Spotting planes, rescuing airmen, avoiding headhunters in India
When Howard J. “Howie” Ross and his fellow soldiers were told they were going to India, they figured the training officers had made a mistake and meant Italy, where there would be plenty of action in...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
HARTLAND• Robson Road, Lloyd T. Jones; Geneva M. Jones to Michael J. Sullivan, $69,148.LEWISTON• Morgan Drive, Mary Lois Eames; Kathleen McMurray to Philip J. Bourque; Barbara A. Bourque, $173,040.•...
View ArticleWings of Love plans service for parents of deceased babies
Families who have suffered the death of a baby are invited to the annual Wings of Love Parent’s Day Breakfast, sponsored by the Western New York Perinatal Bereavement Network, from 10 a.m. to 12:30...
View ArticleLocal churches included in statewide open house
The Sacred Sites Open House Weekend will be held May 18 and 19 in the Buffalo area, local organizers said.This year will mark the third for the statewide event, which locally will feature First...
View ArticleTwo suspects nabbed after gas-station robbery in Lockport
Three police agencies investigating a gas-station robbery in the Town of Lockport late Sunday teamed up to arrest two suspects who also were accused of having a small amount of crack cocaine on them,...
View ArticleFire breaks out at West Street Elementary School in Sanborn
SANBORN – Students at West Street Elementary School are headed home early today after a fire broke out at the school this morning.Students were taken to Niagara-Wheatfield High School and were allowed...
View ArticleFalls schools seek more taxpayer money
NIAGARA FALLS – For the first time since 1993, Niagara Falls School District officials are asking local property taxpayers for more money.But under the proposed budget going before voters in two...
View ArticleArea school districts putting phys ed back into play
On a recent day, children enjoyed recess by going down a curvy slide, climbing a spirally pole and running on the school playground at Bennett Park Montessori School on the East Side.Over at Ohio...
View ArticleSome of 'Buffalo Billion' for parkway removal
The latest installment of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s “Buffalo Billion” economic-development pledge will be used to help pay for ripping up a portion of the Robert Moses Parkway just south of Niagara...
View ArticleLockport man charged in rape of unconscious woman goes on trial
Opening statements and testimony began Tuesday in Niagara County Court in the trial of a man accused of raping a friend’s girlfriend as she lay sleeping, groggy and sick in a South Street home after a...
View ArticleSix area hospitals get a D in patient safety report card
Six of 13 Western New York hospitals in a new report card on patient safety got a grade of only D for preventing medication errors, infections and other serious problems.Six hospitals here received C...
View ArticleSenate Republicans want to exclude WNY from casino expansion
ALBANY – Senate Republicans want to add more casinos in New York State, but not in Western New York.The GOP’s casino expansion plan protects the Seneca Nation of Indians’ three casino investments in...
View ArticleBill would boost funding for dredging of Great Lakes ports
WASHINGTON – Great Lakes ports could get a huge increase in funding for dredging activities under a bill in the works in the U.S. Senate.Under a proposed reauthorization of the Water Resources...
View ArticleFalls to be a topic at first state Tourism Summit
The state is holding its first Tourism Summit today in Albany. John Percy, head of the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corporation, is attending, according to Don Glynn of the Niagara Gazette. An AP...
View ArticleNiagara IDA approves tax breaks for Falls hotel, Wheatfield greenhouse
WHEATFIELD – A new downtown Niagara Falls hotel and a vegetable greenhouse in Wheatfield were granted tax breaks Wednesday by the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency.Plati Niagara plans to...
View ArticleProposed Niagara Wheatfield budget carries 5.91% tax hike
SANBORN – Teachers health benefits, the budget deficit and regular tax increases were the topics brought up during a public hearing Wednesday on the proposed 2013-14 budget for the Niagara Wheatfield...
View ArticleLockport plans city parking study, despite suit over ramp demolition
LOCKPORT – The city’s biggest parking project in nearly 40 years is bogged down in litigation, but that’s not stopping the city from going ahead with plans for a parking study this summer.Common...
View ArticleMedical charges are low in WNY but vary among hospitals
Buffalo-area hospitals charge far less to replace joints, treat pneumonia and care for heart patients than other hospitals across the country, federal data released Wednesday shows.But a Buffalo News...
View ArticleMario Williams’ ex-fiancee pushes back with countersuit
Mario Williams fired the first public salvos against his ex-fiancee, essentially calling her a gold digger in a lawsuit to recover a 10.04-carat engagement ring worth $785,000.It was only a matter of...
View ArticleFalls junkyard fire blocks Amtrak service
NIAGARA FALLS – Fire in an auto salvage yard Tuesday forced the Niagara Falls Fire Department to temporarily block nearby railroad tracks, delaying an Amtrak train.No one was reported hurt in the...
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