300 years after ancestors fled, Tuscarora trekkers yearn for homecoming
Three centuries after their beleaguered ancestors fled their homeland in North Carolina, a group of young adults are re-enacting their people's tortuous trek and return home Saturday to a welcome at...
View ArticleWill TWC-LIN deal cost subscribers?
By Alan Pergament How much is it going to cost us? That's the unanswered question that Time Warner Cable subscribers should be asking themselves after Friday's announcement that the cable company and...
View ArticleBank robbery suspect caught in Buffalo
The man charged with robbing a bank in the Village of Orchard Park on Friday had been arrested just a month earlier for breaking into a home in Hamburg, police said Saturday.Michael W. Johnson, 29, of...
View ArticleEvents for people with disabilities
Aspire of Western New York, in conjunction with Southeast Works, is sponsoring an all-day conference, “Aging with Developmental Disabilities,” from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Millennium...
View ArticleDriver charged with DWI after crashing into motorcylist in Amherst
A Buffalo man was charged with driving while intoxicated after crashing into a motorcyclist on Main Street during early Saturday, Amherst police said.The motorcyclist, Joshua D. Karczewski, 31, of...
View ArticleHonor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers
The St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute Department of Visual and Performing Arts inducted five alumni into the school’s Fine Arts Wall of Honor who have distinguished themselves in their creative...
View ArticleClarence reformer has solution for district’s failing formula
He sees himself not as a grim reaper, but as a savior. His mission is not to gut the quality of your kids’ education, but to save it.If Roger Showalter succeeds, it will mark a new way of doing...
View ArticleHART Interfaith builds on success
By Teresa SharpNiagara correspondentLEWISTON – Founded three decades ago by a handful of caring residents, HART Interfaith (Home Assistance Referral Team) continues its mission of linking caregivers...
View ArticleDunkirk water rescue team prepares for summer
DUNKIRK – Members of the Dunkirk Water Rescue Team were preparing the Dunkirk Harbor for summer boating and swimming action Thursday. The team includes members of the Dunkirk Fire and Police...
View ArticleCattaraugus DA criticized for dismissals over ‘failure to...
OLEAN – Cattaraugus County’s public defender contends that District Attorney Lori Rieman has been slow to prosecute some cases, allowing defendants to go free.“It seems we have had an extraordinarily...
View ArticleGM sues to block Lockport IDA plan for land seizure
LOCKPORT – General Motors has gone to court to try to prevent the Town of Lockport Industrial Development Agency from seizing 91 acres the automaker owns adjacent to the town industrial park.GM...
View ArticleDWI charge lodged in pair of LaSalle hit-and-run crashes
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Falls woman was charged with driving while intoxicated after hit-and run incidents Friday night in the city’s LaSalle neighborhood, police said.Officers enroute to the report...
View ArticleFalls man shot twice after answering door of Main Street apartment
NIAGARA FALLS – Police said the shooting of a man in a Main Street apartment complex early Saturday may have been in retaliation for an incident Friday night. Leonard E. Lowe, 33, of Michigan Avenue,...
View ArticlePro-choice Catholics confident Cuomo will introduce Women’s Equality...
As the state’s legislative session winds down, efforts are intensifying to ensure Gov. Andrew Cuomo makes good on a promise to introduce a bill that would strengthen the state’s abortion law. In his...
View ArticleGreeks extend warm Hellenic welcome at annual festival
Rows of souvlaki-on-a-stick were laid across a grill, the meat’s smoky heat wafting through festival tents. Young girls flaunted purple and pink hip scarves tied to their sides, the attached...
View ArticleEpiscopal Church Home deal to be investigated
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s hard-charging efforts to jump-start development on the Buffalo plaza of the Peace Bridge is encountering a significant road block.State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli says he...
View ArticleMerge shooting suspect ruled competent for trial
After about three years in a state psychiatric center, the dishwasher charged with fatally shooting a co-worker at Merge restaurant in Buffalo and trying to kill two others has been found competent to...
View ArticleArt comes to life at Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Some danced or spoke in character and others grew wobbly trying to hold a pose.Students from 14 schools, as well as art aficionados, Saturday competed in the annual Art Alive: A Living Art Contest, on...
View ArticleHave you herd? Yogurt business is booming
“How can Greece be doing so badly? Everyone I know is eating Greek yogurt,” one woman says to another in a New Yorker cartoon.Ah well. Greece’s loss is New York’s gain. The state is now America’s No....
View ArticleThe Rev. John Stanton welcomed into priesthood
John E. Stanton Jr. was welcomed into the Roman Catholic priesthood Saturday during an ordination in front of about 1,000 people in St. Joseph Cathedral.Stanton – who at age 42 is now among the...
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