Assault suspect risks being bounced from drug treatment program
LOCKPORT – A man who was admitted recently to a court-supervised drug treatment program may be ejected from it after his arraignment Friday on an assault indictment.Teron D. Moore, 28, of Shawnee...
View ArticleSecond trip to state prison for Royalton drunken driver
LOCKPORT – Brian R. Rice of Royalton was sent to state prison for the second time Friday, again for felony driving while intoxicated.Rice, 38, of Rochester Road, was sentenced to one to three years...
View ArticleDunkirk mayor urges alternative to regional water district proposal
DUNKIRK – The City of Dunkirk will present an alternative to the regional water district proposed for the northern Chautauqua County area. Mayor A.J. Dolce issued a letter this week that suggests...
View ArticleTown of Niagara repaving project moved up
TOWN OF NIAGARA – The plan to repave Richmond Avenue, one of the busiest roads in the town, has been moved up on the schedule and should be approved by the Town Board this month.Highway Superintendent...
View ArticleThree Buffalo buildings are nominated for historic registers
Three buildings in Buffalo – two of them adjacent to one another – now under redevelopment have been nominated for the State and National Registers of Historic Places, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has...
View ArticleMaher inaugurated as president at Niagara University
LEWISTON – The Rev. James J. Maher has spent a lot of time getting to know students over the past seven months as president of Niagara University.He’s shown up at student government meetings, mingled...
View ArticleWoman charged in fatal crash accepts plea deal
LOCKPORT – A woman who was charged with causing a passenger’s death in a May 19 vehicle crash on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation will go to jail, but not for long, in the wake of a plea deal made...
View ArticleSeneca Nation sends casino payment to New York
The Seneca Nation sent a $31.6 million quarterly payment to the state this month as part of its revenue share payment agreement. Since its 2002 agreement with the state, the Senecas have paid more...
View ArticleCity schools' segregation levels match 1972
The Buffalo Public Schools are just as segregated now as they were in the 1970s, essentially reversing the results of an integration program that once was heralded as a national model.About 70 percent...
View ArticleNiagara’s Healthy Neighborhoods Program loses state funding, will...
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Health Department’s Healthy Neighborhoods Program, which has won awards for effectiveness, will be shut down April 25 because of a loss of state funding.Public Health...
View ArticleSex-assault victims are top priority of aid teams, as hospital, YWCA...
LOCKPORT – For victims of sexual assault, the trauma can be both scary and embarrassing, but they don’t have to endure alone.April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and also Child Abuse Prevention...
View ArticleMom of 3 turns gluten-free baking into a business
LOCKPORT – When Lisa Jermyn and her husband, Tim, found out seven years ago that all three of their children had celiac disease, they did what doctors generally tell people to do in that situation:...
View ArticleYoungstown man arrested for killing and cooking wild turkey
PORTER – A Youngstown man has been arrested for shooting and butchering a wild turkey that he claims had been bothering a motorist on Creek Lane. Two witnesses, however, told Niagara County sheriff’s...
View ArticleState’s top court OKs Lockport taking of GM land
LOCKPORT – The Court of Appeals has given the green light to the Town of Lockport Industrial Development Agency’s effort to take land west of the GM Components Holdings plant.The state’s highest court...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
CAMBRIA• Town Line Road, Michael D. Rhoney; Michael J. Cushman to Rhoney Funeral Home Inc., $5,000.HARTLAND• 3572 Wruck Road, Harry Merrell; Madeline M. Merrell; Christine M. Shafer; James C. Merrell...
View ArticleGriffon Pub dishes out dazzling high-quality food
NIAGARA FALLS – They call it a “gastropub,” defining the term as “a public house specializing in serving high-quality food.” I call the Griffon Pub “over the top,” simply over the top.How else would...
View ArticleLETTERS
School board deserves praise I would like to express my gratitude to our school board members for all the time and effort you have put in working to return Niagara Wheatfield to excellence. The many...
View ArticleLeadership Niagara recognized for “excellence in innovation”
The Association of Leadership Programs was to recognize Leadership Niagara for “excellence in innovation” during its Southeast Regional Conference in Atlanta on Friday.The award was to be presented to...
View ArticleGrand Island student repeats as spelling bee champ
NEWFANE – The Niagara Region Parent-Teacher Association’s annual spelling bee held last month saw a repeat champion.Hannah Schiffmacher, a student at William Kaegebein Elementary in Grand Island, took...
View ArticleFirst reenactments of the season at Old Fort Niagara on April 12 and 13
YOUNGSTOWN – All veterans, whether they served in the past or are on active duty, gain free admission to the first reenactment of the 2014 season when Old Fort Niagara hosts Patriots Day Weekend...
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