Legislature finishing details on employee contracts
LITTLE VALLEY – The Cattaraugus County Legislature is making progress on contracts and wage agreements with its employees.New agreements are:• Members of the supervisory bargaining unit for sheriff’s...
View ArticleVA in Buffalo offers information session Wednesday on health planning
The VA Western New York Healthcare System will hold an information session on health planning from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday in the front lobby of its Buffalo facility, 3495 Bailey Ave., in...
View ArticleGateway-Longview awarded grant for web-based reporting system
Gateway-Longview, which provides care, counseling and support for about 3,400 children in Western and Central New York, has been awarded a $12,500 grant from the Patrick P. Lee Foundation to set up a...
View ArticleLegislature votes against creating library taxing district
The Erie County Legislature, in a bipartisan vote Thursday, turned thumbs down on a proposal that would create a special taxing district for the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.The 8-2 vote,...
View ArticleFrontier school budget cast in harsh light
Friday night lights could be a thing of the past for the Falcons at Frontier Central, as the district looks to save money wherever it can. Eliminating outdoors night sporting events, including...
View ArticleUnited Way raises a record amount in 2013
A raffle at Buffalo Bills games, scanning programs at area supermarkets, a successful annual campaign in the workplace and a focus on grants and endowments helped the United Way of Buffalo & Erie...
View ArticleSedita won't file charges in inmate's death
The family of a burglary suspect who died three days after he was taken into custody by the Depew Police Department and the Erie County Sheriff’s Office is having difficulty accepting Friday’s...
View ArticleFinal suspect in Southtowns burglary ring gets 3½ years
The last suspect in a five-member burglary ring that was responsible for a series of daytime break-ins last year in the Southtowns was sentenced Friday to 3½ years in prison.State Supreme Court...
View ArticleSheriff’s Office K9 dog and handler complete training course
“Blaze,” an Erie County Sheriff’s K9 deputy and his handler, Detective Steven Meerboth, graduated Friday from an eight-week training course at the state Academy of Fire Science in Montour Falls.The...
View ArticleElmwood Village Association seeks community input during open house
Neighborhood residents interested in sharing their vision for their community are invited to Elmwood Village Association’s Community Open House from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday in St. John’s...
View ArticleErie County Social Services sets informational events for child abuse...
The Erie County Department of Social Services has scheduled two community forums to raise local awareness about child abuse.The free events are both set for noon to 1 p.m. and will be held in the Ring...
View ArticleGrand jury probe focuses on unsolved hit-and-run death in Evans
Erie County prosecutors have begun presenting evidence to a grand jury in connection with a controversial and mysterious hit-and-run death in the Town of Evans.The district attorney’s office is...
View ArticleUnited Way raises a record amount in 2013
A raffle at Buffalo Bills games, scanning programs at area supermarkets, a successful annual campaign in the workplace and a focus on grants and endowments helped the United Way of Buffalo & Erie...
View ArticleOne suspect in cellphone store break-in arrested, two others sought
A Dorris Avenue man was arrested early Friday and police are on the hunt for two others who broke into the Platinum Wireless cellphone store at 2211 Niagara St. about 2 a.m. Friday. Marcus T. Davis,...
View ArticleElma gets good grades from auditors
The Town of Elma received top grades from independent auditors Malecki & Dreschler during its 2013 budgetary review at a work session Wednesday.Auditors Thomas Malecki and Carl Widmer said...
View ArticleAuthorities seize methamphetamine during Peace Bridge arrest
An Urbana, Ill., man was arrested at the Peace Bridge early Friday is accused of trying to sneak 33.8 grams of methamphetamine into the United States after traveling to Canada.Richard Mason, 53, was...
View ArticleLockport motorcyclist injured in Pendleton collision
PENDLETON – A Lockport motorcyclist was injured after being struck by a vehicle turning into a driveway on Fisk Road about 5:25 p.m. Friday, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said. Richard Vanorder,...
View ArticleMarilla board votes to extend equate ban
The Marilla Town Board voted unanimously Thursday night to extend an existing six-month moratorium on the storage of “sludge” in town.The town is confident its code against the commercial storage of...
View ArticleFinal suspect in Southtowns burglary ring gets 3½ years
The last suspect in a five-member burglary ring that was responsible for a series of daytime break-ins last year in the Southtowns was sentenced Friday to 3½ years in prison.State Supreme Court...
View ArticleA lifetime of memories with Mom and Dad
For a long time I believed my parents would be young forever. Although I saw their white hair and wrinkled skin, in a place deep inside me, they were still young, as they were when I was a child....
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