Musician with Down’s Syndrome provides inspiration to others
WHEATFIELD – Sujeet Desai plays seven instruments and has traveled the world performing in 13 countries as well as nearly every state in the U.S. He has been honored by foreign dignitaries and...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
CAMBRIA• 3544 Upper Mountain Road, Dawn Ryan; John Ryan to Kristie L. Slack; Erric R. Slack, $258,000.• 5181 Kennedy Crescent, Donald J. Blatner; Melissa A. Blatner to Sirva Relocation Credit,...
View ArticleFalls referendum seeks public approval for land transactions by School...
NIAGARA FALLS – The city School District wants to get rid of some land that it owns, but first it needs permission from voters.A referendum will be held Wednesday, giving the public the chance to...
View ArticleNiagara County Courthouse giving tree seeks gifts for 3 charities
LOCKPORT – For the ninth consecutive year, Niagara County Courthouse employees have erected a “Giving Tree” in the building and are seeking gifts from county workers and the public to benefit three...
View ArticleWheatfield seeks applicants for 2014 appointments
Town seeking applicants for variety of positions WHEATFIELD – The town is seeking applicants for a wide variety of 2014 appointments, with résumés due by Dec. 16.The posts to be filled include town...
View ArticleBail jump suspect found hiding under a mattress
NIAGARA FALLS – The United States Marshal Felony Task Force found a man wanted on a felony warrant hiding in a bedroom under a mattress and forcibly arrested him at 10 a.m. Monday in the 1600 block of...
View ArticleHoliday parade to light up Newfane’s Main Street Friday
NEWFANE – Santa will arrive by horse-drawn wagon to kick off the Holiday Light Up and Parade at 5:30 p.m. Friday on Main Street.Area volunteer fire company trucks decorated with Christmas lights will...
View ArticleGlobal Tourism Institute proposed for Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A tourism mecca at the edge of one of the world’s most famous natural attractions.That’s the idea behind Niagara University’s plans to establish a center for high-tech innovation in...
View ArticleHuman remains found in wooded area of Town of Lockport
LOCKPORT – The remains of a man believed to have been at least 50 years old were found Sunday in a wooded area in the Town of Lockport, State Police said Monday. Investigators estimated that the...
View ArticleHeroic bus driver will speak to Cub Scouts
Darnell Barton, the Buffalo bus driver who has been hailed as a hero for preventing a woman from jumping off a Buffalo overpass, will speak to the North Tonawanda Cub Scout Pack 185 at 6:30 p.m. today...
View ArticleSanta will arrive Friday to launch parade, light display
NEWFANE – Santa Claus will arrive by horse-drawn wagon to kick off the Holiday Light Up and Parade at 5:30 p.m. Friday on Main Street.Area volunteer fire company trucks decorated with Christmas lights...
View ArticleInjured worker awarded more than $10 million for N. Tonawanda injury
An Arcade man who suffered back injuries in a 2007 workplace accident at a North Tonawanda recycling plant was awarded more than $10 million last week.A State Supreme Court jury awarded $10.1 million...
View ArticleArcade man awarded $10 million for disabling workplace accident
An Arcade man who suffered back injuries in a 2007 workplace accident at a North Tonawanda recycling plant was awarded more than $10 million last week.A State Supreme Court jury awarded $10.1 million...
View ArticleNiagara Falls man accepts plea deal in gun case
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man pleaded guilty to possession of a gun as his trial was about to begin Tuesday in Niagara County Court.Anthony Bogan Sr., 55, of LaSalle Avenue, admitted to a reduced...
View ArticleWoman, live-in boyfriend given probation for thefts from employers
LOCKPORT – A Newfane woman and her live-in boyfriend appeared before Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III Tuesday for sentencing over thefts from their former employers.Christine Gardner, 42, of...
View ArticleMan awaiting surgery placed on probation for selling morphine
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who is awaiting hip surgery, according to his attorney, was placed on five years’ probation Tuesday for selling morphine to a police informant in Niagara Falls last...
View ArticleTown of Lockport plans $16.9 million in water and sewer repairs
LOCKPORT – The Town Board is expected to vote tonight to schedule a Jan. 8 public hearing on borrowing $16.9 million to replace a long list of leaky water and sewer lines throughout the town.Town...
View ArticleWheatfield hires new e-waste recycler
WHEATFIELD – The Town Board has voted to hire a new electronics recycling company, so the town can continue to receive some payments for its e-waste.Sunnking of Brockport will pay the town 4 cents per...
View ArticleSAFE Act’s provisions generate fallout in Niagara Legislature
LOCKPORT – The state’s SAFE Act was a featured topic at Tuesday’s meeting of the Niagara County Legislature as lawmakers declined to exempt retired police officers from it, and opposed the use of the...
View ArticlePlan to haul former Legion post to museum wins Greenway funding
WHEATFIELD – Funding for a plan to move a 187-year-old Sanborn building last used as an American Legion post to the grounds of a farm museum was approved Tuesday by the committee that controls Niagara...
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