The Newstead Town Board on Monday passed several resolutions relating to the public works complex it is building with the Village of Akron.

CANISIUS LECTURE: The Canisius College Soup With Substance Lecture Series will present Frank Messiah, president of the Buffalo NAACP, at 12:30 p. m. today in Regis South on the Canisius Campus, 2001 Main St.

The Newstead Fire Company is seeking permission from the Town Board on its plans for an estimated $850,000 addition to its fire hall on Cummings Road.

The 44-year-old woman killed by a snowplow Monday night while walking across the road outside her apartment was legally blind and had been drinking alcohol, according to Niagara County sheriff's investigators.

A day after a woman was killed by a state snowplow as she walked across Dysinger Road, Niagara County sheriff's investigators disclosed that the pedestrian was legally blind and had alcohol in her system.

A Lancaster electronics manufacturer that had been courted by development officials in Michigan and the South is poised to remain in the Buffalo Niagara region with the promise of nearly $70,000 in tax savings.

January 27, 2010, 7:12 am / No resolutions and just handful of motions were adopted Monday by the Newstead Town Board in one of its shortest meetings on record.

A 26-year-old Erie County man was arrested in Genesee County Saturday on several charges related to a domestic dispute with his ex-girlfriend. Charles William Schilling, of 9 Exchange St., Akron, was charged with second-degree burglary, first-degree coercion, third-degree criminal mischief, third-degree menacing, endangering the welfare of a child ...

A 26-year-old Erie County man was arrested in Genesee County Saturday on several charges related to a domestic dispute with his ex-girlfriend. Charles William Schilling, of 9 Exchange St., Akron, was charged with second-degree burglary, first-degree coercion, third-degree criminal mischief, third-degree menacing, endangering the welfare of a ...

A proposed retirement incentive was approved for the Akron Faculty Association by the Board of Education on Wednesday.

AP Road salt accumulating on a utility pole caused a fire Sunday that knocked out electrical power to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, canceling dozens of flights and leaving airlines' schedules uncertain for the rest of the day.

BUFFALO, N.Y. a " A New York funeral director has been sentenced to six months in jail for embezzling $175,000 from a widow's estate before she died.Paris Childs, who operates Childs Funeral Home in Akron, about 42 miles east of Buffalo, pleaded guilty in October.At his sentencing in state Supreme Court Thursday, the judge also suspended the ...

January 06, 2010, 6:47 AM / Enforcement of the winter parking ban was a main topic during the Akron Village Board's work session preceding its regular business meeting Monday.

January 05, 2010, 6:36 AM / Former Councilman Thomas George was appointed Monday by the Newstead Town Board as engineering consultant on the joint public works complex that the town is building with the Village of Akron.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for much of Western New York.

Continuing questions over drainage and other issues at the private Akron Airport, operated by the Christian Airmen, were raised Monday at the Newstead Town Board's work session.

December 21, 2009, 11:53 AM / One trailer home was destroyed and two others suffered moderate damage in an early-morning fire today in the Golden Pond Estates in Akron, Amherst fire officials reported.

An Erie County man today is facing felony drunken driving charges following an incident at a travel plaza in Pembroke, Genesee County.

December 20, 2009, 7:09 AM / A two-alarm fire at an Akron industrial park late Friday ended up being contained to an industrial furnace.

December 20, 2009, 6:55 AM / Q: Last year, I became a huge fan of the reality show "The Mole," but I've heard that it might not return.