Lockport faces townwide revaluation, 40 percent health insurance hike
LOCKPORT – The Town Board learned Monday that the town assessor wants to carry out a townwide property revaluation next year and that the town’s health insurance premiums will rise by 40 percent,...
View ArticleEPA plans Lockport meeting on Eighteen Mile Creek contamination
LOCKPORT – Federal environmental officials will be in Lockport on Wednesday, hearing residents’ views on contamination along Eighteen Mile Creek and in the adjacent neighborhoods in the northern part...
View ArticleCity Mission open to sale but no offers
The Buffalo City Mission is up for sale – for the right price, that is.But no one has come forward to buy it.Stuart L. Harper, chief executive officer at the City Mission, said officials are open to...
View ArticleOrchard Park starts moving district offices
Most members of the office staff from the Orchard Park Central School District have moved into new district offices on Southwestern Boulevard.Superintendent Matthew McGarrity said his office, along...
View ArticleAmherst Town Board members trying to stop downsizing measure
A special election to determine – once again – the size of the Amherst Town Board is just one week away, but town Democrats are trying to stop the effort before it gets to the ballot box.Democratic...
View ArticleWest Seneca School District celebrates retirees
Their job titles in the West Seneca School District ranged from bus driver and cook, to teacher and assistant superintendent. Combined, they worked 1,860.25 years for the district.Monday night, the...
View ArticleImprovements in finding, treating cancers
The good news for patients with head and neck cancer is the improvement in diagnosis and care over the years. “It’s treatable and curable,” said Dr. Wesley L. Hicks, chairman of head and neck surgery...
View ArticleTonawanda Town Board reviews auto business permits
The fate of zoning permits for three auto-related businesses in the Town of Tonawanda was decided Monday during action by the Town Board when it revoked one permit and approved two others – one on...
View ArticleLackawanna still struggling with firefighter overtime
Over the past year, the City of Lackawanna hired six firefighters to cut down on overtime expenses that set taxpayers back more than a half-million dollars in 2011-12.But with two months still left in...
View ArticleEast Aurora’s new water bill policy opposed by property owner
East Aurora’s new policy to send water bills to property owners rather than tenants led one manager to come before the Village Board to protest the change.“I’m trying to figure out why it was...
View ArticleKelly’s supporters have his back
BATAVIA — Jim Kelly’s former teammates and friends expressed confidence Monday his legendary toughness will aid him in his battle against cancer.“He didn’t get a reputation as the toughest guy ever to...
View ArticleCancer faces a fighter tested on, off field
It seemed somehow fitting for Jim Kelly to tell the world about his jaw cancer at the start of his annual golf tournament Monday.The Kelly for Kids Foundation has raised tens of millions of dollars to...
View ArticleSabres plan ahead for their prospects
The Sabres’ prospects are already set to play in Switzerland next season. It appears they’re heading back to Michigan, too.The Detroit Red Wings have announced the resumption of their prospect...
View ArticleOutrage sparked by Flight 3407 revelation
WASHINGTON – Federal lawmakers and the Families of Continental Connection Flight 3407 reacted with outrage at the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday in the wake of a former Colgan Air...
View ArticleCuomo seeks support in Peace Bridge panel standoff
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, whose tactical maneuvering in the Peace Bridge dispute has not been winning him any friends in Canada, held a closed-door meeting with Western New York lawmakers Monday...
View ArticleSchneiderman sues HSBC over foreclosures
ALBANY – Thousands of New Yorkers have likely been denied a better chance to get their homes out from under foreclosure by HSBC Bank USA and its Depew mortgage operations facility, Attorney General...
View ArticleTonawanda forum airs opposition to NY SAFE Act
More than 200 “citizen patriots” got a call to action to fight the SAFE Act, New York’s gun-control law, Monday night at a TEA New York-sponsored forum.“It’s you guys who are going to make a...
View ArticleHeroism and tragedy converge at river as boy, 17, drowns after saving sister
It all started when a 7-year-old girl slipped into the Niagara River off Squaw Island on Monday afternoon.Her 17-year-old brother jumped in after her and threw her to shore, into the waiting arms of...
View ArticleIn Focus: Rita Harrington-Lippman, Allentown Art Festival
About 400 exhibitors from across North America will take part in the 56th annual Allentown Art Festival this weekend. One of the region’s largest events will be held from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday...
View ArticleResidents near Tonawanda city school voice concerns about stadium construction
Work on the new athletic campus at Tonawanda High/Middle School is ramping up, but a few homeowners on nearby Adam Street are upset about the impact of the construction on their properties. The...
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