Warsaw News

Alan Furst writes elegant, atmospheric spy novels set in continental Europe in the 1930s and early '40s: He owns the pre-World War II period as completely as John le CarrA© owns the Cold War.

For the first time in its history, the Village of Warsaw is about to get a brand-name hotel.

A man suffered minor injuries today in an early morning house fire that heavily damaged a two-story home in Covington, Wyoming County.

The national Alliance Defense Fund filed a lawsuit today in the Bronx to halt Gov.

Martha Marble, a nurse on the night shift at Olean's former St. Francis Hospital, had just finished her shift the morning of Nov.

Theater When Susan Feldman first saw Grzegorz Jarzyna's version of Macbeth in a former munitions factory in Warsaw, she was enraptured.

A true hero from the time of the Holocaust died recently, social worker, Irena Sendler. via Power 105.1 fm

“Irena was truly a noble lady and a great humanitarian who helped save thousands of children”

Irena Sendler -- credited with saving some 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazi Holocaust by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto, some of them in baskets -- died Monday, her family said. via Newsday.com

“It is sad. We are better than this”

These are allegations that have shocked many in the Town of Warsaw, that a school bus driver allegedly inappropriately touched a child. via WKBW-TV

A school bus driver has been arrested and charged with having sexual relations with a student who rode his bus. via WROC

State Police have arrested a First Student bus driver working with the Warsaw Central School District, charging him with sex abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. via WBEN-AM Buffalo

“It's, 'Wow, look at it go and over the tree!'”

WARSAW - Doug Bassett is walking across an open meadow on the 200 acres of farmland his family owns high above this Wyoming County village. via Democrat & Chronicle

“We pretty much use Five Star for everything, because they've been just wonderful with us”

When Candace Kozaczka sought to expand her automotive repair and towing shop, she turned to one of the area's largest banks to get a small business loan to buy a large industrial building in West Seneca. via Buffalo News

The state Public Service Commission on Wednesday approved construction plans for a 5.6-mile, 230-kilovolt power transmission line for the planned Noble Wethersfield wind farm in Wyoming County. via Democrat & Chronicle

“I'm surrounded by people from different countries that I've met only recently, but nevertheless we care for each other.”

Award-winning journalist Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska covers her Polish community in New York. via New York Daily News

“I think there's a lot of work to be done on behalf of people of New York State”

The field of possible Republican replacements for outgoing U.S. Rep. Tom Reynolds continued to narrow Monday. via Niagara Gazette

“This year we will have a larger number of reductions as we continue to strengthen the business and lower our expense base.”

Citigroup Inc. will cut 2,000 more trading and investment-banking jobs as the collapse of the subprime mortgage market puts the biggest U.S. bank on track for its second-straight quarterly loss. via New York Daily News

“Probably they were just looking for a useful picture”

Brendan Fay, a well-known gay activist in New York, has found himself, however improbably, a symbol in a political struggle in Poland over equal rights for gay men and lesbians that could affect the nation's ... via New York Times

Members of the Szymanowski Quartet performing on Sunday at the Frick Collection. via New York Times

Searching on behalf of my friend. She is a birth mother searching for her daughter born 4-15-69 in Warsaw, NY. via Cousinconnect.com