Depew schools switch providers for day care
The Depew School District’s decision to switch providers for its School-Age Child Care Program after almost 20 years has caused concern among parents and stripped an area day care center of one-third...
View ArticleFrontier schools ax teachers, staff, draws criticism
The Frontier School District budget ax fell hard Tuesday night - hitting at least 24.8 full-time equivalent teachers and support staff for next year as part of the district’s $73.2 million budget.It...
View ArticleDunkirk City Council wants fire-damaged houses torn down
DUNKIRK – The City Council has decided that two properties that were the scene of recent fires should be torn down as soon as possible. At their regular meeting Tuesday in City Hall, Council members...
View ArticleNiagara County to close landfill July 3
LOCKPORT – Niagara County will be leaving the landfill business as of July 3.The Refuse Disposal District board, comprising county legislators, voted unanimously Monday to stop accepting waste at the...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda Council OKs EMS contract for concerts
NORTH TONAWANDA – The North Tonawanda Common Council approved an emergency medical service agreement Tuesday with Twin City Ambulance for the upcoming summer concert series in Gratwick Park, which...
View ArticleAdvisers to Erie County’s jails cite Monroe County’s inmate...
An advisory board tasked with recommending improvements for Erie County’s jails is looking to Monroe County for ways replicate successful general education diploma and job-training programs at the...
View ArticleSuit on HSBC foreclosures seen spurring other banks to follow law
State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said he believes his office’s lawsuit against HSBC Bank USA over allegedly illegal foreclosure-related tactics will grab other banks’ attention.“We went...
View ArticlePopeyes restaurant coming to Elmwood
Popeyes chicken is coming to Buffalo.The popular fast-food supplier of Southern fried chicken, as well as seafood, will be located near Home Depot and Aldi, the grocery chain that owns the property...
View Article‘Hiring Our Heroes’ job fair to be held today in armory
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is hosting a job fair today for veterans and military spouses. More than 60 employers, ranging from bigger businesses to small companies, are seeking workers of all ranks...
View ArticleKaleida strike votes planned
Three unions representing more than 7,000 workers at Kaleida Health facilities will conduct strike authorization votes next week.The votes involve Communications Workers of America Local 1168, 1199...
View ArticleLackawanna driver seriously injured in Brant crash
A Lackawanna man was seriously injured shortly after midnight Wednesday when his car left the road, rolled over and struck a pole on Erie Road in the Town of Brant, the Erie County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleThree men plead guilty to home-invasion charges
Three men accused of binding a homeowner and his wife with duct tape and brandishing a revolver during a Buffalo home invasion in December have pleaded guilty to first-degree burglary and robbery...
View ArticleSusan Rice to be named national security adviser
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s top national security adviser Tom Donilon is resigning and will be replaced by U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, marking a significant...
View ArticleNothing funny as Nix pranksters land in federal court
Joshua Barber, who was making $9 an hour working part time in a deli, aspired to play professional football, and his first pick was the Buffalo Bills.The 20-year-old NFL wannabe at first made an...
View ArticlePedestrian killed on Niagara Falls Blvd.
An Amherst pedestrian was struck and killed on Niagara Falls Boulevard Wednesday morning, authorities reported.The woman was crossing east to west at the intersection of Willowridge Road, when a...
View ArticleOwner of dog killed in drug raid says police targeted wrong apartment
A West Side resident and Iraq War veteran with no criminal record is mourning the loss of his rescue dog who was fatally shot during a Buffalo police narcotics raid that apparently targeted the wrong...
View ArticleMotorcyclist killed on Main Street in Clarence
A motorcyclist was killed in an accident about 9 a.m. Wednesday near Harris Hill Cemetery on Main Street in Clarence.The car was traveling east on Main and the motorcyclist was westbound, apparently...
View Article90-year-old pilot completes 90 international crossings in his airplane
It’s not surprising that John G. Lawton fulfilled his dream of making 90 aerial crossings of the U.S.-Canadian border when he turned 90.He’s a high school dropout with a doctorate in aeronautical...
View ArticleLockport residents describe Eighteen Mile Creek contamination at EPA hearing
LOCKPORT – By the dozens, Lockport’s Lowertown residents told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday how their lives were changed by contamination along Eighteen Mile Creek.A Water...
View ArticleElma Towne Grille: Delicious food at reasonable prices
That’s it – I’m moving to Elma.More than five years ago, Ruth and Dan went with us to the Elma Towne Grille and we had some good food, 3½-pennies good food.Some things remain the same: The long, white...
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