SUV ends up balancing on a guy wire after crash
The car crash was so strange, police didn’t believe it until they saw it.But there it was Friday morning, a sport utility vehicle that veered off a Lockport city road, headed for a shopping plaza –...
View ArticleCampaign puts students first
The Ferry District encompasses a section of University Heights in the northeastern corner of Buffalo and extends south through much of the Masten Council District toward East Ferry Street. Bailey...
View ArticleControversial tax breaks OK’s for Dick’s store at Batavia mall
BATAVIA – The Genesee County Economic Development Center’s board of directors Thursday approved a controversial $1.8 million package of tax incentives for a new retailer in the Towne Centre Mall.COR,...
View ArticleRoy-Hart and Barker schools to share superintendent.
It’s one thing for school districts to share some sports teams and academic programs these days, but sharing a leader is largely untested territory.That is, until two eastern Niagara County school...
View ArticleLancaster principal retires in protest of State Ed requirements
A principal in the Lancaster School District is retiring at the end of this school year in protest over “excessive” standardized testing of elementary school students and what she considers the...
View ArticlePlay Streets to close some Buffalo streets Sunday
By Scott ScanlonRefresh EditorWant to get so fit you might impress the first lady?Michelle Obama isn’t likely to be in Buffalo on Sunday, but chances are that one of the activities taking place in the...
View ArticleIsrael launches airstrike on Syrian target, U.S. reports
WASHINGTON – Israel launched an airstrike into Syria, apparently targeting a suspected weapons site, U.S. officials said Friday night.The strike occurred overnight Thursday into Friday, the officials...
View ArticleBoston bombing case focuses on widow of suspect
WASHINGTON – Federal law enforcement officials are sharpening their focus on the widow of the dead suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings after finding al-Qaida’s Inspire magazine and other radical...
View ArticleEvans police officer killed in accident on Route 5 in Hamburg
An off-duty Town of Evans police officer was killed on his way to the dentist Friday afternoon after his motorcycle was struck by a car on Route 5 in front of the Lake Shore Volunteer Fire Company in...
View ArticleSpring comes bouncing back
Farmers and boaters. Golfers and roofers. Dogs and the people walking them. Absolutely everyone is enjoying the perfect weather here – except, perhaps, those who love to complain about the weather....
View ArticleFirst Niagara’s ‘interim’ boss
It was nearly seven weeks ago when Gary Crosby suddenly found himself thrust into the limelight, with big expectations.The business veteran who has spent his career in senior operating and financial...
View ArticleJaime Pabilonia: Left the Philippines to practice child psychiatry in the...
YOUNGSTOWN – In the 1960s, when Jaime Pabilonia finished medical school in the Philippines, ambition drew him to the United States. His connection to waterfalls led him to pick a job at a Niagara...
View ArticleRoy-Hart to hold public hearing on school budget
MIDDLEPORT – The Royalton-Hartland School District will hold a public hearing to present its proposed $22 million budget for 2013-14 at 7 p.m. Thursday.The proposed budget represents a 66-cent...
View ArticleTonawanda-based company has lesson plans for the world
Tim Weibel went from earning an elementary school teacher’s salary to launching a company that grosses millions of dollars a year.How did he do it? By taking worksheets he was already making for his...
View ArticleWilson high student gets scholarship in memory of domestic violence victim
LOCKPORT – Brianna O’Donnell, a Wilson High School senior, has been awarded a $250 scholarship by the Victim Assistance Unit of the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff James Voutour told The...
View ArticleNew dog park to open in Wilson
WILSON – Betty Haag had a dog – and a wish.The Wilson resident had visited dog parks elsewhere and decided this quiet lakeside village was just the spot for canines to run free in a safe, fenced park....
View ArticleBoth sides of the Lower Niagara delight as 4 villages put their history into...
Despite being four villages in two separate countries, the communities along the Lower Niagara have a shared history of life along the river.“From the Mouth of the Lower Niagara River: Stories of Four...
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PRAYER: The Healing Rooms of Buffalo Niagara is open to pray for anyone who needs physical, emotional or spiritual healing, 7 to 9 p.m., Potters House Christian Community Church, 723 Seventh St.,...
View ArticleNiagara County meetings and hearings this week
The School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the district’s administrative offices, Quaker and Haight roads.The Town Board will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday in Town Hall, 4160 Upper Mountain Road,...
View ArticleStarting to reclaim our lost factory jobs - one at a time
It’s the kind of news that makes American manufacturers sleep a little better at night.Reverie, a Silver Creek company that makes adjustable beds and mattresses, is planning to move a small portion of...
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