Jacobs wants Google to close site that lists pistol permit data
Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs wants Google to shut down a website that lists the names and addresses of pistol permit holders. More than 9,000 Erie County residents are listed.Jacobs announced...
View ArticleDEC to perform soil sampling at site of former gas station
NIAGARA FALLS – Soil sampling is planned soon at a former Niagara Falls gas station, the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced Thursday.A public comment period is under way and...
View ArticleBoard lauds high school senior as town’s outstanding youth
LOCKPORT – Katie Britt, who ranks in the top 10 of this year’s Lockport High School graduating class, was honored at Wednesday’s Town Board meeting as the town’s outstanding youth of 2013.Katie, who...
View ArticleBuffalo Bandits donate $5,000 to Coaches vs. Cancer
The Buffalo Bandits lacrosse team presented a donation of $5,000 to the American Cancer Society’s Coaches vs. Cancer program in a ceremony Thursday in First Niagara Center. The Bandits raised funds...
View ArticleFour arts organizations awarded total of $36,000
Four local arts organizations have been awarded a total of more than $36,000 in grants from the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo’s Oliver G. & Sarah Sloan Bauman Fund for the Arts. Grant...
View ArticleNiagara neighborhood watch moving online
Niagara County residents can now meet, greet and share concerns with their neighbors in a new virtual reality service – www.nextdoor.com. The free, online social network for neighborhoods is being...
View ArticleClosing statements set today in Hoskins’ animal cruelty trial
Attorneys in the criminal trial of Beth Lynne Hoskins on 74 counts of animal cruelty tied to alleged neglect on her Morgan horse farm three years ago will offer closing statements at 9:30 a.m. today...
View ArticleAppeals Court takes on Wicks Law over threshold rules
Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the state’s Wicks Law scored a partial victory Thursday when the State Court of Appeals called for a review of a portion of the law that forces bidders on public...
View ArticleForestville School Board salutes secretary’s 50 years of service
FORESTVILLE – Retiring school secretary Eleanor Hebner, who has worked at Forestville Central for 50 years, was honored Thursday at the regular meeting of the Board of Education. Hebner started work...
View ArticleBands rock on despite chill at Canalside season opener
A few minutes into this summer’s first Thursday at Canalside concert, an announcer greeted the 20 or so people straggling around the harbor and said he anticipated a “small but mighty crowd” for the...
View ArticleOlean superintendent contract extended through 2016
OLEAN – Colleen Taggerty’s contract as superintendent of the Olean City School District has been extended for one year, but details of the extension were not immediately available.School Board members...
View ArticleKnocked-down utility pole forces brief closure of Campbell Boulevard
A vehicle knocked down a utility pole on Campbell Boulevard before the morning rush hour Friday, forcing authorities to close the road for a short time near the Niagara-Erie County line, Niagara...
View ArticleFalls School Board awards contracts with virtually no public discussion
NIAGARA FALLS – The city School Board awarded $27.8 million in contracts as part of its districtwide capital improvement project after a closed-door session of nearly two hours Thursday night.The...
View ArticleSchumer scolds FAA for lagging on air safety in Flight 3407 aftermath
WASHINGTON – When government investigators completed their report on the 2009 crash of Colgan Air’s Continental Connection Flight 3407, they recommended that the Federal Aviation Administration boost...
View ArticleSplish, splash and repeat
There’s only one weather condition that can stop the J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge from taking place.“Lightning,” race coordinator Dan Loncto said moments before the start. “And we’ve been on the...
View ArticleRacial disparities found in marijuana charges
If you are black and stopped by police in Niagara County, you are 7.5 times more likely to be arrested for misdemeanor marijuana possession than if you are white.If you are black and in Erie County,...
View ArticleFlood watch canceled
Creeks and streams were expected to barely stay within their banks across portions of Buffalo Niagara overnight as the result of the widespread heavy rain that fell across the region most of the day...
View ArticleJP Morgan Chase closing 400-employee mortgage facility in Albion
ALBION – About 400 employees of JP Morgan Chase’s mortgage call center in this Orleans County village will be looking for work following an announcement Thursday from the multi-national bank giant...
View ArticleA fond send-off for an icon as North Park Theatre makes transition
“One student, please.” “Enjoy the show.” “Two seniors, please.” “Thank you, enjoy the show.”Two adults. One senior. Two students. More adults.And so it went this week at the little window of the...
View ArticleAppeal denial is final hurdle for $400 million speedway
FORT ERIE, Ont. – The Ontario Municipal Board’s denial of an appeal has cleared the last legal hurdle to building the proposed $400 million, 65,000-seat Canadian Motor Speedway in Fort Erie.The...
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