Around Town / Niagara County meetings and hearings this week
Barker The Village Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in Village Hall, 8708 Main St. Cambria The Town Board will hold a public hearing at 8 p.m. Thursday, followed by a regular meeting, in Town Hall,...
View ArticleWilson drops JV football to put more varsity players on the field
WILSON – The challenges of coaching football in a small town are magnified on the practice field.Lacking the numbers to fill out a full 11-on-11 drill in recent seasons, Wilson Lakemen coach Bill...
View ArticleWrangle continues over defense attorneys in NT man’s third murder trial
LOCKPORT – Preparing to try a 32-year-old homicide case for the third time is no easy matter, as a session in State Supreme Court demonstrated last week.Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. and the attorneys...
View ArticleSurveys hold candidates’ feet to fire on cultural issues
There comes a moment in the life of every major constituency when a group of important-looking people in expensive-looking suits will descend upon your neighborhood, school or community center and...
View ArticleShooting at Lockport bar was part of a chaotic evening for police
LOCKPORT - A man was shot in the shoulder during a fight in a Lockport bar early Saturday, Police Chief Lawrence M. Eggert said.The unidentified victim was transported to Eastern Niagara Hospital and...
View ArticleNiagara County Peach Festival organizers hope for a sunny Sunday
LEWISTON – The nearly deserted midway, the easy parking and the bored-looking vendors told their own story on a rainy Saturday afternoon: the Niagara County Peach Festival took a hit from the...
View ArticleNiagara County faith-related events Sept. 8-15
Monday PRAYER: The Healing Rooms of Buffalo Niagara is open for prayer for anyone who needs physical, emotional or spiritual healing, 7 to 9 p.m., at the Potters House Christian Community Church, 723...
View ArticlePolitical signs supporting Councilman Samuel Fruscione burned in Falls
Niagara Falls police are investigating the night-time burning of some political signs supporting City Councilman Samuel F. Fruscione over the weekend.Fruscione said that signs at about 10 homes...
View ArticleCuomo defends harbor plan
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s announcement last week that New York State is taking over Gallagher Beach and Buffalo’s Small Boat Harbor came within several years after some area parks were closed because of...
View ArticleTeenager killed in Town of Lewiston two-vehicle crash
An 18-year-old resident of the Tuscarora Indian Reservation died from his injuries late Sunday morning after being partially trapped under an overturned SUV that had been involved in a two-vehicle...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
CAMBRIA• Shawnee Road, Sheri L. Thorne; Eric P. Thorne to Jacquelyn D. Delorenzo; David W.J. Delorenzo, $345,000.HARTLAND• Gill Road, Jennifer Millar; Aaron Berner; Jennifer Berner to Danielle E....
View ArticleNiagara Falls man admits shooting girl, 2
LOCKPORT – Willie R. Scott Jr., who according to his attorney had vowed never to take a plea bargain, backed away from that position Monday and admitted he shot a 2-year-old girl in the face.Scott,...
View ArticleKidz “N” Kites to include dogs and cats
TOWN OF NIAGARA – “Kidz ‘N’ Kites” is going to the dogs. Or rather, the dogs – and cats – are coming to “Kidz ‘N’ Kites,” on Saturday at Veterans Memorial Park, 7000 Lockport Rd.The Niagara County...
View ArticleTonawanda Creek Road closed
PENDLETON – Tonawanda Creek Road, between Campbell Boulevard and Bear Ridge Road was closed at about 2 p.m. today after a tractor trailer struck a utility pole at Tonawanda Creek and Old Tonawanda...
View ArticleTwo drivers injured in crash
NIAGARA FALLS – Two drivers were injured in a crash at Niagara Falls Boulevard and Packard Road at about noon today.Both drivers were taken to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center with non...
View ArticleBicyclist struck in City of Lockport
LOCKPORT – Police are investigating after a person on a bicycle was struck by a vehicle just before 3:30 p.m. today at Market and Exchange streets.The person riding the bike, who was not immediately...
View ArticleCheck point by North Tonawanda Police screens over 1,600 drivers
NORTH TONAWANDA – Dozens of drivers were arrested or ticketed in a STOP-DWI sobriety checkpoint conducted by the North Tonawanda Police Department from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Friday.A total of 1680...
View ArticleCambria to hold public hearing on raising contributions for volunteer...
CAMBRIA – The Cambria Town Board will hold a public hearing at 8 p.m. Thursday to consider local volunteer fire companies’ request to raise the town’s contribution to the firefighters’ service award...
View ArticleBrooklyn owner of Eighth Street apartment building wants to construct...
NIAGARA FALLS – A downstate property owner wants to turn a vacant apartment building on Eighth Street and Pine Avenue into a boardinghouse with one-room units for 140 people.However, a landlord group...
View ArticleNew roof for Lewiston Senior Center is discussed by board
LEWISTON – The Town Board debated the condition of the Lewiston Senior Center on Lower River Road on Monday as it grappled with a $150,000 estimate for a new roof for the center.“Are we just throwing...
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