Cutting overgrown medians in Falls down to size
NIAGARA FALLS – They’ve been greeting visitors to downtown for a couple of months now.Slowly, they’ve been disappearing, but not as fast as many people would like.Tall weeds – sometimes as high as...
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For about a decade now, Diamond Solomon of Buffalo’s Riverside neighborhood has looked up to the staff at Northwest Buffalo Community Center as mentors.They have provided Solomon with a variety of...
View ArticleFalls house fires damage two homes
Three adults required housing assistance from the American Red Cross today after fire ripped through the Niagara Falls home they were living in at 1967 Falls St.Niagara Falls firefighters responded to...
View ArticleSalamanca woman arrested for DWI after hitting pole
Erie County sheriff’s deputies charged a Salamanca woman with driving while intoxicated and other charges early today following a one-car accident on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation.Deputy Ryan...
View ArticleSomerset motorcycle crash with deer hospitalizes two
Two people thrown from a motorcycle this afternoon after striking a deer in the Town of Somerset were taken to a local hospital, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said.Deputies did not identify the...
View ArticleSouthtowns Meals-on-Wheels to drop to one meal a day
With the Southtowns Meals-on-Wheels program projecting a budget shortfall of between $15,000 and $20,000 this year, its board decided last week to reduce the number of meals clients receive each...
View ArticleDunkirk Drug Court to recognize graduates
DUNKIRK – Four more recovering substance abusers will be honored when Dunkirk City Court’s Drug Court holds its summer graduation and open house at 11 a.m. Thursday in the courtroom in City Hall. The...
View ArticleLong-delayed remediation of Olean wastewater plant to cost $20 million
OLEAN – Problems with the wastewater-treatment plant have been around for about as long as the building has been in operation, according to a city official. In fact, since the building was...
View ArticleFamilies of Flight 3407 victims want NTSB to reopen investigation
WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board should open a new chapter in its investigation of the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 following disclosures by a former Colgan Air...
View ArticleBuffalo shooting suspect, 14, reportedly brought gun to school
The 14-year-old boy accused of killing a 16-year-old in a fight last weekend had showed off a handgun on a school bus and brought it into the school during the spring, a Buffalo School Board member...
View Article'Glee' actor found dead in hotel room
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Cory Monteith, the handsome young actor who shot to fame in the hit TV series “Glee” but was beset by addiction struggles so fierce that he once said he was lucky to be...
View ArticleProtests, mostly peaceful, follow Zimmerman acquittal
SANFORD, Fla. – After a year and a half of living as a hermit, George Zimmerman emerged from a Florida courthouse a free man, cleared of all charges in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.His...
View ArticleCrane operators have breathtaking perspective on Buffalo’s changing...
It’s an office window like none other in Buffalo.On a clear day, Keegan Lachut can see the wind turbines in Wyoming County.When he swings around, he can make out the mist coming off Niagara Falls, the...
View ArticleCrash into utility pole leads to arrest in stolen-car case
Erie County sheriff’s deputies investigating a crash into a utility pole early this morning arrested the driver after determining that the car involved in the crash was stolen.While on patrol in...
View ArticleBoard member fires back at King letter
We received many responses to Commissioner John B. King Jr.'s letter stating that because of the failure of the Buffalo school district to submit an acceptable application for school turnaround grant...
View ArticleBuffalo firefighters called out twice to fight fires at same Amherst Street...
Buffalo firefighters returned Monday morning to the scene of a late Sunday night fire in the city’s Black Rock area, leading fire officials to request emergency demolition of the Amherst Street...
View ArticleHonor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers
Dale B. Demyanick, a 1979 graduate of Daemen College, was recently elected chairman of the Daemen College board of trustees. Demyanick is a partner with the accounting firm of Lumsden &...
View ArticleArts and culture meets laundry at the WASH Project
Some neighbors come here to draw, paint or read. Others stop by to shoot pool, surf the Internet or take ESL classes. Poets appeared for open-mic nights, soccer players and urban gardeners convene...
View ArticleThieves flash Glock, knife in Cheektowaga church robbery
Two robbers dressed in all white held a Glock pistol and a knife against a female victim before fleeing with more than $200 from a Cheektowaga church late this morning, Cheektowaga police reported.The...
View ArticleMotorcyclist hurt in collision with deer
SHERIDAN – A Silver Creek man sustained injuries this morning after a deer entered the roadway and he struck it with his motorcycle, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office said.John McAlevey, 56, was...
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