New citizens get history lesson
Twenty-two new Americans from 21 different nations were the stars of the show when they took the oath of allegiance and became United States citizens Tuesday morning.But the new citizens got something...
View ArticleFalls woman reports shots were fired at house
NIAGARA FALLS – A woman told police early Tuesday morning that someone fired shots at her 92nd Street house. She said the shots appeared to have been aimed at her 23-year-old son’s second-floor...
View ArticleNiagara Health Dept. gets perfect score for emergency preparedness
LOCKPORT – For the third consecutive year, the Niagara County Health Department received a perfect score from the state Health Department on emergency preparedness.Public Health Director Daniel J....
View ArticleLocal growers to lead discussions on tillage
Farmers who grow vegetables and other field crops and want to learn about reducing tillage in their farming operations are invited to join a new local discussion group on the topic.The “Reduced...
View ArticleState will rip out Robert Moses Parkway in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – New York State will grant Niagara Falls its decades-old wish of removing the Robert Moses Parkway along the upper Niagara Gorge.State officials for the first time agreed this afternoon...
View ArticleHochul lands job at M&T Bank
Former Rep. Kathleen C. Hochul is joining M&T Bank as vice president of government relations. She says her new job is all about what her old one was: bringing jobs to Western New York.Hochul, who...
View ArticleMayor seeks re-election in North Tonawanda
NORTH TONAWANDA – Mayor Robert Ortt will run for a second term in office, with a plan to focus on upgrading dilapidated housing stock, fixing roads and instituting more reforms and economic...
View ArticleHigh court upholds firings in Falls school residency case
NIAGARA FALLS – The state’s highest court has come down on the side of the Niagara Falls School Board in cases filed by employees fired for violating the district’s residency rule.The Court of Appeals...
View ArticleEmails deliver disturbing message about William St. post office
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Postal Service’s William Street processing center appeared to survive yet another near-death experience Wednesday, but only after a frantic call from Sen. Charles E. Schumer to...
View ArticleFiring Ruff is too late, and it’s too little
Darcy Regier arrived 20 minutes late Wednesday to announce that he had fired Lindy Ruff as his head coach. It was fitting, because like so many of the general manager’s moves, this one was long...
View ArticleVA offers few details on reuse of insulin pens
After testing 476 patients, the Buffalo Veterans Affairs Medical Center has uncovered the possibility of infection from the inadvertent reuse of insulin pens that were intended only for one-time use,...
View ArticleSchool aid cited as NYSUT sues to overturn tax cap
ALBANY – The state’s largest teachers union is suing New York State in an attempt to have the property tax cap declared unconstitutional, setting the stage for a protracted legal and political...
View Article4 bucks a gallon? Gas pain is out of control
We’ve watched it rise for 33 straight days now, and Wednesday the average price of regular gasoline crossed $4 a gallon in New York.The reasons for the steady increase are as complicated as the...
View ArticleLong prison term possible for man who failed at drug treatment
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man could be sentenced to as long as 12 years in state prison after being ejected from the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment Wednesday by Niagara...
View ArticleTonawanda man pleads guilty to kidnapping, abusing 5-year-old girl
LOCKPORT - David J. Grover, who kidnapped a 5-year-old girl from her North Tonawanda home last summer and sexually abused her, pleaded guilty today after a judge said she probably would allow...
View ArticleCuomo open to local preference on Buffalo billion timetable
If one word underscored Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s approach to a host of hot Western New York topics during his Thursday visit to Buffalo, it would probably be “flexible.”During his ninth regional...
View ArticleTrek lease about to be signed, Lockport city officials say
LOCKPORT – The only thing holding up the signing of the Trek Inc. lease on city-controlled space in downtown Lockport is the company president’s absence on a trip to Japan, Corporation Counsel John J....
View ArticleLockport seeks part-time city assessor to replace retiring Macaluso
LOCKPORT – The city is in the market for a part-time assessor after Joseph Macaluso said Thursday he is retiring, effective March 28.Macaluso, a Batavia resident who is retired from the state Office...
View ArticleSecond house fire on Ashland Avenue in Falls is tied to same man
NIAGARA FALLS – A man who used a gas furnace to heat a condemned house in which he was living at 1348 Ashland Ave. is believed to have been responsible for a fire there just before 10:30 p.m....
View ArticleMan admits kidnapping, abusing N. Tonawanda girl
LOCKPORT – A Town of Tonawanda man, who kidnapped a 5-year-old girl from her North Tonawanda home last summer and sexually abused her, pleaded guilty Thursday after a judge said she probably would...
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