was arraigned in Niagara County Court Tuesday on an indictment charging him with robbing a 7-Eleven store on Hyde Park...
View ArticleSex offender jailed for failing to register
LOCKPORT – A Level 3 sex offender was sentenced Tuesday to a year in Niagara County Jail for failing to send in his annual address verification form to Albany last year.“I’m inclined to believe this...
View ArticleProbation violator jailed in stolen car case
LOCKPORT – A resident of the Tuscarora Indian Reservation was ordered Tuesday to serve a year in Niagara County Jail for violating the terms of his probation for knowingly buying a stolen car in March...
View ArticleLockport Cave plans new visitor center
LOCKPORT – Lockport Cave, the city’s second-biggest tourist attraction, will have a new visitor center this season, co-owner Thomas Callahan said Tuesday.The city Zoning Board of Appeals granted eight...
View ArticleTrio caught with cocaine by Lockport police
LOCKPORT – Three people were charged with drug possession following a routine traffic stop at 5 p.m. Monday on State Road.Justin J. Snead, 21, of Lincoln Place, Lockport ,was charged with failure to...
View ArticleLocal Right to Life group headed to Washington march
The Buffalo Regional Right to Life Committee will send buses to the March for Life Friday in Washington, D.C., marking the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion in the...
View ArticleNews seeking candidates for diversity advisory board
The Buffalo News is seeking candidates for its 2013 diversity advisory board to provide feedback on the paper’s coverage of minorities. The board will meet quarterly or more with News editors and...
View ArticleNiagara Town Board deadlocks on additional duties for engineer
TOWN OF NIAGARA – The Town Board was deadlocked Tuesday on a proposal to give additional duties to the town engineer.With Supervisor Steven C. Richards absent from the meeting, the four councilmen...
View ArticleFor winemakers, time to chill out
It didn’t get warmer than 11 degrees Tuesday in the Lake Ontario hamlet of Burt.With the wind chill, it felt like it was minus 15 – the sort of bone-chilling, eyeball-numbing cold that sends even the...
View ArticleSomething new to local Catholics: a married priest
A husband and father of three daughters will become the area’s first married Roman Catholic priest when he is ordained Saturday in Allegany County.Bishop Richard J. Malone of the Catholic Diocese of...
View ArticleIn Focus: Jill Jedlicka, Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper
Local waterways have the potential to foster what some call a “blue economy.” Some view them as our greatest regional asset. Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper is a not-for-profit group that works to protect...
View ArticleGovernor’s plan for pensions: fiscal relief or financial gimmick?
The question revolving around Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s plan announced Tuesday to allow local governments and school districts to “lock in” stable pension contributions during future years was this:...
View ArticleFalls going into reverse on parkway plan
NIAGARA FALLS – City leaders are casting doubt on a plan to reconfigure the Robert Moses Parkway at the entrance to Niagara Falls State Park.The plan would turn the four-lane highway’s southern...
View ArticleLewiston village board weighs using town’s water system
LEWISTON – Some water bills would be higher and some would be lower if the village’s public water system were turned over to the Town of Lewiston, members of the Village Board were told Tuesday.Board...
View ArticleThomas P. Denn, banker and investment adviser
June 27, 1933 – Jan. 21, 2013LEWISTON – Thomas P. Denn, a banker and investment adviser who was active in many community organizations, died Monday at his home in Lewiston. He was 79.A native of...
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 ArticleFalls man seriously wounded as he opens door
Police in Niagara Falls are looking for a single gunman who shotA man was shot in the chest as he opened the door at 607 Elmwood Ave. in Niagara Falls just before 2:30 a.m. this morning, police...
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