Mob-related merchandise spurs dispute between Niagara Falls council members
NIAGARA FALLS - City Councilman Samuel F. Fruscione is coming under fire for actions related to a business he operates downtown, which includes selling T-shirts depicting mob figures.Fruscione...
View ArticleDamage assessment team due in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Residents and businesses in Niagara Falls who suffered storm damage last week are invited to speak with and provide information to members of the state’s damage assessment team...
View ArticleSoaked fans ride out the downpour for Blue Rodeo at Artpark
LEWISTON – Were the five hawks circling overhead an omen? Well, the black storm clouds sure were of the deluge to come, rolling in from the west. A man appeared on stage warning that rain was coming,...
View ArticleIntense fire damages Allied Waste storage building in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A building that was used to store filter press plates was heavily damaged just before 10 p.m. Tuesday at Allied Waste at 5600 Niagara Falls Boulevard.Niagara Falls Fire Investigator...
View ArticleBeach reopens at Wilson-Tuscarora State Park
WILSON – After being closed to swimmers Tuesday due to poor water quality, the beach at Wilson-Tuscarora State Park was reopened today..State parks officials announced the reopening after a new round...
View ArticleLockport drunk driver pleads guilty; NT man sentenced
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man pleaded guilty and a North Tonawanda man was sent to jail Wednesday in drunken driving cases before Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.Peter L. Reed, 41, of Scovell...
View ArticleFalls stop armed man in wheelchair selling crack
NIAGARA FALLS – Police caught a suspected crack dealer in a wheelchair who tried to roll away after throwing his loaded .22 caliber short revolver in a pile of dirt in the 500 block alley off of Ferry...
View ArticleNT man draws probation for selling Suboxone
LOCKPORT – Five years’ probation was the sentence Wednesday for a North Tonawanda man who had pleaded guilty to selling the drug Suboxone in that city last year.Jason A. Kozlowski, 37, of Payne...
View ArticleNewfane drug dealer risks 12-year sentence if treatment fails
LOCKPORT – Brandon R. McKinney, 31, of Prospect Street, Newfane, pleaded guilty Wednesday to selling heroin and was admitted to the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment by...
View ArticleMan imprisoned for B&B burglary
LOCKPORT – Alexander S. Wisby, whose attorney said he was a drug addict, was sentenced Wednesday to one to three years in prison for stealing $3,742 worth of property from a Town of Lockport...
View ArticleTrusello takes plea deal in Lockport bank robbery
LOCKPORT – The man who robbed the M&T Bank branch in the City of Lockport March 8 pleaded guilty Wednesday in Niagara County Court.Joseph J. Trusello, 24, of Ransomville Road, Lewiston, admitted...
View ArticleCastle Farms, a little goat farm with a big menu
Fans of goat milk in all its forms – raw, pasteurized, cheese, yogurt – have started to notice Castle Farms, a small farm in Brant with a big menu of products.Customers buy milk at the farm (1051...
View ArticleRepairs to Niagara Falls sewage plant will cost at least $2 million
NIAGARA FALLS – The estimated cost to repair damage at the city’s sewage treatment plant from last week’s storm is pegged at about $2 million, officials said Wednesday.But that figure may rise if...
View ArticleAround Town / Niagara County meetings and hearings this week
Lockport The Common Council will hold a work session at 5 p.m. Wednesday in City Hall, One Locks Plaza. Niagara County The County Legislature Administration Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda History Museum readies annual used-book sale
The North Tonawanda History Museum’s summer used-book sale – a tradition going back to 2006 – will be held Saturday. Hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the museum, 54 Webster St.Books are 50 cents each for...
View ArticleNiagara County Fair will feature K-9 performers who have gone from homeless...
LOCKPORT – The “World Class K-9 Athletes” is a scripted and choreographed show designed to entertain fairgoers with high flying, acrobatic dog performances, several times a day at the Niagara County...
View ArticleNiagara Honor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers
Angela Gallo, a senior at Lewiston-Porter High School, was elected governor at the 2013 American Legion Auxiliary Empire Girls State Program held June 29 to July 6 at Brockport State College.Gallo was...
View ArticleItalian Heritage Festival starts Friday in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A long-standing city tradition is coming back in full force this year.The Italian Festival will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday on Pine Avenue between Portage Avenue and 15th...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda School Board gets a new board president and new meeting dates
NORTH TONAWANDA – With incumbents re-elected, the same board members took their seats at the North Tonawanda Board of Education’s reorganizational meeting this month, but new people took the top seats...
View ArticleNiagara County faith-related events July 28 – Aug. 4
Monday PRAYER: The Healing Rooms of Buffalo Niagara is open to pray for anyone who needs physical, emotional or spiritual healing, 7 to 9 p.m., Potters House Christian Community Church, 723 Seventh...
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