Graduation rates up for some Niagara high schools
Niagara County schools showed small gains and minor losses in the percentages of their high school students graduating in four years in 2012, according to data released Monday by the state Education...
View ArticleNew bids sought for garbage totes for West Seneca, Lackawanna
NEWS STAFF REPORTERBidding has been reopened for garbage and recycling totes for two suburbs after potential bidders claimed they never received specifications in the mail.The Town of West Seneca and...
View ArticlePeace Bridge battle stirs Canadian threat to fight in court
WASHINGTON – The Canadian ambassador to the United States said Tuesday that New York legislation to disband the Peace Bridge Authority would delay improvements at the span by prompting a court battle...
View ArticleAstronics signs contract
Astronics Corp.’s Canadian subsidiary has signed a long-term agreement with Rockwell Collins to supply a variety of aircraft products to aerospace products manufacturer Rockwell Collins.The East...
View ArticleDeal reached on tax free companies at college campuses
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have agreed on a new plan for businesses to locate tax-free on state and private college campuses and to sharply expand casino gambling opportunities in...
View ArticleWest Seneca man facing prison in plea deal on sex attack
LOCKPORT –A West Seneca man charged with sexually attacking a 12-year-old girl in North Tonawanda last year accepted a plea deal Wednesday in Niagara County Court.Justin C. Wheeler, 21, of Westminster...
View ArticlePoloncarz startled from sleep as burglar climbs into home, flees with...
Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz had a scare Monday when a burglar broke into his Delaware Avenue home while he was sleeping.Poloncarz said he was awakened at about 5:30 a.m. by the noise of...
View ArticleAccess road for Fox Run in Orchard Park opened
Orchard Park Town Board members Wednesday night approved a new access to the Fox Run senior development to allow residents to get to California Road.“I think this is really a great move,” Supervisor...
View ArticleFrontier School Board restores two of nine nonteaching positions
The Frontier School Board continues to face budget pain as it gets pressure from some union representatives and staff to reinstate positions cut as part of its $73.2 million budget.The board was...
View Article561 residents vote on priorities for fines from Tonawanda Coke pollution
Establishing an environmental justice endowment. Buying and renovating 40 acres of potential parkland along the Niagara River. Working with manufacturers to reduce toxic chemicals. Providing a fund...
View ArticleCity and sand: For couple living near lake, it’s the perfect lifestyle
Most people enjoy getting to know their neighbors. When it’s Lake Erie right outside your door, it takes some time to get acquainted.“The lake has a million personalities. When it’s angry, it gets...
View ArticleBarred as prosecutor, attorney is made judge in Lackawanna
In January, Norman A. LeBlanc Jr. was considered unfit to be a prosecutor in Lackawanna City Court, but two months later, he was appointed to preside over that same court as an associate judge.Erie...
View ArticleLocal group protests overcharges by National Fuel Gas
Protesters Thursday picketed outside the Old Erie County Building to call on National Fuel Gas to return to its customers possible excessive earnings that were made by the utility since 2008. Last...
View ArticleMore than 8,000 expected to participate in fundraiser
More than 8,000 bicyclists will travel routes ranging from 3 to 100 miles to raise money for the fight against cancer this weekend in the annual Ride for Roswell. It begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday with...
View ArticleHamburg School Board approves funding for literacy and writing program...
Hamburg School Board members Thursday night approved funding that would allow a West Seneca school administrator to provide district teachers training and development services in a literacy and...
View ArticleOne killed, one hurt in accident near Evangola State Park
One person was killed and another was being treated at Erie County Medical Center Friday night after a Jeep rolled over on Route 5 near the entrance to Evangola State Park.The accident happened...
View ArticleBuffalo Medical Group to triple size of Southtowns office
Buffalo Medical Group, the region’s largest independent medical practice, is tripling the size of its Southtowns office, moving to a new building that will be constructed on the site of a former...
View ArticleZoo gates by black architect on Historic Register
Brent Rollins remembers his great-uncle John E. Brent as very loving and a humble man – a good guy. But what he did not know until he became an adult was that his late great-uncle was an important...
View ArticleFamily of drowned, possibly drunken Bills fan, weighs lawsuit
David Gerken Jr. made plans to meet his brother and some friends after the Bills-Dolphins game last November.Ejected by stadium security for being disruptive and possibly drunk, Gerken said he would...
View ArticleActivist thinks MLK Splash Pad should stay open later
City Hall spent $4.5 million dollars for long-awaited, state-of-the-art splash pad at Martin Luther King Park.It comes with 15-foot-high water sprays that are synchronized with colorful lights. But a...
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