Clarence News Archives

October 31, 2009, 7:50 AM / It will be business as usual for two of the town's fire units.

Over the past week, local gas prices have gone up nine cents, to $2.82 according to the AAA.

A Lockport man pleaded guilty to first-degree vehicular assault in Judge Matthew Murphy III's Niagara County courtroom Tuesday.

October 27, 2009, 7:12 AM / The Clarence Central School District has taken a defensive posture on the H1N1 flu.

James Mann's vision in his left eye had become so cloudy in recent years that he had lost the ability to drive, hunt and even reach for his grandchildren.

A 17-year-old boy in western New York has been charged with a misdemeanor after he put ketchup on his arms and faked his suicide on a live video Web site, police said.

On Tuesday evening at about 11:30 p.m. State Police in Clarence was contacted by several callers from as far away as the country of Israel regarding a male subject attempting suicide and streaming the event live via webcam over the internet on the web site BLOG-TV. The IP address was traced back to a Time Warner account which was registered to an ...

A Clarence teen said he did it for a joke, but State Police aren't laughing. The Clarence barracks got calls from as far away as Israel Tuesday night about an apparent live suicide attempt over the internet.

An attempted robbery in progress in Clarence on Tuesday morning led to damage to a state trooper's cruiser and the arrest of two Buffalo men, state police said.

Suneel Ram doesn't like being dependent on others. But because of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the 12-year-old Amherst boy often has to.

A half-naked woman found trying to restart her disabled car on Main Street in Clarence has been charged with two driving-while-intoxicated counts after she recorded a blood-alcohol level of 0.24 percent, state police at Clarence reported Friday.

New York radio station 97 Rock held its annual Pumpkin Drop at The Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence, NY on Oct.

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October 13, 2009, 6:48 AM / A tenant who apparently left a pan of sausage unattended on a kitchen stove Sunday afternoon sparked a $150,000 fire in a Clarence apartment building, Amherst Fire Control officials reported.

October 10, 2009, 7:09 AM / PET EXPO: Ten Lives Club will host a Pet Expo from 11 a. m. to 5 p. m. today at the McKinley Mall, 3701 Mc- Kinley Mall Parkway near the food court.

October 09, 2009, 6:54 AM / Perry's Ice Cream in Akron will be the scene of a simulated hazardous materials release for an emergency response drill Saturday.

City of Lockport * CRIMINAL CONTEMPT: Christopher K. Griffin, 42, 146 Pine St., Apt.

October 05, 2009, 8:29 AM / A 31-year-old Lockport woman has been charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, after Erie County sheriff's deputies accused her of leaving two children, age 2 and 6, unattended in her vehicle while she was shopping Sunday evening.

A Pennsylvania man whose 1,040.5-pound pumpkin won the Great Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Clarence, N.Y., says lots of water is the key to his success.

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

How do you grow a giant pumpkin? Mike Matto says it took "a lot of water" to grow his 1,040-pound orange gourd.

U.S. Rep. Chris Lee, R-Clarence, Erie County, in Rochester Monday criticized House Democrats' health care reform proposal for cutting billions in funding to Medicare Advantage in coming years, 'in essence wiping out the program.' His congressional neighbor to the east, Rep.