West Seneca man who grew pot succeeds in diversion
LOCKPORT – A former North Tonawanda man who grew marijuana in his apartment there was pronounced a success in the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment Tuesday.Robert C....
View ArticleGrand Island man avoids jail in DWI case
LOCKPORT – A Grand Island man will not go to jail for his guilty plea in a driving while intoxicated incident that occurred in North Tonawanda.Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III on Tuesday...
View ArticleFalls man, Lockport woman arraigned in drug cases
LOCKPORT - Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas arraigned a Niagara Falls man and a Lockport woman on separate drug-dealing indictments Tuesday.Herbert J. Luckman, 66, of 24th Street in the Falls,...
View ArticleLockport man sentenced to jail weekends in DWI case
LOCKPORT – David L. Fuller, 41, of Harvest Ridge Way, Lockport, avoided a trip to state prison Tuesday, when he was sentenced for his second driving while intoxicated felony in the past five...
View ArticleLockport man sent to state prison in tattoo parlor burglary
LOCKPORT – A Lockport burglar was ordered to state prison Tuesday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.Shawn K. Pittler, 24, of Chestnut Street, was sentenced to three to six years behind bars...
View ArticleDrunken motorist admits to hitting pedestrians, driving into canal
LOCKPORT – A man whose car crashed into the Erie Canal in North Tonawanda on June 20, striking two pedestrians and two dogs on the way, is headed for state prison.Anthony D. Regalla, 48, of River...
View ArticleBudget mess delays flight simulator project at Falls air base
WASHINGTON – Construction of a much-touted flight simulator at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station is about to be delayed because of congressional inaction on “sequestration,” the draconian...
View ArticleAnother mild winter, but is that a trend?
Only about one-third of eastern Lake Erie is frozen over. The average temperature here has been 5 to 6 degrees warmer than normal throughout December and January. And the snow total, so far this...
View ArticleKaleida Health, ECMC will integrate cardiac services at Gates Vascular
Kaleida Health and Erie County Medical Center on Tuesday announced the integration of all their cardiac services at the Gates Vascular Institute on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.Kaleida Health’s...
View ArticleBill seeks to protect children on slopes
ALBANY – They must wear helmets when they ride bicycles, and now children under age 14 in New York are looking at a new effort to make them wear protective head gear when they hit the ski...
View ArticleNew York tribes’ casino revenues declining
ALBANY – New York’s Indian tribes saw the sharpest decline in gambling revenues of any state in 2011, as new competitors ate into their profits, a new report has found.The three tribes in New York...
View ArticleFalls inspectors launch new blight crackdown
NIAGARA FALLS – Mayor Paul A. Dyster is putting commercial building owners in the blighted parts of the city on notice.Either shore up the eyesores that drag down property values, Dyster said...
View ArticleTraffic stop in Lockport finds a man carrying marijuana
LOCKPORT – A Middleport man faced a number of charges after police uncovered drugs during a traffic stop Monday.Christopher L. Monaco, 20, of Carmen Road, was charged with obstructed view, aggravated...
View ArticleBurglar hits Niagara Falls soup kitchen
NIAGARA FALLS – A social worker at the Heart and Soul soup kitchen said her laptop was stolen from a locked office on Tuesday.She said someone gained access to the office sometime between 8 and 11:45...
View ArticleJudge’s brother pleads guilty to pot felony
LOCKPORT – David B. Cohen, the brother of Livingston County Judge Dennis S. Cohen, pleaded guilty Wednesday to growing marijuana in a rented house on Tonawanda Creek Road in Pendleton.David Cohen, 50,...
View ArticleFashion Outlets seeks tax incentives for 50-store expansion
TOWN OF NIAGARA – The Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls is planning a 50-store, $71 million expansion, aimed at maintaining it position as a top weekend destination for Canadian shoppers.The town...
View ArticleMore than 550 notices of claim have been filed in Love Canal lawsuit
More than 550 people have signaled their intent to join a state court lawsuit alleging that toxic contamination from the Love Canal landfill has created a “public health catastrophe” for neighbors of...
View ArticleLockport developers face new storm water regulations
LOCKPORT – The Town Board was briefed Wednesday on state storm water regulations that town planners now will be required to enforce.Town Engineer Robert D. Klavoon said the growth in the town’s...
View ArticleYoungstown burglar pleads guilty
LOCKPORT – A Youngstown man, arrested Dec. 3 when he was caught trying to burglarize a home on Ulrich Drive in Porter, pleaded guilty Thursday in Niagara County Court.Steven C. Lewis, 24, of Third...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda Police Chief Randy Szukala to retire
NORTH TONAWANDA – Police Chief Randy Szukala, who was the youngest chief in the city’s history, has announced he will retire at the end of March after nine years on the job.“We’ve been very thankful,”...
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