Two companies approved for discount electricity
WHEATFIELD – Two Niagara County companies were approved Wednesday for allocations of discount electricity from the county’s Empower Niagara program.The County Legislature’s Economic Development...
View ArticleBoard approves agreement for sidewalk project grant
LOCKPORT – New sidewalks along East High Street and Locust Street Extension, leading to George Southard Elementary School and Emmet Belknap Intermediate School, may be installed this fall, Town...
View ArticleNewspaper delivery delayed
Due to production problems, home delivery of today’s Buffalo News has been delayed. The News’ website and edition can be accessed for free today while carriers complete their deliveries.
View ArticleWilson market remodeled
Wilson Lakeside Market has gotten a major makeover.Shoppers will find new doors, flooring, shelving and wider aisles along with expanded health and beauty, single-serve beverage, deli and bakery...
View ArticleYahoo buys more land in Lockport for data center expansion
LOCKPORT – Although ground hasn’t been broken for the second phase of Yahoo’s data center complex in Lockport, the Internet giant is already looking ahead to phase three.The Town of Lockport...
View ArticleLockport hopes for FEMA aid in wake of flooding
LOCKPORT– A restaurant that had been in business for 52 years beside the Erie Canal was ruined in a few minutes by Friday’s devastating flash flood.Walking down the streets of Lockport on Tuesday, you...
View ArticleCity of Illusions: The Buffalo that might have been
Travel with us through a Buffalo Niagara that might have been, if some of the most captivating artists’ renderings created in recent years had actually come to life.Start downtown outside the gleaming...
View Article$1.7 million being sought for Cambria Technology Park upgrade
CAMBRIA – For the second consecutive year, Niagara County is seeking $1.7 million in grants to pay for the construction of a entrance road, sanitary sewer and pumping station at the Cambria Technology...
View ArticleFormer Seneca Gaming executive named to hospital special events post
NIAGARA FALLS – Cheryl Wienckowski, a former Seneca Gaming Corp. executive, has been appointed director of special events and projects for the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Foundation.Her role...
View ArticleNiagara Falls plant fuels energy possibilities
NIAGARA FALLS – Sitting among chemical industry giants, once the backbone of the Niagara Falls economy, JBI Inc. is turning plastic waste into energy.The company’s processors take shredded plastic...
View ArticleSnapshots of City Tower, Bass Pro and other projects that never came to pass
City TowerAnnounced: 2006Location: 85 W. Mohawk St., at South Elmwood AvenueDescription: British developer Bashar Issa, who first bought the Statler Towers, envisioned the largest skyscraper in...
View ArticleA checkered path to happiness
As one warm Friday afternoon crept into the evening, John Herberger’s kind of heaven was coming to an end, like the slices of blueberry pie scraped clean off the plates by the checkerboard. ¶ This...
View ArticleDevoted to local heritage, North Tonawanda History Museum marks its 10th year
NORTH TONAWANDA – Imagine discovering Grandma’s attic full of treasured memories of the past. Then imagine all of the Grandma’s attics in North Tonawanda gathered in one place.That is the North...
View ArticleNiagara Q&A / Rosemary Sansone Happy memories inspire a fun place for children
OLCOTT – Sometimes the future is sparked by a memory of the past.This is the case in Olcott, where Rosemary Sansone looked at a dilapidated carousel roundhouse, recalled blissful times as a child and...
View ArticleTechnology makes it easier to reunite owners and missing pets
Technology has done many things in recent years that would have been impossible a few years ago. Now it can determine the identity of a pet’s owner with the swipe of a scanner.However, that can happen...
View ArticleLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Where in the Falls is the development? In recent headlines, Niagara Falls Redevelopment has come out to reclaim their accomplishments. Back in 1997, as part of a redevelopment agreement, they signed...
View ArticleMuseum events
The North Tonawanda History Museum has several special events planned this summer.• During Canal Fest of the Tonawandas, Monday through next Sunday, there are two presentations each day.• At 1 p.m....
View ArticleFormer music teacher says police pressure led to false confession
LOCKPORT – A former Lutheran school music teacher, whose conviction for sex crimes was overturned by the State Court of Appeals, testified last week that he falsely confessed under police...
View ArticleFree Falls concerts draw big acts
NIAGARA FALLS – The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and 10,000 Maniacs will perform at two free concerts this month on Old Falls Street.The orchestra will perform Saturday, with 10,000 Maniacs...
View ArticleLewiston Art Festival will be an environmentally friendly event.
LEWISTON – Mounds of garbage left behind after any successful festival can put a damper on an otherwise positive experience.So the Village of Lewiston has issued a proclamation declaring “The Art of...
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