Northern Suburbs
Akron company donating stone worth $113,500 to wall project
An Akron company is donating an estimated $113,500 in stone to rebuild the retaining wall surrounding the Akron Central High School gymnasium. (Updated: 11/21/09 6:44 AM )
Author to discuss raising an autistic daughter
Eustacia Cutler, who wrote a book about raising her autistic daughter, will be the keynote speaker today at the third annual Northtowns Family Agency Fair and Parent Conference. (Updated: 11/21/09 8:53 AM )
Open house set Sunday at restored armory
The completely restored National Guard armory in the City of Tonawanda will host a public open house from 1 to 4 p. m. Sunday. (Updated: 11/21/09 6:44 AM )
Newstead bans subdivisions in commercial zones for 6 months
Residential subdivisions in commercial zones in Newstead will be banned for the next six months, the Town Board decided this week. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:50 AM )
United Way board fires top executive in merger flap
The United Way of the Tonawandas’ executive board fired Executive Director George O’Neil on Wednesday night, at least in part because of comments he made for an upcoming story in The Buffalo News. (Updated: 11/20/09 7:55 AM )
Recounts confirm victories for two who were leading
The leaders held on for wins in two suburban races, according to the results of hand recounts released Thursday by the Erie County Board of Elections. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AM )
Effort to shut Amherst auto shop rejected
A judge Thursday refused to close down a collision shop on Niagara Falls Boulevard in Amherst, rejecting environmental complaints from the owner of a nearby day care center. (Updated: 11/20/09 7:56 AM )
Town of Tonawanda earns high ranking
When it comes to the best places to raise your kids in New York State, the Town of Tonawanda is at the top of the list. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AM )
FAA moves to restrict its revolving door
WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday moved to partly shut the revolving door between the airlines and the agency, proposing that its safety inspectors be barred from going to work at the airlines they regulated for two years after leaving the FAA. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AM )
Man gets life for fatally injecting girlfriend
A Town of Tonawanda man who injected his girlfriend with an overdose of a prescription painkiller after they argued last Dec. 12 was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years to life in prison. (Updated: 11/19/09 7:07 AM )
$47.3 million in projects defeated handily by voters
Voters Tuesday turned down a proposed $47.3 million capital project for the Grand Island School District by a vote of 1,020 to 586. (Updated: 11/18/09 7:28 AM )
‘Wife Swap’ couple admit money laundering
When Ralph and Karen Guastaferro laid their lives bare in January 2008 on the ABC reality show “Wife Swap,” viewers probably thought there was nothing left to say about this Amherst couple and their pampered daughter, who was given a present a day by her parents. (Updated: 11/18/09 7:36 AM )
4 Amherst sites approved for possible vaccination clinics
If the Town of Amherst eventually holds public vaccination clinics, such as for swine flu, they would be at four sites: the Senior Center, the Harlem Road Community Center, the Clearfield Recreation Center and the Pepsi Center. (Updated: 11/17/09 7:47 AM )
Police probe carjacking, kidnapping in Kenmore
Kenmore and Buffalo police have questioned a woman who was found Monday getting into a car that had been stolen by two kidnappers in Kenmore early Sunday. The two males had terrorized two female roommates from Kenmore late Saturday and early Sunday before taking the car. (Updated: 11/17/09 7:03 AM )
Plans for advanced study program move ahead in Ken-Ton
Plans are moving forward to introduce an international baccalaureate diploma program at Kenmore West High School in 2011. (Updated: 11/16/09 7:56 AM )