Barker News

The Niagara County Sheriffs Office responded to a call of a fire around 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning.

The Barker and Lyndonville central school districts are exploring the possibility of a merger, Barker Superintendent Roger Klatt said Tuesday.

Trustee elections loom in three Niagara County villages in March, while voters will visit the polls in late spring in two villages in the western end of the county to elect mayors, as well.

City of Lockport CHARGED: Charles T. Cogar, 22, 9261 Coleman Road, Barker, was charged with petit larceny Friday.

The Barker School District will receive $36,000 in state money to study the feasibility of consolidating with the Lyndonville School District in Orleans County, the Department of State announced Tuesday.

When there's no one there for a period of time, the lights go off automatically in some classrooms in the Newfane School District.

Lockport City Schools have taken some proactive measures in regard to any possible health issue including the H1N1 flu.

Town of Lockport LARCENY: A Tonawanda Creek road resident told police Monday that someone stole the front license plate from her vehicle.

The news that County Manager Greg Lewis is packing his bags and leaving when his contract runs up in December is not particularly surprising.

A Barker man was charged Sunday night with reckless endangerment after state police said he tried to hit a person twice, once with a snowmobile and once with his vehicle.

The school district's former business administrator has returned to serve in the same capacity temporarily until a permanent successor is found.

Niagara County meetings and hearings this week p. m. Wednesday in City Hall. January 10, 2010, 6:46 AM / Barker The Village Board will hold a budget session at 6 p. m. Monday, followed by a regular board meeting at 7, in Village Hall, 8708 Main St.

A Barker teen is in critical condition after his vehicle apparently hit an icy patch Wednesday on Royalton Center Road and rolled over twice.

December 19, 2009, 7:24 AM / A Lockport man was sentenced to 12 years in prison Friday as the racketeering case involving a gang headed by David R. Cain Jr.

Barker The School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the district's administrative offices, Quaker and Haight roads.

The Barker School District will hold an H1N1 immunization clinic from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today at Pratt Elementary School, 1628 Quaker Road.

The Barker Central School District was recognized as one of the Top 100 of the nation's best public high schools by the U.S. News & World Report on Monday.

There was no snow for the first Winterfest at Camp Kenan, but 51 children had a ball Saturday.

It may have been the second H1N1 immunization clinic offered at a Niagara County school, but Friday's clinic at Newfane Elementary was the first to offer the vaccine to any New Yorker.

The Niagara County Health Department said Tuesday it will offer a free swine flu vaccination clinic Tuesday in Pratt Elementary School on Quaker Road.