Events on Longest Day to raise money, awareness
The Longest Day, a variety of daylong events in the Buffalo area, will raise funds and awareness of Alzheimer’s disease on Friday, the longest day of the year. At the Western New York Chapter office...
View ArticleBuffalo graduation rates sank to 47 percent in 2012
Buffalo Public Schools graduation rates continue to stir serious concerns, with the latest graduation data released by the state showing the city trailing behind every other major city school district...
View ArticleThree paths converge to bring unconscious bicyclist to safety
Brian P. Murphy was out on a leisurely kayaking trip Monday evening with his two sons and two of their friends, looking for turtles among the logs near shore on the Erie Canal at Ellicott Creek...
View ArticleGraduation rates up for some Niagara high schools
Niagara County schools showed small gains and minor losses in the percentages of their high school students graduating in four years in 2012, according to data released Monday by the state Education...
View ArticleSteady turnout reported in Clarence for second school vote
Turnout for the Clarence school re-vote is steady but not as high as when the first budget was defeated a month ago.More than 3,900 voters had cast their ballots as of 6 p.m., the second-highest vote...
View ArticleDyster details Falls plans for $89 million in casino revenue
NIAGARA FALLS – Mayor Paul A. Dyster on Tuesday outlined his administration’s general plans for the city’s $89 million in slot machine revenue from the Seneca Niagara Casino.In an afternoon news...
View ArticleTwo sentenced to time behind bars in separate robberies
LOCKPORT – Two men who pleaded guilty in separate robberies were imprisoned Tuesday by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III.James A. Connell, 36, of Bellreng Drive, Town of Niagara, drew seven...
View ArticleTwo men plead guilty in Lockport drug cases
LOCKPORT – Two men who sold drugs to police informants pleaded guilty in separate Lockport cases Tuesday before State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr.DeAndre M. Mathews, 22, of North Avenue,...
View ArticleLongtime North Tonawanda police officer appointed top cop
NORTH TONAWANDA – William R. Hall was unanimously appointed police chief by the North Tonawanda Council Tuesday night and will be officially sworn in today by Mayor Robert G. Ortt on Wednesday.During...
View ArticleYahoo moves to fill 125 openings at new Lockport call center
Yahoo is moving aggressively to hire 125 people – 10 more than originally planned – to fill a call center that the Internet giant is constructing near its data center in a Town of Lockport industrial...
View ArticlePeace Bridge battle stirs Canadian threat to fight in court
WASHINGTON – The Canadian ambassador to the United States said Tuesday that New York legislation to disband the Peace Bridge Authority would delay improvements at the span by prompting a court battle...
View ArticleSummer concerts prompt Friday service curtailments in Lockport
LOCKPORT – As the two organizations whose parking situations are most affected by summer concerts announced service curtailments for those Fridays, the women studying downtown Lockport parking said...
View ArticleClarence residents overwhelmingly approve budget in heavy turnout
Given a second opportunity to vote on their school budget, residents of the Clarence School District voted overwhemingly to approve a budget, 3,541 to 1,817.Voters approved the district’s...
View ArticleNiagara County lawmakers OK 1-year contract for tourism agency
LOCKPORT – The leaders of several of Niagara County’s leading tourist-related businesses defended the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corp. in a vigorous public comment period at Tuesday’s County...
View ArticleCardiac/stroke care upgrade in the works for Falls hospital
NIAGARA FALLS – Buffalo’s John R. Oishei Foundation has donated $750,000 to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center’s fund drive for a new cardiac/stroke care center, the hospital announced Monday.The...
View ArticleMore modern cargo planes sought for Falls air base
WASHINGTON – The Western New York congressional delegation, led by Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand, is making a push for bringing more modern cargo planes to the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station.In a...
View ArticleNeMoyer announces bid to be 7th District legislator
NORTH TONAWANDA – Michael E. NeMoyer, who works for Pendum LLC as a technician servicing banking machines, announced Tuesday that he is running for the Niagara County Legislature.NeMoyer, a Democrat,...
View ArticleTeen pulled from canal near Ellicott Creek Island dies
The rescuers tried their best Monday night to save a teen they found floating on the Erie Canal at Ellicott Creek Island.But the young man they pulled from the water died Tuesday night at Erie County...
View ArticleBusiness bonanza of 10 years tax-free is finalized in Albany
ALBANY – Businesses that locate new jobs on vacant public or private college land will get treated to 10 years without any state or property taxes under a deal finalized Wednesday by Gov. Andrew M....
View ArticleMotorcyclist killed in Cambria crash leaves legacy of devotion to firefighting
CAMBRIA – Thomas J. Burley, a 2011 graduate of Lewiston-Porter High School and a volunteer firefighter who planned to pursue a career in law enforcement, was identified Wednesday as the motorcyclist...
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