Tonawanda Coke ordered to pay $24 million
Tonawanda Coke on Wednesday was ordered to pay $24 million for what a judge called “singularly inexcusable” conduct that left much of the community wondering if the company created a public health...
View ArticleLockport School Board delays adding proposed sale of Washington Hunt to May...
LOCKPORT – The Lockport School Board took no action Wednesday on the question of placing the sale of the closed Washington Hunt Elementary School on the May 20 ballot.The district is soliciting offers...
View ArticleSculpture honors hospital executive who helped form Kaleida
The name of a new sculpture in the Gates Vascular Institute – “In Motion” – describes the man it honors.Friends, family and former colleagues raised more than $100,000 from some 150 donors to build...
View ArticleTAM Ceramics wins grant for thermoelectric generator
A Niagara Falls ceramic powders manufacturer has received a $500,000 award from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to develop an innovative thermoelectric application to...
View ArticleAl-Qaida magazine cites weakness of Buffalo region
WASHINGTON – The latest issue of a magazine believed to be published by al-Qaida calls America’s anti-terror strategy “failing and fruitless” – and then goes on to say that the Buffalo-Niagara region...
View ArticleCause being probed for Niagara Power Project fire
LEWISTON – The New York Power Authority is still investigating the cause of a transformer fire that erupted shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Robert Moses Niagara Power Project, sending five local...
View ArticleFormer Lockport bank worker charged with stealing from seven accounts
LOCKPORT – A 58-year-old former Lockport bank worker pleaded not guilty today in Lockport Town Court to charges of grand larceny and scheme to defraud for allegedly stealing more than $35,000 from the...
View ArticleFalls man charged with beating his grandmother
LOCKPORT – A man was arraigned Thursday in Niagara County Court on charges of beating up his 89-year-old grandmother.Jerry D. Sweney, 45, had been living with her on Independence Avenue in Niagara...
View ArticleCheektowaga man admits to child porn possession in Niagara County
LOCKPORT – A Cheektowaga man pleaded guilty Thursday in Niagara County Court to having child pornography on his personal computer.Joseph C. Olick, 53, of Woodell Street, was living in Cambria when he...
View ArticleFalls woman denies selling Suboxone
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls woman pleaded not guilty Thursday in State Supreme Court to a four-count indictment accusing her of making two Suboxone sales to a police informant.Dallas J. Porter, 28, of...
View ArticleMiddleport to donate used fire truck to namesake town
MIDDLEPORT – The Middleport Fire Company will donate its reserve fire engine to a volunteer fire company in Middleport, Pa., this Saturday. Company vice president Darren Burdick said the 1985...
View ArticleWheatfield Planning Board OKs motel expansion
WHEATFIELD – The town Planning Board granted conditional approval Wednesday to a proposal from Driftwood Suites, 2754 Niagara Falls Blvd., to build five new 1,100-square-foot townhouses.Board...
View ArticleChart of HUD money to housing authorities
Help for housingHUD grants to area housing authoritiesAward rank Housing authority Amount 21 Buffalo $8,362,816 211 Niagara Falls $1,106,432 295 Lackawanna $807,903 550 Lockport $448,144 571 Olean...
View ArticleHUD awards nearly $8.4 million to Buffalo; Perry Choice plan will try again...
The week brought good news and disappointing news to the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The authority will receive nearly $8.4 million...
View ArticleLockport police smash 12th-floor window to rescue suicidal woman
LOCKPORT – Two Lockport detectives smashed the window of a top-story apartment in the city’s tallest building Thursday to rescue a woman who had been threatening to commit suicide.Detectives Kevin...
View ArticleTransportation deadline is April 1
PENDLETON – Deadline is April 1 for parents in the Starpoint Central School District to request transportation for their children attending non-public schools next fall. New applications must be made...
View ArticleHospital contradicts Newfane town supervisor’s charges
NEWFANE – Eastern Niagara Hospital responded Thursday to many of the claims made earlier this week by Newfane Supervisor Timothy R. Horanburg, who has been leading public response to what he says is a...
View ArticleTown of Lockport makes demolition plans
LOCKPORT – The Town Board on Thursday began the process of having two abandoned houses demolished.The houses, at 4853 Gothic Hill Road and 6361 Tonawanda Creek Road, both have been foreclosed upon by...
View ArticleNew casino falls short of meeting city pact
Seven years after the Seneca Nation struck a deal to open a casino in Buffalo, the early promises of a thousand jobs, better streets and marketing pitches to gamblers outside Western New York appear...
View ArticleConAgra unlikely to reverse plant closings in Fredonia, Dunkirk
FREDONIA – Chautauqua County Executive Vince Horrigan does not see any chance of reversing ConAgra’s decision to close food processing plants in Fredonia and Dunkirk.The company’s announcement...
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