Northern Suburbs
Gift shop to distribute free flags to veterans
Four Seasons Gifts, in the Boulevard Mall will distribute American flags to veterans for free on Wednesday, Veterans Day. (Updated: 11/08/09 8:23 AM )
Tax relief sought in budget debate
A local attorney lobbied for tax relief for small businesses Thursday as the Tonawanda Town Board prepared to vote on a 2010 budget. (Updated: 11/07/09 8:39 AM )
DEC study shows drop in emissions
The final report of an air-quality study in the Town of Tonawanda conducted by a state environmental agency showed a decrease of up to 56 percent of a dangerous carcinogen from July 2008 to June 2009. (Updated: 11/07/09 8:38 AM )
Board candidate adds votes but falls short
The vote tally for Jim McGee is significantly higher, but it still isn’t enough to win him a seat on the Tonawanda Town Board. (Updated: 11/07/09 8:38 AM )
Windsong Radiology to give $18,000 to City Mission
Dr. Janet H. Sung, president of Windsong Radiology Group of Amherst, will give a ceremonial check for $18,000 to the Buffalo City Mission executive director Stuart Harper at a dinner today at Brookfield Country Club, Clarence. (Updated: 11/07/09 8:38 AM )
Hit-run brings prison term
Andrea L. Glinski apologized Friday to two women she injured near Daemen College this year, but that didn’t stop a judge from sentencing her to a near maximum prison term for leaving the scene of the injury accident. (Updated: 11/07/09 9:12 AM )
Friends of crash victims find comfort together
About 300 mostly young people filed Friday evening into St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in Amherst — many with heads bowed and solemn expressions that belie carefree youth. (Updated: 11/07/09 1:04 PM )
Thruway fires toll collector for sending e-mail threats
The Grand Island Bridge toll collector accused of sending threatening e-mails to the leader of an anti-toll group is out of a job. (Updated: 11/06/09 6:58 AM )
Lee introduces bill on malpractice reform
WASHINGTON—Rep. Chris Lee, a Clarence Republican who has made his concerns about a lack of malpractice reform a key to his opposition to Democratic health care legislation, Thursday introduced his own bill revamping the medical liability system. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:23 AM )
Work progresses on facility Newstead, Akron plan to share
A good deal of site work has been completed for the Newstead/ Akron public works facility planned for Clarence Center Road — the bulk of it done by town and village work crews. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:15 AM )
Town of Tonawanda stands pat
Despite a technical glitch affecting ballots cast for a Town Board candidate, incumbents apparently scored a clean sweep Tuesday in Town of Tonawanda elections. (Updated: 11/04/09 11:03 AM )
Students step up to the plate, join neighbors in efforts to deter crime
At first glance, Tuesday evening’s Neighborhood Watch training for residents of Highgate and Lisbon avenues in the University Heights District might seem a reaction to last weekend’s killing of 19-year-old Jacob Herbert of Clarence. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:14 AM )
Latest plan cuts tax hike to 1.5 percent
After a month of number crunching by Town of Tonawanda officials, the projected property tax increase in the 2010 budget has been cut roughly in half. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:14 AM )
Despite his record of dangerous driving, teen was unfettered en route to 4 deaths
Viktor Shapiro had a speeding conviction, two license suspensions and a slew of pending tickets, but his license to drive was in good standing when he raced past a stop sign Sunday night in Clarence, killing himself and three other teenagers. (Updated: 11/07/09 1:05 PM )
Firefighters’ vesting time lengthened in Amherst
The Amherst Town Board on Monday unanimously approved a policy change aimed at streamlining the process for compensating volunteer firefighters once they reach retirement age. (Updated: 11/03/09 7:54 AM )
