NIAGARA COUNTY NEWS
Harbor at Lewiston Landing will become a...
LEWISTON -- The Niagara River harbor at Lewiston Landing will now become a strict no-swimming zone.
Deaf teen rallies his community to form...
HARTLAND -- Despite challenges of his own, a local teen who is functionally deaf has taken on the task of forming a Neighborhood Watch group.
Collection-agency owner admits bribing Social...
LOCKPORT -- A Town of Tonawanda woman admitted Monday that she bribed a Niagara County Social Services caseworker for seven years to obtain Medicaid client-identification numbers for use by her health care collection agency.
Thompson to offer free outdoor cookout
NIAGARA FALLS--State Sen. Antoine M. Thompson, whose 60th District includes parts of Niagara Falls and Buffalo and areas in between, will present his fourth annual free outdoor cookout from 5 to 7 p.m. today in the Oasis Shelter in Hyde Park.
'Zoom Team' to reinspect buildings for violations
NIAGARA FALLS--The Code Enforcement Section of the Public Works Department, sometimes called the “Zoom Team,” will take a second look this morning at buildings along Elmwood Avenue between Whirlpool and Main streets, and along Spruce Avenue, also between Whirlpool and Main.
Two charged with second-degree murder
LOCKPORT -- A Rochester man appeared in Niagara County Court on Monday to answer an indictment that charges him with the shooting death of a Buffalo man in Niagara Falls on Nov. 7.
Support for convict dismays Falls police
NIAGARA FALLS -- Police officers expressed dismay last week over the man leaders in the black community have chosen as their latest symbol of racial inequality when it comes to city law enforcement.
Weather prevails for kickoff of Canal Fest in...
NORTH TONAWANDA -- “The sun is behind the clouds, everybody is cool, and everybody is having fun,” Larry Denef said Sunday afternoon, and he considered all of that to be a blessing.
Falls School Board adopts plan with...
NIAGARA FALLS -- The School Board adopted an early-retirement incentive program last week that an administrator said could save the school district about $2 million over the next five years.
Construction will close block of Whirlpool Street
NIAGARA FALLS--Construction will close a one-block section of Whirlpool Street between Ashland Avenue and Elmwood Avenue starting today, according to the city Office of Engineering.
City welcomes presence of 16 police recruits
NIAGARA FALLS--The 16 new recruits in the city Police Department “will increase the force and reduce our overtime,” City Administrator Donna D. Owens said.
Residents urged to visit local attractions
NIAGARA FALLS--For the first time, Niagara County's main tourist promotion agency is reaching out to local residents, suggesting that they become “tourists” in their own home towns.
Primary set for GOP committee
WHEATFIELD -- Last year's Republican battle for town supervisor between then-incumbent Timothy E. Demler and challenger Robert B. Cliffe was a direct faceoff, won by Cliffe.
County will seek $250 million, electricity from...
LOCKPORT -- When negotiators for Niagara County and the New York Power Authority sit down next month, the county will be playing for a big jackpot.
Wurlitzer Foundation gives $5,000 to History...
NORTH TONAWANDA--The North Tonawanda History Museum has received a$ 5,000 grant from the Chicagobased Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation.

BUSINESS: Crawford Furniture Direct coming to town
Crawford Furniture is coming directly to the Town of Lockport.The widely known furniture wholesale and retailer will be holding a grand opening at 10 a.m. Feb. 12 at its newest location, 5724 South Transit Road.
LOCKPORT: Slick roads cause at least two morning...
Snowy roads caused two single-car accidents, both around 11:45 a.m. Thursday in Lockport. There were no injuries.
BOYS BASKETBALL: Falls puts on display in win over...
It looked like a snow globe outdoors on Thursday night. Indoors was nothing short of a thunderous avalanche.In a dominating offensive display that featured 11 three-point baskets and all five starters reaching double figures, visiting Niagara Falls plowed past Lockport, 86-65, topping Niagara Frontier League boys basketball action.
City may take over foundry site
LOCKPORT -- The city may take over the abandoned Dussault Foundry site -- if it obtains a state grant to pay for removing asbestos from the plant before it is demolished.
HS ROUNDUP (Jan. 28): Falcons win 6th straight NFL...
