Falls School Board candidates cover teacher evaluations, other issues at forum
NIAGARA FALLS – The six candidates for the Niagara Falls School Board spent the better part of two hours Tuesday night making their cases to voters about why they should be elected next week.At a...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda school budget raises tax levy by 2.56 percent
NORTH TONAWANDA – The North Tonawanda School Board is facing less public resistance to its $65.7 million budget proposal for the 2013-14 school year than it has in recent years.Residents will vote...
View ArticleCeremony planned to mark signing of treaty with Senecas
The annual commemoration of the signing of the Buffalo Creek Treaty of 1842, which restored the Seneca Nation territories of Cattaraugus and Allegany, is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at the Burchfield...
View ArticleJolie's decision spurs local reflection
When news broke Tuesday morning that a healthy Angelina Jolie got a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer, several people contacted Kelli Cravey.They know that Cravey wants to have both of her...
View ArticleOrphaned polar bear cub arrives but may not stay long
Buffalo rolled out the red carpet for its newest polar bear cub Wednesday.But Kali’s time at the Buffalo Zoo may be short-lived.“As far as we know today, the decision is just to keep Kali here through...
View ArticleMoody’s downgrades Niagara Falls' credit rating
NIAGARA FALLS – Moody’s credit agency has downgraded the city’s credit rating for the second time in five months.Again, the agency said a key reason is the financial crunch caused by the casino...
View ArticleFurloughs for civilians at Niagara air base to begin in early July
Furloughs for civilian employees of the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 914th Airlift Wing at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station will begin on July 8.About 360 employees will be furloughed one day a week...
View ArticleRoss, Lockport funeral director, to be appointed coroner
LOCKPORT – Michael A. Ross, co-owner of two Niagara County funeral homes, is to be recommended for appointment to a vacant Niagara County coroner seat.Ross, 52, of the City of Lockport, was chosen...
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School election ballots and more for Erie, Niagara counties
Voters in every Western New York community outside of Buffalo will head to the voting booth next Tuesday (May 21) to consider school budgets, school board candidates and propositions. The following...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists decry plan to truck weapons-grade N-waste through N.Y.
Accident. Fire. Terrorism.Sometime this summer, high-level, weapons-grade radioactive waste is expected to pass through New York State – maybe through the Buffalo Niagara region – on flatbed trucks...
View ArticleFalls roofer admits defrauding now-destitute elderly man out of $600,000
LOCKPORT – A high-rolling roofer pleaded guilty Wednesday to defrauding a retired Lewiston businessman out of more than $600,000 over a six-year period and squandering it at Seneca Niagara...
View ArticlePowerball jackpot soars to $475 million
DES MOINES, Iowa — So you didn’t win Wednesday’s $360 million Powerball jackpot? Make that you and everyone else.A message early today on the multistate lottery’s website said the jackpot has soared...
View ArticleTops in Lewiston redone
One of Tops Friendly Markets’ five franchised locations has undergone an extreme makeover.Anthony DiMino cut the ribbon on his newly renovated Center Street store in Lewiston Wednesday. He spent...
View ArticleLockport Common Council OKs leasing paver
LOCKPORT – The Common Council voted Wednesday to lease a paving machine for future purchase, using state highway aid.The paver will cost $302,500 on a state contract, but the city will enter a...
View ArticleNewfane seeks vendors for August Festival
NEWFANE – Organizers are now taking craft and business vendor applications for the Newfane August Festival, which is set for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 17.Applications are available at Wilson’s Pizza...
View ArticleSPCA event to honor man who drowned trying to rescue dog
The Niagara County SPCA will hold a 1.5-mile walk in honor of those who love their companion animals and in memory of Pascal Scrufari, who drowned in February 2012 trying to rescue one of his dogs on...
View ArticleCocaine, guns seized in arrest of Falls man
NIAGARA FALLS – Narcotics detectives seized about $3,000 worth of powdered cocaine, five long guns and cash when they served a warrant at 10 a.m. Wednesday for a suspect who was selling drugs at two...
View ArticleVictoria Day Weekend means heavy border traffic
Brace yourselves for extraordinarily heavy border traffic this weekend.Canada’s Victoria Day Weekend begins Friday, with the holiday observed Monday.Never mind that Queen Victoria actually was born on...
View ArticleFlying a kite is a good way to remain grounded
CAMBRIA – Ted Shaw was coming off a depressive period when the sight of people painting the sky with kites along the Niagara River at Gratwick Park was the beginning of a hobby that opened up his life...
View ArticleNiagara Honor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishments of WNYers
Dr. Alan Meholick and Douglas Mooradian will head the 22nd annual Niagara Cup Classic fundraiser for Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center on June 4 at the Niagara Falls Country Club. Meholick, who is...
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