Orleans County music writer seeks to organize Lockport concerts
LOCKPORT – Thom Jennings, the Orleans County music writer who is attempting to organize a summer concert series for Lockport, said Tuesday that he envisions as many as six Friday night shows, starting...
View ArticleNiagara River Cruises plan to be back for a second season
NORTH TONAWANDA – The North Tonawanda Common Council approved a lease agreement on Tuesday that will allow Niagara River Cruises Inc. to continue to lease 50 feet of dock space adjacent to 184 Sweeney...
View ArticleNiagara Legislature plans new bid process to sell Lockport land
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Legislature expects to hold a special meeting next week to begin a new bidding process for selling the county’s property on Davison Road in Lockport.Minority Leader...
View ArticleBBC crew films segment on Falls tourism
NIAGARA FALLS – This international travel destination is getting some attention from European television for its tourism and culinary efforts.A crew from the BBC World Service’s “The Travel Show” was...
View ArticleBuffalo Zoo breaks ground on Arctic Edge exhibit
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new arctic exhibit at the Buffalo Zoo Wednesday morning were anything but polar.Inside, a celebration was under way as public officials, board members and zoo staff...
View ArticleNiagara Falls making repairs to water lines
NIAGARA FALLS – The Niagara Falls Water Board on Wednesday announced the locations in the city where water main and service line repairs are under way.The repair work may cause low water pressure...
View ArticleFurnace fire does little damage
WILSON – Fire that damaged a furnace was contained inside the furnace in a home on Ide Road just before 6 a.m. on Tuesday. investigators said.Homeowner Kyle J. Krawczyk told Niagara County sheriff’s...
View ArticleFalls man charged in shooting
NIAGARA FALLS – A teen was arraigned in City Court Tuesday on two felonies for allegedly shooting and injuring another young man on Whitney Avenue last month.Joshua D. Carter, 17, of North Avenue was...
View ArticleNiagara Falls detectives intercept a package containing a kilo of cocaine
“We have it,” said Narcotics Capt. David LeGault after officers took possession of a package Wednesday morning containing a kilo of uncut cocaine. The drug has a potential street value of $100,000.He...
View ArticlePrison for sex offender in online chat case
LOCKPORT – Donald A. Lanasa, a Level 2 sex offender, was sentenced Wednesday to one to three years in prison for sending naked photos of himself to a person in an online chat room whom he thought was...
View ArticleNT man pleads guilty to second burglary
LOCKPORT – Robert B. Patrick, a North Tonawanda man who had previously pleaded guilty to a garage burglary, admitted Wednesday that he burglarized a house, too.Patrick, 30, of Vandervoort Street,...
View ArticleInglima, already in prison, draws one-year sex crime sentence
LOCKPORT – Filippo Inglima, the former Buffalo and Lewiston restaurant owner, was sentenced to a year in jail Wednesday for second-degree sexual abuse, but he wasn’t there to hear the word from...
View ArticleDriver in fatal crash gets a new attorney
LOCKPORT – A Yankton, S.D., man, charged with crashing his car on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation and killing a passenger while seriously injuring another driver, will have a new attorney to help him...
View ArticleTwo years in jail for Falls man in drug, domestic cases
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who pleaded guilty in drug and domestic violence cases was sentenced Wednesday to two years in the County Jail by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.William L....
View ArticleGuilty plea in $13,000 store burglary, gun case
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man, charged in two separate indictments, accepted a plea deal Wednesday in Niagara County Court.Frank M. Thomas, 33, of Memorial Parkway, agreed to pay $13,070 in...
View ArticleParolee pleads guilty to 2012 ATV theft attempt
LOCKPORT – A Tuscarora Indian Reservation man, paroled from state prison two months ago, pleaded guilty Wednesday to an attempted all-terrain vehicle theft from nearly two years ago.Lucas R. Mitten,...
View ArticleLockport to replace light fixtures in four main buildings
LOCKPORT – The city will replace most of the light fixtures in its four main municipal buildings this year, Norman D. Allen, director of engineering and public works, said Wednesday.The Common Council...
View ArticleFalls Council OKs $1.55 million settlement with One Niagara
NIAGARA FALLS – City lawmakers Wednesday night approved a $1.55 million settlement with the owner of a prime downtown property over back taxes and a challenged assessment.The City Council voted, 3-2,...
View ArticleRepublicans blast Cuomo’s proposal for inmates to earn college degrees
Just in case New York State needed another topic to fuel political controversy, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has stoked the fire with his new proposal to fund college education for prison inmates.Western New...
View ArticleJunke’s attorney contradicts Tucker on Youth & Rec golf tourney
LOCKPORT – Mayor Michael W. Tucker said last week that he encouraged city Youth and Recreation Director Melissa I. Junke to raise money for city youth programs, but said he didn’t know of her plans to...
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