Uncle Sam invites young steelworker to where the bullets fly
As a boy growing up in South Buffalo, David M. Sorg discovered he had a flair for writing and often received high marks on his compositions.“Writing was the only thing I liked to do when I was in...
View ArticleExit polls after school elections offer glimpse of voters’ mind-sets
On Tuesday evening, when votes have been counted and school boards learn whether their budgets have been approved and which board members have been elected, there will be, for some officials, one more...
View ArticleReinventing an ancient art form
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 ArticleLackawanna leaders struggle toward recovery
It stood as an ornate symbol of steel industry might and job opportunity.But as the Bethlehem Steel Administration Building languished for decades – empty and without purpose – it became a different...
View ArticleMotorcycle checkpoint nets one DWI arrest
A motorcycle safety checkpoint conducted by two local police agencies Sunday led to the arrest of an Angola man for driving while intoxicated.Orchard Park police and the state police inspected more...
View ArticleLackawanna police to get two 2.75% raises, two 3% raises, back pay
Lackawanna police officers will get a 2.75 percent raise this year and in 2014 and 3 percent raises in 2015 and 2016, under the terms of a new contract approved Monday by the City Council.The deal...
View ArticleEast Aurora green-lights plan for $6.1 million firehouse
The East Aurora Village Board voted unanimously Monday to go forward with a plan for a new $6.1 million firehouse that has signature East Aurora design elements – gabled roofs, panels of square...
View ArticleTeen thanks paramedics who treated him after gruesome bike accident
Caide Neff stood Monday morning holding three bouquets of flowers outside the new Rural/Metro Medical Services training center in West Seneca. The 14-year-old and his mother were about to meet the...
View ArticleDaniel J. Tomaka Sr., owned Lackawanna businesses
April 6, 1938 – May 19, 2013Daniel J. Tomaka Sr., who owned and operated a beverage distribution company and several other businesses, died Sunday in his Lake View home after a battle with cancer. He...
View ArticleTops to add Orchard Fresh store after Orchard Park success
It looks like Tops Friendly Markets picked a winner with its new Orchard Fresh concept store.The supermarket opened a high-end gourmet and specialty food retail shop in Orchard Park last month. The...
View ArticleWoman who caused crash killing baby gets 15 years
The mother of seven-month-old Baylee Marie Dion recalled her as a blue-eyed angel, “ripped from me” by a drunken driver guilty of “killing my perfect baby.”Denise Hine, Baylee’s mother, asked a judge...
View ArticleFisher-Price cutting 100 jobs in East Aurora
Fisher-Price’s East Aurora campus will have 100 fewer employees by fall.About 100 employees received notices Wednesday that their jobs will be consolidated to Mattel’s North America Division in El...
View ArticleLackawanna man pleads guilty to drug and weapon charges
A Lackawanna man has pleaded guilty in Erie County Court to selling crack cocaine and illegally possessing a weapon, the District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.Kenneth Morris, 35, of Franklin...
View ArticleFour cars at Irving car dealer damaged by shotgun blasts
IRVING – Four cars were damaged by shotgun fire earlier this month at the Jim White’s Auto Sales business on Routes 5 & 20. Co-owner and manager Richard White confirmed the damage Wednesday.He...
View ArticleParent company cuts jobs at Lake Shore, Brooks hospitals
The parent corporation of Lake Shore Health Care Center in Irving and Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk has laid off at least 40 employees over the past two days to lower costs and eliminate...
View ArticleECC graduates hear Herbeck’s keys to success
Award-winning Buffalo News reporter Dan Herbeck, keynote speaker at Erie Community College’s 65th commencement Wednesday evening in the steamy SUNY Buffalo State Sports Arena, gave himself as an...
View ArticleBaby born in van on Thruway in Cheektowaga is a traffic stopper
When folks were telling Michael Buttino on Wednesday that they never could have done what he did, he shrugged them off. He had no doubts about helping his wife deliver their sixth baby – in the...
View ArticleFederal funds to replace Cattaraugus Creek bridge
The 57-year-old bridge that carried Route 219 over Cattaraugus Creek will be replaced with federal funds.The bridge, which links the towns of Concord in Erie County and Ashford in Cattaraugus County,...
View ArticleRoycroft Inn shakes stodgy reputation with updated menu
The Roycroft Inn in East Aurora is one of the most famous buildings in Western New York, a certified national landmark built in 1905 during the rise of the Arts and Crafts Movement.Until last month, I...
View ArticleElma board revokes amended business-use permit for site on Seneca Street
The Elma Town Board on Wednesday revoked an amended business-use permit for a site on Seneca Street because of alleged noncompliance with terms of the permit.The board at its May 15 board meeting...
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