Lockport to vote on audit of utility tax receipts
LOCKPORT – The Common Council is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to hire a company to audit the city’s utility’s tax receipts.The aldermen will consider a proposal from Computel Consultants of...
View ArticleAnswering the call in Persian Gulf and Afghanistan, veteran now serves on...
Four days after graduating from Akron Central High School in 1987, Earl M. Schmidt enlisted in the Army, but he could never have imagined he would lose four members of his platoon some two decades...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
CAMBRIA• Saunders Settlement Road, Patricia A. McCabe to Warren F. Glover, $18,000.HARTLAND• Ridge Road, Kenneth Dietl; Alessandra R. Volpe to Nicholas M. Jordan, $106,000.LEWISTON• Military Road,...
View ArticleSnow set to make return visit
Here we go again, but the next weather system moving in doesn’t figure to be quite as bad as the ones that crippled travel and closed schools last month.The National Weather Service has issued a...
View ArticleNew York’s NRA membership nearly doubles in wake of SAFE Act
ALBANY – As gun rights and gun control groups continue to argue over the effects of the New York SAFE Act, one consequence is clear: membership in the state affiliate of the National Rifle Association...
View ArticleWater service interrupted at a dozen Falls homes
NIAGARA FALLS – Around 30 to 40 residences and businesses had their water services interrupted in recent days, with the city declaring a limited state of emergency to help residents on two streets the...
View ArticleTwo men found deceased in Cambria are identified
CAMBRIA – Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said that a man who first called to report the death of a 79-year-old man inside a home on Faircourt West at 1:46 p.m. Saturday collapsed shortly before...
View ArticleLockport man charged with drunken driving after a rollover crash
CAMBRIA – A Lockport man is accused of driving drunk and then trying to flee the scene after a rollover crash on Lower Mountain Road on Sunday.Aaron McMichael, 32, of Upper Mountain Road was charged...
View ArticleDecorative knives collection stolen in home burglary
NIAGARA FALLS – A 72-year-old man told police that his front door was forced open sometime between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. Sunday and a collection of decorative knives that had been displayed on the wall...
View ArticleH2Gro Greenhouses eye marijuana
ALBANY – With 5 million pounds of tomatoes grown last year by a sprawling 12-acre greenhouse operation in Niagara County, Gary Smith and his partners can arguably be called the tomato kings of Western...
View ArticlePedestrian concerns raised for Lockport ice rink
LOCKPORT – The city Planning Board Monday urged the architects of the Lockport Ice Arena and Sports Center to present plans to the Traffic Advisory Committee for safeguarding pedestrians crossing...
View ArticleCity of Lockport hires grants administrator
LOCKPORT – Jill Bunk, who has been working for the past year as bookkeeper for the City of Lockport’s developer agency, will add the job of city grants administrator to her portfolio this week.R....
View ArticleBills fans ready to carry the ball for fund
One Western New York native, now an executive with a North Carolina company, offered to write a $10,000 check for the planned new Buffalo Bills fan fund.A former National Football League player from...
View ArticleDevelopers await final funding on Marriott project in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A $12 million Courtyard by Marriott hotel project at one of the main entrances into the city may see shovels in the ground by the end of March, the City Council learned Monday.The...
View ArticleVillage board says no to a food truck proposal
LEWISTON – After a negative response from business owners, the Village Board gave the thumbs down Monday to a request from Michael Attardo, the owner/operator of a food truck called The Great Foodini,...
View ArticleSidewalks for Robinson, Dysinger roads due by fall, Lockport supervisor says
LOCKPORT – The state Department of Transportation intends to complete sidewalk installation on both sides of Robinson and Dysinger roads by this fall, Supervisor Marc R. Smith told the Town Board on...
View ArticleLockport to probe employee over credit card use
LOCKPORT – The city plans to hire an independent attorney to investigate the alleged misuse of a city credit card for expenses pertaining to a golf tournament.Corporation Counsel John J. Ottaviano...
View ArticleBowling alley employee sues after vision is restored, but job is not
For a couple of decades, Al Strianese was a top amateur bowler in Buffalo, and he even joined the pro circuit for a spell before settling into full-time work at South Transit Lanes in Lockport.When he...
View ArticleLockport saw rise in recycled items and trash in 2013
LOCKPORT – Recycling increased in the Town of Lockport in 2013, but so did the amount of trash thrown away, according to figures released Monday.Councilman Paul W. Siejak said the town’s residents and...
View ArticleCATCO expected to get contract for Lockport Road bridge work
LOCKPORT – CATCO Corp. of Alden is expected to be awarded a contract to replace a bridge on Lockport Road in Wheatfield at the Feb. 18 meeting of the Niagara County Legislature.The contract for the...
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