Fire engulfs vacant house on Metcalfe
An early morning fire at a vacant house on Metcalfe Street lighted up the sky as firefighters responding to the call found the structure fully involved in flames, according to the Buffalo Fire...
View ArticleChase ends with SAFE Act arrest
An 18-year-old man was arrested early today and charged with violating the state’s new gun control law after a foot chase through an East Side neighborhood ended with the recovery of a 9mm handgun,...
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Vanek talks about his future with Sabres
By John Vogl Thomas Vanek knows the Sabres are in position for a rebuild. He also knows he might not be part of it. General Manager Darcy Regier has talked during the past two days of looking toward...
View ArticlePlanner pushes ‘walkability’ for Cattaraugus
LITTLE VALLEY – Cattaraugus County has heard the announcements of departure from no fewer than three major employers in the last 18 months. It seems the profile of the county is shifting away from...
View ArticleNeighborhood House mentors put kids on right path
The five community leaders who were honored over the weekend during a banquet in St. George’s Hall on Nottingham Terrace were not necessarily in need of plaudits.Between them, they have over the years...
View ArticleMotorcyclist in critical condition
The driver of a motorcycle that collided with a vehicle on Maple Road in Amherst was in critical condition Sunday in Erie County Medical Center.Ryan J. Hudson, 25, of Amherst was traveling east on...
View ArticleTwo-car crash results in DWI charge
A two-car crash on East Delavan Street on Saturday resulted in the arrest of one of the drivers for driving while intoxicated.Buffalo police said Raymond Walker, 54, of Cornwall Street, rear ended...
View ArticleMan arrested at Peace Bridge on child porn charge
A New York State man was arrested at the Peace Bridge Saturday on charges of importing and possessing child pornography.Niagara Regional Police said Clinton Jensen, 30, was entering Canada from the...
View ArticleWest Side stabbing sends man to ECMC
A stabbing on Buffalo’s West Side resulted in the arrest late Saturday night of a Niagara Falls man.Steven L. Fowler, 35, was charged with assault in connection with the stabbing of Leroy L. Twitty in...
View ArticleClosing of DRS Technologies will cost region 36 jobs
DRS Technologies, an Arlington, Va.-based defense electronics supplier and services firm, will lay off 36 employees in Western New York this summer when the company closes its Cheektowaga location by...
View ArticleHodgson must improve his defensive play
Buffalo Sabres coach Ron Rolston’s initial reasoning for dropping Cody Hodgson to the fourth line Sunday night didn’t pass the sniff test.Rolston said he wanted to put Jochen Hecht – who has two goals...
View ArticleScout gives TLC to vets’ graves
A Williamsville teenager provided some extra care and attention over the weekend to the final resting place of hundreds of military veterans buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Cheektowaga.More than...
View ArticleBonnets on parade on Elmwood
Along Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, the Easter Parade is a tradition that dates back more than 100 years. Conceived as a chance for wealthy New Yorkers to display their fine clothes after attending church...
View ArticleRail station to be Medical Campus gateway
The University at Buffalo’s long-held vision for a downtown medical school is about to materialize in bricks and mortar – along with steel rail and subway trains.A conceptual design for the planned,...
View ArticleBow Wow brings positive message to Easter service
Easter services took on a new flavor for one Buffalo congregation Sunday morning, as rapper Bow Wow joined the Rev. Darius Pridgen on stage in Kleinhans Music Hall to urge youth to stay away from...
View ArticleAnti-crime task force back for good
Strike Force, the police task force that pounced on criminals during two 100-day periods last year, is back – and this time for good.Composed of Buffalo police officers, state troopers and Erie County...
View ArticleDyngus Day hits the big time
In an alignment of comic coincidence, Dyngus Day falls on April 1 this year.And with the harmonic convergence of the Polish and the foolish, this year’s celebrations are going bigger and more...
View ArticleSabres’ Vanek wants to stay, but ...
Thomas Vanek likes being in Buffalo. It is where he grew into an NHL star and family man.But like many folks in Sabreland, he’s curious about the direction of the franchise and whether he’ll be part...
View ArticleYoung Audiences of WNY to sponsor art auction
More than two dozen works by local artists will be offered as Young Audiences of Western New York sponsors “Collector’s Choice – An Art Auction” at 7 p.m. ► Saturday ◄ April 20 in Tapestry Charter...
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