North Tonawanda News

On Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, a two-alarm fire destroyed the historic Elks Lodge in North Tonawanda, NY.

The administration, faculty, staff and the Class of 2012 announce the 37th commencement exercises of Niagara Catholic Jr./Sr. High School will take place on Friday, June 8, at 7 p.m. at the Riviera Theatre, 67 Webster St., North Tonawanda.

NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. - A ceremony today in North Tonawanda served as a reminder about the ultimate sacrifice made by too many veterans.

The Tonawanda chapter of the U.S. Navy Seabee Veterans of America was among the groups in the Twin Cities Memorial Day parade on Sunday.

Stories about Susan Hittle's grandmother feeding neighbors in a small West Virginia town during the Depression inspired her to volunteer at Meals on Wheels, where she discovered her own passion for the work and a talent for organizing eclectic bus tours.

A North Tonawanda man was charged with a felony count of driving while intoxicated after he nearly crashed into an Erie County sheriff's deputy's patrol car late Wednesday night in Amherst, officials said.

A third trial date has been set for Robie J. Drake, a North Tonawanda man convicted twice of murdering two high school classmates more than 30 years ago.

NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. Thursday at approximately 9:46a.m., the North Tonawanda Police Department was notified by the North Tonawanda Senior High School that they had received an anonymous bomb threat via an in house computer.

A North Tonawanda High School student was charged today with anonymously reporting a bomb threat to the school this morning.

As he faced a judge today for sentencing in his role in the death of his 3-year-old son, Zachary C. Stofle shed tears.

NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. - A Niagara County father will not serve jail time after a television fell and killed his three-year-old son.

North Tonawanda police on Tuesday said that a man and woman have been arrested and charged with tampering with physical evidence in connection with a dead body that was found in Mayor's Park on April 27.

A Potsdam resident is accused of assault and criminal mischief in an incident at the Bay Street house where he lives.

With the help of the canal authority three men are going to be making a 10 day trip from North Tonawanda.

Journey back in time to "ye days of olde" with ladies and lords on Saturday, June 2, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The 12th annual Renaissance Festival, presented by the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum and the Society for Creative Anachronism, will awaken your interest in medieval games, arts and crafts, and entertainment.

Lockport's Brad Angelo beat John Szczerbinski Sunday afternoon at Transit Lanes in Williamsville to win the George Obenauer Masters Championship.

The 16th annual Hospice Memorial Walk took place Sunday morning in Buffalo. More than $2.5 million dollars were raised for hospice services by the thousands who took part.

A Coast Guard boatcrew from Station Buffalo, N.Y., rescued a boater Sunday afternoon after the man's vessel began taking on water in the Niagara River near North Tonawanda, N.Y. The boater, whose name is not being released, called 911 emergency dispatchers when he noticed his boat was flooding.

A driver reportedly hit a pedestrian just after 2 a.m. on Niagara Falls Boulevard at the intersection with Krueger Road, Niagara County sheriff's deputies said this afternoon.

Journey back in time to "ye days of olde" with ladies and lords on Saturday, June 2, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The 12th annual Renaissance Festival, presented by the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum and the Society for Creative Anachronism, will awaken your interest in medieval games, arts and crafts, and entertainment.