Low temps freeze U.S. car sales but local sales bolstered by auto show effect
Bitter cold put a chill on new car sales nationwide in February, but the low temperatures’ effect was less apparent in the Buffalo Niagara region.Our car buyers could be a heartier bunch, but a more...
View ArticleWinter forces highway chiefs to get creative on potholes
The Town of Tonawanda Highway Department, tired of the never-ending game of “whack-a-pothole,” took a drastic step last week.Instead of cold-patching individual potholes that pocked a stretch of...
View ArticleYoung alumni from area colleges to network
A happy hour event for young alumni from area colleges will be held March 13 in The Lodge Bar & Grill on West Chippewa Street. The Young Professional Networking Happy Hour will allow young alumni...
View ArticleWe tied a low record with minus 3 this morning
The temperature dropped to minus 3 degrees at 3:44 a.m. this morning, tying a record for low temperature for March 4 set in 1943.But temperatures are expected to rise to a high of 19 by mid-to-late...
View ArticlePlans moving forward for first charter school in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS - A group of parents and other community members is moving forward with a plan to open a charter school in the city.The school would be called the Academy of Learning and Leadership...
View Article10 worthy heirs to the chicken wing throne
You think you know chicken wings?Every Western New York carnivore has their favorite chicken wing. It’s an intensely local food, since the crispy, steamy essence of a great wing platter can’t be...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines pilot, combat vet named to Lockport Common Council
LOCKPORT – Ronald A. Franco, an American Airlines pilot and retired combat veteran of the Air Force Reserve, was appointed 2nd Ward alderman today.Mayor Anne E. McCaffrey said she chose Franco from...
View ArticleLockport man suspected of making meth in his apartment
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Sheriff Deputy Raymond Needle said when he walked into a Walnut Street apartment on Saturday to serve a warrant, he recognized the smell and spotted many of the things used...
View ArticleTools and equipment stolen from truck in Falls driveway
NIAGARA FALLS – A 46-year-old man told police on Monday that more than $8,000 worth of tools and equipment that he had been storing in a pickup were stolen sometime over the weekend in the 400 block...
View ArticlePolice search for female suspect in Wheatfield armed robbery
WHEATFIELD – State police have requested help from the public in identifying a woman suspected in the armed robbery at 10:44 p.m. Friday at the Citgo Jolly Rogers, located at 2065 River Road.The...
View ArticleThieves hit Falls construction site
NIAGARA FALLS – A project superintendent at a work site in the 1500 block of Military Road said a $15,000 portable heating system, with a hitch attached, was stolen from the site sometime between...
View ArticleLockport man admits to felony for violating restraining order
LOCKPORT – Marcus A. Walton, who was accused of violating an order of protection Feb. 7 by entering his former girlfriend’s apartment and damaging some of her clothes with bleach, pleaded guilty to a...
View ArticleSecond man admits to trying to rob Falls check-cashing store
LOCKPORT – A second man pleaded guilty Monday in connection with an attempt at an armed robbery Jan. 23 at a Niagara Falls check-cashing store.Marcus D. Hamilton Jr., 22, of North Avenue in the Falls,...
View ArticleJail for ex-McDonald’s manager in embezzlement case
LOCKPORT – The former assistant manager of the McDonald’s Restaurant in Wrights Corners, who failed to repay $17,820 he stole from the business, was sentenced Tuesday to a year in jail for violating...
View ArticleLockport crack dealer avoids jail
LOCKPORT – A man who pleaded guilty last year to selling crack cocaine in the City of Lockport twice in 2012 was sentenced Monday to five years’ probation.Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas had...
View ArticleStorage of Niagara County voting machines an issue
LOCKPORT – Niagara County apparently will need a new place to store its voting machines.As Minority Leader Dennis F. Virtuoso, D-Niagara Falls, had promised last summer, he and his fellow Democrats...
View ArticleMongielo trial opens in Lockport
LOCKPORT – A retired Lockport police lieutenant testified Tuesday that David J. Mongielo was “looking for trouble” when he allegedly called police “Nazis” and used a cellphone to take video of them at...
View ArticleCity policy on workplace bullying is adopted by Council in North Tonawanda
NORTH TONAWANDA – Bullying has gotten a lot of attention among schoolchildren, but hostile work environments and bullying behavior in the workplace are now being addressed by a bill in the State...
View ArticleBiggest Trivia Competition will benefit Cradle Beach
Buffalo’s Biggest Trivia Competition will be held at 6 p.m. March 14 in Salvatore’s Italian Gardens, Lancaster.The fundraiser for Cradle Beach, which provides summer enrichment camping for nearly 800...
View ArticleCatholic Charities Appeal retains two campaign leaders
Richard Cronin has been named parish chairman, and Mary Elizabeth “Beth” Mattimore has been named community chairwoman for the 2014 Catholic Charities Appeal, Bishop Richard J. Malone and Sister Mary...
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