Where We Live: Lackawanna
Lackawanna Lackawanna has been awarded $90,000 in state funding to plan for revitalizing the city’s waterfront, which has been privately owned and inaccessible to residents for more than 100 years.The...
View ArticleThe secret world of volunteer firefighters
When you join a volunteer fire department, you know that you will have to complete challenging training in firefighting and often in emergency medical care.You know you’ll be learning to put out...
View ArticleHelp available for strapped pet owners
The story of an unemployed Angola man who claimed he had found an abandoned, injured puppy in the woods, then confessed that the dog was his and that he made up the story because he was unable to...
View ArticleThree more clients of corrupt Erie County lawyers are repaid
Three more Erie County clients cheated by crooked lawyers have been repaid a total of $142,371 embezzled from them as part of the latest reimbursements from the state’s Lawyers Fund for Client...
View ArticleClosed-door meeting set by Hamburg School Board
The Hamburg Central School Board has rescheduled the special meeting canceled last Thursday to 7:30 p.m. today in the Administration Building, 5305 Abbott Road.The board plans to go into executive...
View ArticleMany Erie County residents about to miss tax break
Residents in more than 54,000 homes across Western New York are on the verge of not accepting a gift of about $500 each from New York State.Two state legislators from Western New York took to the...
View ArticleWest Seneca woman bound and robbed in home invasion
A West Seneca woman was the victim of a terrifying home invasion robbery Sunday afternoon, police said.The woman, described as a senior citizen, was approached by a man at her home in the Fisher Court...
View ArticleHEAP outreach planned for Thursday in Springville
A Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) outreach will be held Thursday in Concord Town Hall, 86 Franklin St., Springville. Interviews begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m. Doors open at 8:30 a.m....
View ArticleLackawanna woman receives father's lost medals
Until two weeks ago, Rita Dudczak of Lackawanna was unaware that her late father’s military medals for World War II service were languishing in an old desk drawer in the Rath County Office...
View ArticleUnited Way Challenge presents grand prizes to 16 winners
Sixteen winners were presented with grand prizes Monday in the United Way of Buffalo & Erie County’s eighth annual United Way Challenge. Winners were chosen from among donors who pledged at least...
View ArticleBills expect blackout of Sunday's Dolphins game
Twice this season, Buffalo Bills owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr. rode to the rescue, agreeing to purchase the remaining tickets to a Bills home game, thus avoiding a local TV blackout.But there apparently...
View ArticleFather charged in shaken-baby attack on 3-month-old boy
A 3-month-old boy was hospitalized with a serious brain injury Monday night after being shaken violently by his father, Buffalo police said.Alex Mercado, 21, of Amherst Street was charged with...
View ArticleSeveral injured in five-car pileup late Monday on the Skyway
Police, fire and medical personnel late Monday responded to a five-car pileup on the inbound Skyway that resulted in one vehicle rolling over, Buffalo police said.The crash occurred shortly before 11...
View ArticleIce cuts power to 39,000; some homes may be out until Tuesday
Power has been restored to about 10,000 or 11,000 of the 39,000 National Grid customers who lost power in Western New York overnight, but some homes may not get power back until Tuesday, company...
View ArticleHolland School Board renews agreement with Raiders for no-cost football
The Holland School Board last week voted 6 to 1 to renew an agreement with the Holland Raiders, allowing Holland athletes to once again participate in the East Aurora-Holland football program in...
View ArticleOrchard Park seniors work Bills concession stand to fund new center
Don’t tell these senior citizens to stay home and knit doilies.Orchard Park seniors have been in the trenches at Buffalo Bills games – including Sunday’s home finale – selling beer and beef on...
View ArticleElma water rate hike of 35 cents a quarter kicks in Feb. 1
Town of Elma water customers have not had a rate increase the last three years, but that is about to change.Though not by much.The increase as of Feb. 1 will average about 35 cents every three...
View ArticlePower outages give way to flooding concerns in WNY
Most Western New Yorkers who lost their electrical power got it back late Sunday and overnight, but the weather concerns now move to local creeks, especially Tonawanda Creek, which is expected to...
View ArticleFelony DWI charged following traffic stop in Orchard Park
State police based at Boston have charged a 39-year-old Blasdell man with felony driving while intoxicated after he was stopped for changing lanes unsafely over the weekend.A trooper stopped the...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: Candelight Christmas services
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