Fort Niagara fights again
YOUNGSTOWN — Grown men played war Friday at Old Fort Niagara.
With 30-foot sailing ships anchored in the river, cannon blasts shook the ground and some 2,500 volunteers refought one of the key battles of the French and Indian War. Bill Snow, 60, said he did it for history. “You’re representing an actual time and an actual place,” said Snow, who commanded four French cannons Friday as British ships attacked one o... (06:49 AM)Despite tough act, Paterson’s support slipping
ALBANY –If Gov. David A. Paterson was hoping his tough-guy approach to feuding state senators would give his dismal poll ratings a big bump, voters so far have not been moved. (06:49 AM)Reformer Rosa Gibson dies at 78
When a series of assaults and burglaries in Buffalo’s Masten Park neighborhood in 1982 sparked safety concerns, Rosa Gibson responded. From the kitchen of her Best Street home, she helped organize a Crime Watch program that grew to include 50 members who conducted twice-a-week, night-to-dawn patrols. (06:49 AM)POLICE BLOTTER
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- Violent confrontation leads to arrest of man
- Man arrested in roundup admits dealing cocaine
- Garage burglars linked to entries of several cars
- Drug roundup results in charges against 16
- Fireplace sparks blamed for blaze injuring three
- Police seek attackers after driver, 18, shot
- Police say 2 are suspects in rash of generator thefts
- 2 shot sitting on porch of Emerson Place home
- Canadians seize 44 pounds of cocaine at Peace Bridge
- Traffic stop leads to 3 drug arrests
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- Man shot in the leg by assailant with ‘long gun’
- Man shot in thigh in attack by gang
