Services provider to open new company in Williamsville
Greystone Consolidated Companies, a provider of environmental, health, engineering, and management services headquartered in Saratoga Springs, in January will open a separately operated company,...
View ArticleFalls officer faces assault charge in Darien concert incident
A charge against a veteran Niagara Falls police officer accused of attacking a woman at a Darien Lake concert last summer has been upgraded from harassment to assault.Kelly Alcorn, 47, of Grand Island,...
View ArticleResidents flee house fire on Plymouth
Residents of a West Side carriage house were driven from their home by fire early this morning, but no injuries were reported, fire officials said,The fire started at about 2 45 a.m. in a rear...
View ArticleClarence reviews guidelines for new apartment projects
The Clarence Town Board is considering a new method to guide decisions on where apartment projects could be built.The apartments issue has come to the forefront with several developments either...
View ArticleMan gets maximum term for home invasion, murder
Dressed in a suit and tie, Edward McCloud stood in a courtroom today looking like a successful businessman, Erie County Judge Sheila A. DiTullio said.But McCloud’s trade for more than two decades has...
View ArticleSpirit starting flights to Myrtle Beach earlier
Spirit Airlines has moved up the start date for its 2013 seasonal service between Niagara Falls International Airport and Myrtle Beach, S.C., and will bolster its service to Fort Lauderdale, Fla.Two...
View ArticleTops acquiring three supermarkets
Tops Markets has agreed to acquire three Big M supermarkets, expanding its presence in Central and Northern New York.Two of the Big M supermarkets are in Elbridge and Jordan, west of Syracuse; the...
View ArticleLPCiminelli opens New York City office
Buffalo construction company LPCiminelli has opened a New York City office as part of a push to become a bigger player in the downstate, New Jersey and Connecticut markets.“We have three significant...
View ArticleFeds confiscate near-record $53.7 million from criminals
Pastor Antwan Diggs’ message was no different than that of the phalanx of law enforcement officials standing behind him but his came with a not-so-subtle reminder about ill-gotten gains.“God takes...
View ArticleSpaulding Commerce Park in Tonawanda ready for business
A 47-acre former manufacturing site on Wheeler Street in the City of Tonawanda is ready for new business.The site of the former Spaulding Fibre manufacturing plant has undergone $20.6 million in...
View ArticleS.C. Sen. DeMint resigning to head conservative group
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, a tea party favorite who has bucked party leaders to back challenges to centrist veterans he didn't view as conservative enough, said Thursday he was...
View ArticleAmherst man gets 6 months for fatally shooting best friend
An Amherst man was sentenced Thursday to six months in jail for fatally shooting a lifelong friend in September 2011 when the friend tried to stop him from driving after several hours of drinking.“I...
View ArticleBuffalo native who served in Navy accused of attempted espionage
WASHINGTON – A Buffalo native who spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy found himself in federal court in Norfolk, Va., today, facing an indictment that accuses him of wanting to spill secrets to spies from...
View ArticleJohn Smeathers calling it quits as Alleyway’s Scrooge
At Founding Fathers, the storied watering hole on Edward Street not far from Buffalo’s Theater District, the portraits of regal statesmen stare out at patrons from behind the bar.Hidden among the...
View Article‘Boy on the bus’ recalls abuse by Scout leader
He is 57 years old now, happily married with a beautiful little granddaughter.But nearly a half century ago when he was a young Boy Scout in South Buffalo, he endured a week of unimaginable abuse that...
View ArticleCornerstone to open branch in former HSBC location bought from KeyBank
Cornerstone Community Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union based in Western New York, is leasing a former HSBC Bank branch in Lewiston to open its fifth location in Niagara County.The...
View ArticleObama heading to Michigan to push taxes on rich
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is pressing for public support Monday to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, a day after he and House Speaker John Boehner met one-on-one for the first time to...
View ArticleState comptroller to keep tabs on cities’ fiscal hazards
NIAGARA FALLS – Compact, easily digestible fiscal updates for New York’s local governments will be available online soon, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today.The comptroller unveiled...
View ArticleHiggins presses NFTA to sell harbor land for $2
A battle could be brewing between Rep. Brian Higgins and the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority over what money – if any – should be spent to transfer the Buffalo waterfront from one state...
View ArticleFederal judge rejects Kopp claim in Facebook case
A federal judge has ruled against an individual claiming to be convicted killer James C. Kopp and his request to intervene in the Facebook ownership case.U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio said...
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