Olcott News

The hamlet of Olcott Beach on Lake Ontario is the United States' "Ultimate Fishing Town" for 2012 - a designation worth $25,000 to make it an even better place for sport anglers.

A Barker man who sold oxymorphone last year in Olcott and Wrights Corners pleaded guilty Wednesday before Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas, who set sentencing for Aug.

Olcott Beach in the Town of Newfane and Hastings, Ontario have become fishing meccas over the years.A Now, both communities want to take it a step further by securing the title of Ultimate Fishing Town, an honor bestowed by the Canada-based World Fishing Television Network.A To win the title, Olcott and Hastings have to finish number one in online ... (more)

Rosemary Sansone, president of Olcott Beach Carousel Park, was a prime mover in renovating Olcott's dilapidated carousel and making it the attraction it is today.

Hazel U. Walker, of Olcott, owner of Flora Hatch, an apparel store in Lockport and Williamsville, died May 20.

Animal advocates and Newfane town officials have reached an agreement on how to tackle the feral cat problem near the town marina in this Lake Ontario hamlet.

Trooper Lawrence Gleason was killed in the line of duty more than a decade ago, but his memory was alive recently as a group recently worked in his honor to clean up a section of highway near the new Lake Champlain Bridge.

HARTLAND, N.Y. - A deadly head-on crash on Hartland Road last Sunday has become a triple-fatal accident.

All of Western New York needs to put its collective weight behind the effort to help Olcott land the title of "Ultimate Fishing Town" in a contest sponsored by cable television's World Fishing Network.

Two drivers were flown by Mercy Flight helicopter to Erie County Medical Center on Sunday afternoon after a head-on crash on Hartland Road in the Town of Hartland.