A 30-year-old man was shot early Tuesday morning in University Heights, according to Buffalo police. The shooting happened at about 1 a.m. on the first block of Flower Street, a block north of West Winspear Avenue, police said. The victim was taken to an area hospital. His condition was not known Tuesday afternoon. No further information was immediately available.…
ALBANY – The state Assembly voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to ban the purchase of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes to people under the age of 21, a move expected to be followed in the coming weeks by the state Senate. Smoking “is a great cost to individuals and families … As a former smoker, I know that," said Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, a Manhattan Democra…
Municipal leaders from the towns of Tonawanda and Grand Island and the City of Tonawanda on Wednesday backed an environmental group that claims it has been shut out of a study into the historical effects of the now-shuttered Tonawanda Coke plant. A research foundation connected to the University at Buffalo has usurped control and funding of a study ordered by U.S. Distr…
The Aurora horse farm where Beth Lynne Hoskins was charged with dozens of counts of animal cruelty is to be sold at auction. State Supreme Court Justice Catherine Nugent Panepinto ordered the auction of the foreclosed property at 1680 Emery Road in a case brought by KeyBank National Association. Hoskins was convicted of 52 counts of animal cruelty in 2013 following a…
WASHINGTON – Michael R. Caputo is refusing to cooperate with the House Judiciary Committee's sprawling investigation into the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign, and his lawyer said it's because the East Aurora political consultant has none of the sort of information the panel is seeking. A day after the committee sent Caputo a broad request for documents connected…
The North Tonawanda Common Council on Tuesday ratified a new contract with the union representing 12 unelected department heads, giving the members 2 percent pay raises in each of the next five years. The increases will go to the police chief, fire chief, accountant, assessor, engineer, building inspector, the directors of community development and youth, recreation and…
Teen clothing retailer Aéropostale will return to the Walden Galleria this spring. The store will open in a 3,400-square-foot space on the lower level across from American Eagle. The mall already has a P.S. from Aéro store, which targets a younger demographic. Aéropostale has another location at the Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls USA.
Buffalo police this week charged a man with stealing thousands of dollars over months from an Elmwood Avenue bar and restaurant. Earl Nelson of East Amherst Street was accused of taking more than $3,000 since July from the register and lock box at Forty Thieves, according to a Buffalo police report. The most recent theft happened Sunday, police were told. Nelson, …
An adult red-tailed hawk rescued by an Amherst Highway Department worker is in guarded condition Wednesday at the SPCA Serving Erie County and faces an uncertain recovery from hypothermia, starvation, a head injury and blindness. Laborer Tim Boyle found the hawk lying in the snow Tuesday morning while he cleared a ditch on Meadowstream Drive in Snyder. Boyle carefully g…
Wegmans has found itself at the top of another list – this time for having the best "Corporate Reputation" in the Harris Poll Reputation Quotient Study. The grocer received a score of 83 out of 100, surpassing Amazon, which ranked at No. 2 with a score of 82.3 and Patagonia at No. 3 with a score of 81.4. L.L. Bean ranked fourth with 80.7 followed by Walt Disney with a s…
Dollar Tree will close as many as 390 of its Family Dollar stores, it announced when reporting its fourth-quarter earnings that beat analyst forecasts on Wednesday. The company will remodel another 1,000 locations to include a $1 Dollar Tree category section and alcohol sales, wherever that is legal. It will expand refrigerated sections in roughly 400 stores and switch …
Jennifer M. LaMoy has become the fourth Democrat to enter the race for the Niagara Falls City Council, where two seats are up for election this year. LaMoy, 42, a first-time candidate, said this week that she decided to run after talking with fellow parishioners at Holy Family Catholic Church about the need for change in the city. "I volunteer in the community pe…
A man who stole a woman's purse at knifepoint Oct. 17 outside a Lockport pharmacy was sentenced Wednesday to six years in state prison by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III. Jeremy D. Holmwood, 27, gave a Corfu address when he pleaded guilty Jan. 16 to a reduced charge of attempted first-degree robbery. He was living in Lockport at the time of the robbery outsid…
James M. Terrana, who pleaded guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl in his home, was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison. Terrana, 63, of 66th Street, Niagara Falls, said he doesn't remember what happened on April 7 because of the drugs he was taking for leukemia and depression. Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III said he didn't believe Terrana. "I am a…
Three months after WIVB-TV (Channel 4) dominated the local news competition in the November sweeps, rival WGRZ-TV (Channel 2) is back on top during the just-concluded February sweeps and celebrating with frequently run promos about the triumph. Channel 2 was No. 1 in households in all key time periods in which the stations compete in February on their own stations and w…
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