Champions from WNY schools to compete in News Spelling Bee
School champions from throughout Western New York will take a written test Wednesday in hopes of qualifying for the 86th annual Buffalo News Spelling Bee. Twenty students with the highest scores will...
View ArticleSay hello to ‘The Flipped Classroom’ in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Some classes at two local schools have been flipped.Work that used to be done in the classroom is being done at home, and what used to be done as homework is being done in class.It’s...
View ArticleParamedic back home organizes fundraiser
NORTH TONAWANDA – Back home after a five-month stint working as a contract paramedic with the Army in Kabul, Afghanistan, Jeff Abbott had a new appreciation for the sacrifices of the military life and...
View ArticleFrom the blotter/Police calls and court cases, Jan. 23 to 29
William A. Robinson, 51, of Phelps Street, Lockport, admitted in Niagara County Court that he stole copper pipes from a house on Grand Street in Lockport and sold the metal to get money to buy...
View ArticleConditions in Wilson Harbor a sticking point for officials, boaters
WILSON – Tourism along Lake Ontario, which features fishing as well as recreational boating, is big business in Niagara County, where people from all over the world are drawn to the natural amenities...
View ArticleLockport killer to get another day in court
LOCKPORT – William J. Barnes Jr., the Lockport man who killed his girlfriend and her lover in 1986, will be granted a hearing on his latest effort to overturn the verdict – even though the judge...
View ArticleTwo Falls restaurant projects to move ahead this year
NIAGARA FALLS – Two downtown development projects announced last year have been stalled for months but will move ahead later this year, their developers said last week.Both projects would bring...
View ArticleYoungstown couple’s donation will aid Rivershore
YOUNGSTOWN – Richard Phoenix always thought the lot he and his wife owned in the village could be used to build apartments that would bring them some investment income.On second thought, he decided it...
View ArticleLatin-Puerto Rican dishes add to Falls’ cultural diversity
NIAGARA FALLS – Is it the air? The water? Or is it possibly just a symptom of the depressed economy that many of the new restaurants opening in the city over the past few months have been decidedly...
View ArticleLockport recycling program a resounding success
LOCKPORT – The City of Lockport, which hardly recycled any garbage before the fall of 2011, now recycles a larger percentage of its trash than almost any community in the Buffalo Niagara region.Modern...
View ArticleLockport “impact zone” may have driven criminals underground
LOCKPORT – There were relatively few arrests during the first two weeks of the city’s “impact zone” crackdown in the area of Washburn and Genesee streets, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing,...
View ArticleCuomo plans non-Indian casino in Falls
ALBANY – The Cuomo administration, frustrated with its long-standing financial dispute with the Seneca Nation and seeking more lucrative gambling revenues, will propose a new, non-Indian casino for...
View ArticleBargaining chip seen in non-Indian casino plan
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo may have plans for a new, non-Indian casino in Niagara Falls, but the city isn’t preparing to double down just yet.Community leaders said Sunday that they would certainly welcome...
View ArticleNOCO files countersuit in propane explosion
Noco Energy Corp., hit with a lawsuit in October from a Wilson family whose house was destroyed in a propane explosion, is hitting back.The company has filed a countersuit in State Supreme Court in...
View ArticleNiagara County SPCA preparing to accept 60 dogs from Lockport...
Sixty Pomeranian dogs remained kenneled inside the home of a Town of Lockport dog breeder on Sunday after the human occupants had been forced to leave the condemned structure a day earlier.“They’re...
View ArticleMuslim group holds interfaith forum
The Buffalo Chapter of the Ahmadiy- ya Muslim Community will hold its 18th interfaith conference from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday in Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga. The topic is “Religion...
View ArticleFootprints in snow lead to suspect in car break-ins
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – Niagara County sheriff’s deputies, tracking footprints in the snow up and down driveways to almost every vehicle parked on Amanda Lane, eventually arrested a 19-year-old man early...
View Article$5,000 air conditioner stolen in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A central air-conditioning unit valued at $5,000 was stolen from a building in the 500 block of Main Street, city police said.The owner told police Sunday that the commercial unit was...
View ArticleJewelry worth thousands stolen from Wheatfield store
WHEATFIELD – A business owner who noticed a few things missing in a display case Sunday learned that $4,000 to $6,000 worth of jewelry had been taken, according to Niagara County sheriff’s...
View ArticleStabbing suspect jailed after another arrest
LOCKPORT – A man under indictment in connection with a July 5 stabbing in Lockport was jailed Monday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas after she was told he had been arrested three times...
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