Newfane News

Clearing the decks for an expected run for state Republican Party chairman, Henry F. Wojtaszek said Wednesday he has resigned as a partner in the Harris Beach law firm.

Niagara County Sheriffs Deputy Ray Needle suffered a broken leg while responding to a fire on Sunset Island at 2:13 a.m. Friday, according to reports.

Eastern Niagara Hospital-Newfane's union workers have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract with management, the employees union announced Friday.

Soap and lotion seller Crabtree & Evelyn Ltd. says it filed for Chapter 11 protection on Wednesday, a victim of the recession and management missteps.

It's official. Yahoo! is coming. The well-known Internet services company's plan to build a data center in the Town of Lockport was given the green light Tuesday.

Healthcare workers at Eastern Niagara Hospital 's Inter-Community Hospital site in Newfane have voted to picket if a negotiating session on July 2 fails to produce results.

A personality profile said Joanne Stanton wouldn't make it as a financial adviser.

A Newfane man pleaded guilty Thursday in Niagara County Court to selling morphine pills to a police informant Nov.

A Newfane man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Niagara County Court to selling two pills of the prescription painkiller oxycodone to a police informant March 11.

A 75-year-old woman with Alzheimer's has been found. The Niagara County Sheriff's Office said Billie Pixley was found around 5:00 Wednesday morning in Cattagaugus County, which is south of Buffalo.

People like choices. And when it comes to their health, it's good for people to have options, says physician Patricia Danaher.

Jim Yousett has been around cars for a while. Yousett has been fixing and restoring cars for about 50 years.

Newfane * DRUGS: Stephen L. Demmin, 38, 190 Ontario St., Lockport, was charged Monday night with criminal possession of a controlled substance, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, driving while using a mobile phone and a seat-belt violation.

For the second time since two group home residents were charged with killing their counselor earlier this month, a resident at another local home has been accused of threatening another counselor.

Blaming $1.3 million in state funding cuts, Eastern Niagara Hospital disclosed 16 layoffs Wednesday and said that its Founders Health Clinic in Wrights Corners will close as of June 30.

More than 200 cars are expected to be on display at the Miller Hose Fire Co.'s sixth annual Father's Day Car Show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

An RFP for the SRO position has gotten the A-OK from the Newfane School District Board of Education.

Friends of Renee Greco, the 24-year-old youth counselor beaten to death last week at a city group home for teenagers, will hold a candlelight vigil in her honor at the place where she died.

Seconds counted when a 3-month-old infant was mauled by his family's dog Nov. 30. Off-duty City of Tonawanda Firefighter Capt.

The deal even has a code name: "Project Pilgrim." But it means as many as 125 high-tech jobs for Niagara County.