Excessive false alarms to bring fines in North Tonawanda
NORTH TONAWANDA – The North Tonawanda Police Department is attempting to put the brakes on local businesses and residents with stricter enforcement of its “Avoidable Alarm Ordinance.”Beginning Feb. 1,...
View ArticleMore cuts sought in Buffalo Public Schools’ budget amid state aid...
With a nearly $50 million budget deficit projected for the next school year, Buffalo Public Schools leaders are starting to look for ways to scale back their spending, including options that could...
View Article‘Lewiston Arts Café’ will be on second Tuesday of every...
LEWISTON – Poetry verses and musical notes will fill the air during the new “Lewiston Arts Café” sessions kicking off Feb. 11 – a nod to the traditions of 1960s coffeehouses.The café, which is a...
View ArticleNiagara Wine Trail branching out
The Niagara Wine Trail continues to expand. Two more wineries near Rochester have joined the trail, bringing the membership to 20 establishments. Schwenk Wine Cellars in Kent, Orleans County, joined...
View ArticleA chronicler of Niagara talks about his poetry and more
LEWISTON – The Lewiston Arts Council has chosen local poet and retired college English professor E.R. Baxter III to launch its new poetry/music series beginning at 7 p.m. Feb. 11 in the Lewiston Opera...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda contest promotes safe walking
NORTH TONAWANDA – Citizen safety can be as simple as walking on the sidewalks, rather than on city streets.To promote that idea, the neighborhood watch group North Tonawanda Citizens on Patrol, or...
View ArticleHelping veterans overcome travails, Town of Lockport woman offers hope...
LOCKPORT – Jennifer O. D’Andrea-Terreri spent most of her childhood on the Marine Corps base at Camp Lejeune, N.C., so she knows all about the military mindset.And her first husband died of a drug...
View ArticleNiagara County faith-related events / Jan. 26-Feb. 2
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 Ministries....
View ArticleHistorical Falls tours planned
NIAGARA FALLS – Historical tours of downtown and the area around the falls will be offered this tourist season by a regional nonprofit involved in historic preservation issues.Preservation Buffalo...
View ArticleNiagara Hospice, nursing homes plan units
Hospice has given many the opportunity to deal with end-of-life care and quality-of-life issues from the comfort of their home. But what about those who have lived for years and sometimes decades in...
View ArticleNiagara Honor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers
AM Lockport Toastmasters members Philip E. Russell and Dr. Gerald Stevens have earned the Distinguished Toastmaster Award, the highest designation awarded by Toastmasters International. In their final...
View ArticleNiagara County bars use of term “mental retardation”
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Legislature last week directed all county agencies to stop using the phrase “mental retardation” and its derivatives.The measure, sponsored by freshman North Tonawanda...
View ArticleGreenway Commission supports three projects
The Niagara River Greenway Commission deemed three of the five projects on last week’s agenda consistent with the Greenway goal of creating a belt of parkland along the river.Nonetheless, the two...
View ArticleReplica canal boat won’t be available for Flight of Five opening
LOCKPORT – Two of the five 19th century Erie Canal locks here are to be restored to working order by July, but a replica canal packet boat that was to be used to demonstrate how the locks operate...
View ArticleSeneca Gaming bets on remodeling, improvements to keep competitive edge
Seneca Gaming Corp. is pouring money back into its three casinos, adding more slots and tables as it readies to meet any new competition.When New York voters in November approved seven new casinos...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
CAMBRIA• Plank Road, Gerardo Liermo; James P. Liermo; Gerardo J. Liermo; April E. Smith; Joseph R. Liermo to John M. Jesz; Jeanine F. Jesz, $127,000.• Pekin Town Line Road, Alfred J. Picogna to Mark...
View ArticleArmed robber flees empty-handed
A would-be robber who pointed a gun at a clerk at a Wheatfield gas station and demanded money fled empty-handed after the clerk was unable to open the cash register, the Niagara County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleNiagara County plans $2 million phone replacement
LOCKPORT – Plans are afoot to replace every phone in Niagara County government, a project that will cost some $2 million.Information Technology Director Larry L. Helwig said about 1,900 phones are to...
View ArticleDeputies awaken man in car, charge him with DWI
WHEATFIELD – A man who told police he is homeless and living in his car was charged with driving while intoxicated Friday morning after being found passed out behind the wheel on River Road near...
View ArticleRash of snowmobile thefts continues
WHEATFIELD – Another snowmobile has been stolen, this one from a yard on Mapleton Road. Several such machines have been stolen in recent weeks in the area, sheriff’s deputies said.The latest theft...
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