Overdue makeover to brighten scene at N. Tonawanda court
NORTH TONAWANDA – City Court is getting a makeover. And court officials are convinced that it will make a difference in the way people feel about their dealings with the legal system.The monthlong,...
View ArticleClick It or Ticket seat belt enforcement campaign starts Monday
LOCKPORT – Beginning Monday the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office will be out in full force, partnering with New York State Police and other local law enforcement agencies taking part in the 2013...
View ArticleAround Town / Niagara County meetings and hearings this week
The School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the district’s administrative offices, Quaker and Haight roads.The Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, followed by the Zoning Board of Appeals at...
View ArticleNiagara County faith-related events
CONCERt: 4 p.m., Hartland Bible Church, 8110 West Ave., Gasport. Features the Festival Chorus of Clarence and the Middle Community Vocal Choir, led by Ric Jones, and the Middleport Belltones, directed...
View ArticlePublic pianos part of Lockport’s “sweet summer” plan
LOCKPORT – Many communities have offered themed public art programs, with the decorated bisons of the Herd About Buffalo effort of a few years ago being the best known local example.But less common...
View ArticleHistory Center readies program commemorating War of 1812
LOCKPORT – The History Center of Niagara County will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 with a free program Thursday funded by a New York State Council on the Humanities grant. Ann...
View ArticleNiagara County School District Elections
Voters in every Western New York community outside of Buffalo will head to the voting booth Tuesday to consider school budgets, school board candidates and propositions.The following capsules...
View ArticleOne killed, two hurt when car hits pole
One person was killed and two people seriously injured when their car hit a power pole this morning in Lewiston.The identities of victims, all females under the age of 21, were not released pending...
View ArticleFalls man shot to death outside home
A 37-year-old Niagara Falls man is dead after being shot outside his home early today.Niagara Falls police officers who were called to the scene of the shooting at 4:52 a.m. found Joseph Medley Sr....
View ArticleHuman services agency dogged by fiscal woes
Problems are mounting at Phoenix Frontier Inc., a Buffalo human services agency that offers day programs for individuals with disabilities.The agency’s board of directors fired its president and chief...
View ArticleVictims of fatal Lewiston car crash named
State Police on Sunday released the identities of three victims in a fatal Lewiston car crash.Jasmin P. Dubuc, 19, of Cayuga Drive in Niagara Falls, died at the scene of the accident. She was a...
View ArticleVictim in Town of Cambria motorcycle crash identified
The Niagara County Sheriff’s Department on Sunday released the name of man who died in a motorcycle crash Saturday in the Town of Cambria.Christopher E. Rowland, 46, of the Town of Wilson lost control...
View ArticleLockport fires back in lawsuit on city ramp demolition
LOCKPORT – Battle lines have been drawn in a lawsuit between a contractor and the City of Lockport over the opening of bids for the demolition of the city’s downtown parking ramp.The city’s attorney...
View ArticleNiagara County Democrats propose inspections for apartments rented to...
LOCKPORT – Niagara County legislators have ordered that welfare recipients’ shelter allowances be paid directly to landlords, effective June 1.Now it’s time for the other side of the issue to receive...
View ArticleNiagara County plans to hire second welfare fraud investigator
LOCKPORT – Niagara County’s sole welfare fraud investigator is having such a big year that county leaders have decided she needs a partner.The County Legislature is to vote Tuesday on creating a...
View ArticleNiagara County real estate transactions
LEWISTON• Ridge Road, Timothy R. Sledziewski; Candice D. Sledziewski to Ryan M. Henderson; Jill A. Henderson, $115,000.LOCKPORT• 335 Elmwood Ave., Pamela Sarchia to Heather L. Campbell, $119,000.•...
View ArticleVilla Maria, GCC hold graduation ceremonies
Villa Maria College awarded degrees to about 100 students Sunday during the school’s 49th commencement ceremonies in the college auditorium.Robert D. Gioia, president of John R. Oishei Foundation, was...
View ArticlePearce to be keynote speaker at NAACP awards dinner
Mark Gaston Pearce, the former Buffalo lawyer who was named chairman of the National Labor Relations Board by President Obama in 2011, will be the keynote speaker at the 47th annual awards dinner of...
View ArticleKite fundraiser lifts hopes of helping homeless veterans find a place to live
The spectacular kites on display at Gratwick Park on Saturday gave Cheryl Matthews plenty to smile about – from the gigantic purple spider that seemed about as big as a house to the elaborate manta...
View ArticleLake Erie's troubled waters
The waters lapping up along the Lake Erie shoreline are no longer orange. The lake doesn’t smell as bad as it once did. And talk of “a dead lake” has been put in the distant past. The water even looks...
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