Energy efficiency program is topic of forum today
A community forum regarding the PUSH Green Energy Efficiency Program will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. todayin D’Youville College’s Madonna Hall, 320 Porter Ave.PUSH Green is a community-based,...
View ArticlePursuing happiness is theme of annual Buffalo Day
CHAUTAUQUA – The fourth annual Buffalo Day at Chautauqua on Tuesday will complement the Week Five theme at Chautauqua Institution, “The Pursuit of Happiness.”Dennis Galucki, founder of Center for the...
View ArticleLaw to ban tobacco use on Legislature’s agenda
MAYVILLE – The Chautauqua County Legislature will consider a law to prohibit tobacco use of any type on any county-owned premises, when it meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Gerace Office Building in...
View ArticleNational Grid to fund teacher training programs
NIAGARA FALLS – National Grid announced that it will fund graduate-level training programs for 45 Niagara Falls public school teachers, leading to summer camps in science, technology, engineering and...
View ArticleFour jail employees given promotions
LOCKPORT – Four employees at the Niagara County Correctional Facility have been promoted, Sheriff James R. Voutour announced.Kevin M. Payne is now chief jail administrator. He had been a captain since...
View ArticleOnline donation system sought to fund memorial
LOCKPORT – The committee working on a Fallen Heroes Memorial for Lockport said it hopes to be able to use the city’s online bill-paying system to take donations, once the city’s website is expanded to...
View ArticleSummer storm dumps 4 inches of rain, knocks out power for thousands
Parts of Niagara County continued to feel the effects this afternoon of the violent overnight storm that dumped more than 4 inches of rain in some spots and left more than 23,000 customers without...
View ArticleCold front blasts heat wave out of Western New York
The sky became charcoal-gray at about dinner time. Winds picked up. Then a train of ferocious thunderstorms raced through Buffalo Niagara on Friday evening.Fueled by the collision of a strong cold...
View ArticleZimmerman’s attorney is University at Buffalo Law School grad with...
As he defended George Zimmerman in a highly controversial Florida murder trial, defense attorney Donald R. West had some strong supporters in Buffalo’s legal community.West, a key member of the legal...
View ArticleBeavers threaten eagles’ habitat
Ward, they’re worried about the beavers.Large yellow signs on and around the Niagara River’s Strawberry Island forbid trespassing near a bald eagle nest on the island. The rule, set forth by the...
View ArticleIn state’s gun debate, money still flows
ALBANY – More than six months after New York’s sweeping crackdown on gun and ammunition purchases, money from supporters and opponents is still pouring into the chief combatants in the debate, though...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: The Tragically Hip at the Outer Harbor
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View ArticleDelay in Buffalo’s historic canals project just ‘a bump in the...
The $23 million state project to construct historic canals on the former Memorial Auditorium site is barely half-finished. And now it’s also on hold.But that dormant construction site is hardly...
View ArticleWoman uses stun gun to fend off parking lot attacker
A woman was able to fend off an attacker with a stun gun while in a parking lot on Pearl Street, Buffalo police said Saturday.The incident happened in a lot on Pearl, between West Tupper and Chippewa...
View ArticleWest Seneca firefighters battle blaze in vacant house on Summit Avenue
Firefighters in West Seneca battled a blaze early Saturday at a vacant home on Summit Avenue.Firefighters were called just before 1 a.m. Saturday to extinguish smoke and fire coming from the vacant,...
View ArticleHeritage reclaimed: A portrait of Native Americans in Buffalo
Robert J. D’Alimonte quit his corporate career designing websites to become a woodcarver, just as, years earlier, his Tuscarora grandfather left his construction company to carve art from bones.Hilary...
View ArticlePeopleTalk: A conversation with ice sculptor Paul Strada
Sculpting ice is Paul Strada’s sideline. Working with a chain saw, handsaw, chisel and even a conventional clothes iron, Strada carves fast, furious and is cool as the ice he is sculpting. His...
View ArticleBeyond the branches HSBC’s $35 million investment reinforces...
A $35 million investment can do wonders to quell local anxieties.HSBC Bank USA’s announced spending on its Buffalo-area offices put big dollars behind its executives’ pledges that they remained...
View ArticleBest Buy bets big on store-within-store
The sign outside the big box in Richfield, Minn., says Best Buy, but the inside of the building looks more like a mall than a single store.The usual Blue Shirts and Geek Squad agents scurry across the...
View ArticleRescue crews at scene of boating accident off Niawanda Park in Niagara River
Two people were injured Saturday night after two boats collided on the Niagara River in the City of Tonawanda.Details were sketchy, but a male from one of the boats was transported to Erie County...
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