Blasdell village attorney to retire, firm to fill in
Longtime Village of Blasdell attorney James M. Shaw has told the Village Board that he is retiring after 16 years of providing legal counsel to the village.The board appointed Shaw’s firm, Shaw and...
View ArticleState Parks to air plans for redesign of Goat Island trails, other changes
NIAGARA FALLS - Plans to redesign Goat Island in Niagara Falls State Park will be the subject of an open house hosted by state parks officials from 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Conference & Event...
View ArticleTroopers use tall, unmarked SUVs in crackdown on texting drivers
MOUNT PLEASANT — Even for a state trooper, it’s not easy to spot drivers who are texting. Their smartphones are down on their laps, not at their ears. And they’re probably not moving their lips.That’s...
View ArticleHamburg superintendent responds to Buffalo News article
Since our story on the crisis in the Hamburg Central School District ran Sunday, many people have taken note. Some folks have talked about the great things students are doing, including collecting...
View ArticleHamburg woman sentenced in tax scheme
A Hamburg woman who confessed her involvement in a tax scheme that earned her and a co-conspirator $60,961 in fraudulent tax returns was sentenced Monday to time served and ordered to pay restitution...
View ArticleHamburg enacts moratorium on electronic signs
Hamburg town board members Monday night called a temporary halt to new digital signs that flash bright colors as their messages change.The six-month moratorium on electronic variable signs will be in...
View ArticleErie County budget plan holds line on taxes, boosts funds for culturals
Erie County lawmakers heard a lot Monday evening during their public hearing on County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz’s budget proposal for 2014, including appeals to support Poloncarz’s plan to hire a...
View ArticleE-ZPass now available at Tops, Wegmans
Obtaining an E-ZPass should now be as easy as its name suggests.E-ZPass tags have become available for purchase in Western New York at area Tops Markets and Wegmans locations, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo...
View ArticleHamburg OKs 6-month moratorium on electronic signs
Hamburg Town Board members Monday night called a temporary halt to new digital signs that flash bright colors as their messages change.The six-month moratorium on electronic variable signs will be in...
View ArticleFood banks across Upstate New York
Feeding the hungryHere is a comparison of food banks across upstate New YorkFood Bank of Western New York Service area: four countiesPeople served monthly: 96,170 (38,685 children; 7,847 seniors)...
View ArticleCollecting food for the hungry becomes big business in WNY
A Buffalo disc jockey braves freezing November temperatures to camp out in a tractor-trailer for one week to collect frozen turkeys for the Food Bank of Western New York. The sleep-out last year...
View ArticleSnowstorm ‘pretty much on track’ as it moves into Buffalo region
Grab the shovel and snow brush and rev up the snowblower.Snow is moving into the region this afternoon, and because it’s not the lake-effect variety, everyone will get some.In Buffalo and northern...
View ArticlePolice from around state converge on Olean for trooper’s funeral
ALLEGANY – As many as 2,000 police officers from all over New York and elsewhere joined other mourners assembled here in St. Bonaventure University’s Reilly Center early this afternoon to say a final...
View ArticleEx-sheriff’s dispatcher sent to prison for injuring two in DWI accident
A former Erie County sheriff’s dispatcher was sentenced Tuesday to one to three years in prison for plowing into two pedestrians as he was driving his pickup truck at a high rate of speed last April...
View ArticleWoman charged with DWI after one-car crash
A 33-year-old woman was charged with drunken driving, after a one-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon on the Seneca Nation Reservation.Jessica J. Garrow, of Gordon Garrow Road, was arrested for DWI and...
View ArticleGraham sentenced to five years over failed attempt to kill girl, 17
A Buffalo teenager whose attempt to kill a 17-year-old girl failed when his revolver did not fire because he had loaded it with the wrong ammunition was sentenced today to five years in prison.State...
View ArticleElma man charged with DWI after driving his car into ditch
An Elma man was arrested for drunken driving and other charges after he drove his car into a ditch Monday night on Willardshire Road in the town of Aurora, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleWinds, snow join storm package today
A winter wonderland greeted Western New Yorkers this morning, complicating travel plans and last-minute preparations for Thanksgiving.A powerful winter storm, fueled by an intense low-pressure system...
View ArticleState Police patrols to focus on drinking, texting drivers
State police will step up traffic patrols over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Tuesday, focusing especially on drunken drivers, aggressive drivers and drivers talking...
View ArticlePumping station studied for North End Water District
FREDONIA – Village officials will review an engineering report on the possible installation of a pumping station in the Pomfret North End Water District. About 15 homes are served by the water...
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