May is Meals on Wheels month
NORTH TONAWANDA – The cities of North Tonawanda and Tonawanda have declared May as North Tonawanda Meals on Wheels Month. Throughout the entire month North Tonawanda Meals on Wheels will offer special...
View ArticlePlanning Board rejects Lockport e-cigarette store
LOCKPORT – The city Planning Board voted 6-1 Monday against a request for a special use permit for an electronic cigarette store on Walnut Street, where retailing is not permitted by the zoning...
View ArticleCocaine uncovered in a traffic stop
WHEATFIELD – A pat down following a traffic stop found a man carrying a package of cocaine valued at about $50, in his coat pocket at 2 a.m. Tuesday on Niagara Falls Boulevard at Ruie Road.Nicholas J....
View ArticleLockport woman has her home burglarized three times
LOCKPORT – Niagara County sheriff’s deputies interviewed a victim Monday in the 90 block of Fernwood Drive who said someone forced their way into her home while nobody was at home on three separate...
View ArticleTwo men indicted in Lockport knife fight
LOCKPORT – Two men were named in an indictment unsealed Tuesday with injuring two others in a knife fight outside a tavern on Main Street in Lockport about 2 a.m. April 12.Lamont C. Washington, 25, of...
View ArticleMuscato and Hutchison are DePetris’ new attorneys
LOCKPORT – Lockport attorney George V.C. Muscato and an associate, Brian J. Hutchison, have accepted an assignment from Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas to argue Timothy C. DePetris’ attempt...
View ArticleThree sentenced to probation by Farkas
LOCKPORT – Probation was the sentence for three defendants who appeared Tuesday before Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.Krystal L. Conlan, 28, of River Road, Wheatfield, drew five years’...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda History Museum seeks new board members
NORTH TONAWANDA – North Tonawanda residents and former residents who are interested in local history are invited to become a North Tonawanda History Museum trustee. Trustees are elected for a three...
View ArticleStudents donate $5,000 for Catholic Charities
Students at St. Francis High School in Athol Springs have donated $5,000 for Catholic Charities, Brother Nicholas Romeo, director of campus ministry at the school, reports.Contributions were made on...
View ArticleGirls will get scholarships for rowing
The West Side Rowing Club of Buffalo will be using a special gift of $2,000 from Mary Wilson, widow of Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson Jr., to provide scholarships to the club for 12-year-old girls...
View ArticleSelf-defense claim is issue in attempted murder trial
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man testified in Niagara County Court Tuesday that he was stabbed repeatedly by a man he’d known for 10 years after a day of drinking and drugs.However, defense attorney...
View ArticleNiagara legislators present community grants
LOCKPORT – For the 17th consecutive year, the Niagara County Legislature presented a batch of grants to business and community groups Tuesday.The William G. Mayne Jr. Business and Community...
View Article2 once-in-a-lifetime events were on the North Tonawanda Council agenda
NORTH TONAWANDA – Two very separate events – one a devastating storm that happens once every 150 years and the other a hero bringing his gold medal back to his hometown – were both on the agenda...
View ArticleNone at public hearing support dissolving Village of Medina
MEDINA – Not a single speaker at a public forum here Tuesday was in favor of dissolving the village, as Mayor Andrew Meier and a study committee want.A crowd of about 200 in the Wise Middle School gym...
View ArticleDaredevil Nik Wallenda and Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra to reveal Erie...
Famed daredevil Nik Wallenda and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra on Thursday will reveal details of their involvement at this year’s Erie County Fair.Last year, Wallenda said he planned to perform...
View ArticleJills’ management firm blames Bills for lack of support in face of...
The Buffalo Jills cheer their hearts out for the Bills at their games, but the team didn’t show any support for the cheerleaders after five former Jills sued the team and the company that manages the...
View ArticleWhole Foods coming to Buffalo region
Whole Foods Market, the natural foods supermarket, is coming to the Buffalo area some time in 2016. But the company is not saying where the store will be.The national chain announced today that it has...
View ArticleNiagara County sheriff patrol car involved in crash
LOCKPORT – A Niagara County sheriff’s patrol car was involved in a two-vehicle crash just after 12:30 p.m. today at Day and North Canal roads.Injuries were reported as minor and no charges have been...
View ArticleMaid of the Mist sets sail Saturday
NIAGARA FALLS – The Maid of the Mist will open for the season at 10 a.m. Saturday, the company announced today.The company, which launched its boats on Tuesday, also announced mothers will be able to...
View ArticleAdvocating for the differently abled
YOUNGSTOWN – The Niagara Organizing Alliance for Hope and First Presbyterian Church of Youngstown will host its first Legislative Brunch from 10 a.m. to noon, Friday at the church, 100 Church Street,...
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