Both drivers hurt in collision of car and snowplow
A 57-year-old Blasdell man and a 40-year-old West Valley man were both hospitalized after a two-car crash at about 12:20 p.m. Friday at New Oregon Road and Genesee Road in the Town of North Collins,...
View ArticleEast Aurora celebrates the chicken wing
To honor the upcoming 50th anniversary of the invention of the Buffalo chicken wing at the Anchor Bar, head down Route 400 to East Aurora today.Get 20 percent off a wing necktie at Vidler’s 5 &...
View ArticleIn the wake of 10 years of closings and mergers at churches, schools and...
We live in a time of letting go.All over Western New York, beloved institutions have come to an end.Schools attended by hundreds of children have merged with others or been closed. Neighborhood...
View ArticleHamburg Gaming spreads wings with 'Chick Tac Toe'
Think you’re smart enough to outwit a chicken?Drew Cerza is going to try. So will Lance Diamond and Ruben Brown.They’re going to be the first to play a new game at Hamburg Gaming: Chick Tac Toe.Yes,...
View ArticleDemocratic candidate uses unproven hacking claim to raise funds
WASHINGTON – Five months after Democratic congressional candidate Martha Robertson raised big bucks off an unproven claim that Republicans tried hacking her website, GOP operatives are accusing her of...
View ArticleSouthtowns man, 32, killed in crash on Route 240 in Concord
A Southtowns man suffered fatal injuries late Saturday in a Concord crash after he lost control of his car, slid into oncoming traffic and was struck broadside by a pickup, the Erie County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleTo this day, veteran from Blasdell still dreams of being in battle after D-Day
By Lou Michel News Staff ReporterAt age 12, Donald W. Seefeldt learned the definition of backbreaking work as a farmhand in Medina. His chores, before and after school, included milking cows by hand,...
View ArticleInternal strife increases as Hamburg School Board members air fears
Drama continues in the Hamburg Central School District.In the latest episode of the soap opera-like dysfunction that has plagued the board for three years, two board members said they are afraid to...
View ArticleParents upset at state lag on medical marijuana
ALBANY – Wendy S. Conte, of Orchard Park, returned from Colorado a few weeks ago after renting an apartment there, getting a Colorado driver’s license and setting up residency.“Officially, I’m a...
View ArticleHerman J. Bowman, former superintendent of East Aurora School District
June 9, 1926 – Feb. 24, 2014Herman J. Bowman, a former superintendent of the East Aurora School District, died Feb. 24 in Autumn View Health Care Facility, Hamburg, after a brief illness. He was...
View ArticleSanborn man faces two drunken driving charges
A Niagara County man faces a pair of drunken driving charges after he was stopped shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday on Route 240 in the Town of Concord, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office reports.Brian S....
View ArticleEast Aurora School Board fills budget hole by deferring premium
Facing a midyear shortfall of more than $400,000, East Aurora school officials have managed to fill the budgetary hole without making cuts to staff or programs.School Board President Daniel Brunson...
View ArticleHolland School District will have tax cap of zero for 2014-15
The Holland School Board has learned that calculations for the district’s tax cap resulted in a percentage so low, the actual tax cap number is minus 1.2 percent.However, because New York State...
View ArticleAuthorities identify Southtowns man killed in Concord crash
The Southtowns man fatally injured in a Concord crash late Saturday when his car was struck by a pickup truck has been identified as 31-year-old Joseph R. Pinelli, of Springville, Erie County...
View ArticleWinter’s chill back with a vengeance
Enough already. We’re in March, so when do we get a little relief from this relentless winter?Not tonight.Low temperatures are expected to drop to 0 to 5 degrees below zero throughout Western New York...
View ArticleWinter’s chill back, but some relief is in sight
Enough already. It’s March, the month that we’re supposed to start getting a little relief from this relentless winter.But not quite yet. After a night of lows between zero to 5 below, the thermometer...
View ArticleVillage taxes would go up 2 percent in Hamburg
Nearly half a million dollars in road repairs are planned in the Village of Hamburg’s proposed 2014-15 budget.The work is the final phase of the initiative to repair and resurface village streets, and...
View ArticleEast Aurora begins budget review
The mayor’s tentative East Aurora budget with a potential tax increase of 1 percent was delivered to the Village Board at its meeting Monday.The spending proposal has money to cover increased health...
View ArticleEx-Buffalo housing specialist now Lackawanna development director
An economic development consultant who formerly served as a housing specialist for the City of Buffalo was appointed Monday as director of development for the City of Lackawanna.Mayor Geoffrey M....
View ArticleLow temps freeze U.S. car sales but local sales bolstered by auto show effect
Bitter cold put a chill on new car sales nationwide in February, but the low temperatures’ effect was less apparent in the Buffalo Niagara region.Our car buyers could be a heartier bunch, but a more...
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