10th grader imprisoned for child molestation
LOCKPORT – A Wilson High School 10th grader was sentenced Thursday to two years in state prison and 10 years of post-release supervision for molesting a 5-year-old girl in Cambria.Niagara County Judge...
View ArticleCounty frets as state fails to pay early-intervention providers
LOCKPORT – The state’s takeover of payments to providers in the program that provides help to slow-developing toddlers has so far prevented any of the providers from being paid, Niagara County Public...
View ArticleHOME marks 50th year battling housing discrimination
Scott Gehl, the longtime executive director of Housing Opportunities Made Equal, was only 10 years old when a group of local religious leaders and civil rights activists decided to formally take on...
View ArticleBorder-entry fee proposal is universally bashed
WASHINGTON – An Obama administration proposal to study instituting a land border entry fee has prompted outrage all along the U.S-Canadian border – and a vow from federal lawmakers to kill the notion...
View ArticleLockport to print more visitor guides
LOCKPORT – The Greater Lockport Development Corp., the city’s development agency, voted Thursday to allocate $4,000 toward the printing of 35,000 copies of this year’s Lockport visitor guide, which is...
View ArticleMeals on Wheels seeking donations
NORTH TONAWANDA – Donation jars will be in place at local businesses throughout May for Meals on Wheels Month. Meals on Wheels plans to distribute 276 donation jars to businesses to raise awareness...
View ArticleWoman charged with violating probation in DWI fatal is freed
LOCKPORT – A Tuscarora Indian Reservation woman was released from jail Friday, but still faces a probation violation on her plea to criminally negligent homicide and driving while intoxicated for...
View ArticleSex offender charged with molesting boys in Batavia, Somerset
A Level 3 sex offender from the Finger Lakes is in jail in Genesee County, charged with molesting underage boys in that county from the late 1990s until the present.Sean M. Vickers, 44, of Geneva,...
View ArticleWoman injured in collision with truck in town of Lockport
A woman driver was seriously injured this afternoon in crash involving a tractor-trailer and a car at Leete Road and Sunset Drive in the Town of Lockport, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office reported....
View ArticleFive-year sentence for man who beat up pro boxer
LOCKPORT – Attorneys in the case of Michael P. Vicki, the Town of Niagara man who used a metal object to beat up a pro boxer in a fight over a woman, continued to argue Friday over how badly junior...
View ArticleOhio Street’s rebirth is rowing on the river
In 1912, Buffalo had 14 rowing clubs, attracting many West Side and South Buffalo mill and factory workers who wanted to blow off some steam after a long day at work, almost the way softball teams do...
View ArticleCitizen’s group sues to block Lafarge expansion of quarry
LOCKPORT – A group of residents who live near the Lafarge North America stone quarry filed suit last week seeking to overturn the Lockport Town Board’s decision to allow Lafarge to mine a larger...
View ArticleRenewable energy fair in Appleton
APPLETON – In an eco-friendly barn on Route 18, in the shadow of a towering wind turbine, Singer Farm Naturals will fittingly host a “Renewable Energy Fair” today in an effort to better acquaint the...
View ArticleNiagara Honor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers
Three Niagara County Community College students – Alexandra Gancasz of Barker, Charitie Bruning of Lockport and Kensia Russell of Appleton – were honored with the 2013 Chancellor’s Award for Student...
View ArticleNew Directions’ fundraiser features local wineries, samples from...
LOCKPORT – New Directions Youth and Family Services, which provides services for at-risk children and families, is holding an evening of wine, music and hors d’oeuvres at the fourth annual Wines of...
View ArticleHoughton College plans night degree programs in Lockport, Falls
LOCKPORT – Houghton College will extend its nighttime degree offerings into Niagara County later this year, with classes at the Kenan Center in Lockport and the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in...
View ArticleMaking music at an old Italian social club
NIAGARA FALLS – Tony Marcolini spent most of his adult life working in factories, first at the Nabisco plant checking Triscuits and then across the country to Arizona and Washington.At the same time,...
View ArticlePost-prom party gives Falls students a night to look forward to
High school seniors plan all year for one of the biggest nights of their lives – the prom. And two Niagara Falls High School teachers spend just as much time planning for an all-night “post prom” so...
View ArticleGreenway success relies on teamwork
If you want to see what the Niagara River Greenway could become, take a look at what’s happened in the Hudson River Valley in the 20 years since greenway efforts began there.Main Streets have been...
View ArticleTheresa B. Kinyon, registered nurse, hospital volunteer
Oct. 14, 1926 – April 27, 2013LOCKPORT – Theresa B. Kinyon, of Lockport, a registered nurse and hospital volunteer, died Saturday in Briody Health Care Facility after a brief illness. She was 86.Born...
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