http://www.niagara-gazette.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:52:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_324005259.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_324005259.html The “guillotine” fell hard Thursday on two of the city’s highest paid employees.Economic Development Director Peter Kay’s position will be eliminated and City Administrator Donna Owens will see her salary reduced by $40,000 under budget amendments approved by the City Council. Those actions will stick unless Mayor Paul Dyster can convince at least two councilmembers to flop on a future vote. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:51:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_324005134.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_324005134.html Cuts to employee raises and travel and training dominated the list of budget amendments approved by the Niagara Falls City Council on Thursday. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:49:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_324005018.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_324005018.html The Niagara Falls Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to fill the two remaining vacancies stemming from September’s controversial residency firings. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:47:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_324004803.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_324004803.html The latest version of New York’s statewide hazardous waste siting plan prompted many familiar arguments during a public hearing on Thursday.More than 200 people gathered inside the auditorium at Lewiston-Porter High School for the session in which officials from the state Department of Environmental Conservation fielded comments from the public about the agency’s tentative siting plan. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:46:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_324004655.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_324004655.html A Grand Island woman told police Thursday an 18-year-old acquaintance snatched $80 from her after she gave him a ride. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:45:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_324004608.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_324004608.html Kenneth E. Drake, 47, 2172 Seneca Ave., Niagara Falls, was arrested for petit larceny after shoplifting $88.60 worth of merchandise from Kmart on Nov. 8. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:44:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_324004508.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_324004508.html A “Pink Affair,” and free luncheon to promote breast cancer awareness is being hosted on Saturday by Niagara Falls gospel recording artist Marsha McWilson. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:43:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_324004400.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_324004400.html Treasurer David Broderick, who has held the position for 37 years, announced that he will not be seeking re-election because he wants to spend more time with his family. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:29:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_323183029.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_323183029.html As smoke and flames filled her Monteagle Street home, 10-year-old Kheyarra Williams told her sister Khasmir, “I gotta get mommy. I gotta get mommy.”She disappeared back into the smoke, leaving 13-year-old Khasmir at the door and never returned. Neighbors then had to restrain the teen as she too fought to go back into the burning home to rescue her mother and sister. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:17:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_323181821.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_323181821.html George O’Neil, who has served as the executive director of the United Way of the Tonawandas for 22 years, was terminated from his post Wednesday by group’s executive committee. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:08:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_323180903.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_323180903.html Niagara County lawmaker Kyle Andrews wants to be the county’s next treasurer.The Democrat from Wilson announced Thursday his candidacy for the county’s top fiscal officer.The 29-year-old Andrews has served in the legislature for four terms. He is a public finance attorney with the law firm Harris Beach and said he has the right educational background, leadership background and approach to government to be the right candidate for the treasurer’s job. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:17:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_322231835.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_322231835.html Times Square for breakfast, midtown Manhattan for lunch, So-Ho for dinner.All courtesy of the taxpayer.A review of receipts from a Niagara Falls School District funded trip shows how district officials spent more than $18,000 over three days at the New York State School Board Association Conference in Manhattan. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:16:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_322231650.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_322231650.html Ninety-nine students from the Niagara Falls School District will be honored today for receiving perfect scores on two standardized New York state exams. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:13:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_322231508.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_322231508.html Local officials have confirmed that the second Niagara County resident to die from complications related to the H1N1 flu virus was a 10th grade student from the Niagara-Wheatfield School District. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:12:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_322231334.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_322231334.html The Niagara Falls City Council will vote to slash more than $200,000 from Mayor Paul Dyster’s proposed budget during a worksession today, including cuts that are expected to directly target members of Dyster’s administration.