Niagara Gazette - Local News

PROFILE: Local student spells success
There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding Michael Viola now that he’s a spelling bee star. Now, he’s headed to Washington D.C. for the top spelling bee in the country.
BLOTTER: Police reports published May 10
More details have emerged about the search for a missing girl that took sheriff’s deputies from Newfane to the Town of Tonawanda on Thursday afternoon.
COURTS: Osborne asks for separate trial
Paul “Young Money” Osborne will have to wait a while to find out if he’ll stand trial for the murder of Donald Paige alone, or with his co-defendant Brandon “RATT” Dennis.
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: It's no wonder
The ever-vigilant Paul Gromosiak made a good point about a recent quote in this newspaper by U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter.
NIAGARA FALLS: Officials staking claim to Upstate czar
With news that Gov. David Paterson may consolidate economic development offices back into one statewide position, local officials said Friday they plan to lobby for the new czar to be stationed in Western New York.
FIRE CALLS: Falls Fire Department reports for May 10
For the period of May 2 to 8, the Niagara Falls Fire Department responded to 100 calls.
NTCC: Ceremony marks construction start on new $2.4M visitor center
The new $2.4 million Niagara USA Visitor Center is billed to be many things — a hub of information showcasing countywide attractions, administrative offices for the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corp. and a place to buy “one-of-a-kind” souvenirs.
NIAGARA FALLS: Officials break ground on $2.4 million tourism center
The new $2.4 million Niagara USA Visitor Center is billed to be many things — a hub of information showcasing countywide attractions, administrative offices for the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corp. and a place to buy “one-of-a-kind” souvenirs.
TOWN OF NIAGARA: Purchase will help combat speeding
The Police Department will soon be sending a message to motorists.
NFTA: Army Reserve Center eyed
With a bus station behind them and a new airport terminal in the works, officials from the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority are now planning to focus on their next Niagara County project: convincing the Town of Niagara to let them play a greater role in the redevelopment of the Army Reserve Center on Porter Road.
FALLS SCHOOLS: New schedule mutes music enrollment
As far as the Niagara Falls School District’s music teachers are concerned, the new schedule at the preparatory schools is hitting a bad note.
NIAGARA COUNTY: Less government could mean more business
A prominent Wheatfield developer on Thursday encouraged leaders in Niagara County to strongly consider consolidation as a way to help make the area more attractive to the investment community.
CHARITY: Mail carriers help stamp out hunger
Instead of just filling mailboxes Saturday, local mail carriers will be taking something away from the houses they visit, too.
BLOTTER: Police reports published May 9
A Lockport man is facing several felony charges after he forged several checks from a co-worker’s bank account.
CRIME: Newfane girl found in Tonawanda
A 2-year-old Newfane girl is back home and the man police sought in connection with her disappearance has been arraigned on a child endangerment charge.
NIAGARA FALLS: Heritage area gets final approval
A strip of land from Niagara Falls to Youngstown is officially a National Heritage Area.
ENVIRONMENT: DOT crews build nest boxes for area bluebirds
Those little brown boxes off the Robert Moses Parkway — between Lewiston and Lake Road in Porter — are humble homes for the Empire State’s official bird.
EDUCATION: BOCES law firm caught by Cuomo
State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced Thursday that a settlement agreement was reached with a Western New York law firm, ending improper employment arrangements with school districts and various Boards of Cooperative Educational Services.
YOUNGSTOWN: Former POW returns to Niagara
Heinrich Willert is fielding questions about his past — about his capture as a Luftwaffe officer in the German Army in 1945 and how he ended up at Fort Niagara as a prisoner of war.
STATE APPOINTMENT: Beilein's back on track
The wait is apparently over for Niagara County Sheriff Thomas Beilein.
NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD: School board hopefuls take questions
Hopefuls for the Niagara-Wheatfield school board made their public pleas Wednesday at the district’s annual “meet the candidates night.”
NIAGARA FALLS: Longtime church on the verge of history
Wednesday was another historic night for a shuttered Niagara Falls church.
FALLS SCHOOLS: School attorney implicated
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s statewide investigation into fraudulent pension arrangements has landed in the Niagara Falls School District.
NIAGARA FALLS: Teen charged in police melee
Falls police have charged a city teen for an attack on an officer following a shoplifting incident Sunday morning.
CITY COURT: Coleman’s court date pushed back to July
A jury trial date for a Falls woman charged in a confrontation with Cataract City cops that left her with a fractured skull and other injuries has been put off until July.
NIAGARA FALLS: Keeping the meter running
The meter may be running low on Niagara Falls’ latest venture into paid parking machines downtown.
BLOTTER: Police reports published May 8
One of the Wilson High School baseball players charged in connection with an assault on a school bus has been arrested on drug charges.
CRIME
: Teen charged in police melee
Falls Police have charged a city teen for an attack on an officer following a shoplifting incident Sunday morning.
BLOTTER: Police reports published May 7
A Gaskill Middle School student has been charged with falsely filing a report after she claimed to have been kidnapped on her way to school.

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