Akron News

November 04, 2009, 7:15 AM / A good deal of site work has been completed for the Newstead/ Akron public works facility planned for Clarence Center Road - the bulk of it done by town and village work crews.

Joseph J. Hogan, 83 of Corfu, died Friday at Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital in Buffalo.

October 30, 2009, 7:00 AM / Enhancements totaling an estimated $1.8 million will be added to Akron School District's capital building project, the Board of Education agreed Wednesday.

Ohio man was shocked to have his high school ring back after 57 years and was surprised by where it was returned: at the wake for his high school sweetheart.

Halloween is just over a week away, and we have the list of times for Trick-or-Treating times in each Erie and Niagara County town.

When Jean Deahn retired, she wanted to move closer to her daughter, Susan, and granddaughter, Cheyenne, who live in Blasdell.

October 20, 2009, 6:45 AM / Signs will be posted at two intersections banning tractor-trailers from those routes in Akron, the Village Board decided Monday.

What's the state of photography in Akron? That's the question Andrew McAllister seeks to answer every couple of years when he mounts his biennial photography show.

Two Western New York manufacturers- one makes plastic bags, the other makes specialty steel - are expanding their operations after purchasing neighboring properties.

October 09, 2009, 6:54 AM / Perry's Ice Cream in Akron will be the scene of a simulated hazardous materials release for an emergency response drill Saturday.

October 09, 2009, 6:54 AM / Site work "is in very good shape" for the new Newstead/ Akron public works complex under construction at Clarence Center and Hake roads, aided by nearly three weeks of rain-free weather in September.

Akron funeral director Paris J. Childs pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling $175,000 from the estate of a Lancaster widow prior to her death last month.

Two veteran Newstead Town Board members are not seeking re-election this year and a third is making a bid for the Erie County Legislature, creating a major change in the makeup of the five-member board.

One man is accused of causing an accident while driving the wrong way down a one-way street.

The project to reconstruct the interchange of Interstate 86 and Route 15 in the town of Erwin has been named one of the 10 best in the country for 2009 in America's Transportation Awards competition.

It's not a club any member wishes to be eligible for. After all, the primary requirement for inclusion into the Gold Star Mothers is having a son or daughter die while on active duty in the military.

A Newstead barn belonging to Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame member Dick "The Destroyer" Beyer was consumed by a blaze Tuesday evening.

September 28, 2009, 7:05 AM / Thomas Swiatowy, of Akron, has been appointed as buildings and grounds superintendent for the Akron Central School District at an annual salary of $65,000. Currently a manufacturing engineer at Cameron Inc.

September 27, 2009, 10:49 AM / A 41-year-old Akron man was arrested on criminal weapons possession and drug charges late Saturday, after Erie County sheriff's deputies responded to a disturbance call in a Newstead home.

Frances O. Hogue, 90, of Williams Street, East Randolph, passed away Tuesday, Sept.