Cheektowaga News

The NFTA's ambitious plan for the Buffalo Niagara International Airport calls for spending $406 million on the Cheektowaga terminal, parking lots, runways and more.

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. - When a People, Inc. driver tried to stop a disabled man from exiting a moving van too early, the driver wound up hitting a brick pillar outside Rite Aid.

More than one year after a jury awarded a Cheektowaga resident a $66.5 million award for injuries suffered when an exercise machine crashed on her, a settlement has been reduced by nearly 60 percent to $26 million.

Ruth A. Riccio of Cheektowaga, former owner of Buffalo Airpark, died Wednesday in Mercy Hospital after a brief illness.

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration says they discovered an eight-inch knife in a woman's carry-on bag, Tuesday morning.

Buffalo police, working with the city's Division of Permits and Inspections, arrested two men Tuesday on trespassing and obstruction charges, as well as city ordinance permit and licensing violations.

Parminder Sidhu is accused of running one of the biggest and most lucrative cocaine rings ever uncovered in Western New York.

We all know what a mild, snow-free winter we've had -- so far, anyway -- a winter that has had many Western New Yorkers spending more time with their rakes and golf clubs than with their shovels.

Movie tickets keep going up, but savvy film fans can save some popcorn money by taking advantage of matinees and other discounts.

Wanda Rozek of Cheektowaga, a member of the Cheektowaga-Sloan School Board in the 1980s and active member of the Polish community, died Friday in ElderWood at Maplewood Nursing Facility, Cheektowaga, after a long illness.

Bertha Warsitz says the secret to a long and happy life is to eat well, exercise, and 'Go to church.

Hundreds of Western New Yorkers have attended a series of public hearings held by the NFTA this week, many coming to protest proposed reductions in bus service.

Having honed his negotiating skills as a labor lawyer, Gorski showed a knack for getting opposing sides to reach a settlement before a trial or jury verdict.

Schell is working with Collier's International to market the complex. "It's really a first-class manufacturing space," Schell said.

A Depew resident who was dealing with a flooding problem for the last three years, now has a solution to her problem.

Vacancies in the industrial space market rose to 13.2 percent, driven by the restructuring and downsizing of companies, such as the closing of the former Quad/Graphics plant in Cheektowaga.

A Cheektowaga woman is accused of running a snow plow scam. Terry Lyn Jarvis stood before Town of Tonawanda Judge J. Mark Gruber, Wednesday.

Town of Tonawanda police arrested a 43-year-old Cheektowaga woman and accused her of bilking at least two of her snowplowing customers, but police believe the fraudulent snowplowing contracts extend beyond their town.

Women Associates of the Buffalo Power Squadron will elect officers at a luncheon Saturday in Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga.

From left, Hilton and Althea Crawford came with Charlotte and Kenneth Barry to the Northeast Kidney Foundation's luncheon Sunday at the Millennium Hotel in Cheektowaga.