Lewiston Road to finally reopen
NIAGARA FALLS – A long-closed road marred by a messy construction dispute will finally reopen to traffic today.Lewiston Road – which becomes Main Street near the city – will open to traffic this...
View ArticleTrailer stationed to offer relief supplies
LOCKPORT – A trailer with emergency relief supplies is being stationed in Eastern Niagara County to provide assistance quickly in case of disaster, the American Red Cross Serving Erie and Niagara...
View ArticleFire routs Newfane couple from home
NEWFANE – Fire ripped through a house on Rathke Heights at midday Thursday, destroying the home and leaving the couple who lived there without a place to live, according to the Niagara County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleJudge blocks plea deal in Falls slashing
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas said no to a misdemeanor plea offer for a Niagara Falls woman accused of the June 12 slashing of her 19-year-old cousin with a razor blade on...
View ArticleMom of three succeeds in judicial diversion program
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls woman has become one of the rare success stories in the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment.Gina M. Frey, 26, of Augustus Place, on Thursday was...
View ArticleSex offender admits to registration felony
LOCKPORT – A Level 1 sex offender admitted in Niagara County Court Thursday that he failed to inform the state last March that he moved, as required by state law.Christopher Montgomery, 29, of Willow...
View ArticlePolish citizen arraigned on double DWI
LOCKPORT – A citizen of Poland living in Lockport pleaded not guilty Thursday to an indictment charging him with two counts of felony driving while intoxicated.Mariusz Swider, 36, of Sunnyside Street,...
View ArticleOne pleads guilty, another not guilty in NT painkiller cases
LOCKPORT – Steven J. Hummel, 20, of Oliver Street, North Tonawanda, pleaded not guilty Thursday in State Supreme Court to a four-count indictment accusing him of selling prescription painkillers.Hummel...
View ArticleNiagara County’s 2013 tax increase headed downward
LOCKPORT – When the Niagara County Legislature votes Tuesday night on amendments to the proposed 2013 county budget, cutting the 3.7 percent increase in the tax levy will be the main order of...
View ArticleLockport man pleads guilty in drug case
LOCKPORT – Jermaine R. Webster, 32, of McCue Avenue, Lockport, pleaded guilty Friday in State Supreme Court to selling hydrocodone in Lockport April 23 and 24.Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. scheduled...
View ArticleLocal parents grieve and ponder what to tell their children about school...
Some cried. A few, too stunned for words, shook their heads and turned away. Many said they felt numb with grief. And one Southtowns mother of two described herself as so saddened that she was thinking...
View ArticleTwo Little Girls Show Christmas Spirit
Helping families that have very little during the holiday season is the inspiration for two young girls who understand the spirit of giving – not just receiving.Five-year Olivia Roneker of West Seneca...
View ArticleNCCC closes small business center in Lockport
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Community College has moved out of its Small Business Development Center in downtown Lockport, leaving a large vacant building in the heart of the business district.The...
View ArticleJanuary ruling seen on North Tonawanda dispatchers’ suit
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III said last week he will rule in about 30 days on whether the six North Tonawanda police dispatchers who were transferred to Niagara County in July...
View ArticleFrom the blotter / Police calls and court cases, Dec. 3 to 11
A Fernwood Drive man told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies he was swindled out of $305 when he attempted to get a loan from a company called Fast Pay Loans.The 65-year-old victim told deputies that a...
View ArticleLakeview Animal Sanctuary tries to rebuild
Sandy Pfohl, who owns Lakeview Animal Sanctuary on Fiegle Road, Pendleton, has been rescuing animals since she was a child.But after two fires in two months, one of which destroyed her barn and killed...
View ArticleChild Advocacy Center opens satellite facility
LOCKPORT – For 17 years, Niagara County law enforcers and counselors have been hoping for a second location for the Child Advocacy Center, where victims of sexual and physical abuse are counseled and...
View ArticleProgress made in cleanup of former Nike base in Cambria
CAMBRIA – Potential redevelopment of two parcels on the former Lockport Air Force Station property at the corner of Route 31 and Old Shawnee Road is edging toward reality with the demolition of a...
View ArticleNiagara Honor Roll
Air Force Airman Jonathan L. Bias and Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class David J. Winchell graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.The airmen completed an...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda store owner files federal civil rights suit against city
NORTH TONAWANDA – The Oliver Street convenience store owner accused of setting fire to his business to collect insurance money is taking the city back to court.The suit filed in U.S. District Court...
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