Clarence Center News

Nearly 600 people gathered Sunday at Forest Lawn Cemetery for a memorial service for the victims of Flight 3407 which crashed in Clarence Center in February, killing 51 people.

Members of the group Families of Continental Flight 3407 returned to Capitol Hill on Thursday to lobby for airline safety legislation - and this time, they had a hero at their side.

October 31, 2009, 7:50 AM / It will be business as usual for two of the town's fire units.

Pictures from the crash scene of Continental flight 3407. Image 1 of 31 Investigator walking An investigator walks through the scene of a Continental Airlines crash February 13, 2009 in Clarence Center, New York, just north and east of Buffalo.

He lost his life aboard Flight 3407 but friends and family are taking steps to make sure David Borner's legacy is never forgotten.

October 02, 2009, 6:42 AM / TIGERS IN NORTHTOWNS: Northtowns residents will have the opportunity to see two rare Siberian tigers this weekend.

The Buffalo News has been recognized as the state's Newspaper of Distinction for 2009 by the New York State Associated Press Association.

September 25, 2009, 12:32 AM / The weather promises to be sunny and appropriately fall-like today, with a high temperature near 66 degrees.

A union official says the regional airline involved in the crash of Flight 3407 earlier this year in Clarence Center that killed 50 people has been pushing pilots to fly even if they say they are too sick or too tired.

The Kausner family of Clarence Center had always been five - parents John and Marilyn, and their children, Chris, Laura and the baby, Elly.

September 16, 2009, 7:25 AM / A memorial garden honoring Cantor Susan Wehle and the other 49 victims of the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 in Clarence Center will be dedicated at 6:30 p. m. Sept.

The hijacked planes that crashed into the World Trade Center eight years ago today changed Beverly Eckert's life utterly and irrevocably.

Share + Sep 10, 2009 3:26 pm US/Eastern BUFFALO, N.Y. 1 of 1 The tail of the airplane is visible as debris burns at the scene of a Continental Airlines crash February 13, 2009 in Clarence Center, New York, just north and east of Buffalo.

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Some of the families who lost loved ones in the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 are upset with the slow movement of litigation over the tragedy in U.S. District Court.

Message to Congress: If you people can't do two things at the same time, you don't belong in office.

Eyewitness News cameras will be at the Zion Lutheran Church in Clarence Center today as Clarence High School Students host a "Gift of Life" event.

Investigators were hampered by ice on Saturday as they searched for bodies and clues in the wreckage of a commuter plane that slammed into a house in western New York state, killing 50 people.

In this Feb. 18, 2009, file photo, wreckage from a plane crash is loaded onto a flatbed trailer for removal at the scene where Continental Flight 3407 crashed into a home in Clarence, N.Y. NTSB's investigation of the crash of the flight, killing 50, has spotlighted the long hours, low pay and long-distance commutes of regional airline pilots.

The volunteer fire chief who led efforts in the moments and days following the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 was among those honored Wednesday during the opening of the Firemen's Association of New York 137th annual convention.