Kenmore News

A group of teachers visiting from Belgium got an up close look at the local education system Wednesday afternoon.

Plans are moving forward on construction activities at all 13 schools in the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda School District, School Board member Charles J. Wuest said Tuesday.

City of Lockport n DISORDERLY CONDUCT: Brett W. Frasier, 33, 120 Ontario St., and Gary L. Hopper, 23, 120 Ontario St., were charged with disorderly conduct and second-degree obstruction of government administration.

With the recent surge of reported cases of people diagnosed with the H1N1 virus in Western New York, Catholic Health is tightening its restrictions on the age of visitors at its hospitals and nursing homes.

Turning over a check for $8,000, a former executive director of Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda Meals on Wheels agreed Wednesday to repay a total of $31,569.34 that she stole from the organization.

In our last column about "stay-cations," we discussed the wonderful, money-saving Empire Passport, which provides vehicle access to 200 state-operated parks, recreation areas, boat launch sites, arboretums and park preserves, as well as 55 forest preserve sites operated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Twenty-eight consecutive days of rising gasoline prices pinched all of us last month.

The glories of the summer sky will be explored starting at 9 p. m. Saturday at the Penn Dixie Palentological and Outdoor Education Center off Big Tree Road in Hamburg.

Jesse Lee Baca, 22, of 8820 Route 20, Westfield, died unexpectedly, Monday, June 22, 2009, at home.

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, has added another letter to the pile on Tonawanda Coke owner J.D. Crane's desk.

BUFFALO, N.Y. Press release - If you have a few hours to spare and would like to spend your time helping others, Sisters Hospital Main Street and St.

A new state audit accuses the Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District of poor fiscal practices that have resulted in the accumulation of $22 million in excess funds.

Two Catholic Health System hospitals were approved for grants totaling nearly $92,000 through a federal program designed for urban nonprofit organizations at high risk of terrorist attacks.

J. J. Richert was a 15-year-old dishwasher when he fell in love with the controlled mayhem and pyrotechnic rush of restaurant cooking.

Liquor store owners in New York State caught a slight reprieve when Gov. David A. Paterson's controversial plan to allow wine sales in grocery and convenience stores was removed from the state budget in March.

One of County Executive Chris Collins' top political targets this election year - Legislator Kathy Konst, D-Lancaster - now has a Republican opponent.

Stella Niagara Education Park has taken top honors among Niagara County schools - and 12th overall - in Business First's 2009 rankings of Western New York middle schools.

The Genesse County Sheriff's Office confirms to Eyewitness News that a 53-year-old man has died after crashing his pick-up truck.

The Greatbatch Company cut the ribbon Wednesday on its new $20 Million dollar corporate headquarters and research and development facility on Wehrle Drive in Clarence.

One of the most popular special publications from Buffalo's "Business First" rank area schools.