Woman avoids jail for selling painkillers
LOCKPORT – A Town of Niagara woman who sold her own prescription painkillers to a police informant was sentenced to five years’ probation Monday by State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch...
View ArticleLockport man faces a number of charges for leaving the scene of an accident
LOCKPORT – An Elmwood Avenue man faces several charges after police said he fled the scene of a motor vehicle crash at Pine Avenue and Genesee Street at noon Monday.Clayton E. Herring, 52, was charged...
View ArticlePickup fire destroys pickup and damages house, second vehicle
PENDLETON – An unoccupied pickup truck caught fire while parked in a driveway in the 5500 block of Mapleton Road just before 3 a.m. Monday.Joann M. Schneegold told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies...
View ArticleReturn of CWM donation is debated in Lewiston
LEWISTON – A half-dozen residents Monday appealed to Supervisor Steven L. Reiter to return to Chemical Waste Management the $5,000 the company donated for use toward the a public ice-skating rink.The...
View ArticleFalls Council keeps cuts, overrides mayor’s budget vetoes
NIAGARA FALLS – The city’s impending fiscal disaster has been averted for at least one more year.City lawmakers Monday voted to uphold the majority of their spending cuts to Mayor Paul A. Dyster’s...
View ArticleFalls, Salamanca don’t need control boards, DiNapoli says
NIAGARA FALLS – Despite fiscal crises caused by the cutoff of Seneca Nation casino revenues, neither Niagara Falls nor Salamanca needs a control board, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli said...
View ArticleTickets on sale for gala benefitting Medical Center
NIAGARA FALLS – Tickets are now on sale for the 2013 Premier, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center’s annual black-tie dinner and entertainment gala, set for Jan. 19 in the Seneca Niagara Casino &...
View ArticleVanDeMark Chemicals sold, local management staying in place
VanDeMark Chemicals has been acquired by a pair of New York City private-equity firms in a deal that will keep the top management at the Lockport chemical company.The private-equity firms, Brightwood...
View ArticleCrash temporarily closes Upper Mountain Road in Lewiston
LEWISTON – Upper Mountain Road reopened about 5 p.m. after it was closed in both directions following a two-vehicle crash about 4:30 this afternoon on the roadway, near Bronson Drive. Several...
View ArticleWould-be burglar causes $4,000 in damage to Lockport car wash
LOCKPORT – A man with a crowbar and hammer who tried to access a control panel at a Lincoln Avenue car wash Tuesday morning caused $4,000 in damage, according to Niagara County sheriff’s deputies.The...
View ArticleTraffic stop leads to drug, alcohol charges for North Tonawanda man
CAMBRIA – A North Tonawanda man stopped for speeding on Saunders Settlement Road earlier this week was found drinking in his car and in possession of marijuana, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies...
View ArticleFalls teen charged in an attempted armed robbery
NIAGARA FALLS – A city teen was named as a co-defendant in an attempted armed robbery from last month on Pine Avenue.The 17-year-old Portage Road boy was arrested on a warrant just before midnight...
View ArticleMan admits role in Newfane burglary
LOCKPORT – Travis J. Watts, 28, of Hatter Road, Newfane, pleaded guilty Tuesday to taking part in the Aug. 2 burglary of a neighbor’s home.Last month, his live-in girlfriend, Sasha N. Botting, 23,...
View ArticleCocaine suspect asks to be considered for treatment
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man pleaded not guilty to a six-count cocaine possession indictment in Niagara County Court Tuesday, but he also asked to be screened for admission to the judicial diversion...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda man sent to prison for harassing woman
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III imposed a two- to four-year prison term Tuesday on a North Tonawanda man who repeatedly violated restraining orders obtained by his...
View ArticleBoot camp stint ordered for Town of Niagara burglar
LOCKPORT – A burglar who washed out of a court-supervised drug treatment program was sentenced Tuesday to a six-month tour in the state prison system’s boot camp-like “shock incarceration”...
View ArticleSpecial delivery at Falls post office turns into felony pot bust
NIAGARA FALLS – If they were Christmas gifts, a city man picked the wrong place to have two packages delivered last week.City narcotics detectives were waiting for Michael Crumpton when he went to the...
View ArticleNew plans to be available for Moses Parkway section
NIAGARA FALLS – New plans for the southern section of the Robert Moses Parkway will be available for public viewing Thursday.Proposed improvements to create more public access near the entrance to...
View ArticleWilson tree-lighting ceremony rescheduled to Saturday
WILSON – The tree-lighting ceremony for “A Very Country Christmas” has been rescheduled to 6 p.m. Saturday near the Village of Wilson’s message board at Lake and Young streets.The ceremony was...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda crews improve Witmer Road drainage
NORTH TONAWANDA – A project to redirect water so about 25 homes and yards on Witmer Road no longer have flooding problems was finished this week, City Engineer Dale Marshall said Tuesday evening.“They...
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