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Longtime newspaper carrier killed in a car crash

TOWN OF NIAGARA – Judith B. Sparks, a longtime carrier for the Niagara Gazette died following an automobile crash on Porter Road late Tuesday. The cause of crash appears to be health related.Sparks,...

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Attempt to thaw water lines turns destructive in Lockport

LOCKPORT – Frigid temperatures contributed to a fire that destroyed an old, stone-framed house on North Transit Street.The homeowner told officials the blaze started about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, after he...

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Dufour named to vacancy on Lockport Town Board

LOCKPORT – Patricia Dufour was appointed to the Lockport Town Board today, taking the seat left vacant by the Nov. 17 death of Paul H. Pettit.Dufour’s appointment to the Town Board is valid through...

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Man absconds during sex crime trial

LOCKPORT – Paul S. Turley, on trial in Niagara County Court on charges of molesting two small girls repeatedly during the late 1990s, went missing during Wednesday’s lunch break.Turley, 47, who gave...

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Work progresses on Trek site; funding doesn’t

LOCKPORT – Corporation Counsel John J. Ottaviano said Wednesday that asbestos removal and interior demolition at Harrison Place is almost complete. The work is needed for Trek Inc. to move its...

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NT man who put out girlfriend’s eye imprisoned

LOCKPORT – Donnell J. Kent, already serving state prison time for three Niagara Falls burglaries, picked up additional prison time Wednesday for blinding his girlfriend in the right eye by shooting...

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Cheektowaga woman jailed for selling cocaine

LOCKPORT – A woman who sold cocaine Oct. 3 in North Tonawanda was sentenced to a year in Niagara County Jail Wednesday by County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.Sharee R. Bailey, 20, of Vern Lane,...

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2 robberies in Niagara Falls appear to be unrelated, police say

NIAGARA FALLS – Two robberies, one at gunpoint in broad daylight, were reported to city police Tuesday. The heists appear unrelated.A 25-year old man, a driver for H.W. Bryk and Sons Heating and Air...

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Lockport eyes new ticket process for property violations

LOCKPORT – The Common Council is considering a speeded-up process for fining property owners for violating city ordinances on sidewalk snow shoveling, lawn mowing, garbage placement and unlicensed...

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Three promoted in Lockport Fire Department

LOCKPORT – Matthew O. Streckewald has been promoted from captain to assistant chief of the Lockport Fire Department, Alderman and Fire Board member Patrick W. Schrader said Wednesday.Streckewald, a...

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Schumer seeks testing for veterans’ families

WASHINGTON – The Buffalo VA Medical Center should offer health testing not only to the veterans who may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C, but also to their family members and...

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Niagara Falls shooting victim identified by police

NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Falls man shot in the chest while he was at a home on Elmwood Avenue Wednesday morning has been identified by police.Cornelius Brinson, 28, of 19th Street is now in stable...

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Lockport man found with painkillers in traffic stop

LOCKPORT – A Lockport man pulled over in a traffic stop by city police on Wednesday also faces felony drug charges after police caught him trying to stash pill bottles under a car seat.Daniel L....

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Man charged in Lockport bar brawl

LOCKPORT – Though a reward had been offered, it was good old-fashioned police work that brought in a man wanted in a city bar fight.Cory W. Arnold, 33, of Orchard Street, was charged this week with...

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Copper pipes stolen from vacant Niagara Falls house

NIAGARA FALLS – The owner of a house on C Street that has been vacant for more than two months reported a theft of more than $2,000 worth copper pipe and wiring.The owner told police Wednesday that he...

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Falls man charged with stealing auto parts

NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Falls man was charged Wednesday in the theft of an estimated $3,000 in metal parts from a Highland Avenue automotive garage.Romond M. Lamar, 29, of Cleveland Avenue, was...

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Middleport man on parole faces indecency charge

LOCKPORT – A routine search by a state parole officer led to charges of indecency and endangering being filed against a Middleport man.David L. Vercruysse, 38, of Main Street, was charged Wednesday...

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Trial postponed in 5-year-old’s death

LOCKPORT – The time needed for a defense expert to conduct a psychiatric examination of murder defendant John R. Freeman Jr. will force a postponement of the Feb. 25 trial stemming from the death of...

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Boot camp recommended for Falls man with illegal gun

LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man was recommended Thursday for the state prison system’s boot camp-like “shock incarceration” program as a penalty for possession of an illegal handgun and some...

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Sex offender to be imprisoned after committing new crime

LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda sex offender admitted in Niagara County Court Thursday that he violated his probation last month by having sexual contact with a 17-year-old boy.At sentencing March 21,...

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