Hope comes in a can of paint
NORTH TONAWANDA – For a third year, the city will pick a home in need of an “extensive sprucing up” in Project HOPE – Helping Others Paint Exteriors.The city is collecting applications through July...
View ArticleVoters head back to the polls in six districts
Tuesday looms large in six school districts in Western New York.That’s the day they find out if they have to make more cuts to their educational programs.“We’ve kind of run out of things to cut,” said...
View ArticleParty lines drawn on Niagara County tourism contract renewal
LOCKPORT – Two competing resolutions on a new contract with Niagara County’s tourism promotion agency are on Tuesday’s County Legislature agenda.The majority Republicans are proposing only a one-year...
View ArticleAround Town / Niagara County meetings and hearings this week
The Barker 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 8 p.m. Monday in Town Hall, 4160 Upper Mountain...
View ArticleKickboxer is devoted to his community
Amer Abdallah has an ambition to become a world champion kickboxer, and he is determined to bring Western New York along for the ride.In his first fight since entering the World Kickboxing...
View ArticleNational Guard pitches in on Bond Lake ditches
LEWISTON – The trails and drainage ditches at Bond Lake Park are getting some attention these days in a project that benefits the county and also provides training to local soldiers.About 20 to 25...
View ArticleNew bids for voting machine storage put on hold until 2014 in Niagara
LOCKPORT – A Democratic proposal to seek new bids for space to store Niagara County’s voting machines failed in committee last week, but even Republican members hinted that the issue would resurface...
View ArticleDental Card seeks approval for discount plan in Niagara County
LOCKPORT – A dental coverage plan endorsed by the New York State Association of Counties wants permission to begin offering its services in Niagara County.Eric R. Lintala of Health Economics Group...
View ArticleNiagara Wheatfield tries second budget vote Tuesday
SANBORN – Voters in the Niagara Wheatfield Central School District will get the opportunity to vote on a second budget Tuesday – one that has been reduced by nearly a half-million dollars.Because the...
View ArticleYellow Ribbon events help new veterans adjust
The numbers aren’t pretty: On average, an American military veteran commits suicide every 65 minutes, which totals 22 per day, according to a study released earlier this year by the Department of...
View ArticleLockport’s downtown developers put rink plan on ice
LOCKPORT – Corporation Counsel John J. Ottaviano, the prime mover behind a plan to construct a twin-rink ice complex in downtown Lockport, said last week that demolition of the former supermarket on...
View ArticleBuffalo Pepsi gives $6,500 to support Hillside program
Soft drink bottler Buffalo Pepsi has donated $6,500 to support the expansion of Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection, a dropout-prevention program in the Buffalo schools.The Hillside program, which...
View ArticleATV stolen from behind 80th Street home in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A thief cut off a cable lock and dragged a $3,000 Outlander all-terrain vehicle away from an 80th Street property on Sunday, police said.The owner of the ATV told police it was parked...
View ArticleLarge tree falls in Lockport, damaging three properties
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – A combination of soggy ground and Saturday’s stiff breezes helped uproot a large tree in the 2700 block of Caledonia Street, causing damage to three different properties, sheriff’s...
View ArticlePolice investigate cashing of Falls man’s stolen $13,500 check
NIAGARA FALLS – Police are trying to determine who forged and cashed a stolen check worth $13,500.A 73rd Street man told police on Friday that he has been waiting for the check from the county...
View ArticleUnauthorized withdrawals made from Falls woman’s account
NIAGARA FALLS – A 27th Street woman told police on Sunday that someone has been using her bank account information to make unauthorized withdrawals at area convenience stores. The victim learned that...
View ArticleRecently released from jail, shoplifter is accused again
NIAGARA FALLS – When police spotted a well-known shoplifter waiting at a bus stop with three bags, they decided to check into the matter. In the bags, they said, they found close to $200 worth of...
View ArticleWestern New Yorkers to join large anti-fracking rally
About 100 Western New Yorkers were scheduled to board buses headed to Albany today. Their mission: to demonstrate against hydraulic fracturing and to call for New York’s elected officials to do more...
View ArticleNewfane seeks Greenway funds for Olcott pier, beach repairs
LOCKPORT – The Town of Newfane last week sought Niagara County Legislature support for Niagara River Greenway funding to repair one of the piers at Olcott’s Krull Park Beach and the wall on the...
View ArticleLabor Night at the Races set for Ransomville Speedway
The fifth annual Labor’s Night at the Races, to benefit the United Way of Greater Niagara, will take place Friday at Ransomville Speedway.The event was originally scheduled for June 7, but was...
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