Byron Brown seen as competent mayor, but lacking big-picture vision
Buffalo News Special ReportSecond of a four-part seriesBy Jill Terreri and Susan Schulman / News Staff ReportersIf leadership means running an efficient day-to-day government, then Mayor Byron W....
View ArticleHamburg village budget vote is next month
Village Board members in Hamburg plan to adopt a 2013-14 budget at their next meeting April 1.The board heard no comments or questions from residents during a budget hearing Monday night.“We did...
View ArticleSite plan approved for medical office building on Transit Road in Lancaster
The Lancaster Town Board on Monday approved the site plan for a medical office building that will be constructed on a Transit Road property partly owned by Supervisor Dino J. Fudoli.Fudoli recused...
View ArticleTransition begins in Silver Creek at Lindstrom’s final board meeting
SILVER CREEK – Change was in the air for the village’s governing body on Monday night.In his last meeting as part of the Village Board, outgoing Mayor Kurt Lindstrom took a few moments to make an...
View ArticleWest Seneca changes town code to permit gun range
The first step toward the development of a new 27,000-square-foot indoor public shooting range off Union Road in the Town of West Seneca was taken Monday evening when the Town Board unanimously...
View ArticleOn Twitter, Poloncarz shares his ‘Mark from Lackawanna’ side
Meet Mark Poloncarz, the tweeter: part political commentator, sometimes media critic and purveyor of hockey nostalgia.If Poloncarz has projected a dry side from his Rath Building office, he is one of...
View ArticleNational Fuel expects surge in production
National Fuel Gas Co. expects its oil and natural gas production to jump by more than 20 percent both this year and next, the Amherst-based energy company said Monday.National Fuel said it expects its...
View ArticleSeaway to hike tolls 3 percent
Tolls on the St. Lawrence Seaway will increase 3 percent this year, the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. said.The SLSMC said tolls on the Seaway have been frozen for five years and that the...
View ArticleGrants available to hire long-term unemployed
State Labor Commissioner Peter M. Rivera said the state still has nearly $4 million available in federal funding to help businesses hire long-term unemployed workers through the On the Job Training...
View ArticleGelia firm wins ‘Best in Show’ at ADDY Awards
An invitation designed by the advertising firm Gelia for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation won the “Best in Show” honor at the recent ADDY Awards hosted by the Advertising Club of Buffalo.The annual...
View ArticleVillage elections are today
Village residents are being asked to cast their ballots for election to local offices in communities all over Western New York today.Many polling places are open from noon to 9 p.m., but check with...
View ArticleBlasdell board to vote on budget with 19-cent tax hike
The Blasdell Village Board this week will vote on a $2,174,181 general fund budget for 2013-14 that carries an estimated tax rate of $19 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, up 19 cents from the current...
View ArticleGoodwill opens retail store at Mid-City Plaza on Payne
NORTH TONAWANDA – Goodwill Industries has opened a new store, its tenth, in an old Fashion Bug shop at the Mid-City Plaza on Payne Avenue.“It was really too good to pass up,” said Thomas Lynch,...
View Article$4.1 million in settlements likely in 2009 deaths of two Buffalo firefighters
Two separate settlements totaling $4.1 million for the families of two Buffalo firefighters who perished in an August 2009 fire at a Genesee Street building are expected to be approved by the Common...
View ArticleFour injured in Youngmann Highway rollover accident
A one-car rollover accident early Tuesday morning sent four people to Erie County Medical Center and forced authorities to close one entrance and one exit ramp off the Youngmann Highway, Town of...
View ArticleTraining explosion kills 7 Marines in Nevada
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Marine Corps says seven Marines have been killed in a training accident at the Hawthorne Army Depot, Nev.The Corps said in a statement Tuesday that the accident at around 10 p.m....
View ArticleE&E’s earnings soar as it trims use of subcontractors
Ecology & Environment’s second-quarter profits nearly quadrupled, despite a 10 percent drop in revenues, as the Lancaster-based environmental services firm farmed out less of its work to...
View ArticleState lawmakers edge closer to deal on budget, minimum wage
ALBANY – Lawmakers are narrowing in on a final state budget deal to raise the state’s $7.25-per-hour minimum wage to $9 over the next three years and cut personal and business taxes by $700 million,...
View ArticleOff-duty officers rescue man from burning home
Todd Chenez and Michael Stover were halfway through their three-mile run Monday afternoon, when they spotted a woman running down her driveway on Hawley Street, yelling out that her husband was...
View ArticleNiagara Falls says no thanks to help from Buffalo-based charities
NIAGARA FALLS – This struggling city, which is bleeding population and starving for money, needs all the help it can get.It just doesn’t want that help to come from Buffalo.That was the message given...
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