BOCES chief leads search for Holland superintendent
Six months after the resignation of Dennis Johnson as superintendent, the Holland School Board has appointed David O’Rourke, district superintendent of Erie 2 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Board of...
View ArticleCouncil leaders target Board of Elections in zone boundary dispute
Common Council leaders are seeking an inquiry into practices at the Erie County Board of Elections, but an elections commissioner said their complaints are political in nature, not governmental.The...
View ArticleMan held in robbery of Niagara Street convenience store
A young man with no permanent address has been charged with first-degree robbery and criminal use of a firearm in the holdup about 2 a.m. Monday of the 7-Eleven store in the 900 block of Niagara...
View ArticleToy companies pledge $3 million for hospital
Fisher-Price Inc. and Mattel Inc. Monday pledged $3 million to The Children’s Hospital of Buffalo Foundation to help build a new children’s hospital on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.The gift will...
View ArticleSuspected drug kingpin to face charges
The suspected kingpin of a multimillion-dollar heroin ring that funneled drugs from the Bronx to Buffalo was arrested late last week after eluding authorities for nearly two years, the State Police...
View ArticleBoulevard Mall getting several new stores, including H&M
Fashion retailer H&M plans to open its second store in the Buffalo Niagara region in the Boulevard Mall, officials from the Amherst shopping center said Monday.The H&M store, which will span...
View ArticleAuthorities storm Alabama bunker, rescue young boy
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. — Authorities stormed an underground bunker Monday in Alabama, freeing a 5-year-old boy and leaving his increasingly agitated captor dead after a week of fruitless negotiations that...
View ArticleCanadians taking leave of their cents
Canada needs some new cliches.It’s time to scrap “a penny for your thoughts” and “a penny saved is a penny earned.”The Canadian penny is headed toward extinction.Monday, the Royal Canadian Mint began...
View ArticleSBA loans locally show 30% growth in fiscal quarter
Small-business lenders locally have doled out more than $30 million in government-backed loans through the first three months of the government’s fiscal year, about 30 percent ahead of last year’s...
View ArticleNew museum is now open in Colored Musicians Club
The new museum created by Hadley Exhibits in the Colored Musicians Club, 145 Broadway, is now open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday.Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for people 17 and under, 50 and...
View ArticleSabres notebook: Pardy more than ready when called
OTTAWA – It was 10 games later than he’d hoped, but Adam Pardy finally made his debut for the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday.The defenseman, acquired over the summer as part of the Steve Ott-Derek Roy...
View ArticleBoard approves rezoning for apartment building
The Amherst Town Board this week approved rezoning a half-acre parcel on Rensch Road near the University at Buffalo for the building of a one-story, seven-unit apartment building.The developer,...
View ArticleOlean man gets one year in jail for sale of cocaine
LITTLE VALLEY – An Olean man will spend a year behind bars for selling cocaine in the city last June and July.James V. Hamilton, 45, was ordered this week by Cattaraugus County Judge Ronald D. Ploetz...
View ArticleCasino plans expansion, improvements
BATAVIA – The Batavia Downs Casino is beginning a new year with an unprecedented $25 million expansion and improvement project at a historic horse racing track that not long ago was facing...
View ArticleCouncil forgives penalties, interest on back taxes for Statler building
The Common Council on Tuesday voted to forgive penalties and interest on back taxes accrued on the Statler building before it was purchased by developer Mark D. Croce.The Council also voted to forgive...
View ArticleOpalinski named to fill vacancy on Tonawanda School Board
The City of Tonawanda Board of Education returned to seven members Tuesday night, as the board selected Danielle Opalinski to fill a vacant seat at its regular meeting in Tonawanda High/Middle...
View ArticleKen-Ton School District looking to eliminate $3 million hole in 2013-14 budget
The Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda school district presented its first view Tuesday night of a 2013-14 budget totaling approximately $151 million, which requires a climb out of an almost $3.1 million...
View ArticleService for Parete at 11 a.m. today
The funeral service for Buffalo Police Officer Patricia A. Parete, who died early Saturday morning, will be at 11 a.m. today in Trinity Episcopal Church, 371 Delaware Ave.The service is open to the...
View ArticlePraxair buys beverage firm
Praxair Inc., the biggest U.S. industrial-gases company, agreed to pay $1.1 billion for NuCO2 Inc. to acquire the nation’s largest supplier of beverage carbonation to restaurants. Praxair is buying...
View ArticleExhibition reception rescheduled for Saturday
LOCKPORT – The opening reception for the Market Street Art Center’s 2013 Photography Exhibition, canceled last weekend because of bad weather, has been rescheduled from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday in the...
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