Mass. brothers stopped in Falls were tourists
Two young brothers, one of them a high school student, were the subject of an intense police stop and search in Niagara Falls this morning, but they apparently were nothing more than tourists from...
View ArticleGuilty plea in Urban Park Towers burglary
LOCKPORT – A Robinson Road man pleaded guilty Friday in Niagara County Court to third-degree burglary for breaking into an apartment in downtown Lockport’s Urban Park Towers apartment complex Feb....
View ArticleDEC sets excavations at Falls toxic site
NIAGARA FALLS – The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced this week that a Superfund cleanup of the former Frontier Chemical site is about to begin.The site at 47th Street and Royal...
View ArticleFalls visitors are grilled as bombing suspects
NIAGARA FALLS – It was the wrong day to be two young brothers in a car with Massachusetts plates.While the faces of two other Massachusetts brothers were plastered all over television and every...
View ArticleOne and done? Not for these gardeners
Call it a shopping frenzy for patient people. It wasn’t a long wait to get in the door – even the earliest shoppers were at the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens a mere three hours ahead of...
View ArticleBrownfield cleanup slated for North Tonawanda apartment site
NORTH TONAWANDA – Once a brownfield cleanup is completed, an Erie County real estate development firm plans to build about 110 units of apartments and town homes on a Niagara River waterfront...
View ArticleNiagara Wheatfield picks Alden superintendent to lead district
SANBORN – The Niagara Wheatfield Central School District hired a new superintendent last week, ending a search that had lasted more than a year. The announcement at Wednesday’s meeting was greeted by...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda library budget passes
NORTH TONAWANDA – Voters approved the city’s $1.34 million share of the library budget and elected the former city accountant to the board at voting at the Meadow Drive library last week.Of the 297...
View ArticleToxic legacy's time bomb
First of a three-part seriesThirty-five years after underground toxics turned the Niagara Falls neighborhood of Love Canal into a ghost town, researchers are warning that Western New York is still...
View ArticleHealthy Kids Day at Niagara Falls Family Y
NIAGARA FALLS – The Niagara Falls Family Y will host a free “Healthy Kids Day” from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at its Portage Rd. site.This fun and interactive day is designed to help families learn how to...
View ArticleTalk to be given on Buffalo Germans basketball team
LOCKPORT – Learn more about the world champion Buffalo Germans Basketball team when Melissa Dunlap makes a presentation at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Niagara County History Center, 215 Niagara Street.Long...
View ArticleMount St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation to hold fundraiser
NIAGARA FALLS – The Mount St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation will hold its annual Reverse Draw Fundraiser on May 1 at the Como Restaurant, 2220 Pine Ave.The evening will begin at 6 p.m., with the program...
View ArticleBarker looking for volunteers to deal with feral cats
BARKER – Barker village officials are looking for volunteers to help tackle a burgeoning feral cat problem in the village.The board recently contracted with Feral Cat Focus, a volunteer group from...
View ArticleOld Fort Niagara preparing for big anniversaries
YOUNGSTOWN – With national attention turned to the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and special 200th anniversary events planned to commemorate our area’s involvement in the War of 1812, Old Fort...
View ArticleProject Runway models a pathway to clean and drug-free living for young...
The numbers from 2011 were alarming.The rate of teen births in the city was three times higher than the county average.More than half of the neonatal and infant deaths in Niagara County were from the...
View ArticleAdrian McQueen: A recruiter and student mentor
NIAGARA FALLS – Adrian McQueen started her career in college recruitment after the economic crisis threatened her mortgage-related job. It has become a vocation that drives her to mentor students who...
View ArticleSomething fishy in Lewiston
LEWISTON – The annual Lewiston Smelt Festival kicks off May 3, sponsored by the Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce, Village of Lewiston and Silo Restaurant, in cooperation with Niagara River...
View ArticleQuiet agreements on teacher evaluations imperil funds, commissioner says
The teacher evaluation battles are not over yet.Hundreds of school districts across New York pushed to get their teacher evaluation plans approved in time to meet Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s Jan. 17...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
HARTLAND• 2978 Johnson Creek Road, Penny S. Collins; John R. Collins to Fannie Mae, $87,777.LEWISTON• Thornwood Drive, Elizabeth Stoyell Revocable Living Trust; Elizabeth A. Stoyell; Patricia Young;...
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