Welcome to the sweet world of Lockport’s Cindy Jex
Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and one’s thoughts often turn to love, romance, chocolate and, well, sometimes, even more chocolate.That’s where Cindy Jex, owner of the Barker Chocolate Box,...
View ArticleState auditors will return to Lockport for Round 2
LOCKPORT – State auditors will return soon to Lockport City Hall.This new audit will not be looking at the same things as last year’s, when the state Comptroller’s Office said Lockport’s financial...
View ArticleShoplifters steal $1,000 worth of goods from Lockport WalMart
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – Three alleged professional shoplifters needed only a couple minutes to loot more than $1,100 worth of merchandise from the South Transit Road WalMart store Thursday evening,...
View ArticleDiocese, Falls school to be tried over role in girls’ harassment
Vanessa De Rosa was in eighth grade in 2002, when, she says, her computer teacher at St. Dominic Savio Middle School in Niagara Falls went to her cheerleading practices, offered her rides home and...
View ArticleLockport aims for town master plan by fall
LOCKPORT – A new town master plan, including possible zoning changes, is coming this year.“Our goal is to have our master plan done by this fall,” Councilman Mark C. Crocker said.Supervisor Marc R....
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
CAMBRIA• Andrews Road, Cynthia M. Bloss to Ryan D. Sherwood; Jessica L. Sherwood, $166,500.• 3112 Saunders Settlement Road, Darko Vranic; Erica Vranic to Tracy L. Farley; Christopher L. Farley,...
View ArticleSchneiderman targets 'zombie' properties
State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is the latest public official targeting “zombie properties” that have been abandoned and left to deteriorate.Schneiderman today is expected to announce...
View ArticleSuit by contractor who worked on Lewiston Road thrown out
NIAGARA FALLS – A judge has dismissed a contractor’s defamation and breach of contract lawsuit against the City of Niagara Falls involving work done on the reconstruction project of Lewiston...
View ArticleVeterans job fair set for March 1 at VA hospital
The third annual “Hire a Hero” job and education fair for veterans will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 1 in Freedom Hall in the Buffalo Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 3495 Bailey Ave.Businesses...
View ArticleWreath to be laid at Casimir Pulaski statue on Feb. 28
The annual wreath-laying ceremony at the Gen. Casimir Pulaski statue outside Ellicott Square in downtown Buffalo will take place at 5 p.m. Feb. 28, the General Pulaski Association of the Niagara...
View ArticleSocial media campaign aims to fight teen domestic violence
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has proclaimed February as Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month and is inviting New Yorkers to join in a social media campaign to support it.The campaign, led by...
View ArticleSchools back to normal after bomb threats
An anonymous phone caller claiming there were bombs in both Niagara Wheatfield and Niagara Falls high schools Monday morning forced authorities to evacuate Niagara Wheatfield high school and middle...
View ArticleCold snap expected to continue through Tuesday night
In this, one of the most persistent winters in recent memory, no major storms are expected here, at least through the end of this week.But we will get one quick blast of cold weather, with the low...
View ArticleRegents to consider extending Common Core phase-in for high school students
The state’s top education leaders will give high school students more time to meet tougher new graduation requirements. They also will provide teachers in school districts that rolled out new Common...
View ArticleNiagara Drug Task Force called in to check into an alleged drug drop off site
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – A woman in an apartment building in the 6400 block of Dysinger Road has made claims that people are using the building’s laundry room to make drug transfers.The woman told deputies...
View ArticleLockport man allegedly damages a person’s clothing in a burglary
LOCKPORT – A Lincoln Place man was jailed on three felony complaints following a Lockport burglary.On Friday New York State Police charged Marcus A. Walton, 34, with burglary second degree, criminal...
View ArticleWoman alleges she is knocked down in a physical harassment
LOCKPORT – A Fernwood Drive woman told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies that she was physically harassed Sunday night by a family friend who had been staying in her house.She said the man grabbed...
View ArticleMan on a beer run faces charges
WHEATFIELD – A Niagara Falls man who apparently hopped out of his running car on Ward Road for a quick bathroom break faces charges of public lewdness.William L. Brown, 50, of 98th Street was...
View ArticleCanadian developer set to close on Wheatfield mall, but property’s...
The former Summit Park Mall may finally have a new owner, but its future remains uncertain.A Canadian developer who has been active in Niagara Falls, Ont., is poised to make his first purchase on this...
View ArticleTown of Lewiston examines costs of maintaining Joseph Davis State Park
LEWISTON – The Town of Lewiston has maintained Joseph Davis State Park on Lower River Road for the last three years after budgetary constraints forced the state to either turn over the park or close...
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