Hospitals fined for readmitted patients
Lillian Cretacci went into Mercy Hospital sick on Christmas Eve, and when she returned to her West Seneca home a few days later, the hospital did something hospitals never used to do.She received...
View ArticleTransportation chief defends slow funding
The Buffalo region has received less than half of the money it was promised for road construction this fiscal year, and local state lawmakers want to know why.The state’s transportation chief,...
View ArticleScripts Cafe serves great food with an old-fashioned touch
We didn’t understand why the cute little café on East Avenue in Lockport is named Scripts Cafe until we pulled up in front. It’s right next to the Historic Palace Theatre, and the decor of the café...
View ArticleWing prices up as passion for finger food soars
Remember 10-cent wings?These days, that's as likely as the Bills making the playoffs.Demand for Buffalo wings – the Nickel City's fiercely loved, hot-sauce smothered, bleu- cheese dipped celery...
View ArticleWesley F. Arnold, educator and Lockport town justice
June 9, 1923 – Jan. 31, 2013LOCKPORT – Wesley F. Arnold, a Lockport elementary school principal for 27 years and a Lockport town justice for 26 years, died Thursday in Niagara Hospice, Lockport, where...
View ArticleAnti-smoking signs debut at Krull Park
OLCOTT – Niagara County officials braved the high winds on the Lake Ontario shoreline Thursday to show off the first of the antismoking signs to be posted in county parks.The event in Krull Park,...
View ArticleManager of GM engine plant to speak at Black History event
Steven Finch, plant manager for the General Motors Town of Tonawanda engine plant, will be guest speaker during a Black History Month program scheduled for 12:15 p.m. today in the second-floor...
View ArticleState lauds ECMC clinic for HIV care
The Immunodeficiency Services Department at Erie County Medical Center has received state Health Department honors for improvements to its care for HIV patients.The clinic, the only comprehensive HIV...
View ArticlePhoto exhibit opens at Market Street Art Center
LOCKPORT – The 2013 Photography Exhibition opens Saturday in Market Street Art Center, 247 Market St., with an opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m.Works by 27 local and regional photographers, many of...
View ArticleChicken coops, not casino, raise money for city
Buffalo’s city treasury expects to collect more money this year in license fees for chicken coops than from the Seneca Nation for operation of the Senecas’ multimillion-dollar downtown casino.And it...
View ArticleLockport man accused of ripping off his blind mother
LOCKPORT – Charles Rizzo allegedly pawned his 85-year-old blind mother’s jewelry, emptied her bank account and then left her facing eviction.Rizzo, 51, of East High Street, was charged by Lockport...
View ArticleDowntown Falls office for Niagara U to enhance outreach
NIAGARA FALLS – A plan to draw young professionals and creative types downtown is set to receive yet another boost.Niagara University will move its community outreach office to downtown Niagara Falls...
View ArticleCity of Lockport will fight high bidder’s suit over auction
LOCKPORT – The city has decided to fight a lawsuit filed by a man who submitted the high bids on two properties at the 2012 tax foreclosure auction and then was barred from claiming the land or from...
View ArticleTrip to corner store ends in knifepoint robbery
NIAGARA FALLS – An Ontario Avenue man told police Tuesday that he was robbed a knifepoint this week after he was followed home from a corner store.The victim he left the store at about 7:15 p.m....
View ArticleCareless smoking blamed for fire in Falls apartment complex
The fire broke out in a living-room couch in Apartment 67 at 1736 Lafayette Ave. It was reported at 11:30 p.m. Firefighters confined the fire damage to three apartments, but the Red Cross was called...
View ArticleHeavy snowfall on its way north
A band of lake effect snow was headed toward Buffalo and the Northtowns this afternoon, after blanketing the Southern Tier and ski country overnight and this morning.A lake effect snow watch was...
View ArticleBlack ice causes accidents on Niagara Thruway
A sudden outbreak of black ice on Interstate-190 in Niagara Falls this morning was blamed for at least seven accidents – including a crash that led to a car catching on fire and three rollovers,...
View ArticleRoy-Hart suspends coach over incident
For Royalton-Hartland School Superintendent Kevin MacDonald, the suspension of longtime girls basketball coach Don Baker is all about following a new anti-bullying law enacted after the suicide of...
View ArticleTwo arrested for September holdup at Wheatfield store
A North Tonawanda man was arrested Thursday along with a juvenile male in connection with the Sept. 3, 2012 armed robbery of a Wheatfield 7-Eleven store, Niagara County sheriff’s officials...
View ArticleLockport man indicted on predatory sex charges
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man was arraigned in Niagara County Court Friday on child sexual abuse charges that could land him in prison for the rest of his life if he is convicted.Juan Rivera-Stupia III,...
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