Engineering review to start for Robert Moses Parkway
NIAGARA FALLS – A preliminary engineering and environmental review for the removal of the Robert Moses Parkway along the Niagara River Gorge is to begin in May, Assemblyman John D. Ceretto announced...
View ArticleLockport School Board to decide Wednesday on selling closed school
LOCKPORT – The Lockport City School District has received “at least one” offer to buy the closed Washington Hunt Elementary School, Assistant Superintendent Deborah A. Coder said Friday.Friday was the...
View ArticleTwo killed in Niagara County crash
Two people were killed in a one-car crash early Saturday on Porter Road in the Town of Niagara.The SUV was traveling west on the 7200 block of Porter Road when the driver failed to negotiate the...
View ArticleWilson woman accused of writing $56,000 worth of bad checks
LOCKPORT – A Wilson woman allegedly wrote three bad checks, totaling $56,000, to a local car dealership.Patricia L. Blair, 40, was charged with three counts of issuing a bad check. She was charged...
View ArticleLockport woman accused of identity theft
State Police have charged Chelsie T. Bogdan, 20, of Lockport with felony second-degree identity theft and petit larceny.A state police investigation found that Bogdan had allegedly made more than $800...
View ArticleFour community leaders to be honored at Citation Banquet
Four community leaders will be honored as the National Federation for Just Communities of Western New York holds its 2014 Citation Banquet at 6 p.m. April 10 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. The honorees...
View ArticleProposed charter school for Falls loses 5-0 vote in Council
NIAGARA FALLS – The City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to oppose a proposed charter school that city school district officials assert would take revenue away from the district and cause...
View ArticleLockport man charged with drunken driving following rollover crash
LOCKPORT – Four people escaped injury in a rollover crash at 10:30 p.m. Saturday on Rapids Road that was blamed on drunken driving, state police said Tuesday.Ethan C. Batt, 25, of Lockport was charged...
View ArticleGuns stolen from safe left behind in vacant building
NIAGARA FALLS – Police are investigating the theft of three shotguns, two rifles and ammunition from a safe in house in the 1700 block of Falls Street. Police said a woman told them Monday that she...
View ArticleLewiston Town Board plans special meeting Thursday
LEWISTON – The Lewiston Town Board will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Lewiston Town Hall, 1375 Ridge Road. The board will immediately enter into executive session to discuss...
View ArticleKenmore man pleads guilty to North Tonawanda burglary
LOCKPORT – A Kenmore man admitted in State Supreme Court Monday that he broke into an apartment in North Tonawanda.William P. Mellenthine, 28, of Mayville Avenue, pleaded guilty to third-degree...
View ArticleNU prepares to inaugurate its 26th president on Friday
LEWISTON – The Rev. James J. Maher will be inaugurated as 26th president of Niagara University during a ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Friday in the university’s Gallagher Center.The Rev. Joseph L. Levesque,...
View ArticleExcavation begins at contaminated site of former dry-cleaner
LOCKPORT – Crews hired by the state Department of Environmental Conservation began excavated contaminated soil Tuesday at the site of the former Peters Dry Cleaning store, 316 Willow St.The store,...
View ArticleLancaster man jailed on child porn charge
LOCKPORT – A Lancaster man was sentenced Tuesday to six months in Niagara County Jail to start a 10-year probation stint for having child pornography on his computer in February 2013.Jonathan...
View ArticleAmherst man admits stealing Lockport woman’s credit card
LOCKPORT – An Amherst man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Niagara County Court to stealing a Town of Lockport woman’s credit card between April 25 and May 1.Joseph W. Donner, 29, of Tonawanda Creek Road,...
View ArticleFalls man pleads guilty to failed break-in try
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man admitted Monday in Niagara County Court that he tried to break into an apartment on Lincoln Place in the Falls about 1 a.m. Oct. 7.Kyle D. Sullivan, 24, of Linwood...
View ArticleFalls man admits to dealing cocaine
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man accepted a plea offer Tuesday in Niagara County Court, admitting that he sold cocaine in the Falls two years ago.Terrence A. Hardy. 29, of Whitney Avenue, pleaded guilty...
View ArticleOrleans County man admits fondling teen in Cambria
LOCKPORT – A former Cambria resident now living in Orleans County admitted Tuesday in Niagara County Court that he fondled the private parts of a 17-year-old girl on the couch in his former...
View ArticleWheatfield grapples with loss of farmland
WHEATFIELD – Despite the town’s massive residential growth in the past 20 years, 28 percent of Wheatfield’s surface area is still farmed.Efforts to prevent that figure from falling further were the...
View ArticleFalls attempted murder case headed to jury
LOCKPORT – A Niagara County Court jury will decide today whether Cordarise M. Houston is the man who shot John Petty last May 26, leaving the victim a paraplegic.There’s no doubt about it, Deputy...
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