Debris recycling business makes pitch to Lockport Council
LOCKPORT – Lockport Recycling Center made its pitch to the Common Council Wednesday for a permit to operate the city’s first recycling business.The Council will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m....
View ArticleMerging bridge authorities is found worthy of study
The merger of Western New York’s two bridge authorities is worthy of further study, a state commission found this week.Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s Spending and Government Efficiency Commission released its...
View ArticleBishop sees chance for historic papal election
Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation announcement earlier this week was a radical break from Catholic Church tradition.Another historic change in the papacy could be coming as soon as the election of a new...
View ArticleFalls man accused of dealing pot – again
NIAGARA FALLS – A city man, recently charged with marijuana possession, was arrested a second time in less than a month after narcotics investigators said they found him Wednesday with 27 individually...
View ArticleFalls man charged with child sex assault
NIAGARA FALLS – A Whitney Avenue man who was wanted on a warrant for two years on felony assault charges involving a child under age 13 has been arrested on Long Island and brought back to Niagara...
View ArticleShots cause damage to a house in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A resident in the 2400 block of Monroe Avenue told police that somebody shot through two panes of glass and a curtain Wednesday night in the front window of his house.Police said they...
View ArticleFalls man pleads guilty to making meth, damaging auto
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man, who had been rejected for court-supervised drug treatment Monday, pleaded guilty Thursday and faces up to 2½ years behind bars when he is sentenced April 25 by Niagara...
View ArticleLocal activists heading for D.C. climate change rally
The Sierra Club Niagara Group will send more than 100 people to take part in the Forward on Climate Rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend. The demonstration, billed as the largest-ever climate...
View ArticleUB OrthoCare to open its first Niagara County clinic Monday
NIAGARA FALLS – UB OrthoCare, which provides emergency care for orthopedic and sports injuries, will open its first Niagara County clinic on Monday in the Summit Healthplex, 6934 Williams Road,...
View ArticleFalls cops raid three houses, condemn one
NIAGARA FALLS – City narcotics detectives gave a Valentine’s Day present Thursday to three neighborhoods that have weathered drug dealing.Police said they raided three houses in succession after...
View ArticleFire heavily damages Niagara County home
PENDLETON – A home in the 5000 block of Mapleton Road was heavily damaged Thursday night, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies reported.Sgt. Gary May, first on scene about 6:30 p.m., reported heavy...
View ArticleLocal families needed for Irish children’s relief program
Families from around Western New York who are interested in hosting an Irish child for a month this summer are invited to apply to a long-standing local relief program for consideration as host...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda set to address audit findings
NORTH TONAWANDA – A new state audit pleased city officials with findings they called minor: Fire department fundraisers should be tracked more carefully, and city staff should research the best price...
View Article2 of 3 achieve success in program of court-supervised drug treatment
LOCKPORT – Two defendants successfully completed a court-supervised drug-treatment program Thursday, while a third was ejected from the program and is headed to prison.The judicial diversion program,...
View ArticleLockport IDA moves forward on GM land seizure
LOCKPORT – The Town of Lockport’s plan to take land from General Motors to expand the town industrial park moved another step forward Thursday.The town Industrial Development Agency voted to start the...
View ArticleCold, snow return for the weekend
It’s mid-February, and the lakes remain open, so we all know what that can mean:A return of lake-effect snow, at least in some parts of the region.But we are all going to get hit with cold...
View ArticleFourth defendant pleads guilty in Lockport gas station robbery
LOCKPORT – Ashley E. Bivins of Niagara Falls pleaded guilty Friday in connection with the Sept. 15 holdup of the Gulf gas station at Walnut and Washburn streets, Lockport.Bivins, 22, of 21st Street,...
View ArticleDrugstore robber to plead guilty; details to be worked out
LOCKPORT – A man who robbed a Sanborn drugstore Sept. 28 intends to plead guilty, his attorney said in Niagara County Court Friday, but it’s still uncertain what the charge will be. Judge Matthew J....
View ArticleFormer pharmacy worker says she was blackmailed into stealing drugs
LOCKPORT – A former employee of the Rite Aid pharmacy on Lincoln Avenue in Lockport, who stole cash and drugs from the store last year, said at her sentencing Friday that she did it because she was...
View ArticleTown of Tonawanda drunken driver to serve weekends in jail
LOCKPORT – A Town of Tonawanda man, whose auto rear-ended another on the bridge from Tonawanda Island in North Tonawanda after the July 4 fireworks, was sentenced Friday to four months of weekends in...
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