Thanksgiving Day closings
This is how area offices and services will be affected Thursday by the Thanksgiving Day holiday.City Court Closed County courts Closed State courts Closed Federal courts Closed City offices Closed...
View ArticleOlean street program advances
OLEAN – The project to transform Olean’s North Union Street into a more walkable, safer street, with a new water and sewer system underneath has yet to be fully accepted but final hurdles are not far...
View ArticleVirginian to lead Visit Buffalo Niagara
The head of the tourism promotion agency in Loudoun County, Va., will be introduced as the new leader of Visit Buffalo Niagara today, a tourism industry source said.Patrick Kaler, president and chief...
View ArticleProposed group home in Evans drawing opposition
A group home proposed for Evans is coming under fire from officials and residents, who have more questions than answers.The Town Board, at a special meeting Tuesday, went on record opposing the group...
View ArticleCar stuck in Route 219 snow leads to felony DWI arrest
Weather may have played a role, but alcohol was behind the arrest of a Buffalo motorist whose car went off Route 219 in the Town of Concord early Wednesday morning, Erie County sheriff’s deputies...
View ArticlePower failure closes Lackawanna City Hall today
Lackawanna City Hall will be closed today because of a power failure.Mayor Geoffrey M. Szymanski said a problem with a transformer has caused the power, phone lines and internet connection to be out...
View ArticleCorasanti juror pleads guilty in second DWI case
A juror from the Dr. James G. Corasanti fatal hit-and-run DWI trial, who has been arrested twice this year for suspected drunken driving, pleaded guilty Tuesday to driving while intoxicated Oct. 19 in...
View ArticleDrunk driver charged in fatal West Seneca accident
Police have charged a West Seneca man with driving while intoxicated in the accident that claimed the life of West Seneca Democratic Chairman Daniel S. McParlane early Wednesday morning.Robert J. Styn...
View ArticleRed Cross soliciting holiday blood donors
The Red Cross will hold blood drives today and over the holiday weekend at several sites across Erie County, in anticipation of the need for blood for weekend accidents and other emergencies.Blood...
View ArticleRichard L. Allen, 91, retired New York Telephone employee
March 22, 1922 – Nov. 26, 2013Richard L. Allen, of East Aurora, a retired employee of New York Telephone, died Tuesday in Mercy Hospital following a short illness. He was 91.Born in Pottstown, Pa., he...
View ArticleDrunk driver charged in fatal West Seneca accident
A drunken driver was charged in the early Wednesday morning crash that killed Daniel S. McParlane, police said, while others lamented the end of a promising political career of the young chairman of...
View ArticleWest Seneca, Lancaster high schools reap rewards in Florida
When members of the West Seneca High School marching band won the silver state championship cup this season – for the fourth time in five years, no less – they reveled in the unexpected rewards of...
View ArticleDiscount Diva’s tips for surviving Black Friday
Brown is the new black. Brown Thursday – the shopping extravaganza formerly known as Thanksgiving – will kick off the shopping season today, one day before the traditional Black Friday.It’s considered...
View ArticleMercy Flight fly-over part of Santa Claus parade Friday
OLEAN – Nearly four dozen units will take part in Olean’s annual Santa Claus Lane Parade on Friday evening. Mercy Flight of Western New York will officially kick off the procession with a helicopter...
View ArticleHamburgh Holidays set for Saturday kickoff
Hamburgh Holidays will kick off at 11 a.m. Saturday with the Santa Claus parade. The parade will feature music, floats and marchers. Masters of ceremonies will announce the names of contingents from...
View ArticleThanksgiving Day closing
This is how area offices and services will be affected today by the Thanksgiving Day holiday.City Court Closed County courts Closed State courts Closed Federal courts Closed City offices Closed County...
View ArticleLake levels rise nearly a foot in one year
Lake Erie’s water level in October was 10 inches higher than in the previous October, recovering from the historic drop-off in 2012.The 10-inch rise is equivalent to the water volume in more than 2...
View ArticleHolland School Board votes not to reopen building
Preliminary discussions on a potential capital project have drawn the Holland School Board back into the thorny topic of building reconfigurations, particularly whether to reopen the former middle...
View ArticleSummer day camp proposed in West Seneca
It was well before this week’s Thanksgiving school break when parents started calling the Town of Orchard Park’s Recreation Department to ask about next summer’s day camp program.“We have probably...
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