Song pays tribute to Flight 3407
Updated: 02/10/10 5:18 AM
Two days after Flight 3407 fell out of the sky in Clarence Center, Sheri Whalen sat down
in her Maryland home with her guitar and her empty feelings to put her thoughts into song.
Audit faults schools on inflated reserves
Updated: 02/10/10 9:02 AM
Many property owners across New York State paid higher taxes than they should have over
the last five years because 250 school districts inflated their reserve funds by a total of
$615 million, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli said Tuesday.
Donn Esmonde: State is blind to Sypnier’s threat to kids
Updated: 02/10/10 8:14 AM
I am happy to report that, according to state officials, 100-year-old pedophile Ted Sypnier has reformed.
Is he a rapist or good Samaritan?
Updated: 02/10/10 8:49 AM
The task of sorting out whether Michael Abdallah is a rapist or a benevolent young man begins Thursday at a felony hearing in Buffalo City Court.
Other City & Region News
Four held in case of vigilantism in Amherst
Updated: 02/10/10 6:58 AM
Amherst police say that a burglary victim took the law into his own hands Monday, calling a brother in Syracuse, who then came here with friends to retaliate against people they believed broke into his Amherst apartment.
Ft. Erie ad heightens condo furor
Updated: 02/10/10 6:52 AM
A paid advertisement promoting a proposed 12-story condominium building in Crystal Beach, Ont., has been appearing in the weekly newspaper with the official seal of the Town of Fort Erie.
Falls hospital to pay family in death
Updated: 02/10/10 7:05 AM
LOCKPORT — Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center agreed Tuesday to pay an undisclosed settlement to the family of a psychiatric patient who was shot to death outside the hospital in 1997.
DiNapoli: Schools have too much money in reserve
Updated: 02/10/10 12:03 AM
Property owners across New York State paid higher taxes than they should have over the last
five years because many of their school districts unnecessarily set aside $615 million in
reserve funds, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli said Tuesday.
Proposal to sell wine in grocery stores sparks lively debate
Updated: 02/10/10 12:02 AM
The pros and cons of a new state proposal that would allow supermarkets to sell wine were
aired during a lively hearing Tuesday in downtown Buffalo.
Punished Kenmore physician says he's victim of 'clear deception'
Updated: 02/09/10 5:48 PM
A Kenmore physician has been fined $10,000 and must perform 120 hours of public service
for his role in helping former prosecutor Anne E. Adams try to illegally evade a
drunken-driving charge.
NYSUT takes on charter schools
Updated: 02/09/10 12:07 AM
Amid fierce controversy, New York State United Teachers slowly is making headway in
unionizing charter school teachers.
Capital rife with rumors of Paterson's political demise
Updated: 02/10/10 8:25 AM
ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson did not resign from office Monday under a cloud of scandal.
Nor did he do so Sunday, or Saturday or every other day since last Wednesday, when he was
supposedly going to have to flee from office in the aftermath of a newspaper account of some
personal failing.
Fabled gun found, but was it used by Jesse James' Gang?
Updated: 02/09/10 10:54 AM
Historians know that a hermit named "Old Shep" lived in a West Seneca shack in the early
20th century, carting a grindstone by wagon from home to home, making his living sharpening
knives and scissors.
'Flying Cheap' zeros in on Colgan
Updated: 02/09/10 7:38 AM
WASHINGTON — The airline that operated Continental Connection Flight 3407 showed
signs of safety weaknesses long before that plane plummeted to the ground in Clarence Center a
year ago, PBS reports in a "Frontline" program to be aired nationwide tonight.
City of Buffalo
- Expanding domestic partner benefits backed
- Supermarket wine sales spark City Hall debate
- Drug roundup includes gun, gangster activity charges
- Residents disagree on proposed group home for youths
Northern Suburbs
- City waterfront plan advances
- Rejection of contract suggested
- Four held in case of vigilantism in Amherst
- Punished Kenmore physician says he's victim of 'clear deception'
Eastern Suburbs
- Depew students gain business skills at school store
- Event Monday to celebrate 100 years of Boy Scouting
- Driver in fatal crash to undergo exams
- Center for counseling students, families launched in Depew
Southern Suburbs
- Boy Scouts celebrate century of service
- Proposed budget would increase taxes in Village of Hamburg
- Town of Aurora to study wind-energy code issue
- Bid for grant on dissolution contains caveat in E. Aurora
Niagara County
- Pair to detail water work
- Falls hospital to pay family in death
- Officer tells gripping tale of shootout
- Approval sought to hold motorcycle rally in park
Southern Tier
- Iroquois seeks ways to close budget gap
- 2010-11 budget features tax rate boost of 1.5%
- 2010-11 budget reflects bid to keep tax rate flat
- 10.8% tax rate hike seen with state cut
Focus on Niagara Falls Tourism
- War horse rides into One Niagara
- Niagara’s grape guru: Domenic Carisetti rules the vines
- Visitors put under microscope for Falls profile
- Old domed theater gets new life
Ontario/Niagara
- Ft. Erie ad heightens condo furor
- Four area bridges offer a toll-free Christmas
- Employee of doctor accused of smuggling
- Olympic torch will pass through Fort Erie on Monday
Schools
- DiNapoli: Schools have too much money in reserve
- NYSUT takes on charter schools
- Greiner remembered for many roles at UB
- State aid held up for Falls school
Corrections, Clarifications
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Donn Esmonde: State is blind to Sypnier’s threat to kids
I am happy to report that, according to state officials, 100-year-old pedophile Ted Sypnier has reformed.
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Bruce Andriatch
- Bruce Andriatch: On a mission so seniors can stay mobile
- Bruce Andriatch: Overbuilding is leaving us with eyesores
Donn Esmonde
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- Esmonde: Optimism revives city’s winter fest
Rod Watson
- Rod Watson: In defending your home, all bets are off
- Rod Watson: Broadening definition of unfit parent
Charity Vogel
- Charity Vogel: How a stone can soften the shell of grief
- Charity Vogel: Library story provides own happy ending