Section of Moses Parkway to be closed for four weeks
PORTER – A section of the Robert Moses Parkway near Four Mile Creek State Park will be closed for about the next four weeks because of bridge maintenance work.The section that’s closed is between...
View ArticleIDA transfers tax break for new owner of medical building
WHEATFIELD – The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency voted Wednesday to transfer the seven years left on a property tax break for a renal dialysis clinic in the Woodlands Corporate Center off...
View ArticleDEC says brownfield cleanup needed at Fashion Outlet expansion site in Niagara
TOWN OF NIAGARA – The state Department of Environmental Conservation said Wednesday that its testing shows a cleanup is needed at the site of the former Sabre Park mobile home community, slated to be...
View ArticleState parks police on lookout for missing man along Niagara River
NIAGARA FALLS – New York State Parks Police were on the lookout Wednesday night for a man reported missing early in the afternoon along the Niagara River. Officials said a search would be resumed...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda gets piece of World Trade Center for its 9/11 Memorial
NORTH TONAWANDA – Newly appointed Alderman-at-large Robert J. Clark, a retired Air Force chief master sergeant, was at ground zero 12 years ago. As an Air Force medic he was called like many others to...
View ArticleMaid company is rebuffed on easement at Falls hotel site
NIAGARA FALLS – The downtown hotel owned by Maid of the Mist Corp. has been using a 14-by-200-foot slice of city land for 25 years without authorization, and the company is now requesting official...
View ArticleSedita decides not to prosecute Niagara Legislature clerk in petition flap
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Legislature Clerk Mary Jo Tamburlin will not be prosecuted for turning in some nominating petitions that Democrats claimed were fraudulent.Erie County District Attorney Frank...
View ArticleNiagara IDA gives tax break for warehouse to be built at power plant in Falls
WHEATFIELD – The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency board voted Wednesday to grant the new owners of a Niagara Falls power plant a tax break on a $3 million warehouse they plan to erect to...
View ArticleOut to Eat: Niagara Mushrooms offers North Tonawanda shoppers fresh fungus
After a career as a drywall finisher, Anthony DiFranco was looking for something to keep him busy when someone suggested mushrooms.After doing six months of research, DiFranco took a gamble and bought...
View ArticleFalls tournament tips off basketball season in September with top talent
The weekend after Labor Day is a pigskin buffet, with the NFL season opening amid a full schedule of high school and college football games.In Niagara Falls, it’s also one of the most bountiful...
View ArticleParks Police, North Tonawanda Police search for missing man above Niagara...
NIAGARA FALLS – State Parks Police and North Tonawanda Police continued to search areas above the falls this morning for Douglas Vaillancourt of North Tonawanda, 23, after he was reported missing...
View ArticleLandmarks to be illuminated on Lymphoma Awareness Day
The cataracts at Niagara Falls and the Peace Bridge between Buffalo and Fort Erie, Ont., are among the landmarks around the nation that will be illuminated in red Sunday night for World Lymphoma...
View ArticleFlight of Five Winery will hold grand opening
LOCKPORT – The Flight of Five Winery, the first urban winery on the Niagara Wine Trail, has scheduled a grand opening celebration from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, owner Jacqueline R. Connelly said.The...
View ArticleSection of Moses Parkway to close for bridge work
PORTER – A section of the Robert Moses Parkway near Four Mile Creek State Park will be closed for about the next four weeks because of bridge maintenance work.The section that’s closed is between...
View ArticleWoman charged in thefts of purses from diners at Amherst restaurants
A North Tonawanda woman was charged Tuesday with stealing purses and credit cards from three local women as they ate in area restaurants, Amherst police said.Lisa M. Coleman 33, of Goundry Street, was...
View ArticleMan accepts plea deal to avoid deportation
LOCKPORT –A Mexican citizen who has lived in Lockport for years accepted a plea deal Wednesday in connection with what was originally a statutory rape case.Martimiano Vazquez-Santiago, 33, of Locust...
View ArticleRun-in at roadblock set for court hearing
LOCKPORT – A hearing has been scheduled for next Wednesday on the circumstances surrounding David J. Mongielo’s June 27 run-in with Lockport police at a traffic roadblock. The officers called it...
View ArticleNU women’s soccer goalkeeper airlifted to ECMC after suffering...
LEWISTON – A member of the Niagara University women’s soccer team who banged her head on a goal post was airlifted Sunday from campus to Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, where she was in stable...
View ArticleKennedy urges state to release report on removal of Skyway
State Sen. Timothy M. Kennedy is calling on Albany to release the findings of its study of potential removal of the Skyway and traffic alternatives to crossing the Buffalo River.In a letter to State...
View ArticleToddler found outside her Upper Mountain Road home
LOCKPORT – A neighbor who was walking by found a two-year-old girl sitting on the porch crying at about 4 p.m. Sunday in the 5300 block of Upper Mountain Road and stopped to help.The woman knocked on...
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