First gun law case attracts large crowd in Silver Creek
SILVER CREEK -- The first person charged in the state gun laws appeared in a packed courtoom here this morning to hear the charges brought against him by the state Attorney General.Benjamin M....
View ArticleOtt is making a name for himself with Sabres
Minutes after the Sabres’ worst loss of the season, Steve Ott took a leading role in the Buffalo dressing room. He’s followed that by commanding attention on the ice.The Sabres welcome Toronto to...
View ArticleCuomo, lawmakers reach accord on 2013 state budget
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders reached a tentative deal on the 2013 state budget Wednesday night, with plans to hike the minimum wage, cut taxes next year for hundreds of...
View ArticleLunch at Embers is elegant and not expensive
There aren’t many Cheap Eats places where the waiter comes around with a pepper mill, offering freshly ground black pepper. We’re more used to grabbing a plastic pepper shaker off the counter on our...
View ArticleIn Buffalo, an ever-bullish Buffett
If the United States of America were a stock, Warren E. Buffett would buy it.Even with partisan gridlock in Washington, a sluggish economic recovery and soaring health care costs, the billionaire...
View ArticleWoman charged with drunken driving
A 44-year-old Blasdell woman was arrested by Orchard Park police on Taylor Road at about 9:20 p.m. Sunday for allegedly driving drunk and having an open container of alcohol in her car. Lisa C....
View ArticleNiagara Legislature refinances old bonds
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Legislature voted unanimously Tuesday to refinance $13.35 million worth of bonded debt it incurred between 2004 and 2006. The lower interest rates on the refinancing are...
View ArticleAures elected Forestville mayor
FORESTVILLE – Linda Aures, who has been serving as a village trustee since last year, was elected mayor Tuesday over Katherine “Beth” Bowker, who has been serving as mayor.Aures’ election as mayor...
View ArticleCorfu mayor unseated; trustee takes Elba helm
Only two Genesee County villages had primary elections Tuesday, and both Elba and Corfu voters chose village board members as mayors.In Corfu, longtime Mayor Todd Skeet, backed by both major political...
View ArticleNational Fuel to test Dunkirk site contamination
DUNKIRK – National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp. will do test borings and soil examinations this month to determine how bad the contamination is in and around the National Fuel Service Center site at...
View ArticleFirst of three suspects in rape of 12-year-old arrested
One of the suspects in the rape of a 12-year-old Buffalo girl two months ago has been arrested, Buffalo police reported Wednesday night.Derrick D. Young Jr., 19, of Adams Street, was taken into...
View ArticleBuilding a local supply chain
In 2011, Western New York businesses spent $68.4 billion on goods and services from outside the region, according to the Buffalo Niagara Partnership.To keep some of that money here, the Partnership is...
View ArticleMoog buys Virginia motor maker in $34 million deal
Moog Inc. has acquired a Virginia company that makes brushless motors and other related industrial components in a $34 million deal, the Elma-based motion control equipment maker said today.Moog’s...
View Article5 pit bull terriers seized by SPCA in raid at dog rescue in Elma
An animal-rescue operation called Smilin’ Pit Bull Rescue on Bowen Road in Elma has been raided by officers from local law enforcement and the SPCA Serving Erie County, as five pit bull terriers were...
View ArticleMetro area in line for more springtime snow
NEWS STAFF REPORTERThe snow falling in downtown Buffalo this afternoon may look ominous, but there’s no need to worry about it piling up like it has south of the city.An upper-level disturbance...
View ArticleNew UB center getting state funding boost
By Tom Precious ALBANY -- A new University at Buffalo science center engaged in engineering and science innovations that is generating growing interest around the country will get a large infusion of...
View ArticleRochester outdoor hockey festival planned
By Jay Skurski Buffalo Sabres President Ted Black was in Rochester this morning to make an official announcement regarding a a regular-season outdoor game being played in December by the NHL club's...
View ArticleYahoo to hire 115 for second data center, call center in Lockport
LOCKPORT – Yahoo announced today that it intends to construct a second data center, almost as large as its existing one, and a customer call center in the Town of Lockport Industrial Park.The $168...
View ArticleJudge sides with state in dispute over relocating Amigone’s crematory
A judge today backed the state Cemetery Board’s determination that Amigone Funeral Home cannot move its cremation operation on Sheridan Drive in the Town of Tonawanda to another location.Amigone and...
View ArticleLawsuit filed against state’s gun control law
ALBANY – In a case backers vow to take all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, a major gun rights group today filed suit in federal court in Buffalo seeking to toss out the state’s new gun control law...
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