Barker News

The Town of Somerset, Barker School District and the Niagara County Legislature agreed to new payment-in-lieu-of-taxes resolutions at separate meetings Tuesday night, which promises to end the tax assessment battles with the AES coal-burning power plant.

Keeping the roads safe is the job of area police departments, as well as a goal of the AAA.

Last year, the Town of Barker had enough money left in its budget after paying bills to give every man, woman and child in the town a refund of $725. At the same time, the Village of Johnson City was forced to borrow more than $800,000 to meet payroll because there was not enough money in its account to meet expenses.

By Bill Wolcott bill.wolcott@lockportjournal.com PENDLETON - Apprehension dissipated of the last month and the first school-based Point of Dispersion of H1N1 vaccine went smoothly at Startpoint High School on Saturday.

State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced an agreement Thursday that would require AES Corp.

A sex offender who violated probation four years ago by viewing the Web sites of nudist colonies was sentenced to one to three years in state prison Thursday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza.

A 38-year-old Barker man was stabbed in the shoulder early Sunday morning, according to Niagara County sheriff's deputies.

BY JULIE OBERMILLER newsroom@lockportjournal.com October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and a time when pink ribbons are everywhere and the focus is on the disease that affects women each year.

The Tina Page family officially has a home of its own today. The celebration took place Sunday at 8480 Lower Lake Road with more than 100 people taking part in the Habitat for Humanity dedication and singing "Bless This House." Tina Page and her sons Clark, Travis, Darrin and Jonathan and her mother, Judy Ames, put more than a 1,000 sweat equity ...

The writers who follow the Nets most closely are the writers who have the most pessismistic view of the team's prospects.

Paroled sex offender James McKinney has been moved out of North Tonawanda to the satisfaction of city officials, but not as planned.

Nearly 400 New York City business and civic leaders kicked off the 2009-10 PENCIL Partnership Program today by participating in a New York tradition-PENCIL's Principal For A Day event.

Carol Ander wants to get something off her chest - and she hopes others will, too.

With about 200 registered friends, several volunteers and 3,000 annual visitors, the Lighthouse at Thirty-Mile Point is improving with age.

Rain, clouds and a chilly wind didn't deter some people from coming to the annual Niagara Apple Fest Saturday.

With about 200 registered friends, several volunteers and 3,000 annual visitors, the lighthouse at Thirty-Mile Point is improving with age.

The Barker Central School District has been stashing millions of dollars in overstuffed reserve funds for the past five years and should consider spending the money or cutting taxes, a state audit said this week.

The Barker School District should have used funds to benefit taxpayers, instead of increasing various reserve accounts, according to an audit report by the state comptroller.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Tuesday announced his office completed audits of Alfred-Almond Central School District, Barker Central School District, Friendship Central School District, Hornell City School District, Morristown Central School District, Orleans Niagara Board of Cooperative Educational Services and Western Suffolk ...

William A. Annable fondly recalls his early beginnings as town supervisor more than 30 years ago, when he had to clear the dining room table to make room for Jeanne, his wife and town bookkeeper, to analyze the town ledgers in their home.