Parkside Community group to hold annual meeting Jan. 15
The annual meeting of the Parkside Community Association will be held Jan. 15 in Elam Jewett Cafe at Church of the Good Shepherd, 96 Jewett Parkway.The event gets under way with a potluck dessert and...
View ArticleFive-hour driver’s course to be offered Jan. 10
The five-hour prelicensing course required before taking a road test for a state driver’s license will be offered from 4 to 9 p.m. Jan. 10 in Building 3, Room 3102, Erie Community College South Campus,...
View ArticleQuarrelsome House passes ‘fiscal cliff’ bill
WASHINGTON – The nation averted an economy-crushing combination of tax hikes and spending cuts late Tuesday when the House overwhelmingly approved legislation pushing the nation back from the brink of...
View ArticleFour DWI arrests made on New Year’s Eve
Erie County sheriff’s deputies made four drunken-driving arrests during New Year’s Eve, including one driver charged with felony DWI following a crash that led to his injury on Stony Point Road, Grand...
View ArticleAmeriCorps will swear in 46 new members
The Buffalo AmeriCorps program based in the Belle Center on the Lower West Side will have 46 new members sworn in at 11 a.m. Thursday in the center.Volunteers for the service program have tutored...
View ArticleBall, Winterfest will be part of ice wine celebration
The 18th annual Niagara Icewine Festival will take place later this month in Southern Ontario.Participating wineries roll out the event starting Jan. 11, when the Fallsview Casino Resort Grand Hall...
View ArticleParkside Community Association to meet Jan. 15
The annual meeting of the Parkside Community Association will be held Jan. 15 in Elam Jewett Cafe at Church of the Good Shepherd, 96 Jewett Parkway.The event gets under way with a potluck dessert and...
View ArticleMoog buys Colorado-based space engineering firm
Moog Inc., moving to bolster its space products business, has acquired a Colorado engineering company in a $48 million deal, the Elma motion control equipment maker said today.Moog purchased Broad...
View ArticleNY lawmakers rap House GOP on Sandy aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — New York lawmakers are branding the decision by House GOP leaders not to hold a vote on Hurricane Sandy aid in the current Congress a "betrayal."Reps. Michael Grimm, a Republican, and...
View ArticleRapist, robber sentenced to 15 years in prison
A Buffalo man was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for robbing a 17-year-old of $1.75 while she was waiting for a bus on Halloween night in 2011, then raping her on nearby railroad tracks.“I’m...
View ArticleNewfane Bank of America branch robbed
NEWFANE – A Bank of America branch at 2700 Main St. was robbed at midmorning Wednesday, prompting Niagara County Sheriff’s officials to put nearby schools on lockdown as a precaution, authorities...
View ArticleMan sentenced to a year in jail for home-improvement fraud
A Cheektowaga man was sentenced last week to a year in jail for defrauding an 85-year-old homeowner of about $18,450, according to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office.Leslie “Les” Ralston, 32,...
View ArticleAngelica teen charged with aggravated DWI
ANGELICA – An Angelica teenager was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated on New Year’s Day, state police said.Melissa J. Fisher, 19, was pulled over for a traffic violation on State Route...
View ArticleCrash closes Shawnee Road
WHEATFIELD – No major injuries were reported in a two vehicle crash on Shawnee Road/Route 425 just before 3 p.m. today, but a diesel spill caused by the crash is stopping traffic as officials were...
View ArticleIn Focus: PUSH’s Jen Mecozzi
A high-profile housing group has been helping to revive a West Side neighborhood. PUSH – People United for Sustainable Housing – continues to launch projects that create affordable dwellings for West...
View ArticleLockport man pleads not guilty to attacking child
LOCKPORT – Bail was set at $1 million dollars today in Lockport City Court for a Monroe Street man accused of attempting to strangle a 7-year-old girl in his home on New Year’s Eve day.David L....
View ArticleWoman sought for thefts from Walden Galleria employees
Cheektowaga police are looking for a woman who is suspected of stealing items from employee lockers at two stores in the Walden Galleria.The suspect was described as a white female who is about 50...
View ArticleGreat Lakes water levels reaching a low ebb
You’ve probably noticed. Beaches are a bit wider. More weeds have sprouted along the bottom.Boaters have run aground in shallow marinas.Lakes Erie, Ontario and Superior are below historical averages...
View ArticleMan charged with burglary in Clarence home
State police arrested in intruder at a home on Goodrich Road in Clarence Friday afternoon and charged him with burglary, Troopers said they responded to the residence at about 4:50 p.m. when a Town of...
View ArticleTwo wounded in downtown gunfire
Two men were wounded in downtown Buffalo early Saturday morning, although the wounds do not appear to be life-threatening, police said.The shooting occurred just before 3 a.m. in the 100 block of...
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