Town of Lewison extends office hours two Mondays a month
LEWISTON – Beginning Monday and continuing on the second and fourth Mondays of each month, the Town of Lewiston will offer extended office hours, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.Town Clerk Donna Garfinkel said...
View ArticleMemorial Medical Center Foundation seeks nursing scholarship applications
NIAGARA FALLS – The Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Foundation is taking applications until Thursday for the Ruth and William O. Sass Scholarship, aimed at students interested in earning a...
View ArticleNiagara Falls offering tours of renovated commercial space
NIAGARA FALLS – Tours of renovated commercial space in downtown Niagara Falls will be offered at 11 a.m. Thursday by the city and the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency.Economic development...
View ArticleUB students to present plans for revitalizing Niagara Falls’ North End
NIAGARA FALLS – Some graduate students will be presenting a vision for creating economic development in the city’s North End.Students from the University at Buffalo’s School of Architecture and...
View ArticleNiagara County 4-H members win top awards
Niagara County 4-H members took top awards in several contests in state and Western New York competitions recently, which tested their horse knowledge and communication skills.Twenty Niagara County...
View ArticleEx-Castellani director Sandra Olsen to speak at museum Thursday, May 15
LEWISTON – Dr. Sandra Olsen, former director of the Castellani Art Museum, will talk about her experience of building a collection of contemporary art in the 1980s with founder Armand Castellani in...
View ArticleNiagara U unveils new Family Literacy Center
LEWISTON – Niagara University’s College of Education recently unveiled the new Family Literacy Center on campus.The center, which is housed in the university’s Academic Complex, offers an opportunity...
View ArticleFit and fun events benefit Niagara Hospice
Niagara Hospice Alliance is hosting fundraising events at the beginning and end of the warm weather season – a “Gran Fondo,” charity bicycle event Saturday and the Mighty Niagara Half Marathon and...
View ArticleMilstein not interested in owning Bills but wants to help keep team here
ALBANY – A wealthy Manhattan real estate investor and banker said he will not be making a bid to buy the Buffalo Bills, but will help with efforts to keep the team in Western New York.Howard Milstein,...
View ArticleTown of Lockport halts electronic recycling as fire destroys shed
LOCKPORT – The Town of Lockport announced today it is halting the collection of electronics for recycling, effective immediately, after a fire Sunday afternoon destroyed the shed behind Town Hall...
View ArticleMan charged for painting over a smiley face on neighbor’s fence
NEWFANE – No one was smiling after a man painted over a smiley face and a sign that had been painted on a fence in the 3800 block of Ewings Road.Niagara County sheriff’s deputies were called on Sunday...
View ArticleCheektowaga man placed on probation for cocaine possession
LOCKPORT – A Cheektowaga man drew five years’ probation Monday from State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. for having cocaine when his car was pulled over by Niagara Falls police March 17,...
View ArticleMan given 5 years in prison for robbing his grandmother
LOCKPORT – “Your grandmother loves you, but she’s afraid of you,” Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas told Christopher L. Ford, as she sentenced him Monday to five years in prison for robbing his...
View ArticleRoller derby coming to Buffalo RiverWorks
Here comes roller derby to Buffalo.The Queen City Roller Girls, based in North Tonawanda, will announce Tuesday it will play all of its games at Buffalo RiverWorks beginning in January.“It’s very...
View ArticleNiagara Falls election pamphlet names incumbents, omits challengers
NIAGARA FALLS – A pamphlet distributed by the Niagara Falls School District to inform voters about next week’s budget vote and School Bboard election excludes the names of challengers running for the...
View ArticleSkateland, Lockport roller rink, announces closure
LOCKPORT – Skateland, the Lockport roller skating rink that has operated for decades, announced Monday that it will close for good after completing its regular business hours Sunday.The Lincoln Avenue...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda man held on drug charges after two-month probe
NORTH TONAWANDA – A 35-year-old North Tonawanda man was being held without bail Monday on drug charges following his arrest for allegedly selling drugs in a tavern about three blocks from his own...
View ArticleNCCC gets approval for $96 increase in tuition
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Community College students will have to dig a little deeper into their pockets to pay tuition for the next school year, under terms of a 2014-15 budget approved by two County...
View ArticleNiagara Falls City Council votes down free outdoor concert
NIAGARA FALLS – A proposal to put on a free outdoor concert in downtown Niagara Falls this summer was shot down by city lawmakers on Monday night.Mayor Paul A. Dyster’s administration pitched a...
View ArticleWheatfield residents say law on sludge isn’t tough enough
WHEATFIELD – Residents who spoke Monday at a public hearing on Wheatfield’s proposed law banning use or storage of products derived from sewage sludge remained unhappy that the law doesn’t shut down...
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