An abundance of joy replaces a life of misery
The two photographs tell the story of Mary Lou Steff’s journey from misery to happiness.In the photo snapped the night the 66-year-old developmentally disabled woman was rescued from her brother’s...
View ArticleHartwell Road bandit faces up to 50 years in prison
A 21-year-old Hartwell Road man who terrorized a truck driver last month while free on bail for the violent mugging of a Buffalo Performing Arts Academy student two years ago faces a prison term of up...
View ArticleNiagara Falls election pamphlet names incumbents, omits challengers
NIAGARA FALLS – A pamphlet distributed by the Niagara Falls School District to inform voters about next week’s budget vote and School Bboard election excludes the names of challengers running for the...
View ArticleMarilla Town attorney to investigate state permit allowing bio-solid storage
The Marilla Town Board voted last week to authorize Town Attorney Joel Kurtzhalts to investigate a state Department of Environmental Conservation review on which the DEC based its decision to issue a...
View Article‘One-man crime wave’ gets 16 years in prison
Jordan Williams was denounced by State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller as “a one-man crime wave” was he was ordered Monday to serve a prison term of 16 years for six attacks on five...
View ArticleHazardous household waste drop-off this Saturday at ECC North Campus
The Erie County Department of Environment & Planning, in cooperation with the town of Amherst, Erie Community College and the Northeast Southtowns Solid Waste Management Board, will hold a pair of...
View ArticleSeven candidates for Springville School Board trade views at forum
Candidates for seats on the Springville-Griffith Institute Board of Education voiced their views on topics such as testing, communication and vision for the district’s future during a candidates’...
View ArticleWest Seneca enacts moratorium on anaerobic digestion facilities
Building new or expanding existing anaerobic digestion facilities in West Seneca was put on hold Monday night, when the Town Board unanimously approved a six-month moratorium during which it will...
View ArticleConvicted burglar sentenced to 32 years-to-life in prison
After Anthony Mills complained about being “let down” by the criminal justice system, Erie County Judge Sheila A. DiTullio denounced him as “a life-long criminal” and ordered him to serve a prison...
View Article‘All Wright All Day’ tours to be offered this summer
The “All Wright All Day” tour – featuring a tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s residential, recreational and monumental designs, including the newly opened Filling Station – will be offered 11 times this...
View ArticleWest Seneca offers co-ed kickball league for adults
An adult, co-ed kickball league will be offered by West Seneca’s Youth & Recreation Department this summer.Open to people age 18 and older, teams must have 10 members – including at least three...
View ArticleHistory Museum, Preservation Buffalo Niagara offer discounted summer...
The Buffalo History Museum and Preservation Buffalo Niagara will offer a three-month summer membership for $20 for June through August.It will entitle members access to discounted walking tours,...
View ArticleFlooding hits Gowanda, Silver Creek and North Collins
Gowanda, Silver Creek and North Collins – areas hit hard by flooding today – should see rains taper off, but could see a return of heavy showers Thursday, according to the National Weather...
View ArticleWinners of new cultural awards program announced
The Western New York cultural advocacy group Arts Services Initiative will announce the winners of its inaugural “Spark” Cultural Awards this morning.Molly Bethel, who co-founded the Locust Street...
View ArticleMaziarz, Gallivan deny political magazine report that they made illegal...
State Sens. George D. Maziarz and Patrick M. Gallivan issued statements Tuesday in which both denied any wrongdoing, after an Albany-based political magazine said the two local senators led the state...
View ArticleHamburg board member asks state education commissioner to halt bid to remove...
A Hamburg Central School Board member maintains the board did not have enough votes to charge her with official misconduct last week, and she is asking the state education commissioner to halt the...
View ArticleTonawanda School Board discusses policy for use of athletic fields
The state of the Tonawanda City School District’s athletic fields – and who’s using them – was the main topic of discussion at Tuesday’s meeting of the School Board.The board recently approved a...
View ArticleResidents face another cleanup but nothing like in 2009
Five years after “the 500-year flood,” the high-water mark is still visible on the rear of Ken Lashua’s one-story brick home in Silver Creek.It’s four feet off the ground.Tuesday, residents were...
View ArticleSPCA reaches settlement with Hoskins
A four-year legal battle over the custody of the 73 horses seized by the SPCA Serving Erie County from Beth Lynn Hoskins’ farm in East Aurora for animal cruelty has been settled, according to the...
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