Silver unveils Assembly reform in wake of Lopez scandal
ALBANY – Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, looking to keep his job as the State Legislature’s most powerful Democrat, today unveiled a series of internal changes designed to prevent what critics have...
View ArticleKenmore police say homicide wasn't 'random act'
Homicide victim Vincent J. Cottone’s tavern in Kenmore was the site of three crimes – a burglary, a suspicious fire and a petit larceny – in the last two months, but Kenmore police aren’t sure whether...
View ArticleSearch for survivors begins in Oklahoma cities flattened by tornado
MOORE, Okla. – A mix of volunteers and first responders are combing through debris in an Oklahoma City suburb looking for survivors.The city of Moore, Okla., was hit by a mile-wide tornado on Monday...
View ArticleFBI seeks other victims of alleged sex abuser
He was only 10 years old when the abuse started.He’s now in his 30s, and federal investigators believe they finally have the man who molested him.They also believe there may be more victims.“We’re...
View ArticleHigh voter turnout in Clarence, Lew-Port
Polls are closed in 37 districts in Erie and Niagara counties, where voters across the region had their say on school budgets today.The Buffalo News will provide live results on the School Zone...
View ArticleJob market brightening here
The job market in the Buffalo Niagara region brightened a bit last month.The latest unemployment figure released Tuesday is at a two-year low of 7.7 percent, pushed down by a more robust seasonal job...
View ArticleRoberts Road residents in Dunkirk want the city to supply water
DUNKIRK – Residents of Roberts Road and other nearby neighborhoods are asking Town of Dunkirk leaders to move forward with plans to supply them with water from the City of Dunkirk. At the regular...
View ArticleLew-Port budget is one of three defeated by voters
An attempt to exceed a cap on school taxes in Lewiston-Porter failed Tuesday, while voters in Wilson and Niagara Wheatfield also defeated spending plans that would have increased taxes.Early election...
View ArticleIn Focus: Scott Gehl, Housing Opportunities Made Equal
A group that has been fighting for fair housing since 1963 continues to face challenges in a region that remains one of the most segregated metropolitan areas in the U.S.Housing Opportunities Made...
View ArticleCook of the Month: Bert Gambini cooks up a storm
Bert Gambini grew up in Tonawanda watching two Sicilian women, his mother and grandmother, cook the dishes that fed their family.Looking back now, that was where his love of cooking began, but they...
View ArticleMotorist dies in Chautauqua crash
A motorist died in a one-vehicle crash late Tuesday night on Chestnut Road in the Town of Pomfret, Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputies reported.The driver was traveling north on Chestnut, failed to...
View ArticleTermini urges sales-tax-free zone downtown
Asserting that city and state leaders need to “think outside the box” to revive Buffalo’s retail industry, developer Rocco Termini called Tuesday for a sales-tax-free zone downtown to lure Canadian...
View ArticlePower Authority approves funding for Launch NY
The New York Power Authority, shaking off the objections of two Western New York assemblymen, approved using more than $5.4 million in proceeds from the sale of unallocated hydropower to fund the...
View ArticleTops to add Orchard Fresh store after Orchard Park success
It looks like Tops Friendly Markets picked a winner with its new Orchard Fresh concept store.The supermarket opened a high-end gourmet and specialty food retail shop in Orchard Park last month. The...
View ArticleSheriff’s copter enlisted in hunt for Island car theft suspect
A 24-year-old Grand Island man already facing stolen-car charges in Buffalo City Court was taken into custody on Grand Island Boulevard near Bedell Road at about 11 a.m. Tuesday after he allegedly...
View ArticleCuomo due here with latest plan for Buffalo billion
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will be in Buffalo today to release the latest economic development funding plan as part of his 2012 vow to spend $1 billion on Western New York job-creation...
View ArticleFormer Grand Island fire chief honored
Former Chief Norm Mrkall of the Grand Island Fire Company was honored for his 59 years of service, and 50-year members Ray Pauley and Jim Linenfelser were cited, as officials Tuesday honored the...
View ArticleMasiello tapped for Peace Bridge Authority seat
All major construction projects are now on hold at the Peace Bridge because of uncertainty raised by newly introduced legislation in Albany designed to dissolve the Bridge Authority, the agency’s...
View ArticleResidents mobilizing to get input into use of Tonawanda Coke fines
Tonawanda Coke, after being found guilty in a landmark case in late March, could be fined as much to $200 million in federal court for illegally discharging coke-oven gas – notably cancer-causing...
View ArticleIn court, lawyer says Nushawn Williams ‘doesn’t have HIV’
Throughout Western New York, Nushawn Williams has been known for 16 years as a sexual predator who infected young women with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.But Williams, 36, appeared in State Supreme...
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