Town of Niagara plans to seek for bigger share of sales tax revenue from...
TOWN OF NIAGARA – Town officials are looking to get a bigger slice of any extra sales-tax revenues that result from the expansion of the Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls.At a work session Thursday,...
View ArticleInformation in Tamburlin probe shifted to Sedita’s office
LOCKPORT – Investigative information in the case of Mary Jo Tamburlin, the Niagara County Legislature clerk accused by Democrats of notarizing a nominating petition bearing false dates, has been sent...
View ArticleNational Fuel profits soar on natural gas surge
With more natural gas flowing from the Marcellus Shale region in Pennsylvania, and prices inching higher, National Fuel Gas Co. is reaping the benefits.The Amherst-based energy company said Friday...
View ArticleBills Training Camp capsule: Full house watches team prepare for Sunday
Friday: Day 11 of 18.Highlight: The Bills had a finesse-oriented practice as they geared up for Sunday’s exhibition opener against the Colts in Indianapolis. A full house of more than 5,000 watched at...
View ArticleBills notebook: Manuel will get the start, Kolb to sit
PITTSFORD — Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone said rookie first-round draft choice EJ Manuel will start the exhibition opener in Indianapolis Sunday and be backed up by rookie Jeff Tuel.Veteran...
View ArticleHilliard giving Bills receivers crash course
PITTSFORD — There are not enough hours in the day for the man with arguably the toughest teaching job on the Buffalo Bills' coaching staff.Bills receivers coach Ike Hilliard has 12 players in his...
View ArticleSwaggart preaches with trademark passion in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Jimmy Swaggart doesn’t draw a crowd like he used to, but even at age 78, he commands a stage.The once hugely popular televangelist enchanted an audience of about 500 people Friday...
View ArticleAnother pedestrian killed crossing Niagara Falls Boulevard
In almost the same circumstances, a second 49-year-old woman was killed Friday morning crossing Niagara Falls Boulevard at Willow Ridge Drive at the Amherst-Town of Tonawanda border, the same spot...
View ArticleBuffalo schools will accommodate 20 percent of requests for transfers in...
Only 20 percent of the 2,200 students who asked to be transferred out of low-performing Buffalo schools will get their wish this coming school year.The rest will have to wait until next year – or the...
View ArticleBuffalo police launch 'campaign of shame,' post prostitution arrest photos...
Men arrested for patronizing prostitutes in Buffalo will soon get some unwanted attention.Their mug shots and names will be posted on the Police Department's website and made available to the media...
View ArticleJudge rules against former UB basketball coach suing NCAA
Tim Cohane, the former University at Buffalo basketball coach whose 10-year legal battle with the NCAA has garnered national attention, has lost again.A federal judge has recommended dismissing...
View ArticlePedestrians only: Main Street in Williamsville to be closed to vehicles...
After submitting plans to make Main Street a more walkable village core, it seems like the perfect time for Williamsville to sit back and hope for the best.Wrong.Not content with waiting for the state...
View ArticleFive firefighters injured battling three house fires
Five Buffalo firefighters suffered injuries while battling three house fires early Saturday – one a three-alarm fire in the city’s Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood, followed by a blaze on the city’s...
View ArticleLottery winner Alishea Gainer of Kenmore adds $1 million to her lucky streak
For one of New York State’s newest lottery winners, being handed an oversized check totaling $1 million dollars was just the latest wave in a tide of good fortune. On the receiving end of the winnings...
View ArticleSilver Comet keeps thrill alive for fans of the Crystal Beach roller coaster
It’s a Western New York regret, up there with No Goal and Wide Right. No one who remembers Crystal Beach can ever get over the loss of the Comet.The sprawling wooden coaster, built in 1949 and...
View ArticleWestern New Yorkers have fun raising funds for good causes
Frisbees, cyclists and motorcyclists flew on Saturday, as the day’s sunny sky and comfortable temperatures set the ideal stage for members of the Buffalo-area community to raise money for surrounding...
View ArticleLockport property owner wins lawsuit over city auction
LOCKPORT – Daryl Ubiles, a Lockport man who sued the city after it rejected two of his winning bids at last year’s tax foreclosure auction and refused to return his deposits, scored a victory in State...
View ArticleBuffalo police arrest man suspected of two fatal shootings
Two people are dead and a Buffalo man is charged with their murders, which occurred just hours apart.Michael Moore, 31, of Crestwood Avenue, was arrested Saturday and accused of fatally shooting his...
View ArticleKellie Pickler brings charm and classic country to Lockport crowd
LOCKPORT – When Kellie Pickler takes the stage, she lights up the room. Even if that “room” happens to be a massive municipal parking lot tucked behind the library in the heart of downtown Lockport....
View ArticleYoung Bills taking their first shot at filling holes
PITTSFORD — Stevie Johnson is just as eager as Buffalo Bills fans are to see what their team will be in 2013.And like them, Johnson will watch this afternoon’s preseason opener at the Indianapolis...
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