Lewiston man charged with burglarizing Falls building
LOCKPORT – A Lewiston man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a three-count indictment accusing him of burglarizing a vacant Niagara Falls building Aug. 31.Gerald Welker Jr., 28, of Upper Mountain Road, is...
View ArticleBuffalo teen charged with felony theft of jeans
LOCKPORT – A Buffalo teenager was arraigned on felony charges Tuesday in Niagara County Court in connection with the reported theft of a large quantity of jeans from the Saks Off 5th store in the...
View ArticleSchools welcome Cuomo’s pre-K spending boost
School officials are welcoming Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s budget proposal to fund universal prekindergarten programs, citing research that show children in such programs do better when they enter...
View ArticleGrand Island man jailed for stealing air conditioner
LOCKPORT – A Grand Island man, who stole an air conditioner from the Niagara Falls Walmart store April 12, was sentenced Tuesday to a year in Niagara County Jail by State Supreme Court Justice Richard...
View ArticleMichael Nowak, who resumed skydiving after MS diagnosis
June 29, 1953 – Jan. 14, 2014Michael Nowak, of North Tonawanda, who used his love of skydiving to raise money to help people with multiple sclerosis following his own diagnosis, died Jan. 14 in...
View ArticleWater shut off for at least two hours in Village of Wilson
All water services are being shut off this afternoon to residences and businesses in the Village of Wilson due to a water main break, village officials announced.“Hopefully, water service will be...
View ArticleRoss hails Niagara County’s accomplishments
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Legislature Chairman William L. Ross defended the county’s economic development apparatus as a necessary adjunct to tax reduction during his State of the County speech...
View ArticleCuomo offers election-year olive branch
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo offered lawmakers a fiscal olive branch Tuesday with a $137.2 billion election year spending plan – giving Republicans property and corporate tax breaks, while handing...
View ArticleAttorney nominates Falls gunman as “America’s dumbest...
LOCKPORT – Cornelius W. Redden III of Niagara Falls, who shot a drug dealer on purpose and shot himself accidentally, was hit with some harsh words from his own attorney at his sentencing...
View ArticleYMCA Buffalo Niagara to launch fundraising effort
YMCA Buffalo Niagara will begin its annual fundraising campaign with a kickoff event at 6 p.m. today in the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. This year’s goal is $677,000. It continues through March...
View ArticleSchool Board will vote on tax collection change
LOCKPORT – The Lockport Board of Education is expected to vote tonight on doing away with the long-standing arrangement to have the City of Lockport collect school taxes.If the board approves,...
View ArticleFederal grant will allow SWAT team to upgrade
NORTH TONAWANDA – The City of North Tonawanda, in partnership with the City of Tonawanda, has been awarded $99,995 in federal funding from the Tactical Team Grant Program, which is an initiative of...
View ArticleWellness Connection Center to get Univera funding
NIAGARA FALLS – Univera Healthcare has committed $70,000 over the next three years to fund behavioral health programming at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center’s new Niagara Wellness Connection...
View Article‘Great stuff’ as remaining $680 million is pledged for Buffalo...
The Buffalo Billion is funded and ready to go. With Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s pledge Tuesday to provide the remaining $680 million to fill out the $1 billion he pledged for his signature...
View ArticleCuomo calls for $2 billion plan to fund pre-K
New York voters will soon be asked to sign off on a $2 billion bond act to build facilities for a new statewide prekindergarten program, as well as pay for technology upgrades in the state’s school...
View ArticleRegion gets new blast of arctic air
It’s dangerously cold, but not significantly windy or snowy.One out of three ain’t bad.Just two weeks removed from the Blizzard of 2014, Buffalo Niagara is back in the icebox as another blast of...
View ArticleCuomo’s call for 3.8% increase in spending for education greeted...
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo wants to boost state spending on education by 3.8 percent next year, with more money for expanded prekindergarten, teacher bonuses and after-school programs. But when it comes to...
View ArticleMotorist dies in Hartland crash
HARTLAND – A motorist was pronounced dead Tuesday night in Eastern Niagara Hospital, Lockport, after an eastbound vehicle veered off the highway about 10 p.m. and struck a tree in the front yard of a...
View ArticleSearchable database: School aid across the state
How did your school district fare under the governor's budget proposal? Find out -- and compare your district to all the others in your county or the entire state. Hold down the Control key (Command...
View ArticleBuffalo contingent joins thousands of anti-abortion protesters in D.C. today
WASHINGTON – Thousands of anti-abortion protesters, including a contingent from Buffalo, prepared this morning to testify to their faith in the harshest of conditions, as the 41st annual March for...
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