Beach reopens at Wilson-Tuscarora State Park
WILSON – After being closed to swimmers Tuesday due to poor water quality, the beach at Wilson-Tuscarora State Park was reopened today..State parks officials announced the reopening after a new round...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda History Museum readies annual used-book sale
The North Tonawanda History Museum’s summer used-book sale – a tradition going back to 2006 – will be held Saturday. Hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the museum, 54 Webster St.Books are 50 cents each for...
View ArticleNiagara County Fair will feature K-9 performers who have gone from homeless...
LOCKPORT – The “World Class K-9 Athletes” is a scripted and choreographed show designed to entertain fairgoers with high flying, acrobatic dog performances, several times a day at the Niagara County...
View ArticleNiagara Honor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers
Angela Gallo, a senior at Lewiston-Porter High School, was elected governor at the 2013 American Legion Auxiliary Empire Girls State Program held June 29 to July 6 at Brockport State College.Gallo was...
View ArticleItalian Heritage Festival starts Friday in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A long-standing city tradition is coming back in full force this year.The Italian Festival will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday on Pine Avenue between Portage Avenue and 15th...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda School Board gets a new board president and new meeting dates
NORTH TONAWANDA – With incumbents re-elected, the same board members took their seats at the North Tonawanda Board of Education’s reorganizational meeting this month, but new people took the top seats...
View ArticleNiagara County faith-related events July 28 – Aug. 4
Monday PRAYER: The Healing Rooms of Buffalo Niagara is open to pray for anyone who needs physical, emotional or spiritual healing, 7 to 9 p.m., Potters House Christian Community Church, 723 Seventh...
View ArticleRestaurant review: Mela in Niagara Falls celebrates diverse flavors of India
NIAGARA FALLS – Once upon a time, if you mentioned “Indian restaurants” in downtown Niagara Falls, thoughts probably turned to the long-since forgotten “Turtle,” a snapper-shaped structure that housed...
View ArticleRash of Legionnaire’s Disease cases baffles local health officials
An unexpected outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease in Erie and Niagara counties in the past two months has health officials searching for the cause, so far unsuccessfully.In Erie County, there were 38...
View ArticleBikes and lawnmowers stolen in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Bicycles and lawnmowers were popular targets with thieves in four separate incidents reported Friday.An elderly 39th Street woman told police that someone stole her push mower from her...
View ArticleThief breaks into tourists’ vehicle
NIAGARA FALLS – A group of Chinese tourists lost over $6,000 worth of belongings when their vehicle was broken into Friday evening while parked near the old “Turtle” building in the 100 block of Main...
View ArticleFalls apartment burglarized while occupant slept on couch
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Street apartment was burglarized Saturday morning while the occupant slept on a living room couch, police said.Someone entered the first-floor apartment between midnight at...
View ArticleCar stolen from North Tonawanda found in Pendleton
PENDLETON – A car stolen recently in North Tonawanda was found Thursday evening, abandoned on the Pendleton walking path off Mapleton Road, sheriff’s deputies said.The 2002 Ford had no license plates...
View ArticleVolunteer reports checks stolen while at Rescue Mission
The victim was working at the Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission between 6 and 7 p.m. when someone entered her purse, which had been left in a kitchen area, and ripped the blank checks out of a checkbook....
View ArticleTwo pot plants found in side yard of Olcott home
OLCOTT – A pair of five and-a-half foot tall marijuana plants were found growing in the side yard of a Clinton Street residence Thursday evening, sheriff’s deputies said.While police were in the area...
View ArticleHow did Jessie die?
The school nurse sent Jessie home sick from Lockport High School on Friday, March 1. By the following Monday, the 19-year-old special education student was dead on the floor of his bedroom. When...
View ArticleFormer executive director sues Niagara SPCA over benefits
WHEATFIELD – The SPCA of Niagara reneged on its promises of lifetime health insurance and life insurance, the organization’s former executive director contended in a lawsuit filed last week.Albert J....
View ArticleFor younger Bonham, ‘The Song Remains the Same’
If any musician in the world has the right to perform in a “Led Zeppelin tribute band,” it has to be Jason Bonham.After all, he is the son of the late, great John “Bonzo” Bonham, the Zeppelin drummer...
View ArticleHomespun ‘Field of Dreams’ is man’s tribute to a game...
LOCKPORT – George Davis spent the better part of a decade building the field before his dreams would come true.Like Kevin Costner’s character in the film “Field of Dreams,” Davis was haunted by...
View ArticleCastellani exhibits celebrate Western New York’s cultures through food
LEWISTON – The Castellani Art Museum at Niagara University recently opened two new folk art exhibits focusing on the cultural lives of Western New York’s ethnic communities.A free opening reception...
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