A beer truck’s cargo is pilfered in Newfane
NEWFANE – A Newfane man who works as a truck driver for Napa Transportation told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies Monday that someone had broken into his tractor-trailer and stolen a portion of its...
View ArticleA baseball bat is used by a man to force his way into a Falls home
NIAGARA FALLS – Police are searching for a man who used a metal baseball bat to smash several windows and unlock a deadbolt on a door to gain entry to a house in the 1100 block of 90th Street at noon...
View ArticleFight over a straying cat turns into a gun charge
NIAGARA FALLS – A 16th Street woman said a cat belonging to a neighbor in her apartment building ran into her apartment, but when she confronted the cat’s owner he threatened her with a gun at 5:20...
View ArticleGuns are stolen from vehicles in two separate reports in Lockport
LOCKPORT – A rifle, a shotgun and a pistol were stolen in separate thefts from vehicles parked in driveways on Ellicott and Checkered Tavern roads this past weekend.A man living in the 7400 block of...
View ArticleSloma returns to Niagara IDA chairmanship
WHEATFIELD – Henry M. Sloma, who returned to the board of the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency in January after a year off, was elected chairman at Monday’s annual reorganization...
View ArticleDespite Niagara Falls lawmaker’s dissent, special counsel is approved...
NIAGARA FALLS – The hiring of a former city judge as special counsel for ongoing efforts to finalize city charter reforms on Monday night drew accusations from a city lawmaker of the appearance of...
View ArticleNewfane supervisor blasts hospital management
NEWFANE – Town Supervisor Timothy R. Horanburg delivered a comprehensive indictment of the management of Eastern Niagara Hospital as he challenged the community Monday night to show its support for...
View ArticleWhy should kids just ‘sit and stare’? as parents, school...
A few weeks before third- through eighth-graders across New York take state-mandated tests that now, for the second year, reflect the new, more rigorous Common Core standards, a small but growing...
View ArticleMcCaffrey will attend Medal of Honor event
LOCKPORT – Mayor Anne E. McCaffrey said Monday she will attend the presentation of the Medal of Honor to the family of the late Staff Sgt. William F. Leonard of Lockport on Wednesday in Washington....
View ArticleHotel developer seeks DEC brownfields cleanup
NIAGARA FALLS – The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced that Merani Hospitality is applying for a brownfields cleanup project at the site of its planned new eight-story, 184-room...
View ArticleCWM announces annual tax payments
PORTER – CWM Chemical Services announced Monday that it has made its annual gross receipts tax payments to the towns of Porter and Lewiston and to the three school districts that serve parts of those...
View ArticleConstruction career fair to be held Wednesday
A construction career fair will be held Wednesday in the Buffalo Niagara Convention, aiming to attract students and others to the industry.The career fair will be open to high school juniors and...
View ArticleTow truck driver charged in Youngstown road rage incident
YOUNGSTOWN – A 40-year-old Youngstown man said he was tailgated by a tow truck driver who followed him into a parking lot and then threatened him with a rusty hook and chain from his truck just after...
View ArticleMeeting on dealing with storms to be held Wednesday at NCCC
SANBORN – A public meeting on the development of a county-wide strategy to prepare for future storms will be held Wednesday night at Niagara County Community College.One of the objectives of the...
View ArticleLewiston man avoids jail in child porn case
LOCKPORT – A Lewiston man who downloaded thousands of pornographic photos of children onto his computer in 2011 and 2012 was placed on 10 years’ probation Tuesday.State Supreme Court Justice Richard...
View ArticleNT drunken driver who used racial slur is jailed
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda man who reportedly shouted a racial slur out the window of his pickup truck at least twice on the night of his arrest for drunken driving was sentenced Tuesday to a year...
View ArticleID of alleged shooter admissible at trial
LOCKPORT – The victim’s identification of the man who allegedly shot him seven times will be admissible at a trial scheduled to begin Monday in Niagara County Court.Judge Matthew J. Murphy III ruled...
View ArticleElizabeth Ann Hodgson, retired NCCC librarian
Aug. 4, 1944 – Feb. 27, 2014 Elizabeth Ann Hodgson, a retired librarian at Niagara County Community College, died Thursday in Northgate Hospice, Wheatfield, after a long illness. The North Tonawanda...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda council approves plans for a new intersection
NORTH TONAWANDA – The North Tonawanda Common Council hosted a Student Government Day on Tuesday with 22 students shadowing the top jobs in City Hall, which included roles as top elected officials on...
View ArticleNiagara Legislature settles lawsuit over bridge construction
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Legislature on Tuesday approved a settlement of a lawsuit about cost overruns on the Cedar Street Bridge project over Tonawanda Creek between Royalton and the Town of...
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