Lockport school sale referendum to use older voting machines
LOCKPORT – When the Lockport City School District holds its second referendum on the sale of Washington Hunt Elementary School July 29, it will use the old-style lever voting machines instead of...
View ArticleLockport road reopens following motor vehicle crash
LOCKPORT – Chestnut Ridge Road, Route 31, was closed just before 4 p.m. Thursday between Windermere and Cold Springs Roads because of a motor vehicle crash. It was reopened to traffic shortly before 5...
View ArticleThree plead guilty to Niagara County drug felonies
LOCKPORT – Three Niagara County residents pleaded guilty to drug felonies Thursday.Dallas J. Porter, of 20th Street, Niagara Falls, admitted to fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled...
View ArticleLockport parolee charged with 2013 burglary
LOCKPORT – A man who was paroled Nov. 26 from the state prison system’s drug treatment facility was arraigned Thursday on an indictment accusing him of burglarizing a Lockport home nine days before he...
View ArticleMan convicted of golf club assault gets break on weapons charge
Dennis C. Jeffrey, 51, of Ashland Avenue, was charged with striking a man in the face with a golf club July 19 in an argument over a downed tree limb. Jeffrey testified that he punched the man,...
View ArticleLewiston man avoids jail in Falls break-in
LOCKPORT – A Lewiston man who took part in an Aug. 31 break-in at an abandoned business in Niagara Falls was sentenced Thursday to three years’ probation and 10 days in the Niagara County work...
View ArticleRochester sex offender charged with kidnapping Lockport boy
LOCKPORT – Sean P. McLaughlin, a Level 3 sex offender from Rochester, was arraigned Thursday in Niagara County Court on charges that he took a 12-year-old Town of Lockport boy out for a day Nov. 23...
View ArticleNew leak detector fails to quell flood in Lockport rink foundation
LOCKPORT – As of Thursday evening, a new $30,000 leak detector had failed to find the source of water flooding into the foundation of Lockport’s new ice arena, which is supposed to open in...
View ArticleWage and pension increases in new Schoellkopf Health Center contract
NIAGARA FALLS – A new three-year contract for employees of Schoellkopf Health Center, a nursing home owned by Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, includes what the management called “substantial”...
View ArticleYahoo’s second Lockport project about half done, IDA told
LOCKPORT – A Yahoo executive told the Town of Lockport Industrial Development Agency on Thursday that construction on its second Lockport project is about half done.The buildings under construction...
View ArticleMongielo attorney blames GOP for sign law prosecution
LOCKPORT – The attorney for Town of Lockport auto shop owner David J. Mongielo told a skeptical judge Thursday that the long-running prosecution of Mongielo over a violation of the town’s sign...
View ArticleNiagara Falls ambassadors sought for Downtown Ranger Program
NIAGARA FALLS – The Downtown Ranger Program is accepting applications and plans to hire 12 to 15 people who will act as ambassadors for tourists, providing both information and safety for those who...
View ArticleIDA delays action on Fairchild tax break
WHEATFIELD – There will be at least a one-month delay in a vote on a tax break being sought by the developers who want to convert a vacant former Lewiston nursing home into apartments.The Niagara...
View ArticleJacobs family won’t bid on Bills, but may participate in stadium effort
The Jacobs family will not pursue an ownership interest in the Buffalo Bills, but is looking at operating and owning at least part of a new stadium for the team, The Buffalo News has learned.Owning...
View ArticleMaziarz, Ceretto want state to stop construction of new Parks Police station...
NIAGARA FALLS - Two state lawmakers want work halted on a new State Parks Police station on the Niagara Gorge and the location for the barracks reconsidered.State Sen. George D. Maziarz said he and...
View ArticleNiagara Falls ZBA to take up housing for homeless at Ferry Avenue shelter
NIAGARA FALLS – The city Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday night will consider whether to uphold the Department of Code Enforcement’s order to halt overnight housing for the homeless at a Ferry...
View ArticleGarbage and recycling topics of public meeting in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – The City Council is inviting residents to a town hall-style meeting focusing on the planned changes to the city’s garbage and recycling program.A “Neighbor to Neighbor” event, the...
View ArticleMaziarz, Ceretto want state to stop police station construction on gorge
NIAGARA FALLS – Two state lawmakers want work halted on a new State Parks Police station on the Niagara Gorge and the location for the barracks reconsidered.State Sen. George D. Maziarz said he and...
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