McClew Interpretive Center to host activities Sunday
BURT – A benefit to assist the McClew Interpretive Center in its effort to acquire all real property and take over all operations of the McClew Farmstead within the next five years will be held from 5...
View ArticleHalloween tradition makes appearance today in village
LEWISTON – The Lewiston Council on the Arts’ Marble Orchard Ghost Walk, a Halloween tradition, will make a summer appearance at 7 p.m. today. The free event is part of the New York State Path Through...
View ArticlePettit Rieman designated for Woman in the Law Award
LITTLE VALLEY – Cattaraugus County District Attorney Lori Pettit Rieman is the recipient of an Outstanding Woman in the Law Award.The award was announced Friday by the Women in the Courts/Gender and...
View ArticleCleveland Hill starts new review plan
After getting its new annual professional performance review approved by both district teachers and the state last year, Cleveland Hill school administrators explained the program to the Board of...
View ArticleHipper, sportier 2014 Corolla aims at younger market
DETROIT – Toyota is giving the Corolla a sportier look and more gadgets, a recognition by the world’s biggest automaker that the under-50 crowd wants more than just reliability in a compact car.The...
View ArticleEconomy adding jobs at steady pace
WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs in May – a steady pace that shows strength in the face of tax increases and government spending cuts, if not enough to reduce still-high...
View ArticleCanada added 95,000 jobs in May
TORONTO – Canada’s economy pumped out a whopping 95,000 new jobs in May, the biggest month of employment growth in more than a decade, Statistics Canada said Friday.The massive gain was the first...
View ArticleStocks jump sharply following report of steady employment growth in May
NEW YORK – Steady growth in hiring last month sent the stock market sharply higher Friday.The 175,000 jobs added by U.S. employers last month was just what investors wanted. The number suggested that...
View ArticleMurder plea made in Buffalo shooting death
A Buffalo teen has pleaded guilty to murder for shooting a man to death last year after the victim left an East Side convenience store.Devon Scott, also known by the street name “Ghost,” pleaded...
View ArticleRollover crash leads to DWI arrest
A Niagara Falls man was arrested and charged with drunken driving after he failed to negotiate a ramp onto the Robert Moses Parkway late Friday night and crashed into trees and fences.Sean Payne, 43,...
View ArticleWest Side fire leaves 11 homeless
Eleven people were left homeless after a fire damaged their West Side home early Saturday.Buffalo firefighters responded at 3:13 a.m. to a house fire at 100 Brayton St. The fire started on the second...
View ArticleHit-and-run incident at Walmart injures three
Police are searching for a driver who injured three people in a hit-and-run accident in the Walmart parking lot in Clarence late Friday night.The incident occurred at 10:25 p.m., when a driver struck...
View ArticleIroquois High School alumnus killed in Harlem traffic accident
An Iroquois High School alumnus was struck and killed by two taxi cabs in East Harlem, Thursday night.Laura Rothfuss was bicycling on Park Avenue at 9:20 p.m. when she was hit by a taxi crossing 125th...
View ArticleA special night for special students
It’s a rite of passage, and perhaps one of the most troubling problems in a young man’s life: finding a date to the high school prom.Matthew Pearce, 18, of Orchard Park, had his sights set on a...
View ArticleWalden Galleria’s Macy’s expands to draw more Canadians
Walden Galleria is scheduled to unveil a sweeping overhaul of its Macy’s store today, driven in large part by the demand from Canadian shoppers.The new look and configuration, with its emphasis on...
View ArticleKaleida plans expansion of Millard Fillmore Suburban
Kaleida Health is planning an expansion of Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital that includes a 10-bed neonatal intensive care unit, according to documents filed with the Town of Amherst’s Planning...
View ArticleNew heroin-fentanyl cocktail linked to deaths
A potent new cocktail, already popular with heroin addicts in Chicago, Philadelphia and Detroit, is making its debut on the streets of Western New York.And killing people.The cocktail, a dangerous...
View ArticleClose to 400 exhibitors set to open Allentown Art Festival
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View ArticleCanada raises stakes in dispute over Peace Bridge
WASHINGTON – Raising the dispute over the Peace Bridge to its highest level yet, the Canadian government is taking a strong stand against pending New York legislation that could result in the...
View ArticlePlayground to move off leased land in Olean
OLEAN – June 7 was a tough day for children and parents who enjoy a playground in Olean’s Homer Hill area.But city officials just received notification that that property had been transferred to a...
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