Niagara County
Lockport plans more security for its Friday night concerts
LOCKPORT — The Common Council has made an agreement for extra security after the Friday night concerts in Ulrich City Centre. (Updated: 07/03/09 6:56 AM )
Niagara Falls School Board limits credit card spending to $50,000
In response to a state audit that criticized wasteful spending and sloppy controls over credit card use, the Niagara Falls School Board has limited all district credit card spending to $50,000 to be shared by four designated employees. (Updated: 07/03/09 6:56 AM )
State confirms sex offenders live too close to a school
NIAGARA FALLS — Representatives for the state Division of Parole acknowledged Thursday that a Niagara Street boardinghouse that is home to 14 registered sex offenders violates a local law that prohibits some convicted offenders from living within 1,500 feet of a school. (Updated: 07/03/09 6:56 AM )
Sewer District workers ratify new contract
WHEATFIELD—Employees of the Niagara County Sewer District, who have been working under terms of an expired contract since the end of 2005, ratified a new deal this week. (Updated: 07/03/09 6:56 AM )
Hazardous landfill can boost capacity
PORTER — The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced Thursday that it has granted CWM Chemical Services permission to use a thinner cap on its hazardous waste landfill here, increasing its capacity without increasing its size. (Updated: 07/03/09 6:56 AM )
Old fort history coming alive as never before for the Fourth
YOUNGSTOWN — Old Fort Niagara is preparing for its largest living- history display ever this holiday weekend as it celebrates the 250th anniversary of the French and Indian War, and you’re invited. (Updated: 07/02/09 9:16 AM )
State youth agency to consider changes
The head of the state agency supervising group homes for troubled teenagers, such as the one in Lockport where a counselor was killed last month, is announcing a work group to research possible policy changes. (Updated: 07/02/09 8:05 AM )
Verdict is awaited in Wilson hazing case
WILSON — The trial of two former Wilson High School baseball players in a hazing case ended Wednesday night, except for the most important part — the verdict. (Updated: 07/02/09 8:05 AM )
Wojtaszek resigns from law firm, eyes state GOP job
NORTH TONAWANDA — Clearing the decks for an expected run for state Republican Party chairman, Henry F. Wojtaszek said Wednesday he has resigned as a partner in the Harris Beach law firm. (Updated: 07/02/09 7:34 AM )
Inmate is third to cause flooding
NIAGARA FALLS — It happened again Tuesday night. For the third time in 2 and a half weeks, a prisoner in the new Niagara Falls jail was able to destroy a sprinkler and cause flooding. (Updated: 07/02/09 8:47 AM )
Expert says spike in bear sightings caused by ‘juvenile delinquents’
LOCKPORT — A big game expert said Wednesday night that Niagara County residents alarmed by bear sightings are encountering “the juvenile delinquents of the bear family.” (Updated: 07/02/09 7:34 AM )
School Board to hold open meeting today
NIAGARA FALLS—The Niagara Falls School Board will hold a reorganizational meeting at 5 p. m. today in the Central Administration Building, 630 66th St. A regular board meeting will follow at 5:30. Both are open to the public. (Updated: 07/02/09 7:34 AM )
Bicentennial Group to discuss celebration
NORTH TONAWANDA—The North Tonawanda 1812 Bicentennial Group will hold an informational meeting at 7 p. m. Tuesday in the North Tonawanda History Museum, 54 Webster St. (Updated: 07/02/09 7:19 AM )
Taser use leads to meeting in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS — Police Superintendent John R. Chella will meet today with the City Council chairman to discuss a complaint by a Whitney Avenue man who claims officers overreacted when they used a Taser on him. (Updated: 07/01/09 7:34 AM )
Scam artist in $111,000 case seeks plea deal
LOCKPORT — In an unusual arraignment Tuesday in Niagara County Court, the attorney for a Pendleton man accused of stealing about $111,000 in a travel voucher scam admitted his client’s guilt. (Updated: 07/01/09 8:04 AM )
