With family business on brink, Skateland owners cling to hope as...
LOCKPORT – Lori and Brian Ferraro once were competitive roller skaters, with Brian winning a national championship, but now they need to come up with their toughest trick ever – finding enough money...
View ArticleStrobl’s book is a guide for young basketball players
The sound of shoes squeaking on a hardwood floor is music to Pete Strobl’s ears, not simply because it’s the unmistakable melody of basketball but for what it signifies: movement off the ball,...
View ArticleRoy-Hart sets budget hearing
MIDDLEPORT – The Royalton-Hartland School District will present its proposed $22 million budget for 2014-15 at a public hearing at 7 p.m. Wednesday.The meeting will be held in the high school media...
View ArticleFalls YMCA faces grim future
NIAGARA FALLS – The YMCA’s Main Street branch will likely close in the coming years because of what the agency describes as unsustainable financial losses.YMCA Buffalo Niagara recently announced a...
View ArticleNewfane school budget makes staffing cuts to reduce costs
NEWFANE – The Newfane School District is planning to cut 13 full-time equivalent positions in an effort to reduce costs in its proposed $33.9 million budget for 2014-15.A public hearing on the budget...
View ArticleNiagara Wine Trail celebrating 12th anniversary
The Niagara Wine Trail is celebrating its 12th anniversary with the annual Wine Trail Blossoms event on Mother’s Day weekend, Friday through Sunday.Tickets include a tasting of three wines for each...
View ArticleArea’s history is part of Martinsville Soapworks
NORTH TONAWANDA – Back in the middle of the 19th century, Martinsville was a community unto itself at the eastern edge of North Tonawanda. It was also a time when making things by hand was a way of...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
LEWISTON• Escarpment Drive, Steven A. Bruno to Stephen J. Witkowski, $172,000.• Mountain View Drive, Brookhaven Trust; John P. Bartolomei to NSM Enterprises, $154,000.• Lewiston Farms, Condo Unit 691,...
View ArticleProximity to N-tests in Pacific takes toll on Lewiston veteran of two wars
Duke L. Williams was not about to let others in his family best him when it came to patriotism and wartime service.His devotion to America took him to enemy islands in the Pacific during World War II,...
View ArticleMuslim gets waiver from NCAA to wrestle
Muhamed McBryde has loved wrestling ever since he can remember, but when he had to choose between shaving his beard and competing for the University at Buffalo, the decision was easy.McBryde sat on...
View ArticleDemocrats seek to rein in Niagara Legislature caucuses
LOCKPORT – A Democratic proposal to place time limits on the Niagara County Legislature’s trademark party caucuses will be “put to bed” by the Republican majority Tuesday, Legislature Chairman William...
View ArticleAnother meeting set for Town of Niagara’s Military Place plan
TOWN OF NIAGARA – A special meeting to address the site plan of the Military Place commercial development, which some residents fear will disrupt neighborhood life and lower property values, will be...
View ArticleFMC asks that EPA overrule state on soil cleanup plan in Middleport
MIDDLEPORT – FMC Corp. asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week to overrule the state’s position on a remedial plan for 202 Middleport properties where the soil contains arsenic blown...
View ArticleYouth arrested after 911 calls
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – Police arrested a 17-year-old Saturday night after he called the 9-1-1 emergency line 45 times over a one-hour period and threatened to stab a dispatcher.Matthew C. Hathaway of...
View ArticleMan sought in tavern argument
WHEATFIELD – Police have obtained an arrest warrant for a man who reportedly head-butted another man in the face during a Sunday morning argument at a tavern on Niagara Falls Boulevard.The victim, a...
View ArticleWoman found with items removed from grave sites
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – A woman was taken to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation Sunday morning after sheriff’s deputies found her behaving “irrationally” while removing decorations and personal items...
View ArticleHonor Roll: Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers
Gail Mitchell, assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of New York, has been named to the Daemen College board of trustees.A former assistant attorney general for New York State, Mitchell has...
View ArticlePolice vehicles get beefier, roomier in Western New York
If you are picked up by police these days, you can expect some more legroom.Patrol vehicles are getting bigger, just like the officers and some of those getting into the back seats.Buffalo police last...
View ArticlePoliticians, environmentalists warn of Lake Erie algal blooms
An annual explosion of toxic algae threatens to aggravate the Ohio communities along Lake Erie again this summer.Keeping Western New York from suffering the same fate brought Sen. Charles E. Schumer...
View ArticleFormer Niagara supervisor admits misconduct
LOCKPORT – The amounts in question weren’t large, but they were large enough to give Town of Niagara Supervisor Steven C. Richards a criminal record and force him out of office.Richards, who resigned...
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