Lewiston News

It looks like the Buffalo Winterfest & Powder Keg Festival went off over the weekend at one of the few appropriate times of this mild winter.

The disarray continued this past week at the SPCA of Niagara, as on Feb. 2 its board of directors announced the hiring of an independent veterinarian, and mere days later news came that he wouldn't be hired after all.

The mighty Niagara Falls A isA 176 feet high, and A 150,000 gallons of water descend each second.

Look for more discussion of interest on the future of the Interim Waste Containment Structure at the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works Community Action Council meeting, Wednesday, Feb.

Lewiston police are continuing their search for the driver of a vehicle that fatally a pedestrian on Mount Hope Road Wednesday at 10 p.m. LPD reported that resident Loren Jacobs, 59, of 2223 Mount Hope Road, was struck while he was out for an evening walk on Wednesday.

The committee that controls the purse strings for Niagara River Greenway funding in Niagara County doled out $5.7 million Thursday to the Town of Lewiston for its planned improvements at Joseph Davis State Park.

A small piece of the 19th century has found a new home on Baseline Road, thanks to a two-year effort by an Island family.

LEWISTON, NY - Just after 10 on Wednesday night, 59-year-old Loren Jacobs was walking westbound on Mount Hope Road on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation in Niagara County when he was struck by an on-coming car.

The Niagara County Legislature recently awarded Old Fort Niagara a grant of $37,500 to support 1812 Bicentennial programming.

A new board of directors for the SPCA of Niagara will be elected in May, and president Bruno A. "Brandy" Scrufari III doesn't intend to be a member.

The Niagara County Legislature recently awarded Old Fort Niagara a grant of $37,500 to support 1812 Bicentennial programming.

The veterinarian hired last week to oversee animal care at the SPCA of Niagara has an unpredictable personality and a history of recommending euthanasia for animals with treatable illnesses, according to several of Dr.

The Barton Hill Hotel and Spa, located at 100 Center St. in Lewiston, has three packages available for the upcoming Valentine's Day holiday, including the Sweet Escape.

Magdalyn Chauby, 15,a sophomore from Grand Island,rehearses with Amy Teal, her vocal coach ,on Wednesday, Feb.

Marie Fechner, a retired secretary and bookkeeper who also was part-owner of a dairy business, died Wednesday in Niagara Hospice House.

LEWISTON, N.Y. - A treasurer for a group of cheerleaders has been charged with using their debit card for her own personal use.

Three days after firing its embattled executive director, the SPCA of Niagara named a Lewiston doctor as its new veterinarian, promising improved care for its animals.

Volunteers from the SPCA of Niagara attended Wednesday's Common Council meeting to urge support for a whole new board of directors at the facility.

The Underground Railroad had many stops in Western New York, but the historical connection may be strongest in the Niagara County town of Lewiston.

A Wilson man who crashed his motorcycle into a ditch in that town July 30 pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony count of driving while intoxicated.