Library director defends spending to promote taxing district
The head of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Thursday denied accusations inferred from a comptroller’s audit that the library board squandered $422,777 promoting a failed plan... Read More
View ArticleGarden Notes: News of area clubs and events
Hamburg House and Garden Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Hamburg United Methodist Church, 118 Union St., Hamburg. Barbara Donsky, a member of the African Violet and Gesneriad Society of Western...
View ArticleFamily of girl scalded by Denny’s coffee wins $500,000 settlement
More than 20 years after a New Mexico woman garnered headlines after she sued McDonald’s over a scalding cup of coffee, a 5-year-old girl has won a six-figure settlement in Buffalo federal... Read More
View ArticleFirst Niagara hit with $665 million loss
First Niagara Financial Group’s spate of acquisitions – while profitable – is turning out to be less valuable than its executives originally thought, because of the sluggish... Read More
View ArticleMild weekend weather beckons
A sunny weather forecast with just a chance of showers Saturday afternoon makes the weekend a good one for farmers market pumpkin shopping, getting lost in a corn maze or the simple pleasures of an...
View ArticleMoog to cut space and defense, aircraft group jobs
Moog Inc., facing stagnant sales in its aircraft business and the prospect of lower revenues in its space and defense unit, is making significant cuts in its workforce.The Elma motion control... Read...
View ArticleRodriguez found guilty of second-degree murder in 1979 ‘cold...
An Erie County Court jury found Michael Rodriguez guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his estranged wife 108 times more than 35 years ago in a Lackawanna cemetery.Sighs went up......
View ArticleConviction in three hours puts an end to a murder case that lingered for 35...
It took a jury less than three hours Friday afternoon to convict Michael Rodriguez in a 35-year-old murder that four Erie County prosecutors had refused to take.An Erie County jury convicted the...
View ArticleFor Collins, O'Donnell is a low-key challenge
Comparing the congressional race between Rep. Chris Collins and James O’Donnell to David versus Goliath would be an insult to David. The 29-year-old O’Donnell, who as a Buffalo police ... Read More
View ArticleEden seeks to lower costs by recycling textile items
An effort to recycle more textiles has begun in Eden. The Town Board has endorsed a statewide program to increase recycling of old clothing, tents, towels, rugs and other fabrics. Councilman... Read...
View ArticleFood Bank asks for holiday turkeys
With Thanksgiving a month away, the Food Bank of Western New York, which distributes food to pantries in Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties, is making a push for more turkeys.... Read...
View ArticleResolved cold murder case brings warm smiles of gratitude
After a jury convicted Michael Rodriguez on Friday of killing his estranged wife 35 years ago, the victim’s diminutive, elderly mother threw her arms around State Police Senior Investigator... Read More
View ArticleFood Bank pressed by holiday need
With Thanksgiving a month away, the Food Bank of Western New York, which distributes food to pantries in Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties, is making a push for more turkeys.... Read...
View ArticleLegislature sets hearing schedule for 2015 budget
The Erie County Legislature has released its schedule of hearings with department officials on the proposed 2015 budget that was submitted by County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz last week.The... Read...
View ArticleLackawanna mechanic charged with stealing $4,000 worth of tools
A Lackawanna man was arrested Friday and accused of stealing more than $4,000 worth of tools from a Buffalo business that employed him.Jason M. Mages, 37, of Date Street was charged with stealing a...
View ArticleEvents for people with disabilities
In honor of National Employment Disabilities Awareness Month and Disabilities Mentoring Day, the 2014 Autumn Diversity Career Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Buffalo and......
View ArticleCleveland Hill gets $1 million federal grant
The Cleveland Hill School District is set to give behavioral intervention the same attention it gives to improving academic performance, thanks to a $1 million grant from the federal government.......
View Article‘Point 10’ of Women’s Equality Act revives political...
More than two decades after Operation Rescue, the steps of Buffalo City Hall last week again became the scene of the abortion debate, but this time around, the talk was political, not... Read More
View ArticleSedita: ‘I was wrong’ not to prosecute
Michael Rodriguez was not the only loser Friday when he was convicted of murdering his estranged wife in a cold case dating back 35 years.Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III also... Read...
View Article'Point 10' revives abortion debate in campaign
More than two decades after Operation Rescue, the steps of Buffalo City Hall last week again became the scene of the abortion debate, but this time around, the talk was political, not... Read More
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