Loss placed at $7,150 in theft from apartment house
NIAGARA FALLS – The owner of an apartment building cleaning up an unoccupied apartment in the 600 block of 15th Street discovered all the building’s equipment was stolen.The owner and ... Read More
View ArticleDeputies charge women with driving without a license but with syringes
WILSON – A Newfane woman was stopped in the 5000 block of Chestnut Road just after 3:30 p.m. Sunday after Niagara County sheriff’s deputies noticed a number of things hanging from the ... Read More
View ArticleFalls Council to meet Thursday on possible tax deal with owner of...
NIAGARA FALLS - City lawmakers on Thursday will consider approving a deal over back taxes and a challenged assessment with One Niagara LLC, the owners of the former “flashcube”... Read More
View ArticlePublic hearing Tuesday on upgrade to Cayuga
NIAGARA FALLS - City officials will hold a public information meeting Tuesday to discuss improvements being considered for Jayne Park on Cayuga Island.The meeting, to be conducted by the... Read More
View ArticleFalls man takes plea deal in metal theft
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man admitted entering the house next-door to his to steal scrap metal, and agreed to pay $2,000 in future restitution during an appearance Monday in Niagara County ... Read...
View ArticleRite Aid, North Tonawanda team up on free clinic for seniors
NORTH TONAWANDA – North Tonawanda is teaming up with Rite Aid to offer a flu/blood pressure clinic for senior citizens in l Common Council Chambers, 216 Payne Ave., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.... Read More
View ArticleEmbezzler must serve full sentence, judge rules
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III has refused to shorten the one-year County Jail sentence imposed on a former First Niagara Bank employee for stealing a total of about... Read More
View ArticleTeddy Bear Picnic slated Thursday at Herschell Carrousel Museum
NORTH TONAWANDA – Children and their favorite stuffed animals are invited to the Teddy Bear Picnic at Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum, 180 Thompson St., from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday.... Read More
View ArticleProject 308 Gallery owner in North Tonawanda is still celebrating
NORTH TONAWANDA – Project 308 Art Gallery will host its second outdoor art festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Owner Natalie Brown said Oliver Street, between Robinson and Schenck... Read More
View ArticleFour men freed from hopper in Town of Barre
BARRE – Four men were freed Monday from a hopper containing a mixture of sand and gravel after they became trapped at a commercial business in 4700 block of Eagle Harbor Road, the Orleans... Read More
View ArticleOrleans company to replace vandalized Jex bench in Lockport
LOCKPORT – The owner of Orleans Monument Co. says she will provide a duplicate of the vandalized granite bench memorializing a Lockport man killed in the Iraq War.“Granite is very... Read More
View ArticleAttica village justice postpones hearing on alleged wildlife violations
ATTICA – No one disagrees – it is a complicated case.The matter of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation versus John P. Volpe involves Native American... Read More
View ArticleWheatfield board amends law to ban application of biosolids
WHEATFIELD – The Town Board unanimously amended its biosolids law Monday to ban any application of sewage sludge and similar materials to any land in the town – even for those who... Read More
View ArticleDEC begins soil sampling at Roy-Hart campus
MIDDLEPORT – The state Department of Environmental Conservation began taking soil samples Monday on the campus of Royalton-Hartland Central School, to try to determine the extent of arsenic... Read More
View ArticleLewiston Town Board moves to appoint new councilman
LEWISTON – In an unexpected move last month, Councilman Michael Marra resigned from the Town Board, effective immediately.And Monday, the Town Board – with little discussion on the... Read More
View ArticleWestern New York’s soul of country music
On April 25, 1952, Niagara Falls welcomed a tall, gangly 29-year-old country singer by the name of Hank Williams. Williams – not to be confused with his son, Hank Williams Jr. – was... Read More
View ArticlePolice probe report biyclist was robbed and attacked.
NIAGARA FALLS – A man riding a bicycle told police he was robbed by a man wearing a ski mask Monday night.But police said there are holes in the story.The 24-year-old victim said he had... Read More
View ArticlePolice investigate report fare was robbed by driver at end of ride to...
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Falls police are investigating claims that a 24-year-old Buffalo woman was robbed by the driver of a car service hired to drive her to Niagara Falls just before 3 a.... Read More
View ArticlePolice say vehicle dragging mailbox was operated by drunken driver
LOCKPORT – State police said that while investigating the report Saturday of erratic driving on Saunders Settlement Road spotted a vehicle with sparks flying from beneath the undercarriage... Read More
View ArticleFalls man sentenced to a year for bail jumping
LOCKPORT – A man who violated the terms of his probation on a bail-jumping charge was sentenced to a year in Niagara County Jail Tuesday by State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr.... Read More
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