Lockport library budget with 2 percent tax hike approved
LOCKPORT – The 2013-14 Lockport Public Library budget was overwhelmingly approved Wednesday, director Beverly Federspiel said.The vote was 183-33 in favor of the $1.6 million spending plan and its tax...
View ArticlePease is new marketing director of tourism agency
NIAGARA FALLS – Jeff Pease was announced Thursday as the new director of marketing and communications for the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corp., the local tourism promotion agency. He has been...
View ArticleJudge refuses to throw out charge in murder case
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas on Friday denied a defense request to dismiss a weapons possession charge against Darius M. Belton, whose murder trial in connection with the...
View ArticleLockport men deny drug-dealing charges
LOCKPORT – Two Lockport men pleaded not guilty two four-count drug-dealing indictments Friday in Niagara County Court.Brandon McKinney, 31, of Spalding Street, and Dominique L. Middleton, 21, of...
View ArticleHit-and-run DWI suspect fails to appear in court
LOCKPORT – A man who allegedly was driving drunk when his car broke a pedestrian’s leg on the night before Thanksgiving failed to appear in Niagara County Court for his arraignment on a six-count...
View ArticleMan charged with Falls crime spree takes plea deal
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man pleaded guilty to two felonies Friday, settling a case in which he was accused of eight different crimes in September and October.Ahmed H. McCray, 35, of Niagara Avenue,...
View ArticleCDC says no new illnesses tied to Rich Products food
There haven’t been any new cases of E. coli infection linked to frozen food made by Rich Products Corp. in the week since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first reported on the...
View ArticleSchool project grows into 5K for Camp Good Days
The 5K race scheduled for Sunday in Delaware Park has an interesting story behind it.The race – which benefits Camp Good Days & Special Times – evolved as a City Honors High School project for...
View ArticleRain puts strain on area drains
The robins love it. There is nothing like a good rain to make the earthworms come out, and when they do – they’re gone.Drenching rain – the area has had more than 3 inches this week alone – also tends...
View ArticleUnited Way re-elects officers, presents awards
NIAGARA FALLS – The United Way of Greater Niagara re-elected a slate of officers and presented numerous awards for work on its 2012 campaign Friday at the annual breakfast meeting in Antonio’s...
View ArticleNiagara University offers Guatemala trip
LEWISTON – An information session on a backpacking trip to Guatemala next January is set for 6 p.m. Wednesday on the fourth floor of St. Vincent’s Hall on the Niagara University campus.The “Great...
View ArticleChoirs set Falls concert to benefit Habitat
NIAGARA FALLS – A concert of church choirs to benefit Niagara Area Habitat for Humanity is set for 4 p.m. Sunday in New Hope Baptist Church, 1122 Buffalo Ave.A collection will be taken up for Habitat...
View ArticleYard waste collections will get under way Monday
LOCKPORT – The City of Lockport will begin this year’s yard waste collection schedule Monday, City Clerk Richelle J. Pasceri announced.City crews will collect yard waste during the first and third...
View ArticleDeputy state comptroller to discuss pension funds here
LOCKPORT – Thomas Nitido, deputy state comptroller, will address the Niagara County Legislature on the subject of public employee pension funds at its meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the County...
View ArticleSuits filed in body tampering, injured cop cases
LOCKPORT – The parents of a man killed in a car crash, a part of whose body was taken to be used in training a dog, filed a lawsuit against Niagara County this week.Danny P. Dunn Sr. and Anita L. Dunn...
View ArticleInjured workers from Senecas’ hotel lose legal challenge
NIAGARA FALLS – An injured former Seneca Niagara Hotel worker has no recourse after the Seneca Gaming Corp. dropped non-Indian workers’ compensation insurance, thus cutting off her benefits.That was...
View ArticleTree planting blitz targets medical campus
The weather Saturday may have been a tad uncomfortable, but waterlogged soil and chilly temperatures provided ideal conditions for the task at hand.In Buffalo and nine suburbs, 600 trees were planted...
View ArticleState law means no tax break for Mantelli Trailer
LOCKPORT – Recently passed legislation to prevent industrial development agencies from assisting most retailers has blocked aid to a Lockport recreational vehicle dealer.Mantelli Trailer Sales went...
View ArticleJudge denies Barnes new hearing in ’86 killings
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas changed her mind last week and refused to hold another hearing for a Lockport man convicted of a 1986 double murder.Farkas was angered when defense...
View ArticleState lawyers fund pays back victims of fraud
A total of 187 people victimized by 60 lawyers were repaid $5.4 million in 2012, according to Timothy O’Sullivan, a spokesman for the state’s Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection.The overall sum...
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