Medina News

Hands on hips, the "Cupid Shuffle" blaring from a small stereo, 31 Medina High School juniors and seniors laughed their way through the "Class of 2012 dance" Thursday.

The summer quarterly meeting of the Niagara Frontier Association of Village Officials convened at the Medina Shirt Factory Cafe Wednesday evening.

The founding fathers of Medina's Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church formed a close-knit community parish steeped in Polish tradition and custom that has remained strong for the past 98 years.

And celebrate they did. Walking across the gym floor to receive their diplomas recently were 46 students from Grand Island, Kenmore-Tonawanda, Lewiston-Porter, Lyndonville, Medina, Newfane, Niagara Falls, ...

There's just something magical about watching the scenery gently roll past the window while sitting on a passenger train.

The Rodgers of Lockport became organic farmers for the money - they didn't have enough.

Husband and wife team Lisa K. James, 31, and Richard L. James, 35, have received separate judgments for crimes committed when they harvested and used marijuana in a field near their Shelby Basin Road home.

The American Red Cross in Orleans County is taking action in response to the disastrous tornadoes and floods that have swept the South and Midwest recently.

The graduates of the Lyndonville Central School District will leave a cozy cocoon surrounded by supportive teachers and friends for the world beyond their quaint village this fall.

The staff, teachers and administrators at Medina High School will remember the Class of 2008 for its humor, accomplishments and extraordinary drive.

FMC Corp. announced Friday it will begin paying cash bonuses to homeowners here who sell houses within its environmental study zones, but it will no longer buy houses that fail to sell.

The Medina Village Board is pursuing two state grants that would provide funding for downtown improvements.

Orleans County pupils entering seventh and eighth grades this fall are invited to a Biotech Camp Aug.

City of Lockport CHARGED: Amanda M. Travis, 24, 283 South St., Apt. 2, was charged with second-degree harassment.

Local farmers are dealing with damaged crops from this week's hail storm. State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker and other top farming officials are surveying the damage this week's hail storm inflicted ...

One hundred and fifty years of celebration at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church came to a close Sunday morning.

Two milestones at the Medina Lions Club banquet Tuesday created a special evening for all.

A 15-year-old Orleans County boy drowned today in Glenwood Lake. Police said the Medina teen, who's name has not been released, was fishing with relatives when they decided to go for a swim around 11:45 a.m., ...

Authorities have released the names of the carnival worker and teenage boy who drowned in separate incidents in western New York last weekend.

A 15 year old boy whose name was not immediately released to media, drowned in Glenwood Lake in Medina while swimming to escape teeming heat on Sunday.