Kaleida gets three proposals for closed Millard Fillmore hospital
Uniland Development Co. and two other developers have submitted proposals to reuse the former Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital site in Buffalo, as Kaleida Health proceeds with its second attempt...
View ArticleSeventeen people homeless after Lockport building’s stairs collapse
LOCKPORT – Seventeen people were homeless Friday evening, as a staircase collapsed inside an apartment building off Lincoln Avenue in the Town of Lockport.Two women said they were injured when a...
View ArticleHouse approves plan to let insurers sell cheap policies
WASHINGTON – The House on Friday moved one step beyond the president, voting to not only allow insurers to restore previously canceled health plans but to also let them sell those policies for one...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda heroin dealer, linked to drug death, gets more prison time
LOCKPORT – Miguel E. Febres, a North Tonawanda drug dealer who sold heroin while free on bail on charges connected to a user’s death, received another six years in state prison Friday from Niagara...
View ArticleJudge dismisses Mongielo’s police brutality case
NIAGARA FALLS – David J. Mongielo’s do-it-yourself police brutality suit was dismissed Thursday in State Supreme Court here, but Mongielo said Friday he will appeal – his way.Mongielo, who did not...
View ArticleBanned pesticide found dumped near Niagara town garage
TOWN OF NIAGARA – An offensive odor behind the town garage on Lockport Road is apparently coming from high levels of a pesticide dumped somewhere on the back property.Preliminary bore samples taken on...
View ArticleCheektowaga man sentenced up to three years for break-ins
The first of three men who admitted breaking into a couple of businesses together – including a Buffalo scrap metal company where $50,000 was taken – was sentenced Friday to one to three years in...
View ArticleIroquois school assembly on bullying has parents irate
A school assembly meant to heighten sensitivity to bullying backfired in the Iroquois School District with parents complaining that it instead focused on homosexuality.Parents filled a school board...
View ArticleSpringville schools’ capital project includes new gym
The Springville Griffith Board of Education this week got its first glimpse of plans for an upcoming capital project, which includes a new high school gymnasium.Architect Scott Jones, of Gordon W....
View ArticleSabres turn over new Leaf in Nolan’s debut
Ted Nolan will remember every moment from Friday, starting with the morning drive to Buffalo’s arena and ending with a victory lap to Toronto. He’ll treasure walking to the Sabres’ bench for the first...
View ArticleStadium's swirling air is apparent to Moorman
Buffalo Bills punter Brian Moorman got in some quality practice inside Ralph Wilson Stadium on Thursday, when winds were blowing at about 25 mph. That’s about what they’re forecast to blow for...
View ArticleSabres notebook: Ott translates fun into point production
There was a definite get-up-and-go in Steve Ott’s game.The forward was all over the ice, making contributions in all situations.He had a power-play goal to tie the game and a beautiful assist for the...
View ArticleBills’ D-line coach Weaver draws from playing career
Anthony Weaver coaches the best-performing, most experienced unit on the Buffalo Bills’ team. What is he doing besides making sure his guys don’t miss the team bus? Relating well to his players, for...
View ArticleDePetris tries to convince judge to let him out of solitary confinement
LOCKPORT – Timothy C. DePetris, the Niagara Falls businessman who allegedly tried to hire a hit man after failing in his own effort to kill his brother-in-law, was hard-pressed Thursday to offer proof...
View ArticleSeventeen people homeless after Lockport building’s stairs collapse
LOCKPORT – Seventeen people were homeless Friday evening, as a staircase collapsed inside an apartment building off Lincoln Avenue in the Town of Lockport.Two women said they were injured when a...
View ArticleMan accused of felony animal abuse pleads not guilty
Michael Tortorici’s defense lawyer says that he was justified in attacking his 86-pound German shepherd, even if he did end up killing the dog.Tortorici, who pleaded not guilty Friday to a felony...
View ArticlePaladino challenges legitimacy of president's seat
Is Buffalo School Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold holding her seat on the board legally?That question is confounding state education law experts in light of board member Carl Paladino’s...
View ArticleNolan II era makes fine first impression
Ted Nolan won’t be spending his Saturday on Broadway but he will be under the bright lights for the second straight night with Pat LaFontaine as one of his new bosses. And it’s just about perfect.The...
View ArticleWilson driver injured in crash into bridge over Twelve Mile Creek
One man was injured early Saturday morning when he crashed his vehicle into the bridge over Twelve Mile Creek in Wilson.When Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies arrived at about 1:40 a.m., they found...
View ArticleHundreds line up in Galleria for tickets to see Kelly Clarkson
Amanda Bober showed up six hours early, waited in line overnight for another 12 hours and still had enough energy at the end of it all to gush about why.Her mom.“She told me, ‘You would be the best...
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