Council OKs plan to turn fire hall into training center
NIAGARA FALLS – Plans to turn a dilapidated former fire hall into a construction trades training center got another boost from the city on Monday night.By a 3-1 vote, the City Council... Read More
View ArticleLongtime Village of Lewiston clerk retires
LEWISTON – The Village of Lewiston’s go-to person – Clerk/Treasurer Anne Welch – was honored Monday at her last Village Board meeting.Welch, who has been employed by the ... Read More
View ArticleHigh hopes for new garden: creating domestic violence awareness and peace
A new garden and a stone wall along the Niagara River to honor women caught in violent relationships made the brother of the late Jackie Wisniewski tear up thinking about how his sister was shot to...
View ArticleFree admission to area museums Sept. 27
More than a dozen Buffalo-area museums and cultural institutions will offer free admission on Sept. 27, Mayor Byron W. Brown announced Tuesday.Participating institutions include: Albright-Knox Art......
View ArticleTools and electronics stolen from parked vehicle in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Falls man told police Monday that thousands of dollars worth of tools and electronics were stolen from his vehicle overnight while he was parked in the 500 block of ... Read...
View ArticleNiagara Falls man arrested for DWI
NIAGARA FALLS – A 31-year-old Niagara Falls man was arrested by State Police for speeding north on Niagara Falls Boulevard here Saturday and ultimately arrested for driving while... Read More
View ArticleTwo men arrested for pot in Niagara County
NIAGARA FALLS – A 22-year-old Buffalo man and a 25-year-old Niagara Falls man were separately stopped by State Police for traffic offenses Sunday and ultimately charged with unlawful... Read More
View ArticleTeen remanded without bail because of history of threats and violence
LOCKPORT – A 19-year-old Niagara Falls male was arraigned on felony assault charges Tuesday in Niagara County Court and ordered held without bail by Niagara County Court Judge Matthew J.... Read More
View ArticleMotorcyclist injured in Cambria crash
LOCKPORT – A motorcyclist injured in a collision with a car about 5;10 p.m. Tuesday on Upper Mountain Road at Blackman Road in the Town of Cambria was flown to the Erie County Medical Center ... Read...
View ArticleSix are charged in a Falls drug bust on Highland Avenue
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Falls Police narcotics detectives had been investigating a man suspected of selling crack cocaine out of his car and busted him, four passengers, and another person... Read More
View ArticleLewiston child care center owner is candidate for Lewiston Town Board
LEWISTON – Lifelong Lewiston resident Beth Ceretto is seeking election to the Lewiston Town Board in November.Ceretto, a registered Independence Party member, was endorsed Monday by the... Read More
View ArticleNiagara Falls mission seeks variance from Zoning Board
NIAGARA FALLS – The fight over the future of a Ferry Avenue homeless shelter entered its next phase Tuesday night.The Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission wants the city’s permission to... Read More
View ArticleOverflow ICU opened to care for sick children
Women & Children’s Hospital on Tuesday continued to report high numbers of children coming into the emergency department with respiratory illness.Its 20-bed intensive-care unit is full... Read More
View ArticleGolisano donates $3.5 million to hospital
The Golisano Foundation is donating $3.5 million to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center to build new center for community health.The donation is the largest ever received by the medical center,......
View ArticleParks police seek help in identifying woman whose body was found in lower...
New York State Park Police continue to seek information concerning the body of an unidentified white or Asian female found floating in the lower Niagara River at the Whirlpool on Sept. 7.The woman......
View ArticleSex offender apprehended in NCCC dorm
SANBORN – A sex offender who had been wearing a GPS monitoring device was apprehended Wednesday morning in a dorm apartment on the Niagara County Community College campus.Authorities set up... Read More
View ArticleNewfane woman sentenced on embezzlement charge
LOCKPORT – A Newfane woman who admitted that she stole more than $10,000 while working as a licensed insurance agent in Lockport was sentenced to five years probation and 50 hours of... Read More
View ArticleSuspect in dozens of burglaries sentenced in Niagara County
LOCKPORT – At just 21-years-old, Jonathan K. Banks, of Medina, already has made a name for himself - with police departments - suspected in 20 burglaries in three towns in Orleans County and ... Read...
View ArticleMan who raped a 12-year-old girl will be released as a Level 1 sex offender
LOCKPORT – Marvin K. Dye Jr. went into prison in 2004 for raping a 12-year-old girl in Niagara Falls and will be released next month as a Level 1 sexually violent offender. He will remain in ... Read...
View ArticleReward is offered to find people who threw a kitten from a moving car
NIAGARA FALLS – The Niagara County SPCA, along with Niagara Falls Police, are asking for help in identifying the people who threw a kitten out of a moving vehicle on Tuesday afternoon.A... Read More
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