Metro Rail service extended for New Year’s Eve
Metro Rail will extend service an additional two hours on Tuesday, New Year’s Eve, to accommodate passengers attending the annual First Night celebration downtown and the ball drop at Roosevelt...
View ArticleDriver charged in crash injuring 5
A 22-year-old Niagara Falls man was arraigned Friday for a Nov. 3 incident in which he injured five people in downtown Buffalo.Asad Hixon, of 4234 Dudley Ave., allegedly refused to stop for police...
View ArticleLittle pushback seen as ban of popular bulbs nears
The national light bulb switch-over takes its last big step next Wednesday, when businesses will no longer be allowed to make or import 60-watt and 40-watt incandescent bulbs. They still can sell them...
View ArticleTurnover keeps teams in flux
The sports year in Western New York could have been sponsored by Global Van Lines. ¶ A string of well-known players, coaches and administrators left the area in 2013. Fans of Buffalo’s sports teams...
View ArticleCuomo declares state of emergency over snowstorm
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo declared a state of emergency Thursday afternoon for all counties in the state, shutting down some major highways downstate at midnight including the Thruway south of...
View ArticleGood old-fashioned Buffalo winter returns to whip region after some easy years
You could say we are having a “good old-fashioned Buffalo winter.”If this week proves anything, winter is back with a vengeance in 2013-14 after some comparatively easy years.Buffalo Niagara caught...
View ArticleGarden Notes: News of area clubs and events
Amana Garden Club will meet and welcome prospective members at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Burchfield Nature & Art Center, 2001 Union Road, West Seneca. Connie Trawinski will talk on propagating...
View ArticleMake 2014 a memorable year for home and garden events
This year promises to be another busy year for home- and garden-related events designed to inspire, inform and, well, just provide some fun.Since it’s never too early to plan, here’s a look at some of...
View ArticleSabres prospect Zadorov leads Russia into world junior semis
MALMO, Sweden — Russia beat the United States, 5-3, in the world junior hockey quarterfinals Thursday, rallying to take the lead on Nakita Zadorov’s two power-play goals.Zadorov, property of the...
View ArticleWild’s Pominville sees some old friends
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jason Pominville was all smiles when greeting Buffalo reporters and Sabres staff Thursday morning. That’s just the personality of the former Sabres captain and it was especially true...
View ArticleOnly the Hoodie has some job security
Doug Marrone still hadn’t put his first season as an NFL head coach to bed, or himself, for that matter, last Sunday when he called Rob Chudzinski. They came through the college and NFL coaching ranks...
View ArticleBills need special teams aces
The Buffalo Bills’ special teams were rather ordinary under coordinator Danny Crossman in 2013.“We knew going into the year it was going to be a difficult situation for him,” Bills coach Doug Marrone...
View ArticlePoloncarz’s brother lands at Board of Elections after ouster from...
A younger brother of Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz, who was let go from the Erie County Water Authority, has landed a new job at the county Board of Elections.Robb M. Poloncarz, a former...
View ArticleVitamin Shoppe adds Clarence site
A national chain store that sells nutritional supplements has cut the ribbon on its third Western New York location.The Vitamin Shoppe has opened a store at 5095 Transit Road near Greiner Road in...
View ArticleGenesee County woman who wandered away from home found dead
BYRON – The extreme cold has claimed the life of a Town of Byron woman who wandered away from her home Thursday night, the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning.Authorities said...
View ArticleState gets waiver to eliminate math ‘double testing’
Thousands of New York students will take one less state test this year, thanks to a federal waiver that allows the state to eliminate some “double testing.”The change will affect roughly 60,000...
View ArticleTractor trailer hauling helicopter rolls over on Thruway at Pembroke
A tractor trailer hauling a Mercy Flight helicopter rolled over on the eastbound Thruway in the Town of Pembroke this morning, State Police said.Authorities were still on the scene of the accident...
View ArticleChautauqua County Executive to continue “Monday morning memo”
MAYVILLE – New Chautauqua County Executive Vince Horrigan will continue the tradition of the Monday Morning Memo. Horrigan announced he will continue the practice of announcing news, events and other...
View ArticleGov’t: Birth control mandate should not be blocked
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says a Supreme Court justice should stop blocking the new health care law’s requirement that some religion-affiliated organizations provide health insurance that...
View ArticleTeen sentenced to 25 to life for brutal North Buffalo murder
A judge today gave Demetrius Huff the maximum prison sentence for the brutal slaying of a teenager who was stabbed 54 times in a wooded area near Colvin Avenue in North Buffalo before Huff set his...
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