Mass for Ann Billittier, co-owner of Chef’s Restaurant, is set for...
April 22, 1930 – May 11, 2013A Mass of Christian Burial for Ann Billittier, co-owner of Chef’s Restaurant, will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 4263 St...
View ArticleServotronics’ profits jump, sales fall in first quarter
Servotronics Inc.’s first-quarter profits nearly tripled, despite lower sales, as the restructuring of its cutlery business last year led to sharply lower losses from its knife business.While...
View ArticleHoskins seeks $2 billion in lawsuit over her horses
Three years after the SPCA raided her Morgan horse farm for alleged animal cruelty – and nearly a year into her ongoing criminal trial in the matter – Beth Lynne Hoskins has filed a civil lawsuit...
View ArticleHamburg School Board refuses to end blogger lawsuit
Hamburg School Board members Tuesday night refused to end a lawsuit that spawned a subpoena looking for the identity of an anonymous blogger.The board voted, 3-2, against a motion by board member...
View ArticleCeremony planned to mark signing of treaty with Senecas
The annual commemoration of the signing of the Buffalo Creek Treaty of 1842, which restored the Seneca Nation territories of Cattaraugus and Allegany, is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at the Burchfield...
View ArticleOrchard Park passes open-container law banning street use of alcohol
You won’t be able to walk down the street or sidewalk in the Town of Orchard Park drinking a beer, and you’ll need a permit to sip a glass of wine at Yates Park this summer.Town Board members...
View ArticleHot fries and more at Cala’s Kitchen in Derby
If you’ve never been to Cala’s Kitchen, it might be easy to miss it. It’s the middle storefront of a fairly nondescript three-business strip and has its sign flat against the building. But keep an eye...
View ArticleSUV crashes into Orchard Park spa; employee seriously injured
A 41-year-old woman crashed her sport utility vehicle into “Spa At Falling Waters,” an Orchard Park business, and seriously injured an employee Thursday morning, authorities said.The worker, Lisa...
View ArticlePublic help sought in probe of Orchard Park home burglary
Orchard Park police are seeking public help in their continuing investigation of the theft of $9,000 worth of jewelry during a residential burglary at 3894 Baker road sometime Wednesday morning....
View ArticleUniversity at Buffalo has helped bring modern technology to an age-old...
The type of historic terra cotta restoration performed by artisans at Boston Valley Terra Cotta is painstaking, time-consuming craftsmanship, and the work has been done largely the same way for...
View ArticlePartnership with UB brings high-tech tools to terra cotta firm
The type of historic terra cotta restoration performed by artisans at Boston Valley Terra Cotta is painstaking, time-consuming craftsmanship, and the work has been done largely the same way for...
View ArticleSpringville-Griffith board OKs teacher assessment plan after debate
A routine Springville-Griffith School Board vote this week to approve the district’s teacher assessment program spawned a broader debate among board members on potential problems with such programs...
View ArticleBPO announces summer season
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s summer season will take the musicians to several of Western New York’s best public spaces and performing venues. The BPO will perform 12 times, including several...
View ArticleTwo business use permits issued conditionally in Elma
The Elma Town Board has issued separate conditional business use permits to a builder and a businessman in an effort to make sure the applicants adhere to the town codes.Bryan Young, a businessman who...
View ArticleHamburg Schools get amnesty on $1.3 million owed state
Hamburg Central School District officials have received word that $1.34 million in transportation aid New York State was seeking to retrieve from Hamburg does not have to be paid back.The dispute with...
View ArticleOrchard Park’s July 4 parade will proceed
Orchard Park’s Fourth of July parade is on for this year.The fate of the parade was up in the air, because for a second consecutive year, no community group stepped up to organize it. The Orchard Park...
View ArticleKaleta blames Hamburg for loss of building he planned to use for his...
Patrick Kaleta thought he had found the perfect place to open a multisport complex for underserved youth in a long-vacant Walmart store on McKinley Parkway in Hamburg.But the Buffalo Sabre, several...
View ArticleBeaches in Hamburg to open
Woodlawn Beach State Park and Hamburg Town Park will open for the season Saturday, weather permitting, according to the town Department of Youth, Recreation and Senior Services.Certified lifeguards...
View ArticleHamburg police pull driver from Lake Erie after crash
A man found a creative way to escape authorities on Saturday.He jumped in the lake.But Hamburg police outsmarted him when they waded him out.The incident began as a one-vehicle crash shortly before 3...
View ArticleLost and found: Earliest Cradle Beach records discovered and returned
If you wanted to write a suspense story about two slim notebooks containing the handwritten records from the 1880s and 1890s that chronicle the birth of Cradle Beach, you would have a difficult time...
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