Convicted Falls robber mulls plea deal in shooting case
LOCKPORT – Michael D. Agee, already facing as long as 35 years in prison for two armed robberies, was offered a plea-bargain Friday for shooting a man in a parked car last summer.Niagara County Judge...
View ArticleSister Julia Fala, retired longtime teacher
Oct. 22, 1923 – Feb. 14, 2013Sister Julia Fala, formerly Sister Teresina, a teacher in Catholic schools, died Thursday in Mount St. Mary’s Hospital, Lewiston. She was 89.Born Julia A. Fala in...
View ArticleEx-priest living out the cost of conscience
Roy Bourgeois’ conscience has landed him in federal prison and guided him on a 35-day hunger strike.More recently, it got him kicked out of the Catholic priesthood, after 40 years as a priest.The...
View Article‘One-stop’ center will help WNY veterans
Veterans can need different kinds of help – and when they do, it serves them better to have lots of resources in one place.That’s the thinking behind a new “one-stop” center for military veterans in...
View ArticleA family on a mission
Ten-year-old Scotty Sell is considered a social butterfly, spending most of his time laughing and smiling.But the East Amherst youth also has a severe neurological disorder, Angelman Syndrome,...
View ArticleFalls awaits plan to undo Moses’ signature highway
NIAGARA FALLS – New York State may at last be preparing to undo the namesake project of its “master builder.”New plans for the Robert Moses Parkway – which whisks tourists into and out of Niagara...
View ArticleNiagara treasurer’s estate commissions far below predecessor’s
LOCKPORT – The side job of administering the estates of people who die without leaving wills has been far less lucrative for Niagara County Treasurer Kyle R. Andrews than for his predecessor.In three...
View ArticleOld Fort Niagara draws crowds with “living history” skits and...
YOUNGSTOWN – Old Fort Niagara’s mix of history from the nation’s beginnings, its scenic lakeside place and eclectic 18th-century-style programs have been attracting more visitors than usual lately:...
View ArticleSome Time Warner customers will see rate increase March 1
About one in every three Time Warner Cable subscribers locally will see their television fees go up March 1.The average rate increase will be about 2.6 percent, but a majority of Western New York...
View ArticleProgram will give educators tools for Great Lakes lessons
The state Department of Environmental Conservation and a coalition of environmental groups are collaborating on a series of workshops that will give teachers background for lessons on the Great...
View ArticleLockport man reports apartment was ransacked
LOCKPORT – A Glendale Drive man told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies that while he was sleeping, someone ransacked his apartment and took a $200 bottle of cologne and a white gold chain valued at...
View ArticleHigh winds return for encore performance
First it was the snow and wind. Then the frigid cold, followed by this morning’s rain.And now the wind is returning for an encore performance.The region’s indecisive winter continues this week, with...
View ArticleNiagara Democratic elections commissioner changes places with her deputy
LOCKPORT – Nancy L. Smith, Niagara County Democratic elections commissioner since 2000, is changing jobs with her deputy, Lora A. Allen.Smith said she will serve as deputy commissioner only until she...
View ArticleWebster Street jeweler to buy Ava’s Place
NORTH TONAWANDA – The Common Council Tuesday night approved the $95,000 sale of Ava’s Place, a defunct Webster Street bar, to the head of the city’s business association, who wants to rehab it into an...
View ArticleDyster, Falls Council fight it out over city finances
NIAGARA FALLS – Mounting tensions between Mayor Paul A. Dyster and the City Council boiled over Tuesday night as the two sides argued about how to solve a fiscal crisis that threatens to bankrupt the...
View ArticleNiagara County probe of welfare fraud nets 14 arrests
Fourteen suspects have been arrested in a four-month investigation of alleged welfare fraud in Niagara County, the Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday.Sheriff James R. Voutour said several public...
View ArticleNiagara Town Board approves employee drug testing
TOWN OF NIAGARA – Random drug testing is now part of the workday for town employees.After a year of discussion, the Town Board formally approved a procedure Tuesday that would allow implementation of...
View ArticleNiagara Legislature urges repeal of Cuomo gun law
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Legislature voted unanimously Tuesday to demand the repeal of the gun control bill that was signed into law last month by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.The vote came after a late...
View ArticleAirlines resist ‘one level of safety’ with partner
WASHINGTON – Despite a promise to ensure “one level of safety” at America’s airlines, the Federal Aviation Administration still isn’t reviewing the safety impact from deals that the big airlines...
View ArticleIn Focus: Chancellor Emeritus Robert Bennett
Strong schools are viewed by many as being critical to the prosperity of communities. Few Western New Yorkers have been more attuned to issues involving education than Robert M. Bennett, chancellor...
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