Alden News

Residents of Alden and Orchard Park will be voting in September on whether to trim the size of their town boards, and residents of Cheektowaga and Hamburg will have their say two months later.

The Life of Michael Jackson A look back at the life of Michael Jackson the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the "King of Pop" and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals.

With a growing concern over the presence of Black Bears in residential areas, the NY State Dept.

Erie County plans to improve the health care for prisoners by taking those duties out of the sheriff's hands.

Our guest is Joe Thomas. Wildlife specialists with the SP CA is serving Erie county hey Joe good morning Martin let's talk about the black bears that we see in people's backyards maybe.

Joining us from the state capital Albany morning --"... [ 1:04 ] ..." we hear you chatted with Erie county executive Chris columns on Europe.

A Depew man was charged with driving while intoxicated early this morning after Erie County sheriff's deputies responded to a complaint of reckless driving in the Town of Alden.

Far from the front lines of foreign conflicts, veterans are assembling in Buffalo by the thousands to advance an agenda aimed at preserving and enhancing benefits they say were earned on the battlefield.

CLARENCE, N.Y. Press release - State Police in Clarence arrested the following two people for Promoting Prison Contraband 2nd and Attempted Criminal Sale of Marijuana 3rd.A A Arrested were: 1-HEATHER JOSEPH, 08/17/71, 212 West Kingsbridge Rd.

A South Florida woman pleaded guilty to collecting her dead mother's federal benefits for six years after her death, all the while the mother's decomposing body remained in the house the two women shared.

A lawsuit alleges that the Erie County Holding Center denied blood-pressure medicine to a middle- aged woman, causing her to suffer the stroke that led to her death weeks later.

Iam happy that he is still around. I am glad that he is still in the same single-level house on the corner of Crittenden Road with the American flag flying on the back porch.

The Division-II discus state championship will have a local feel to it Friday. Among the seven local athletes competing in eight events at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association state championship track and field meet Friday and Saturday, Fonda-Fultonville's Shane Smith and Fort Plain's Chris Gattman both could grab spots on the ...

Frustration boiled over in Evans and West Seneca. Overwhelming votes in each community to reduce the size of its town board are a measure of that, and just possibly a historic first step in the process of empowering residents long fed up with increasing taxes and politics.

Residents in Evans and West Seneca voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to reduce the size of their town boards by two people.

An Alden woman whose vehicle slammed into a tractor-trailer late Thursday night was pulled unconscious from her vehicle ... one of at least six people arrested for driving while intoxicated overnight in Western New York.

A 49-year-old man died in Alden, N.Y., after apparently setting two homes on fire in a property dispute with his sister, police said.

Erie County sheriff's deputies are investigating a fatal arson case in town of Alden.

A bitter family feud between a brother and sister who lived in adjoining houses in Alden came to a head this afternoon when the brother apparently set both houses on fire and then killed himself and his nephew's dog by remaining in the basement of the burning homes, Erie County Sheriff Timothy J. Howard said.

A family squabble ended in tragedy in the Town of Alden Wednesday afternoon. There are reports that one man is dead after he set fire to the home he lived in and to his sister's house next door.