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View ArticleTwo men enter diversion and drug treatment in separate cases in Niagara County
LOCKPORT – Two men facing hard time in prison for their crimes were admitted to the judicial diversion program where they will get court-supervised drug treatment when they appeared before Niagara...
View ArticleConvict with history of identity theft faces additional charges
LOCKPORT – A Depew woman who has been convicted twice on forgery charges was accused repeating her pattern of crime on Monday after she was found to have made three unauthorized withdrawals from the...
View ArticleRegion’s jobless rate falls to 6 percent in May
The Buffalo Niagara region’s unemployment rate dipped to 6 percent in May, better than the state’s rate of 6.4 percent, according to the state Labor Department.The jobless rate was an improvement over...
View ArticleCovanta Niagara donates $250,000 to NCCC
NIAGARA FALLS –Niagara County Community College on Tuesday received a gift of $250,000 from Covanta Niagara, a waste-to-energy plant in Niagara Falls, the college announced.The funds will be used to...
View ArticleRefurbished mobile command unit expected to go into service for Canal Fest...
NORTH TONAWANDA – The Common Council plans to take advantage of some donated items, including the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office’s former mobile command unit.City Fire Chief John C. Lapham outlined a...
View ArticleProsecution asks for a do-over in grand jury proceedings in sex offender case
LOCKPORT – The prosecution appeared Tuesday in Niagara County Court asking for a dismissal of the indictment against Sean M. Vickers, who is facing three child-molestation cases, and a chance to...
View ArticleHamister hotel in Niagara Falls would be Hyatt Place
NIAGARA FALLS – The Hamister Group’s planned hotel in downtown Niagara Falls will carry the Hyatt Place flag under a deal finalized by the parties on Tuesday.The hotel will be part of a five-story,...
View ArticlePaddle wheel boat to cruise along lower Niagara starting in July
A paddle wheel boat is slated to start cruises on the Lower Niagara River beginning next month.The Niagara Belle will begin offering cruises starting July 18 from the Navy Hall site in...
View ArticleCasa Antica, traditional Italian done well
What a restaurant decides to give you for free can tell you volumes about the place. At Casa Antica, when you sit down an abbondanza appears, three kinds of bread – baguette, garlic knots and pizza –...
View ArticleHyde Park to host Festival of Fathers on Saturday
NIAGARA FALLS - The fourth annual Festival of Fathers will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday in Hyde Park.Designed to encourage positive father-child interaction while celebrating fathers,...
View ArticleDriver injured after his garbage truck overturns in Cambria
CAMBRIA – A garbage truck driver and his two passengers were injured after the driver failed to negotiate a curve and overturned at 2 p.m. Wednesday on Cambria-Wilson Road/Route 425 at Lower Mountain...
View ArticleNiagara Falls terminates contract with firm hired to mow vacant lots
NIAGARA FALLS – The city on Wednesday terminated a contract with a Youngstown firm hired to mow vacant lots around the city. The move to drop Baker Tree Care came two days after a number of members of...
View ArticleDriver fails to stop and overturns his garbage truck in Cambria
CAMBRIA – The driver of a garbage truck and two employees were injured after the driver failed to negotiate a curve and overturned at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday on Shawnee Road/Route 425 at Lower Mountain...
View ArticleGelia, Friends of Paul Dyster receive Platinum Excalibur Awards
A political research campaign for Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster and a cultural event featuring Chinese traditions produced by local advertising agency Gelia were winners of top awards at the annual...
View ArticleMan tells judge he has changed his life
LOCKPORT – A former Lockport man who appeared in Niagara County Court Wednesday on a charge of selling cocaine told the judge he has “lined things up now” and gave her a list of changes he had made...
View ArticleWoman sentenced to serve jail time in cocaine possession case
LOCKPORT – A Lockport woman who avoided prison time in a plea deal was unable to bargain for a better deal when she appeared in Niagara County Court on Wednesday.Dawn L. Johnson, 60, of Waterman...
View ArticleVandals damage windows of a business vehicle
WHEATFIELD – Vandals throwing rocks are blamed for damages to a backhoe at Scott Lawn Yard on Shawnee Road.The president of Scott Lawn Yard, Christine Miller, told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies...
View ArticlePickup stolen in garage burglary
WHEATFIELD – A woman in the 3800 block of Wildwing Drive told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday that she woke up at 5 a.m. and found the garage door open and her husband’s $20,000 pickup...
View ArticleWater slide returning at Payne Park Memorial Pool in North Tonawanda
NORTH TONAWANDA – The water slide at Payne Park Memorial Pool was closed for the entire summer last year but when the pool reopens Friday the water slide will be back.During the summer of 2013 the...
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