Lawsuits filed over inmate deaths at Niagara County Jail
LOCKPORT – The daughter of Tommie Lee Jones Jr., an inmate who died in the Niagara County Jail last year, filed suit against the county and the jail’s medical services provider Friday, claiming...
View ArticleMost post offices to close early Christmas Eve
Most area post offices will be open Christmas Eve but will close by noon. Only the Buffalo Main Post Office at 1200 William St. will be open until 5 p.m.Regular mail delivery and blue collection boxes...
View ArticleFree rides to New Year’s Eve church services offered in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Unlimited Transportation is offering free rides to Niagara Falls residents who want to attend New Year’s Eve church services but are unable to make it on their own.Reservations must be...
View ArticleAround Town / Niagara County meetings and hearings this week
Lewiston The Town Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday in Town Hall, 1375 Ridge Road. Lockport The Town Board will meet at 1 p.m. Friday in Town Hall, 6560 Dysinger Road. Niagara Falls The City Council...
View ArticleNiagara Honor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers
Dr. Komal Chandan has been elected president of the medical staff at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. He will take office in January and serve a two-year term. Dr. Robert J. Gadawski was elected...
View ArticleTransforming a city begins one park at a time
NIAGARA FALLS – Joseph S. Hotchkiss, a Niagara University business management major who graduated this month, didn’t even realize there was a park on Third Street. “I just kind of stumbled across it...
View ArticleNewfane church issues an appeal for Christmas toys or cash gifts
NEWFANE – A call is going out for donations of toys or funds to buy toys for more than 50 needy children in time for Christmas.Denise Noble said her missions committee at First Baptist Church of...
View ArticleSeneca Casino opening section for patrons below drinking age
NIAGARA FALLS – Patrons who are 18 and up but not old enough to legally drink will be allowed to gamble in a special section of Seneca Niagara Casino beginning Thursday.Casino officials announced last...
View ArticleAs cost of battle is weighed, CWM suggests making a deal on landfill expansion
LEWISTON – As Niagara County and the Town of Lewiston work out an agreement to share costs to fight the proposed expansion of the CWM Chemical Services hazardous waste landfill, CWM’s attorney...
View ArticleNiagara County faith-related events Dec. 22-29
Today SERVICE: 2 p.m., Second Presbyterian Church, 71 Van Buren St., Lockport. Special service featuring Hands Up Ministries in partnership with lead pastor Al Robinson of Spirit of Truth...
View ArticleNiagara Falls Memorial gets $795,000 for mental health project
NIAGARA FALLS – The state has awarded Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center a $795,000 grant for an adult mental health program.The project is called the Wellness Connection Place, which the hospital...
View ArticleCommunity Missions helps people in need get through the holiday season
NIAGARA FALLS – The holiday season isn’t often a happy one for the poor and hungry, and the recent spell of wintry weather has only escalated the needs of those who rely on the services of the...
View Article4 retiring town clerks look back fondly on their long tenures
Supervisors and boards can often change, but town clerks offer the steady hand that provides continuity in local government. At the end of this month, four town clerks will retire in Niagara County –...
View ArticleTwo community events are given the thumbs up by North Tonawanda City Council
NORTH TONAWANDA – The North Tonawanda Common Council gave its approval last week to two popular community events that will be coming back to North Tonawanda.One of these is the Gateway Harbor New...
View ArticleDepew schools keeping up with technology
The Depew School District is remaining ahead of the technological curve despite tighter budget constraints.During the Board of Education meeting last week, district Technology Coordinator Maria...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
HARTLAND• Wheeler Road, Joyce Ann Wright; Edwin L. Wright Jr. to Ryan T. Buhr; Heather M. Buhr, $130,000.• Ridge Road, Courtland R. Hess; Ann M. Hess to Kenneth Norwich, $111,000.LEWISTON• Water St....
View ArticleIce cuts power to 39,000; some homes may be out until Tuesday
Power has been restored to about 10,000 or 11,000 of the 39,000 National Grid customers who lost power in Western New York overnight, but some homes may not get power back until Tuesday, company...
View ArticleLockport settles lawsuit over Main Street reconstruction
LOCKPORT – The Common Council voted last week to settle a long-running lawsuit left over from the reconstruction of Main Street nearly a decade ago.The city, which had withheld $70,000 from the...
View ArticlePower outages give way to flooding concerns in WNY
Most Western New Yorkers who lost their electrical power got it back late Sunday and overnight, but the weather concerns now move to local creeks, especially Tonawanda Creek, which is expected to...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: Candelight Christmas services
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