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Opinionline Archives Abolish capital punishment Marge McMillen - East Amherst, N.Y. Are you not amazed at the number of convicted prisoners who have been exonerated lately thanks to DNA? It's obvious that we, ...

One of the last remaining stores in Buffalo's Central Park Plaza is closing its doors for good Friday.

City of Lockport * DRUGS: Clarice L. Goldsmith, 35, 19 Orchard St., upper, was charged Thursday night with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

I love to cook and entertain family and friends. Having traveled widely, I am Buffalo's best ambassador and I can't imagine living anywhere but here.

The Erie County Home in Alden is looking for donations of items to be used as bingo prizes.

Niagara Falls * BURGLARY: Police are investigating a burglary in the 1000 block of Niagara Avenue.

Experts now say they could be a danger to your family. Karl Konarzik is testing this East Amherst kitchen for Radon.

An apartment caught fire in Kenwood late last night just west of Louisville International Airport.

Ryan Ganzenmuller, a 2008 Williamsville East graduate, has won the Leonard M. Castrianno Scholarship, named for school alumnus Castrianno, who was killed in the Sept.

An arbor adorned with a canopy of vigorously growing flowers truly is something to admire.

Fifteen of the 20 Buffalo police officers who would lose taxpayer-provided take-home vehicles under Mayor Byron W. Brown's cost-cutting plan live in the suburbs, The Buffalo News has learned.

The town supervisors who govern the Niagara County Sewer District rescinded the appointment of a new administrative director they chose last month, and gave the job to an Erie County resident.

It's day two of unrestricted free agency across the NHL. Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier met the media Wednesday morning and said the Sabres continue to shop for a defenseman.

If all the businesses claiming Williamsville as their home were actually inside the village, they probably would be stacked several levels on top of each other.

Lou Gramm took the stage as the sun set Friday, pumping his fist in the air as the crowd in the Ulrich City Centre cheered enthusiastically.

An East Amherst Street man is accused of repeatedly driving over his cousin's legs last week, police said.

If you live in Western New York long enough, you might stop thinking about the things that outsiders find strange, like why we put "the" before the names of our various expressways.

Frances Crosby, of East Amherst, chairwoman of Niagara University's department of nursing, has been named the 2008 Nurse of Distinction by the Professional Nurses Association of Western New York.

Jun. 18--Construction of the first Hyatt Summerfield Suites in Western New York is scheduled to begin in a few weeks in Amherst.

City of Lockport * CHARGED: Daniel K. DeCarlo, 49, 198 Pine St., was charged Sunday with failure to keep right, failure to signal, driving while intoxicated and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation.