Tonawanda News

When Brian and Gary Metzger, owners of Metzger Removal Inc., signed on to build the piles of rubble that would later house the Vigilant Guard exercise at the former Spaulding Fibre site, they did so with little time to spare.

A Niagara Falls man was caught just after midnight Friday by City of Tonawanda police as he attempted to steal several items from a car on Duffy Drive.

Two days after helping his party score several key victories in local elections, the long-time chairman of the Niagara County Republican Party announced his decision to step down.

November 04, 2009, 7:15 AM / Town of Tonawanda incumbents were heading toward a clean sweep late Tuesday, as the highway superintendent and three members of the Town Board were poised for re-election. Highway Superintendent Bradley A. Rowles scored a convincing victory against Daniel J. Crangle.

A Town of Tonawanda man is facing felony charges after leaving a Halloween party in the early Sunday morning and calling police to say there had been a fight.

Town of Tonawanda police arrested two drivers for DWI after stopping both cars for racing early Friday morning.

Both candidates are touting experience in the campaign for highway superintendent in the Town of Tonawanda.

Every local native knows North Tonawanda's lumber-rich past and that CNN's Wolf Blitzer attended Kenmore West High School.

The theft of a bicycle led to a noontime scrap in the middle of Broad Street on Friday.

October 30, 2009, 7:00 AM / A dispute about property assessments has turned the election for Third Ward alderman into a three-way race in the City of Tonawanda.

Infrastructure work to help turn a formerly contaminated site on Oliver Street into a business park is on track to be completed by the end of May, City Engineer Dale W. Marshall said this week.

A man was taken to jail after being stopped for riding a bike with no bell. Town of Tonawanda Police stopped Justin G. Thagard in the Sheridan Parkside neighborhood after seeing him riding through the same area multiple times, according to a police report.

October 28, 2009, 7:12 AM / The two candidates running for mayor of the City of Tonawanda may have worked together for several years, but that hasn't stopped them from slinging barbs at each other over the past few months.

In February, members of three area United Way organizations voted to consolidate, but an appeal by 21-year executive Director George O'Neil of the Tonawandas group has since prompted the state attorney general to order a revote.

A man dressed in a cow suit was charged with DWI Sunday after driving his car into the Niagara River.

The New York Power Authority will soon begin taking suggestions on locations for a sweeping wind-power initiative and North Tonawanda is ready to take part.

One citywide Council seat and posts in the city's three wards are up for grabs in next week's general election.

Tonawanda middle and high schools saw a spike in student absenteeism on Tuesday that brought the number of children kept or sent home at roughly 30 percent of their combined population.

Worried about dust mites, Albert Monteforte of Tonawanda, N.Y., used a can of AllerCare on the mattress earlier this year.

Life is about taking risks, it has been said, unless you ask your insurance man.