Drug Treatment Court honors four graduates
DUNKIRK – Four people were honored Thursday for graduating from the Dunkirk Drug Treatment Court Program. The event was held in the City Court building, where many of the participants applauded the...
View ArticleStrict traffic enforcement vowed in school zones
DUNKIRK – Police Chief David Ortolano said his department will plan strict traffic enforcement in school zones throughout the city. He said the speed limit is 15 mph for all zones throughout the city...
View ArticleNFL offers $765 million to settle concussion lawsuits
PHILADELPHIA – The NFL agreed to pay more than three-quarters of a billion dollars to settle lawsuits from thousands of former players who developed dementia or other concussion-related brain...
View ArticleFamilies find themselves frazzled faced with back-to-school tasks
For kids, it would be the week before Christmas – or maybe the one in June right before school lets out.For their parents, though, the time is now.We’re talking about the longest week of the year....
View ArticleHiggins, Collins join growing House concern on U.S. response to Syria
WASHINGTON – Concern appeared to be growing Thursday in Congress about the possibility of retaliating against Syria for its use of chemical weapons – and no one was more concerned than the two House...
View ArticleCuomo sees ‘death penalty’ to deal with failing schools
LOCKPORT – In his strongest statement to date on low-performing schools, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo told reporters here Thursday that there has to be “a death penalty for failing schools, so to speak.”In...
View ArticleBills throw backups to the Lions in preseason finale
Ready or not, bring on the regular season.The Buffalo Bills “treated” a gathering of about 40,000 fans to an exercise in futility Thursday night in their exhibition finale.The Bills rested 21 of their...
View ArticlePinnacle’s reopening as district school raises issue of whether...
Pinnacle Charter School, shut down by the state last week, will reopen as a Buffalo public school, with district staff members who have been laid off getting the first chance at any jobs at the...
View ArticleBlaze blamed on fire pit ashes causes $325,000 in damage to East Amherst home
Carelessly discarded ashes from a fire pit triggered a fire about 3:20 p.m. that caused $325,000 damage to a home at 36 Chapel Woods in East Amherst, authorities said.Amherst Fire Control said...
View ArticleTheft suspect who jumped from bridge in West Seneca is behind bars
The Cheektowaga man who jumped off a bridge into Buffalo Creek in West Seneca after stealing beer and cookies from a nearby supermarket Monday night was in custody in Erie County Holding Center Friday...
View ArticleAnonymous mailer fans fires of Democratic primary
Tensions appear to be rising in two Erie County Legislature district races as the countdown to the Sept. 10 Democratic primary looms closer.At issue are two anonymous, mass mailings that were recently...
View ArticleErie, Pa., business awarded garbage, recycling totes pact
An Erie, Pa., company has been awarded the contract to supply the Town of West Seneca with garbage and recycling totes.Rehrig Pacific Co. was among six companies that bid on the job. It will cost more...
View Article$5,670 donation comes from wintertime fundraiser
A donation of $5,670 has been received by Camp Good Days & Special Times from the proceeds of Boarding for Breast Cancer, a wintertime event last February at Holiday Valley. The sponsors of the...
View ArticleDebate set for Thursday focuses on legislative races
LOCKPORT – Three Niagara County legislators and their opponents will meet in a debate at 7 p.m. Thursday in Lockport Town Hall, Old Beattie and Dysinger roads.The Niagara USA Chamber and the Lockport...
View ArticleBills release 18, place QB Kolb and two others on IR
The Buffalo Bills shuffled 21 players off their active roster Friday and still needed to make a few more moves to get their roster down to 53 by today’s 6 p.m. deadline. The Bills released 18 players,...
View ArticleTaylor Devices’ record-setting year ends on a down note
Taylor Devices record-setting fiscal year ended with a thud.The North Tonawanda shock absorber manufacturer’s fourth-quarter profits tumbled by 36 percent as sales of its equipment to protect...
View ArticleSynthetic ice rink installed for weekend ‘Wingman’
It’s time to drop the puck.Workers late this morning put the finishing touches on the 40-by-20-foot synthetic ice rink being installed in the Exchange Street lot at Coca-Cola Field, for this weekend’s...
View ArticleAndrea Lozinsky Schoenthal: The scars of childhood help a writer find her...
In June 1945, when I was 20 months old, my mother found a lump on my neck below my right ear. From ages 2 to 7, I had several operations to remove recurring tumors. The last operations were at Roswell...
View Article“Steel’s” by Dave Dyer tells story of Buffalo-based...
In the early days of the Roaring ’20s, Buffalo was booming, and so was an innovative retail business founded and inspired by the charismatic Leonard Rambler Steel.Steel’s offices and shops employed...
View ArticleBuffalo United Artists about to be a theater company without a home
On the evening of Sept. 22, Buffalo United Artists Theatre will welcome its final audience.The theater company and its fellow tenants in the Delaware Court Building have been told they must leave the...
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