30 people attend public forum on Lockport comprehensive plan
LOCKPORT – Supervisor Marc R. Smith said Thursday that 30 people attended Wednesday’s night’s initial public forum on the draft of the town’s new comprehensive plan.The plan, drafted by Town Planner...
View ArticleDehydration puts kelly back in hospital
Buffalo Bills great Jim Kelly went back to the hospital Thursday afternoon to deal with a case of dehydration.Kelly is in the middle of a course of chemotherapy and radiation treatments this month,...
View ArticleWWII pilot will be grand marshal of Lockport Memorial Day parade
LOCKPORT – Edward M. Kolek, a World War II bomber pilot who served 39 1/2 years in the Air Force Reserve after the war, will be the honorary grand marshal of Lockport’s Memorial Day parade, to be held...
View ArticleOrleans Conservatives pick Arnold over Maziarz
ALBION – The Orleans County Conservative Party has endorsed challenger Gia Arnold for the 62nd District State Senate seat over 19-year incumbent Republican State Sen. George D. Maziarz, party chairman...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty in Falls stabbing
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man admitted Thursday in State Supreme Court that he stabbed his cousin in the back Dec. 14.Anthony M. Marino, 20, of 18th Street, pleaded guilty to first-degree...
View ArticleGrand Island man avoids jail in pot-growing case
LOCKPORT – A man who grew 120 marijuana plants last year at a house in the Town of Niagara was able to avoid prison Thursday in Niagara County Court.Bradley M. Keel, 24, of Parkview Drive, Grand...
View ArticleDriver in burglary is sentenced to jail
LOCKPORT – “You got involved with a master burglar,” State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. told Michael A. Smith of Lockport Thursday, as he sentenced Smith to a year in Niagara County...
View ArticleLockport man who violated probation gets a “shock”
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas said Thursday that “shock incarceration,” the state prison system’s boot camp-style program for young felons, is just what Daniel L. Swann...
View ArticleCity settles with alderman’s family over mother’s death
LOCKPORT – The City of Lockport’s insurance company will make a cash payment to the estate of the mother of Alderman John Lombardi III, settling a lawsuit over her death on a day when the city’s two...
View ArticleSecond national clothing chain to open store in Lockport
LOCKPORT – Rue 21, a national clothing chain aimed at young people, will open a store in the Town of Lockport in about 90 days, town officials said Thursday.“We’re very excited to offer Rue 21,”...
View ArticleJudge gives green light to plan for senior citizen housing in Lewiston
LEWISTON – State Supreme Court Justice Mark A. Montour has given the green light, at least for now, to a plan to build a $12.3 million, four story 138-unit Bridgewater Estates senior citizens housing...
View ArticleJob growth in Buffalo Niagara stays slow but steady
The Buffalo Niagara region’s slow but steady job growth continued into April.The region added jobs at a 0.7 percent annual pace over the last year, pushing employment levels to their highest for any...
View ArticleOutlet Collection at Niagara opens
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. – Canada fired the first shot in the battle of the outlet malls Thursday, cutting the ribbon on its giant open-air mall here.The Outlet Collection at Niagara was filled with...
View ArticleTour operator to offer day-trips by plane from NYC to Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS - A Florida-based tour operator will offer day trips to Niagara Falls via New York City beginning Sunday.Mauiva Air Cruises, which specializes in private and semi-private vacation...
View ArticleSeach continues for missing Lake Ontario boater
Search crews are still combing the waters of Lake Ontario off the shores of Niagara County today for a boater who was last seen Wednesday afternoon.John Supple, 60, of Lewiston was last seen at about...
View ArticleTown of Niagara continues talk about moving sewage service
TOWN OF NIAGARA – Plans to move the sewage service of three areas of the town to the Niagara County Sewer District continued to be discussed Thursday.Town Board members still appear adamant to switch...
View ArticleFalls woman succeeds in court-ordered drug treatment
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls woman who succeeded in the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment received her reward Friday in Niagara County Court.Doris Irizarry, 44, of South 87th...
View ArticleLockport YMCA to merge with Buffalo – if money for new building is...
LOCKPORT – The Lockport Family YMCA may merge with the Buffalo Niagara YMCA in 2016 – if money is raised for a new Lockport YMCA building and a buyer is found for the old one.Buddy Campbell, president...
View ArticleWheatfield proposes controls on residential chickens
WHEATFIELD – A recent incident on Shawnee Road has led the town to draw up a proposed law to limit the number of chickens that can be kept in residential areas.The Town Board will hold a public...
View ArticleHorizon Village in Sanborn is given national award for excellence in...
SANBORN – Horizon Village, a 50-bed intensive residential treatment facility, has been honored for excellence in addictions treatment innovation. The honor came from the National Council for...
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