Charles J. Montedoro, history teacher, football coach
Sept. 18, 1930 – March 1, 2013LOCKPORT – Charles J. “Chuck” Montedoro, longtime football coach and history teacher at Lockport High School, died Friday in his Lockport home under the care of Niagara...
View ArticlePolar plungers take a wade-and-see approach
OLCOTT – Nearly 600 hardy swimmers from across Western New York and even outside the region braved the chilly water and biting winds of Lake Ontario on Sunday for the Olcott Lions Club’s annual Polar...
View ArticleWoman indicted on check scam, two drugstore burglaries
LOCKPORT – A Cambria woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Niagara County Court to a 10-count indictment accusing her of taking part in a recent forged check scam and two 2011 drugstore...
View ArticleNewfane woman removed from treatment program, faces prison
LOCKPORT – A Newfane woman did not contest her ejection from the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment Wednesday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.Brianna Jones, 30,...
View ArticleState Supreme Court rules in favor of N. Tonawanda dispatch
NORTH TONAWANDA – A State Supreme Court justice has ruled that this city’s former six-member police dispatching staff was right to expect that full seniority and its privileges would be transferred...
View ArticleResidents again batter Lockport Town Board over Lafarge
LOCKPORT – For the second consecutive month, residents administered an oral beating Wednesday to the Lockport Town Board over its Dec. 26 approval of an expansion of the Lafarge North America stone...
View ArticleFormer Somerset justice placed on probation in car incident
LOCKPORT – Former Somerset Town Justice Jeffery P. Wick was placed on three years’ probation and assigned to Niagara Falls Mental Health Court on Wednesday for an incident in which his teenage son...
View ArticleWill new high-tech smart watches catch on?
You can check the time on your cellphone, your camera and other high-tech devices. Why, then, watch a watch?This spring, around the country and in Buffalo, people will find themselves pondering that...
View ArticleUnited Way of Greater Niagara to review all funded agencies
WHEATFIELD – The United Way of Greater Niagara announced Wednesday it is launching a thorough review of each of its partner agencies’ claims to funding.“It could mean increases in funding for some. It...
View ArticleCity plans new water line to serve school
LOCKPORT – The Common Council voted Wednesday in favor of an arrangement with the Lockport City School District for a water line improvement project near Roy B. Kelley Elementary School.The Reed...
View ArticleCheck Out Hunger drive draws record donations
Donations set a record in the 21st annual Check Out Hunger drive, the Food Bank of Western New York reported. Customers at nine local food retailers gave $752,931, nearly 2 percent more than last...
View ArticleFalls man faces drug charges after a vehicle search
NIAGARA FALLS – The Niagara County Drug Task Force seized more than $2,000 in cash, approximately two ounces of marijuana, a digital scale and a grinder after a traffic stop Tuesday on 20th...
View ArticleTwo gas stations hit by robbers, including one with assailant wearing hockey...
Two Valero gas stations, one in Niagara Falls and another in Sanborn, were robbed by a masked man within hours of each other late Wednesday and early Thursday.Just before 9 p.m. Wednesday a man...
View ArticleFurnace, water heater, pipes stolen from Falls home
NIAGARA FALLS – A furnace, water heater and thousands of dollars worth of copper pipe were stolen from a vacant bank-owned building at 819 Armory Place sometime in the past two weeks, police said.The...
View ArticleTwo Lockport teens stopped for reckless driving and underage drinking
LOCKPORT – Police said they stopped a car after they saw the driver taking off at a high rate of speed and driving recklessly just after 5:30 a.m. Thursday on Cave and Walnut streets. Officers charged...
View ArticleFlorida woman accused of ripping off parents in Falls
LOCKPORT – A Fort Myers, Fla., woman was arraigned in Niagara County Court Thursday on charges of stealing $131,708 from her parents in Niagara Falls between April 2007 and December 2011.Jennifer L....
View ArticleExtended benefits for jobless are being cut
WASHINGTON – About 8,000 people who have been jobless for more than six months in the Buffalo area will see their unemployment benefits cut by 10.7 percent next month as sequestration, the automatic...
View ArticleCharges readied in Newfane “milk smashing” case
Got caught?Niagara County sheriff’s deputies are poised to make the region’s first arrest in a “milk smashing” case after a teenager suspected of pulling off the prank at a Tops Markets in Newfane was...
View ArticleAlleged shooter of 2-year-old loses his lawyer
LOCKPORT – Willie R. Scott Jr., accused of shooting a 2-year-old Niagara Falls girl in the face while he was trying to shoot a man who was with her, needs a new attorney.Niagara County Judge Matthew...
View ArticlePostal Service attempting to fill 50 carrier positions
The U.S. Postal Service wants to fill 50 city carrier assistant positions in Buffalo and Rochester, and the deadline for applications is Monday, the Postal Service announced Thursday.The Postal...
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