Lockport Police Board names Streckewald new K-9 officer
LOCKPORT – Officer Matthew T. Streckewald was confirmed as Lockport’s new K-9 officer Wednesday.Police Chief Lawrence M. Eggert said Streckewald, a nine-year police veteran, will... Read More
View ArticleGrand Island woman given probation in Niagara County DWI
LOCKPORT – A Grand Island woman who pleaded guilty to a felony count of driving while intoxicated after her arrest arrest in the Town of Niagara, was sentenced to five years’... Read More
View ArticleGroup renews push for Tesla museum in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – The dream of honoring a world-famous inventor in the place where one of his most important ideas first became reality is back again.While creating a Nikola Tesla museum in... Read More
View ArticleControversy flares over proposal to abolish Town of Niagara IDA
TOWN OF NIAGARA – The Niagara Town Board will discuss a proposal from a county legislator to do away with the town’s Industrial Development Agency at an Aug. 14 work session.However,... Read More
View ArticleNearly 100 people to rappel off Seneca Niagara Casino to raise money for...
You may want to take a detour and pass by the Seneca Niagara Casino today. Nearly 100 adventurous individuals will be rappeling 357 feet down the building to raise money for Special Olympics... Read...
View ArticleThe last Aretha story this week ... we promise
Because you haven’t read enough about Aretha Franklin’s visit to Western New York, here’s a story from local watercolor painter Jody Ziehm, whose years-long quest to give her... Read More
View ArticleNewfane bar absorbs fourth smoking fine
NEWFANE – Newfane Manor, a bar on North Main Street, was fined for the fourth time this week for violating the state’s law against indoor smoking in public places.The Niagara County... Read More
View ArticleNo action by Cuomo on Lockport bonding bill
LOCKPORT – More than a month after an emergency borrowing bill for the City of Lockport passed the State Legislature, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has yet to act on it.The bill authorized the city... Read More
View ArticleCitizens group calls meeting on Newfane hospital
NEWFANE – A group of citizens who object to the service cutbacks and layoffs at the Newfane location of Eastern Niagara Hospital will hold a public meeting Saturday to make their case.... Read More
View ArticleTaco ride raises $5,000 for Wounded Warriors
LOCKPORT – Four local men fell short of their goal of visiting every Mighty Taco location by bicycle in one day, but their journey did raise their targeted $5,000 for the Wounded Warriors... Read More
View ArticleLast-ditch campaigning for Lockport school sale
LOCKPORT – The man who wants to buy the closed Washington Hunt Elementary School said Friday he has been going door-to-door trying to drum up votes for the deal in Tuesday’s... Read More
View ArticleAs a mountain climber on a mission, Niagara U professor inspires students to...
LEWISTON – What did you do on the Fourth of July? Have a picnic? Watch fireworks?Yawn.Ed Hutton, a finance professor at Niagara University, scaled one of the highest active volcanoes in the... Read More
View ArticleFalls teen playing basketball shot in the head with BB gun
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Falls police investigated three shootings Thursday and Friday, including a teenage basketball player who was shot in the head with a BB gun.The 16-year-old Cleveland... Read More
View ArticleLoss estimated at $3,400 in DeVeaux garage break-in
NIAGARA FALLS – Two bicycles were stolen from the garage of a DeVeaux home on McKoon Avenue overnight Friday, police said.Officers believe the thief entered the garage through a side window.... Read...
View ArticleRobbery victim accused of cooperating with police in shooting case
NIAGARA FALLS – A 22-year-old Niagara Street man was robbed of $500 Friday by two men who accused him of “cooperating” with police investigating a recent shooting, police said.... Read More
View ArticleCandle suspected of triggering fire at Academy Lane home
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – Investigators believe a candle ignited curtains that triggered a bedroom fire shortly after 8 a.m. Friday in a home at 7035 Academy Lane.South Lockport firefighters... Read More
View ArticleLockport arena to open one rink early
LOCKPORT – Lockport’s new twin-rink ice complex will open one rink before the other, so a Junior A hockey team won’t have to postpone any of its games.R. Charles Bell, vice... Read More
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
CAMBRIA• Upper Mountain Road, Olga J. Magrun; Patricia A. George; Olga J. Defuria to Christopher Goulet, $103,900.• 5182 Ridge Road, Harry B. Morton to Wells Fargo Bank, $93,000.... Read More
View ArticleHoranburg receives statewide honor
NEWFANE – Over the past nearly 50 years, Martin “Marty” Horanburg has held nearly every office in the Fire Department, including assistant chief and chief. But he also has a... Read More
View Article‘Bike Nite’ to start Wilson weekend with roar
WILSON – If past years are any indication, at least 1,500 motorcycles are expected to roll into town Friday evening, kicking off a very busy weekend in Wilson, topped off by a Wine and Art... Read More
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