57-year-old Falls drug dealer “should know better,” judge says
LOCKPORT – Wayne Payne Sr., 57, of Michigan Avenue, Niagara Falls, pleaded guilty Tuesday to selling crack cocaine to an undercover police officer last year.“Fifty-seven?” an astonished Niagara County...
View ArticleFalls man admits to burglary, enters drug treatment program
LOCKPORT – A man who reportedly stole two laptop computers in a burglary at a home on Linwood Avenue in Niagara Falls pleaded guilty Tuesday and was assigned to the judicial diversion program of...
View ArticleFalls man indicted in 7-Eleven store thefts
LOCKPORT – A man who allegedly stole tobacco products twice from a 7-Eleven store on Hyde Park Boulevard in Niagara Falls pleaded not guilty to a two-count indictment Tuesday in Niagara County...
View ArticleFalls cocaine dealer gets one-year jail term
LOCKPORT – A man who sold cocaine in Niagara Falls two years ago was sentenced Tuesday to a year in the Niagara County Jail.Terrence A. Hardy, 29, of Whitney Avenue, had pleaded guilty April 1 to...
View ArticleJudge jails “perverted sex criminal” for third time
LOCKPORT – An Orleans County man was sentenced to a year in jail Tuesday for the third sexual misdemeanor of his criminal career. Both prior offenses by Matthew L. Boyce also had brought him jail...
View ArticleLockport may grant permit to e-cigarette store
LOCKPORT – Legal research has determined that only a simple majority of the Lockport Common Council, not a five-vote supermajority, is needed to grant a special use permit for an electronic cigarette...
View ArticleOK delayed for Hibbard’s Wrights Corners location
LOCKPORT – The town Planning Board put approval for a Wrights Corners location of Hibbard’s Custard on hold for two weeks Tuesday, as applicant James Hibbard didn’t attend the board meeting.A public...
View ArticleGreenway funds approved for move of Falls’ stone chimney
WHEATFIELD – A 60-ton stone chimney, all that remains of a French-built fort near Niagara Falls, is to be moved to a new home this summer, with $200,000 in Niagara River Greenway funding paying for...
View ArticleQueen City Roller Girls gets approval for a parade in North Tonawanda
NORTH TONAWANDA – The North Tonawanda Common Council on Tuesday approved plans for the annual parade for the Queen City Roller Girls (QCRG) at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday in conjunction with its...
View ArticleNew Blasdell bistro draws inspiration from Bethlehem Steel, Erie Railroad
For eight years, Bryan Mecozzi worked on 3648 South Park Ave. with family and friends, aiming to turn the building into a bistro honoring the steel mills that once overshadowed the neighborhood.Last...
View ArticleCalgon Carbon cuts ribbon on refurbished North Tonawanda plant
Calgon Carbon Corporation on Tuesday cut the ribbon on a refurbished North Tonawanda facility it leased to recycle granular activated carbon used in the treatment of public drinking water.Upgrades to...
View ArticleMaziarz urges partnership talks for Eastern Niagara Hospital
NEWFANE – State Sen. George D. Maziarz released a letter Wednesday in which he urged the management of Eastern Niagara Hospital to look into possible arrangements with other hospital groups in hopes...
View ArticleMetal farm equipment stolen in Town of Somerset
BARKER – A 12-foot field drag was reported stolen from a backyard in the 1600 block of Johnson Creek Road on Monday.The owner said he puts all his farm equipment in a certain order and just noticed...
View ArticleThree juveniles charged with trashing a Lockport restaurant bathroom
LOCKPORT – Three boys allegedly went into the bathroom of the Kalamata Family Restaurant at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday and then left, leaving the water running in the sink and spilling into the dining room,...
View ArticleNT burglar sentenced to drug treatment in prison
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda man will be sent to the state prison system’s secure drug treatment facility for his part in three business burglaries in downtown North Tonawanda in September...
View ArticleWoman is scammed by someone claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service
WHEATFIELD – A Schultz Road woman was defrauded of more than $5,400 from someone claiming they were from the IRS and telling her she owned back taxes.According to the Niagara County Sheriff Department...
View ArticleNT burglar sentenced to drug treatment in prison
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda man will be sent to the state prison system’s secure drug treatment facility for his part in three business burglaries in downtown North Tonawanda in September...
View ArticleLockport man faces prison after admitting to robbery, burglary
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man pleaded guilty to two felonies Wednesday, accepting a plea deal that limited his prison term to seven years.Legally, Demitrius R. Cole, 19, of Gooding Street, could have...
View ArticleDepew scammer returns to prison in auto repair scheme
LOCKPORT – A Depew man will go to prison for the third time in 11 years, this time for a $7,000 theft in which he posed as an auto mechanic online.William J. Brady, 37, of Transit Road, was sentenced...
View ArticleJudge rejects effort to cancel guilty plea in shaken baby case
LOCKPORT – Kenneth S. Lathrop Jr. of Lockport will go to state prison next week for injuring his infant son, after State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. refused to let him cancel his guilty...
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