In eight months, Hamburg has found plenty to like about ‘Code...
It was nasty on Jan. 6.The temperature had been dropping, the snow was falling, and the wind was howling all day long as the Polar Vortex swept into the area.And at 5:05 p.m., Hamburg residents got...
View ArticleSpringville veteran recalls reaching targets first in nose turret of B-24...
Hard luck hit the Allan family in 1940 when John T. Allan, a carpenter and father of two sons, died of a massive stroke.His older son, also named John, quit high school and started working as a...
View ArticleOrchard Park woman charged with felony DWI
Orchard Park police arrested a town woman Saturday night and charged her with felony driving while intoxicated after her 2008 Saturn was seen speeding and weaving in and out of her lane on North...
View ArticleWhere We Live: Aurora/East Aurora
Aurora/East Aurora For the first time, the Roycroft Campus has added gardening to its line up of classes about Gothic lettering, docent training and stained glass making. On Saturday, from 10 to 11:30...
View ArticleWhere We Live: Orchard Park
Orchard Park Representatives from the Orchard Park Village Board will be working with the Town Board to discuss the potential impacts of the governor’s proposed tax freeze, and possible actions that...
View ArticleWhere We Live: Hamburg
Hamburg One of the only wooden playgrounds still standing is in the Village of Hamburg, and the future of that local landmark and other parks and recreation in the village will be discussed at a...
View ArticleWhere We Live: Elma/Marilla/Wales
Elma/Marilla/Wales A fundraiser will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. today for Kristina Lewis, a 2004 Iroquois High School graduate and a 2010 graduate of SUNY at Cortland who is the second oldest of ten...
View ArticleWinter storm warning issued starting early Wednesday morning
Not again.Yup. A snowstorm is heading this way, and it may be worse than first anticipated.The National Weather Service Monday afternoon issued a winter storm warning for all of Western New York, from...
View ArticleWinter storm warning issued starting early Wednesday morning
Not again.Yup. Once again, the snows are heading this way.The National Weather Service this afternoon issued a winter storm warning for all of Western New York, from 2 a.m. Wednesday to 2 a.m....
View ArticleBrockport students charged with forcing dog to drink beer
Two Brockport State College students, one of them a 20-year-old from West Seneca, were charged with forcing a dog to drink beer from a keg at a party over the weekend, authorities said Monday.Robert...
View ArticleTown of Tonawanda man arrested for aggravated drunken driving
A 36-year-old Town of Tonawanda man was arrested by State Police for alleged aggravated drunken driving when he was pulled over on Main Street at Youngs Road in the Town of Amherst about 4 a.m....
View ArticleAlert system under consideration in West Seneca
Phone calls, e-mails and text messages would be used to alert West Seneca residents about emergency situations or important community news in an Internet-based notification system being considered by...
View ArticleHamburg cancels contract with Woody’s Beach Club at Woodlawn Beach
Hamburg Town Board members Monday night terminated the contract with Woody’s Beach Club and Taqueria at Woodlawn Beach State Park.Supervisor Steven Walters said the town wants to seek bids for the...
View ArticleWicked winter storm headed our way with up to 18 inches of snow
A bad warning just got worse.A wicked winter storm that could deliver as much as 18 inches of snow is expected to hit us starting about 3 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather...
View ArticleSchumer touts Route 5 work
The push to install a new traffic signal and an access lane on Route 5 near a vacant stretch of land being eyed as a distribution site for FedEx is getting a boost from U.S. Sen. Charles E....
View ArticleNews offers free digital access today, Wednesday
Due to approaching storm, The Buffalo News will offer free digital access to all content today and Wednesday.
View ArticleBlizzard-like storm predicted for Wednesday
The blue sky. Sunshine. Fifty-degree temperatures. Walking around without a coat.It’ll all be a distant memory Wednesday morning as today’s springlike weather is blown out of the way by a winter storm...
View ArticleGrisanti wants Hamburg VLT funding restored
Hamburg used to get $1.2 million a year in state aid for hosting the video lottery terminals at Hamburg Gaming.The town receives about half that amount now.But state Sen. Mark J. Grisanti is seeking...
View ArticleEast Aurora student arrested in attempting stabbing incident
A 17-year-old East Aurora High School junior was waiting for a mental health assessment at the Erie County Holding Center Tuesday, a day after being arrested for threatening to stab another...
View ArticleMan and woman separately arrested in South Dayton for drug sales
MAYVILLE – A three-month-long investigation into trafficking in prescription narcotics across the Southern Tier lead to the separate arrests Tuesday of a South Dayton man and a South Dayton woman by...
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