The Niagara-Wheatfield wrestling squad capped off its sixth-straight undefeated season in Niagara Frontier League play Wednesday, beating Lockport 44-28 to finish 7-0 in the league.
HEALTH: Siemens creating MRI video based on...
Back in January 2008, Lockport Memorial Hospital was the winner of a new Magnetom Essenza, one of Siemens Medical Solutions' latest developments in magnetic resonance imaging technology. The hospital's victory is being chronicled in a Siemens video documentary for its Web site.
Mayor calls Feb. 12 summit to invigorate Flight of...
LOCKPORT -- In hopes of rounding up more funding for the restoration of the 19th century Erie Canal locks, Mayor Michael W. Tucker said Tuesday he'll be hosting a Flight of Five summit in City Hall Feb. 12.
Near-fatal crash brings term of up to 7 years
LOCKPORT -- A man who was drunk when he caused a near-fatal head-on crash Aug. 29 on South Transit Road was sentenced Tuesday to 3z to seven years in state prison by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III.
Falls man gets 25 to life for killing wife
LOCKPORT -- A Niagara Falls man convicted of brutally murdering his wife last year in their apartment was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison Tuesday by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III.
CITY OF LOCKPORT: CrossPoint Chapel opening...
A regional mega church is opening a satellite location in downtown Lockport.
Sex attacks bring 22-year term
LOCKPORT -- The convicted rapist who told his victims he was “the second son of God” was sentenced Monday to 22 to 24 years in state prison.
Landfill suit dropped in favor of talks
LOCKPORT -- Niagara County will drop a lawsuit against the state Department of Environmental Conservation in hopes that negotiations can prevent the county from having to spend an estimated $12 million to install a new cap on a closed landfill.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lockport's Balcerzak is...
Lockport's Corey Balcerzak was one of 18 members of the St. John Fisher College football team to be named to the Empire 8 All-Conference squad.
Lockport considers bill-paying options
LOCKPORT -- The city may follow the Town of Lockport's lead in allowing residents to pay taxes and water bills online or with credit cards at City Hall.
House is nearly Wright
LOCKPORT -- It's not a real Frank Lloyd Wright house, but it's as close as anyone can come.
Lockport plans tax break for businesses
LOCKPORT -- The town intends to make it legal for newly constructed business buildings to receive 10-year property tax breaks -- even though the town has no general tax to excuse businesses from.
CITY COUNCIL: Shooting settlement expected
The City of Niagara Falls is preparing to settle its part in a long-standing wrongful-death lawsuit involving the shooting of a man from Lockport.
Police, Sheriff's Office vie for fire dispatching...
LOCKPORT -- Police Chief Lawrence M. Eggert urged the Common Council last week to turn Fire Department dispatching duties over to the Police Department.
Trial set after man recants plea in robbery
LOCKPORT -- A man who pleaded guilty three years ago to the armed robbery of a Niagara Falls gas station is scheduled to go to trial in the case, after an appeals court canceled his guilty plea because of a mistake by the judge.
Chapel at CrossPoint branching out
LOCKPORT -- The Chapel at CrossPoint, the Amherst mega-church, will begin holding branch services in Lockport on April 4, Easter Sunday.
CITY OF LOCKPORT: Eggert proposes LPD monitoring...
Lockport Police Department is ready, willing and able to take over city fire communication duties any time, Police Chief Larry Eggert said this week.
MMA: Kimmons set for ring return Saturday
Lockport's Oliver Kimmons puts his undefeated professional light heavyweight record on the line Saturday at Raging Wolf VI "Mayhem in the Mist" at the Seneca Niagara Casino Events Center in Niagara Falls.
H.S. BOWLING: A perfect day
They trimmed the hair around his eyes last week, but it was the hair on Jon Hejza's arms that the Lockport High School junior will remember most.
ECONOMY: Lockport unemployment rate hits new high...
Lockport's unemployment rate of 9.4 percent for last month is the highest December mark since 1990, when the state labor department changed the methodology for determining the rate, according to figures released by the department Thursday.
Settlement vote is set in Niagara Falls fatal...
NIAGARA FALLS--The family of a Lockport man shot by an off-duty police officer outside Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center in April 1997 would receive $225,000 under a proposed settlement.

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