Niagara County fires back on Mount View lawsuit
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Attorney Claude A. Joerg moved last week to dismiss a lawsuit that attempted to invalidate the county’s sale of its former nursing home, which closed at the end of...
View ArticleSchools hope state aid will trim deficits
If it seems like budget gaps in suburban school districts are worse than ever this year, that’s because they are.• Frontier Central is working to reduce a $3.2 million gap.• Ken-Ton is struggling with...
View ArticleMaurice D. Cooper Sr., Niagara Falls funeral director
April 6, 1928 – March 21, 2014NIAGARA FALLS – Maurice D. Cooper Sr., a longtime funeral director who was a mentor to many younger funeral directors in the area, died Friday in Mount St. Mary’s...
View ArticleCommunity rallies support for threatened Eastern Niagara Hospital in Newfane
Eastern Niagara Hospital hasn’t decided if it is closing the Newfane facilty.But a few hundred people who believe otherwise turned out in Newfane Saturday to show Eastern Niagara how important the...
View ArticleChief Deputy Beatty earns top honor from state sheriffs for career achievement
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Sheriff’s Chief Administrative Deputy Thomas C. Beatty is known for working behind the scenes to get things done. But he recently found himself in the spotlight as he...
View Article2014 Niagara Falls police budget includes funds for SWAT vehicle
NIAGARA FALLS – The Niagara Falls Police Department’s 19-member Emergency Response Team, also known as ERT or SWAT, are the city’s elite – a highly trained unit called upon regularly to handle...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda native revives an Oliver Street building, brings art to the...
NORTH TONAWANDA – It’s easy to find Project 308 Gallery – named for its address on Oliver Street.The new gallery started as a project, quite literally a University at Buffalo art project, and has...
View ArticleSt. Peter’s School in Lewiston bolsters its future
LEWISTON – St. Peter’s Catholic School on Center Street escaped the recent rounds of school closings by the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo and now is out to make sure its future will never be in doubt.It...
View ArticleNew Castellani exhibit featuring the work of Cindy Sherman opens in April
LEWISTON – The Castellani Art Museum at Niagara University has been highlighting the diverse work of visual artists with Western New York connections who have gained national and international...
View ArticleAfter-school program targets teen pregnancy
NIAGARA FALLS – The Niagara Falls Housing Authority is offering a new after-school program aimed at reducing instances of teen pregnancy.The program, called Successfully Transitioning Youth to...
View ArticleOrleans County coroner proposes pet crematory in Lockport
LOCKPORT – The chief coroner of Orleans County is proposing to build a facility to cremate pets in the City of Lockport.Scott M. Schmidt, a funeral director in Albion for 32 years, told the Niagara...
View ArticleGardening classes sprouting up in county
LOCKPORT – Yes, spring really started this past week. Get ready with three spring gardening classes at the Cornell Cooperative Education Center, 4487 Lake Ave., Lockport. The classes are open to the...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
CAMBRIA• Comstock Road, Suzanne F. Milleville to AM Farms Llc, $204,000.• Upper Mountain Road, Matthew P. Foe; Jeanette S. Kroening to Karin Erdmann; Kaitlin Erdmann, $150,000.LEWISTON• Escarpment...
View ArticleJohn Zale’s Journey
John Zale spent some of the worst moments of his life on board a boat. He also spent some of the best there.Which is why – when his family dedicates Zale’s old wooden canoe in his memory later this...
View ArticleWhere are they now? Looking up Billie Lawless, Jim Lorentz, Semyon Bychkov...
Billie Lawless On a late-November day in 1984, Buffalo artist Billie Lawless got word that his controversial public sculpture, “Green Lightning,” was being demolished on the orders of Buffalo Mayor...
View ArticlePeople Talk: Michael McDuffie
Chess coach Michael McDuffie calls himself an ambassador for chess, helping hundreds of youngsters learn the strategic board game through Archangel 8 Chess Academy. For almost 15 years, McDuffie has...
View ArticleNiagara region no longer redlined for development projects
Jim Anthony came to do business in Niagara County with the usual concerns.“I had heard that Niagara Falls had some unique political and social challenges that were going to be detrimental to our...
View ArticleTalk with investor offers hope for development in Niagara County
Jim Anthony came to do business in Niagara County with the usual concerns.“I had heard that Niagara Falls had some unique political and social challenges that were going to be detrimental to our...
View ArticleGliding Stars lets skaters put their ‘true colors’ in the...
The popular 1990s song “True Colors” always reminds Janine Luss of her son, Ryan.The lyrics about seeing someone’s “true colors shining through” despite obstacles describe how she sees the...
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