Michael W. Shanley, civic leader, Lockport mayor
Jan. 29, 1940 – Aug. 21, 2013LOCKPORT – Michael W. Shanley, whose lengthy career in public service included a two-year term as mayor of Lockport, died Wednesday in Buffalo General Medical Center. He...
View ArticlePlan to rate colleges, universities spurs reaction
If colleges and universities were rated as President Obama proposed Thursday, the University at Buffalo would score quite well in at least one area – its graduation rate. UB ranks fourth out of 15...
View ArticleHomeless brothers among those charged in Niagara Falls burglaries
LOCKPORT – Two brothers who were kicked out of their Niagara Falls home and spent some nights sleeping in the woods were arraigned this week in Niagara County Court, charged with a string of...
View ArticleLarson says Wheatfield is overtaxed; Cliffe vows to end highway levy
WHEATFIELD – The challenger in the race for town supervisor said at a news conference Thursday that the town’s growing surpluses show that residents are overtaxed.Thomas J. Larson said the town can...
View Article‘Meet the Candidates’ night set for Falls Council hopefuls
NIAGARA FALLS – Candidates running for three open seats on the Niagara Falls City Council this November are scheduled to participate in a question-and-answer session at 6 p.m. Monday in the Rapids...
View ArticleRobbery reported at Niagara Falls M&T branch on Main
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Falls Police detectives are looking for a man who made off with an undetermined amount of money in a robbery at about 12:40 p.m. Friday at the M&T Bank branch on Main...
View ArticlePorter landfill permit renewed
PORTER – State environmental regulators have renewed CWM Chemical Services’ hazardous waste landfill permit.The move by the Department of Environmental Conservation formalizes the agency’s November...
View ArticlePlans for Niagara, Ont. zip line moving ahead
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – Plans to develop a zip line program within parks in southern Ontario’s Niagara region are moving ahead, the Niagara Parks Commission announced Friday.Agency staff have been given...
View ArticleLockport Community Market season extended
LOCKPORT – The success of the Lockport Community Market in its second season has resulted in the Saturday event being extended until Sept. 28. It was supposed to have ended today. The market, which...
View ArticlePasquale V. Bucci, ‘Mayor of Pine Avenue’ in Niagara Falls
May 20, 1934 – Aug. 21, 2013NIAGARA FALLS – Pasquale V. Bucci, known as the “Mayor of Pine Avenue,” died in his sleep Wednesday in his Hyde Park Boulevard home. He was 79.Born in Gagliano Aterno,...
View ArticleTown of Niagara Board may act Monday on Fashion Outlets expansion
TOWN OF NIAGARA – The Town Board has called a special meeting for 4 p.m. Monday in Town Hall, and Deputy Supervisor Danny W. Sklarski said Friday he expects the board will vote on approval of the $71...
View ArticleCambria man admits to attacking woman
LOCKPORT – A Cambria man pleaded guilty in Niagara County Court Friday to a charge of violating a restraining order by roughing up a woman March 12.Robert G. Holmes, 32, of Upper Mountain Road,...
View ArticleBuffalo man admits to two cocaine felonies in Falls cases
LOCKPORT – Jonathan D. Bersani accepted a plea deal in Niagara County Court Friday, admitting to two cocaine felonies while avoiding prosecution on a third.Bersani, 21, of Koons Avenue, Buffalo, a...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda man charged with three 2012 drug deals
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda man was arraigned in Niagara County Court Friday on an indictment charging him with making three cocaine sales to a police informant in that city last year.Patrick E....
View ArticleJailhouse informant may have hoodwinked DePetris in Niagara Falls hitman case
LOCKPORT – Timothy C. DePetris, the Niagara Falls businessman accused of trying to murder his brother-in-law and then trying to hire a hitman to finish the job, may have been hoodwinked by a jailhouse...
View ArticleRansomville man avoids prison in felony DWI case
LOCKPORT – Ronald A. Bugyi Jr., 40, of New Road, Ransomville, pleased and surprised Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas by his success on six months of interim probation for felony driving while...
View ArticleLockport man charged under Leandra’s Law after one-car crash
CAMBRIA – A 33-year-old Lockport man who was injured in a one-car crash was charged with felony drunk driving under Leandra’s Law Friday for having three children in his vehicle, the Niagara County...
View ArticleOlga and Carmen Battista celebrate 65th wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Battista of Sanborn celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary with a brunch at Deerwood Golf Course, North Tonawanda. Mr. Battista and Olga Orsi were married Aug. 14, 1948, in Our...
View ArticleThe blues are free at weekend Falls festival
NIAGARA FALLS – The blues are back for their yearly visit.The Niagara Falls Blues Festival, a free three-day event, will be held on Old Falls Street from Friday through Sunday.“We do it for the love...
View ArticleOpportunities Unlimited sets auditions for 14th annual talent show
NORTH TONAWANDA – Applications are being accepted through Friday for performers for the 14th annual Opportunities Unlimited “Opportunities Got Talent” Show, which will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 22 in the...
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