Ken-Ton to look closer at 3 consolidation scenarios
The Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda School Board on Tuesday asked its superintendent to look in detail at three school consolidation scenarios.One option – known as “Scenario G” in a consultant’s report –...
View ArticleFrontier hires superintendent search consultant; also raises school...
The Frontier School District isn’t wasting any time delving into an intensive search for its next superintendent.The School Board on Tuesday unanimously approved hiring School Leadership, a regional...
View ArticleCheektowaga School Board votes not to raise tax rate
The Cheektowaga School Board voted Tuesday not to raise the property tax rate after district officials were informed that the town’s assessments were lower than expected.Superintendent Dennis Kane...
View ArticleTug-turned-tall ship sails into town
The usual fleet of retired warships docked at Canalside is playing host to another vessel with World War II credentials early this week – but the newcomer looks nothing like the hulking battleships...
View ArticleFood has become Cook of the Month Barbara Blackburn’s window on the...
arbara Blackburn’s first kitchen experiments were straight out of the book. Her Betty Crocker cookbook had all the directions a Cheektowaga girl needed to turn Bisquick into a “pizza” topped with...
View ArticleCrime summit set today in Merriweather Library
Two Erie County lawmakers will hold a second summit on violent crime and homicides in Buffalo.The summit, called by Legislature Chairwoman Betty Jean Grant and Legislator Timothy R. Hogues, both...
View ArticleRestored frontier map of Buffalo in 1813 will go on display
The restored map of the frontier village of Buffalo shows about five dozen residences and businesses, months before it was torched to the ground during the War of 1812.The map will commemorate the...
View ArticleCentenarian shows she still has a sense of style and humor
Be slow to anger, quick to forgive and look good doing it.That’s the philosophy that Amanda Corrine Pugh Jackson has been following for the past 100 years.Tuesday, about 50 of her family members and...
View ArticleLouie’s Hot Dogs won’t reopen on Elmwood and Hodge
The dream of reopening the burned-out Louie’s Foot-Long Hot Dogs site in the Elmwood Village has died.But that doesn’t mean the hot dog stand won’t reopen in the immediate neighborhood.Angelo Turco,...
View ArticleWNY home prices reach highest median ever
Western New York’s housing market is continuing on its hot streak this summer, driven by continued low interest rates, rising consumer confidence and a shortage of available homes for sale that is...
View ArticleBridge/Culvert Issues cropping up in villages, pitting municipalities...
In the Village of Lancaster, a battle is under way over what is known by some as the Erie Street Bridge, just east of Court Street.But to Town of Lancaster officials, this span over Spring Creek in an...
View ArticleNew microbrewery in West Seneca is part of growing trend in WNY
In a greenhouse attached to an Eden home, a binder full of handwritten beer recipes lays open to “amber porter.”A 10-gallon batch is brewing at the end of the room. Dave Johnson, an engineer by...
View ArticleTown of Marilla attorney tackles private storage of bio-waste
Town of Marilla Attorney Joel Kurtzhalts has been tasked to determine if an Eastwoood Road farmer should be allowed to store processed bio-waste – including manure and food waste – for a West Seneca...
View ArticleCivil War re-enactors ready ‘Battle of Lighthouse Point’ in...
DUNKIRK – Civil War re-enactors will present “The Battle of Lighthouse Point” at the Dunkirk Lighthouse and Veterans Park on Aug. 17 and 18. The special event will create a fictional battle on the...
View ArticleFour Lockport officers honored for rescuing man from burning house
LOCKPORT – Four City of Lockport police officers received awards for heroism during Wednesday’s Common Council meeting.Lt. Todd Chenez and Officers Michael Stover, Anthony Pittman and Heather Rohde...
View ArticleTown of Lockport estimates $30,000 tab to repair sewer cave-in, sinkhole
LOCKPORT – Repairing a caved-in sewer main and resulting sinkhole at one of Niagara County’s busiest intersections may cost $30,000, Town Supervisor Marc R. Smith said Wednesday.The work at South...
View ArticleNiagara Wheatfield School Board puts managerial raises in limbo
SANBORN – Pay hikes for a half-dozen managerial positions were put on hold Wednesday by the School Board, with some board members saying they shouldn’t take place at all.Raises of 2 percent to 3.7...
View ArticleOrchard Park town residents oppose West Herr parking lot
Orchard Park residents living near property a car dealer wants to convert to a parking lot objected at Wednesday night’s Town Board meeting to rezoning the land.West Herr Automotive Group wants to...
View ArticleBuffalo mayor, police and community groups discuss curbing crime
Police, government agencies and the Buffalo community need to work together. This was a sentiment emphasized repeatedly during Wednesday night’s summit attended by community activists, police and...
View ArticleAdvocates seek a federal court dedicated to human trafficking
A federal court dedicated to cases of human trafficking could become a reality in the Western District of New York, according to advocates who met Wednesday in the Mahoney State Office Building for a...
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