Rapids News

Every year I make these lists of New Yeara s resolutions. By March, Ia ve completely lost focus because the list is so long.

Two people were taken to the hospital Monday morning for treatment of injuries after an accident on Old Beattie Road around 9 a.m. New York State Police Sgt.

Bill Bradberry remembers someone telling him it would be "a cold day in hell" before the city began capitalizing on its ties to the Underground Railroad.

The newly formed Underground Railroad Heritage Commission will conduct its inaugural meeting later this week to elect a chairperson and begin the process of establishing by-laws. "It's going to be a little emotional for me," said North Star Project Coordinator Kevin Cottrell.

Barker The School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the district's administrative offices, Quaker and Haight roads.

The storm that has left a left a blanket of mud, ice and snow across much of the nation is blamed for at least five deaths.

File photo. Back in March 2008, instructor Anton Ninno keeps an eye on a chess match between Christian Champaigne, 8, and Kyree Dugger, 9, as Zyair Thomas, 8, plays in another match during a chess club meeting at the Southside Academy charter school in Syracuse.

On December 8, Van Andel Institute cuts the ribbon on its eight-story, $178 million, 240,000 square foot Phase II expansion.

A funny thing happened on my drive down Main Street on Thursday. I didn't hit a single pothole.

" Another new charter school is coming to town as southern Brooklyn education activists cheer their newly approved Brooklyn Dreams Charter School, riding Mayor Michael Bloomberg's wave calling for more charter schools.

A fire apparently started just before 11 p. m. Sunday near a wood-burning stove in the basement of a home at 6421 Riddle Road, according to Niagara County sheriff's deputies.

The Miles family is changing it up this year in the annual American race to make it to the table for Thanksgiving dinner.

Chances are slim that there will be any grocery store or restaurant sightings of former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin during her swing through the Rochester area to promote her new memoir on Saturday.

Lockport Community Television is planning to launch a radio station and intends to share an antenna with the Rapids Fire Company, the town Planning Board learned Tuesday.

NEW YORK How do you run a newspaper without any reporters? Ask Editor Lyle Miller of The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Sarah Palin won't be hitting New York on her book tour for 'Going Rogue.' Sarah Palin A will skip New York City on her book tour this month, but here comes the consolation prize: Almost-son-in-law Levi Johnston will be here next week to pocket roughly $100,000 for a nude photo shoot.

It's part of her book tour. Wednesday, November 4, 2009 NEW YORK - Oprah Winfrey is only the beginning for Sarah Palin's book tour.

Kid Sends New Kids Valentines from Gina B come in a pack of 16 cards in four assorted designs.

October 31, 2009, 7:50 AM / It will be business as usual for two of the town's fire units.

Kenneth Pawlukovich's run for Niagara Falls City Council is a prime example of the saying "if you're unhappy with local government, change it." The vice president of Hutch Enterprises said he had an unpleasant experience with the city while trying to push forward a $1.5 million project to renovate and re-open the old Dome Theater on Main Street.