Extension sought for CWM comment period
Three state legislators representing Niagara County asked Wednesday for the length of the public comment period on CWM Chemical Services’ proposed new hazardous waste landfill to be doubled to 120...
View ArticleCopper and a television stolen from a deceased man’s house
LOCKPORT – Lengths of copper pipe were stolen from the basement and a 40-inch televison was taken from a deceased man’s house in the 6700 block of Rapids Road.A 63-year-old man told Niagara County...
View ArticleLiquified narcotics found during a traffic stop
NIAGARA FALLS – A man stopped for speeding on Niagara Falls Boulevard faced a number of additional charges after State Police uncovered a hypodermic needle filled with a liquified prescription pain...
View ArticleMan drives off after paying for fast food with counterfeit cash
LOCKPORT – A man who handed over a counterfeit $20 bill at a McDonald’s drive through ended up driving off without his food when a clerk became suspicious at 11:46 p.m. on Tuesday.The clerk at the...
View ArticlePurse snatched containing $847
NIAGARA FALLS – A 62-year-old woman told police that her purse was snatched at noon Tuesday as she was walking on the running track outside Harry Abate School, 1625 Lockport Road.The woman said she...
View ArticleSex abuse charge dropped against Lockport man
LOCKPORT – A child sexual abuse indictment against a Lockport man was dismissed Wednesday because of an error by prosecutors during the grand jury process.State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch...
View ArticleDrug charge against Amherst man dismissed in Wheatfield court
A misdemeanor charge of criminal possession a controlled substance against an Amherst man was dismissed this week in Wheatfield Town Court.Jacob A. Schiller, 29, had been arrested Sunday after police...
View ArticleLong Island man rescued near brink of Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A 33-year-old Long Island man who was rescued after he jumped into the rapids in the Niagara River about 40 yards above the brink of the cataracts, was undergoing examination Wednesday...
View ArticleFirst public session on Town of Lockport comprehensive plan set for next week
LOCKPORT – Town Supervisor Marc R. Smith reminded residents at Wednesday’s Town Board meeting that the first public information session on the town’s new comprehensive plan is set for 6 to 8 p.m....
View ArticleNiagara Wheatfield School Board makes no changes to proposed budget
SANBORN – No surprises were unveiled in one of the last Niagara-Wheatfield Central School District budget presentations before the public vote on May 20.In her annual public information meeting,...
View ArticleLockport considering cutting paid ambulance service
LOCKPORT – Despite a court ruling blocking cuts in city ambulance service, Lockport leaders may be preparing to double down on the concept.The Common Council and Mayor Anne E. McCaffrey said Wednesday...
View ArticleDefendant testifies on knife fight
LOCKPORT – Defendant Marc A. Madore testified Wednesday that he fought with a friend over a knife after he was cut on the arm and didn’t mean to hurt him.However, Assistant District Attorney Claudette...
View ArticleWatercolor painter Rita Argen Auerbach: ‘It’s my time’
Rita Argen Auerbach refuses to call the trio of exhibitions featuring her work and influence this spring by the label the art world prefers to slap onto such late-career affairs: the...
View ArticleNiagara Falls Fashion Outlet reveals some of its new stores
The battle of the outlet malls on opposite sides of the Canadian border is heating up.The Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls has released a partial list of stores that will be new to the American mall...
View ArticleCross-border battle for shoppers heats up
The battle of the outlet malls on opposite sides of the border is heating up.Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls has released a partial list of stores that will be new to the American mall once its $71...
View ArticleSierra Club presents annual awards
The Sierra Club’s Niagara Group presented its annual awards Thursday afternoon in Amherst. The event was held at My Tomato Pie, 3505 Sheridan Drive in the Northtown Plaza.Included at the awards dinner...
View ArticleCounty vote on NTCC contract expected May 20
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Legislature is expected to vote May 20 on a new three-year contract with the county’s tourism promotion agency, the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corp.A resolution that...
View ArticleWetlands concerns delay Lockport business incubator
LOCKPORT – A plan for a multi-tenant business incubator building in the Town of Lockport industrial park, first proposed two years ago, is being delayed by wetlands issues, Industrial Development...
View ArticleSeafood store resumes power deal with Niagara County
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Legislature this week approved an allocation of the county’s discount hydroelectric power to New England Seafood, a Hartland food retailer.The allocation is 75 kilowatts...
View ArticleTown of Niagara Democrats seeking supervisor candidates
TOWN OF NIAGARA – The Town of Niagara Democratic Committee is seeking candidates for the special election for town supervisor in November.Niagara County Democratic Committee Chair Nick Forster and...
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