Erie County Fair Schedule: Tuesday, Aug. 13
Today 8 a.m.: 4-H Horse Show (throughout the day): Horse Show, Ring 1; Hunter Jumper Horse Show, Ring 29 a.m.: Open Class APA/ABA Poultry Show, Barn 9; Open Class ARBA Rabbit Show, Barn 9.10 a.m.:...
View ArticleGibraltar president and CEO set to retire
Gibraltar Industries’ president and chief operating officer, Henning Kornbrekke, will retire at the end of the year, after about nine years in those roles.The Hamburg-based building products maker...
View ArticleFor ultimate fairgoers, Erie County Fair is a family tradition
Clayton Fattey and His Orchestra would grace the bandstand in Slade Park on the Hamburg Fairgrounds, filling the evening air in sweet song.Singing along from song sheets, the crowd crooned along to...
View ArticleLackawanna, firefighters reach tentative contract deal
The City of Lackawanna has reached a tentative deal with its firefighters on a new contract, although key details of the proposed pact haven’t been released.City Attorney Antonio Savaglio revealed...
View ArticleRoy-Hart official, brother settle on lawsuit
On a summer night in 2011, Patricia Riegle’s colleagues elected her to an eighth year as president of the Royalton-Hartland School Board.“It’s going to be a challenging year,” Riegle said at the...
View ArticleSurvivor testifies in predatory sexual assault trial of Sam Muscarella
A 22-year-old suburban Erie County woman had just gotten into the shower after returning home from her afternoon shift as a health care worker late on a December night in 2011.“I was taking my shower,...
View ArticleObama’s upstate trip next week will include Buffalo
WASHINGTON – President Obama’s first bus tour of his second term will bring him back to metro Buffalo next week, as the president embarks on a two-day trip across upstate New York and Pennsylvania to...
View ArticleBuffalo OKs student transfer, East/Lafayette plans
Despite some yelling, confusion and four hours of questions and disagreement, the Buffalo Board of Education approved the district’s plan to transfer children out of underperforming schools, as well...
View ArticleNew Bills policy includes ban on zippered seat cushions, most purses
Still clutching one of your prized Super Bowl souvenirs, the zippered seat cushion from any one of the Buffalo Bills’ four Super Bowl appearances in the early 1990s?Don’t plan on bringing it to any...
View ArticleAmherst session next week for those needing passports
International travelers who need passports can apply for them at a “Passports on the Move” session from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. next Wednesday at the AAA Travel & Insurance Center, 100 International...
View ArticleForestville committee examines controversial prospect of village dissolution
FORESTVILLE – Emotional comments about the possible dissolution of the village were made by several residents at the Forestville Village Board meeting Tuesday.A new committee given the task of looking...
View ArticleBuffalo-area teen killed in Florida crash
A Buffalo-area teen died Tuesday morning in a car crash in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.Leanne Hall, 16, was a passenger in a car that rolled over after striking the...
View ArticleNew commander of State Police Troop A named
The New York State Police have named Michael J. Cerretto, 48, as the new commander of Troop A, which covers Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming counties.A...
View ArticleVandals wielding motor oil cause extensive damage in Cheektowaga
Vandals armed with a disregard for property and quarts of used motor oil left thousands of dollars of damage in an early-morning rampage on a roughly four-block area in Cheektowaga, police reported...
View ArticleResidents surrounding Water Street want answers, too
LOCKPORT – If there was a general theme to Tuesday night’s public meeting on the Eighteen Mile Creek cleanup and the buyout of five homes on Water Street in Lockport, that theme was: What about...
View ArticleMan arrested for fourth time for public lewdness
A Millicent Avenue man has been arrested for at least the fourth time for public lewdness, Buffalo police announced Tuesday.Gerard Schuh, 25, was taken into custody after a woman reported that he had...
View ArticleMongielo files police brutality suit
LOCKPORT – David J. Mongielo, the Lockport “sign guy” who tangled with police at a roadblock on Lincoln Avenue on June 27, filed a $575,000 police brutality suit in State Supreme Court last...
View ArticleDeadline to order trees looms for block clubs
The deadline is Aug. 30 for block clubs and other organizations to order trees through Re-Tree WNY to replace those in public areas that were lost in the Oct. 12, 2006, surprise snowstorm. Four...
View ArticleBills training camp capsule: Going deep
Tuesday: Day 13 of 18.Highlight: Receiver Marquise Goodwin again made the play of the day, catching a 70-yard touchdown bomb from Kevin Kolb.QB watch: Kevin Kolb moved well on his injured knee and...
View ArticleFamily chosen to receive new exterior paint job
NORTH TONAWANDA – Painters Plus’ owner Jesse Gooch has selected a family in the third annual Project HOPE (Helping Others Paint Exteriors) contest.Winner Megan Sholtz, 35, a mother of three, will have...
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