Quasar tries to convince public of byproduct’s safety
WHEATFIELD – Officials of Quasar Energy Group tried to convince a skeptical crowd of town residents Monday that the farm use of its byproduct is safe.The company, which opened a plant for anaerobic...
View ArticleFalls officials hoping to move Tesla statue from Goat Island to downtown
NIAGARA FALLS – The nine-foot bronze statue of Nikola Tesla has sat on Goat Island in Niagara Falls State Park for nearly four decades, a weather-worn monument to a man largely forgotten despite...
View ArticleAfter years of brain drain, young people are moving back to Buffalo
The decades-long brain drain among young people in the Buffalo Niagara region is turning into a brain gain.At the forefront are Millennials like Steven Poland and Seamus Gallivan, who came back to...
View ArticleOrleans County coroner’s pet cremation plan OK’d by Lockport...
LOCKPORT – The city Planning Board gave its approval Monday to a proposal to build what Orleans County Coroner Scott M. Schmidt called “a funeral home for pets” on West Avenue.However, the Common...
View ArticlePolice have more bad news for customers of Williamsville jeweler
It’s looking like the fake diamonds allegedly sold by a Williamsville jeweler were only the tip of the iceberg.Other precious gemstones purchased or repaired during the past 20 years at the former...
View ArticleUnited Way to honor fund drive award winners
NIAGARA FALLS – The United Way of Greater Niagara will honor several award winners Thursday for helping out during last year’s fund drive.The awards will be given at the United Way’s annual meeting,...
View ArticleMan charged in robbery of 7-Eleven in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Falls man was charged Monday for his role in the robbery of a 7-Eleven.Richard W. Walcott, 43, of Virginia Avenue, was charged with third-degree robbery in connection to a...
View ArticleFalls man charged in home invasion incident
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Falls man was charged Monday with forcing his way into a house, punching a resident and then taking the man’s debit cards last week in the 400 block of 23rd Street.Edward E....
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View ArticleWayne County man arraigned on felony DWI indictment
LOCKPORT – A Wayne County man, currently facing a felony driving while intoxicated charge in Monroe County, was arraigned in Niagara County Court Tuesday on another felony DWI indictment.Thomas J....
View ArticleHamburg man charged with beating wife twice
LOCKPORT – A Hamburg man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to an 11-count indictment accusing him of beating his estranged wife twice in her City of Lockport home.Matthew J. Siuda III, 31, of Woodway Court,...
View ArticleBurglar who failed in diversion program is sent to prison
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III imposed a prison term of 16 months to four years Tuesday for a burglar whose enrollment in a court-supervised drug treatment program ended with a...
View ArticleSomerset man charged with growing pot at home
LOCKPORT – A Somerset man was arraigned Tuesday in Niagara County Court on an indictment accusing him of having more than 10 pounds of marijuana when the county drug task force searched the residence...
View ArticleCity of Tonawanda man avoids jail on two sex crimes
LOCKPORT – A City of Tonawanda man avoided jail time Tuesday in Niagara County Court in connection with two sex crimes involving the same 16-year-old girl, which occurred in North Tonawanda in July...
View ArticleFalls gunman who violated probation gets seven years in prison
LOCKPORT – State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. imposed the maximum sentence of seven years in prison and three years’ post-release supervision Tuesday for a Niagara Falls man who sprayed...
View ArticleFalls car wash is burglarized
NIAGARA FALLS – The Rainbow Car Wash at 1102 Whitney Avenue reported an industrial vacuum, valued at $1,500, was knocked off a wall on Monday.Security photos showed an early 1990s model Oldsmobile...
View ArticleMan charged in assault for hitting a Falls man with a brick
NIAGARA FALLS – A 22-year-old man was charged after he allegedly threw a brick at a man at 5:20 p.m. Monday in the 1700 block of Ashland Avenue.William E. Scarbrough of 22nd Street was charged with...
View ArticleThree were arrested after heroin found following a traffic stop
WHEATFIELD – Niagara County sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle heading westbound on River Road in the Town of Wheatfield for driving with no insurance, no registration and no license plate lamp at...
View ArticleFalls salvage yard hit by thieves
NIAGARA FALLS – A trailer was found open Monday and four aluminum lights, valued at a total of $1,200 were stolen sometime over the weekend at S & W Salvage of Niagara at 2602 24th Street.The...
View ArticleErie Canal Discovery Center plans opening weekend events
LOCKPORT – The Erie Canal Discovery Center, Church and Ontario streets, will celebrate the annual opening of the Erie Canal and Lockport Locks May 3-4 with a special event each day.On May 3, kids and...
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