Corrections, Clarifications
Corrections
Gibraltar Industries reported a profit of $4.9 million for the third quarter. A headline in Friday’s editions that referred to a loss was incorrect. (Updated: 11/07/09 8:38 AM )
Clarification
A story that ran last Sunday in Niagara Weekend should have said that Lewiston Town Democratic Chairwoman Diane Roberts asked during a recent Town Board meeting for an investigation into information she and others had received about town highway workers doing drainage work on private property. She did not directly claim that the work had been done to help the town’s Republican vice chairman, as was reported. The land in question is owned by the Seneca Nation of Indians, not the vice chairman. (Updated: 11/01/09 6:45 AM )
Corrections
James Walter is a Republican running for supervisor of Colden, and Annie Hoffman is a Democrat running for the same position. Their party affiliations were incorrectly reported Friday. (Updated: 10/31/09 7:49 AM )
Corrections
Pointing to a fund balance of $1.3 million, Marilla Town Board member Barbara Spanitz defended pay raises to town employees during a work session of the board on Oct. 13. The size of the fund balance was incorrect in a recent report of the meeting. (Updated: 10/24/09 8:24 AM )
Clarification
Kevin M. Dean, 52, of 3884 Ewings Road, Newfane, pleaded guilty Oct. 15 to first-degree sexual abuse. He has been held at the Niagara County Jail since Aug. 5 and is scheduled for sentencing Jan. 6. A man with a similar name who lives at a different address on Ewings Road had no connection to the crime. (Updated: 10/24/09 8:24 AM )
Corrections
Gen. Stephen Xenakis, special adviser to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was not present Tuesday for the Mental Health Foundation luncheon at Tempo restaurant in Buffalo. A caption incorrectly reported that he was there. (Updated: 10/23/09 7:15 AM )
Corrections
Admission to the National Transportation Women’s Hall of Fame induction dinner Friday in the Buffalo Transportation/ Pierce-Arrow Museum will be a $125 donation. The cost was incorrect in an article last Monday about the event. (Updated: 10/20/09 6:45 AM )
Corrections
The Fall Festival at the Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence continues through Nov. 1. The caption accompanying a picture in Tuesday’s editions incorrectly said it concluded Monday. (Updated: 10/15/09 6:36 AM )
Corrections
The salary for the Town of Lewiston highway superintendent is being increased by $7,000 in the 2010 proposed budget in compensation for handling parks duties, which were cut out of the 2009 budget and restored for 2010. A story in Saturday’s News incorrectly explained the reason for the $7,000 increase. (Updated: 10/13/09 6:48 AM )
Corrections
Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 199 Clark St., is owned by the Pauline Fathers, who purchased the East Side church for $1 following the departure of the Conventual Franciscan Friars in 2004. A story in Friday’s News incorrectly said the church is still owned by the Franciscans. (Updated: 10/12/09 6:53 AM )
Corrections
A story in some editions Wednesday incorrectly said the Williamsville School District’s 2009 facilities plan was approved by the School Board. While board members spoke in favor of the plan at their last meeting, they did not formally vote on it. That vote is expected Tuesday. (Updated: 10/09/09 6:54 AM )
Corrections
The former home at 1230 Delaware Ave. in Buffalo was once owned by attorney Nathaniel Barrell and his wife, honorary German consul Brix Barrell. It was then sold to Richard Wyssling and Michael Montgomery, of the Wyssling & Montgomery law firm. The names of the former owners were spelled incorrectly in Tuesday’s editions. (Updated: 10/08/09 6:50 AM )
Corrections
The New York State Heritage Area Commission will receive $350,000 in annual casino funding through 2012 for plans to take tourists to Underground Railroad sites in Niagara Falls, Lewiston, Lockport and Newfane. The News reported an incorrect sum Thursday. (Updated: 10/02/09 6:42 AM )
Corrections
The name of Michael Regan, Buffalo’s first police commissioner, was misspelled Sunday in a story about nicknames in the Old First Ward. (Updated: 09/25/09 6:49 AM )
Corrections
Amherst Comptroller Darlene A. Carroll said the town faces a potential $8 million to $9 million gap. The amount was wrong in a story in some editions Wednesday. She also referred to the use of an additional $900,000 in fund balance for the proposed 2010 special districts budget over the current year’s budget. That figure was improperly described in the article. (Updated: 09/24/09 7:36 AM )
