North Tonawanda News

The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency board of directors today disapproved without prejudice an application for assistance from One Niagara LLC for a proposed $6 million renovation of the Niagara Falls landmark on 360 Rainbow Blvd.

A slippery roadway is suspected of triggering a collision that killed a North Tonawanda woman this afternoon on Sweet Home Road in Amherst, authorities said.

Police say 55 year old Patricia Amato of North Tonawanda was driving northbound on Sweet Home Road when her Buick swerved into oncoming traffic.

Earwig was left as a baby at St. Morwald's orphanage, and she likes living there, with her friend Custard, getting all the people in charge to do what she wants them to.

The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency board of directors today disapproved without prejudice an application for assistance from One Niagara LLC for a proposed $6 million renovation of the Niagara Falls landmark on 360 Rainbow Blvd.

Buffalo, N.Y. - This is the story of a guy from North Tonawanda who was looking to pay it forward, and a woman from Florida who was looking for a miracle.

NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. - A 25-year-old substitute teacher has reportedly been fired by the North Tonawanda School District for having an "inappropriate relationship" with a 17-year-old female student.

As Nicholas J. Forster, former Niagara County Democratic Party chairman, officially announced Monday that he is running for his old post, a possible new rival appeared on the scene.

Melvin Norman Ginter of North Tonawanda, a Korean War veteran loved judo and spent much of his life promoting the sport, died of cancer Jan.

But the people who put him there - the SPCA's board of directors - have largely remained low-profile, communicating through brief statements, a spokesman and a criminal defense attorney.

Payne Avenue Church in North Tonawanda has begun a "Sharing Shop," where gently used items of clothing and household goods are available to those who find themselves in need of assistance.

A raucous scene in Buffalo City Court Thursday, as the family of slain NFTA driver Brian Chapman Jr.

The former owner of the Pizza Junction in North Tonawanda, which was featured once on the Food Network's "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives," was arrested last week after he allegedly drove his Jeep into a sign in front of another pizzeria, police said.

A restaurant owner at the center of a high-profile landlord- tenant dispute in North Tonawanda has a new set of legal problems -an outstanding arrest warrant charging him with forgery.

The AARP Foundation's Tax-Aide Program will offer free tax return preparation, both federal and state, at four different sites in Wheatfield and North Tonawanda.

A free support group for widowed women of all ages will have its first meeting from 1:30 to 3 p. m. Wednesday in the living room at YWCA of the Tonawandas, 49 Tremont St., North Tonawanda.

Channel 2 anchor Melissa Holmes led off the No. 3 item on the list of the top 10 stories on the 10 p.m. newscast Monday on WNYO-TV by saying "it sounds crazy" that members of Congress can use insider information to purchase stocks.

A Niagara County man is facing charges after police say he was caught on tape damaging a pizza sign with his Jeep.

Daniel Arrasjid stars as The Creature and Camryn Porter as Mary Frankenstein in "Frankenstein" at the Ghostlight Theatre, 170 Schenck St., North Tonawanda.

The Dale Association's Outpatient Counseling and Treatment Center in North Tonawanda is using new and effective approaches to people struggling with anger.