Hamburg News

Hamburg Police used reverse 911 calls Wednesday to let residents know about a man in the area who could be armed and dangerous.

The code red alert was issued after police and the Erie County Sheriff's Air One helicopter began searching for 39-year-old Dan Kouhl, who is considered armed and dangerous and may also be suicidal.

Cheektowaga Police say a 17-year-old woman is missing Tuesday. Police are searching for Brittany DiRocco, who they say does not own a vehicle.

A judge has quashed a subpoena filed by the Hamburg Central School District, seeking the identity of a blogger who has often been critical of district administration, and who published excerpts from a secretly recorded closed-door meeting of the school board.

SUNY Buffalo Law School lauded its graduating class with a host of awards at the commencement ceremony May 18, as well as during the student awards convocation a day earlier.

Mary L. Zanghi, 91, of Southwestern Boulevard, Hamburg, NY, formerly of University Park & Sahle Place, Fredonia died Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at the Absolut at Orchard Park.

Underage drinking party leads to arrests At just after 9:30 p.m. on Friday, June 7, Town of Hamburg Patrolmen Jason Nappo and Thomas Boyer responded to a call of a possible underage drinking party at a Big Tree Road residence.

SUNY Buffalo Law School lauded members of its graduating class with a host of awards both at the commencement ceremony on May 18 as well as during the school's student awards convocation May 17. Graduating law student Aaron Saykin of Buffalo was among the top honorees at this year's commencement awards.

Chestnut Ridge in Orchard Park was transformed on Saturday into an intense obstacle course designed by firefighters themselves.

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Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics will run its Hamburg Leg on Wednesday, June 12 starting at noon from the Hamburg Town Hall, run through the village and it will finish back at town hall.

Hamburg, N.Y.: Hollywood celebrities and certain chefs are being duped into adopting the narrative that natural gas is bad for our food and environment, as Mario Batali and Bill Telepan wrote in "Fracking vs. food: N.Y.'s choice" .

Burglaries and street robberies in New York City have declined by an astounding eighty per cent since 1990, and even lifelong Manhattanites like me have almost forgotten the mixture of anxiety and scary anecdote we all shared back in the seventies and eighties, whatever our address.

No doubt many of you have been down to Canalside to enjoy a concert or to walk along the Naval and Servicemans Park and the newly restored Commercial Slip.

After the past few weeks, things slow down considerably this week - due in large part to the Memorial Day holiday.

Nursing home employee charged with burglary Following an investigation, Village of Hamburg Police have charged Lisa Walker, 39, of Buffalo with second-degree burglary, a class-C felony and petit larceny in connection with the theft of money from residents rooms at a local senior living facility.

He was born May 26, 1951 in Gowanda, NY the son of the late Charles H. Press and Vivian Hall.

Clarence - parade begins at 11 a.m. from Clarence High School, Main Street and Gunnville Road, and ends at Clarence Town Park, 10450 Main St.

A growing throng of enthusiastic, smart, and well-networked people will tell you that cities have never been more important.

A Brant woman who killed a seven-month-old baby and seriously injured the baby's mother in a car crash last year will spend the next several years behind bars.