Woman gets two years for stealing $500,000 from Medina hospital
A Middleport woman was sentenced to two years in prison Monday for stealing $500,000 from Medina Memorial Hospital.Linda Rakonczay, 58, a former payroll coordinator at the hospital, previously pleaded...
View ArticleAnti-SAFE Act plaintiff readies appeal
The lead plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the state’s SAFE Act was in Buffalo Monday collecting signatures from some of the more than 1,250 other plaintiffs in the case to appeal an Albany judge’s...
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...
View ArticleFalls golf course to open Wednesday
NIAGARA FALLS – Hyde Park Golf Course will open its North 18 course at 9 a.m. Wednesday, weather permitting, the City of Niagara Falls announced Monday.For more information, call the Department of...
View ArticleWoman charged for threatening a person with a knife and throwing a frying...
PENDLETON – State Police charged a woman who was threatening a family member both with a knife and a pay filled with frying oil late last week.On Friday Lockport-based Troopers charged Crystal R....
View ArticleOver $100,000 loss and damages reported in Falls burglary and copper theft
NIAGARA FALLS – Large equipment, copper and steel pipes, and office equipment were stolen from a commercial property in the 700 block of Ninth Street, according to police on Sunday.The California...
View ArticleLockport crack dealer pleads guilty; plans to move away
LOCKPORT – A man who was charged with selling crack cocaine twice to police informants in the City of Lockport in 2012 entered a guilty plea Monday in Niagara County Court, with the hope that he will...
View ArticleFalls school budget hearing scheduled Thursday
NIAGARA FALLS - A public hearing on the proposed 2014-15 budget for the Niagara Falls School District will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Niagara Falls High School, 4455 Porter Road.The proposed...
View Article1812 Legacy Council honored for bicentennial events
The Niagara 1812 Legacy Council of Ontario, Canada has coordinated a number of bicentennial events in both Ontario and Western New York since 2008 and was honored with the Bi-National Beacon Award at...
View ArticleCWM expansion process begins Wednesday
PORTER – The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced Monday that the 60-day public comment period on an expansion proposal by CWM Chemical Services starts Wednesday.The region’s only...
View ArticleTown of Lockport plans public information meeting on water and sidewalk plans
LOCKPORT – The Town of Lockport will hold a public information meeting at 7 p.m. May 19 in Town Hall for residents of Shimer Drive and Locust Street Extension who are interested in details about...
View ArticleFirefighters use fire truck to serve legal papers
LOCKPORT – The Lockport Professional Fire Fighters used an on-duty city fire truck to serve court papers at the private office of the city’s attorney Monday, as Fire Chief Thomas J. Passuite returned...
View ArticleNiagara Falls dance show spurs lawsuit when it accepts a competitor’s...
NIAGARA FALLS – “The Spirit of the Mist” debuted downtown last spring. Dancers in Native American dress, flanked by tepees aglow in orange light, tell the story of the world famous falls to pulsating...
View ArticlePlan proposed to deal with toxic algae in lake
Toxic blue-green algae again threaten the Ohio side of Lake Erie and its shorelines this summer.In Buffalo, government officials and environmentalists on Monday took aim at stopping the cyanobacteria...
View ArticleTransgender Falls resident wins court fight over free name change
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls resident with disabling health problems who is hoping for a sex change operation was able to win a name change last month without having to pay a court filing fee.“I knew...
View ArticleTwo area hospitals receive high marks for safety but others lag
Kenmore Mercy Hospital and Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk received “A” grades for safety but Eastern Niagara Hospital in Lockport rated an “F” in an update of the Leapfrog Group’s...
View ArticleClimate change report: More snow for Buffalo
WASHINGTON – Buffalo may face a future with more lake-effect snow thanks to a warmer Lake Erie that will be more prone to harmful algae blooms and invasive species, the federal government said today...
View ArticleAmherst man accused of trying to sell drugs
An Amherst man was accused of trying to sell narcotics at a motel in the Town of Wheatfield, according to State Police.Troopers were dispatched Sunday to a motel on Niagara Falls Boulevard on a report...
View ArticleMaid of the Mist readies for the tourist season
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Falls’ most iconic tourist attraction is gearing up for a new season that will be unlike any it’s seen in the past.For the first time in the Maid of the Mist’s history, it will...
View ArticleMaid of the Mist readies for the tourist season
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Falls’ most iconic tourist attraction is gearing up for a new season that will be unlike any it’s seen in the past.For the first time in the Maid of the Mist’s history, it will...
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