Lewiston police arrest suspect in home invasion
LEWISTON – A Niagara Falls man has been arrested on nearly a dozen charges following a home invasion Saturday on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation, Lewiston police reported Sunday.Police said ... Read...
View ArticleFor Tower clan, farming is just peachy
YOUNGSTOWN – Tom Tower likes to say, “If you eat a peach from Western New York, there’s an 80 percent chance it came from a Tower farm in Youngstown.”That’s not... Read More
View ArticleHonor Roll: Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers
Dr. Michael Brogan, Daemen College vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college, has been selected for the Fulbright Specialist Program, which connects U.S. scholars and... Read More
View ArticleFranchot Tone films run through Sept. 3 at Niagara Falls Public Library
NIAGARA FALLS – A free weekly series of films featuring Niagara Falls native Franchot Tone is being held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Sept. 3 in Niagara Falls Public Library, 1425 Main St.... Read...
View ArticleNiagara Falls Library offers free computer classes
NIAGARA FALLS – Free computer classes will be offered at Niagara Falls Public Library, 1425 Main St., beginning with Computer Basics at 10 a.m. Sept. 3. Registration is required. For more... Read More
View ArticleMotorcyclist in critical condition after Pendleton accident
PENDLETON – A 32-year-old man is in critical condition after his motorcycle collided with a car this morning on Campbell Boulevard at the intersection of Beach Ridge Road in the Town of... Read More
View ArticleOne Niagara pays Niagara Falls $1.6 million in back taxes
NIAGARA FALLS – The owners of a key piece of downtown real estate today fulfilled a deal with the city by paying about $1.6 million in back taxes.One Niagara LLC brought a check for $1,627,... Read More
View ArticleBank robber sentenced to 51 months in federal prison
A man who admitted robbing three M&T Bank branches last year was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to 51 months in prison.Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Catherine... Read More
View ArticleHonoring four-footed friends on the force
LOCKPORT – A new K-9 Memorial, honoring K-9 partners killed in the line of duty, will be dedicated next week at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Niagara County Sheriff Department, 5526 Niagara St.... Read More
View ArticleLocal districts get money to offer full-day pre-K
Several area school districts have received millions in grant awards to expand full-day pre-kindergarten and eliminate “non-essential” testing of children.The award of full-day pre-K... Read More
View ArticleVickers takes Niagara sex crime plea; sentence will be simultaneous with...
LOCKPORT – Level 3 sex offender Sean M. Vickers, already facing a 50-year maximum prison sentence in Genesee County for molesting three boys, pleaded guilty Monday to molesting the same boys ... Read...
View ArticleOne Niagara pays Niagara Falls $1.6 million in back taxes
NIAGARA FALLS – The owners of a key piece of downtown real estate Monday fulfilled a deal with the city by paying about $1.6 million in back taxes.One Niagara LLC brought a check for $1,627,... Read...
View ArticleComptroller will have veto over Lockport budgets for 10 years
LOCKPORT – The city has agreed to allow the State Comptroller’s Office to have a veto over city budgets for the next 10 years as a condition of obtaining emergency deficit financing,... Read More
View ArticleKelemen chosen as Niagara County’s new mental health director
LOCKPORT – Laura J. Kelemen, the executive director of the Child Advocacy Center at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, was appointed Monday as Niagara County’s new mental health... Read More
View ArticleConfusion and anger over Lewiston Village parking restrictions
LEWISTON – The tug of war has begun as the Village of Lewiston takes steps to put stricter parking rules in place during Artpark concert nights on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.Several residents... Read More
View ArticleFalls Redevelopment mulls building entertainment venue
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Falls Redevelopment is considering plans to build a 6,000- to 8,000-seat entertainment venue in the city.The company, which controls roughly 85 acres of land in the... Read More
View ArticleCritically injured motorcyclist identified as Lockport man
A 33-year-old Lockport man remains in critical condition at Erie County Medical Center with head and back injuries suffered when his motorcycle collided with a car Monday morning on Campbell... Read...
View ArticleEmergency radio tower under construction in Lewiston prompts a special meeting
LEWISTON – Both residents and town officials are looking for answers and expressing their concerns about a more than 200-foot-high radio tower currently being built adjacent to the Upper... Read More
View ArticleFalls robbery suspect committed to mental institution
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls woman, who is accused of stabbing a convenience store owner three times in an April 21 robbery attempt, was committed to a state mental institution Wednesday by... Read More
View ArticleNiagara Falls sets historical walking tour of downtown
NIAGARA FALLS – Historical walking tours in a section of downtown Niagara Falls are being offered Wednesdays by the Niagara Falls Historic Preservation Society.Dubbed the “Legacy... Read More
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