West Seneca News

The tale of a mysterious old hermit living along Cazenovia Creek during the early 1900's has turned into a real-life mystery.

February 08, 2010, 12:00 pm / West Seneca police have cracked a fascinating antique gun theft that dates back to both the Jesse James Gang and to a mysterious hermit who lived in a cave and shack along Cazenovia Creek almost a century ago.

Over the past decade, Erie County tax officials have failed to seek more than $700,000 from some of the companies already benefiting from tax breaks from the county Industrial Development Agency, county auditors say.

Two West Seneca police officers suffered minor injuries Thursday when a man fought with them as he was being placed under arrest, police said.

A vehicle fire on the New York State Thruway in West Seneca caused headaches for motorists Friday afternoon.

Mark Stets Jr., one of three special-operations soldiers killed by a bomb blast in Pakistan on Wednesday, comes from a family that lived in Lewiston, and he still has relatives in Western New York.

State regulators have approved plans for a new 25-bed dialysis center in Hamburg.

The print edition of the Madison County Courier is now available at the following Nice Na TM Easy Grocery Shoppes.

When it comes to safety in the home, state lawmakers say smoke detectors just aren't enough.

Jeff and I took a serpentine trip down the length of Seneca Street and doubled back before finding the last available spot in front of Metzger's Pub.

Slippery roads and wind-blown snow formed a nasty one-two punch that confronted many morning commuters with an oh-so-slow ride into work today.

A West Seneca man will go to trial next week as an alleged accomplice to a murder after rejecting a plea offer twice Monday in Niagara County Court.

January 21, 2010, 6:53 AM / Hires/Promotions/ Honors Lifetime Health Medical Group named Dr.

West Seneca School Superintendent Jean M. Kovach will retire at the end of the summer, after less than three years in that position.

The state Labor Department pegs the December unemployment rate at 9%. That figure matches a 26-year high.

A head on crash with a tractor trailer claimed the life of an Orchard Park woman early Saturday morning.

ITHACA -- A stabbing at an apartment in the Fall Creek neighborhood last summer resulted from a knife fight, according to a man charged with the crime.

There is more turmoil at Seneca Gaming Corp., as its gaming board ousted chairman Jeffrey Gill and elected Kevin W. Seneca, a former Seneca Nation treasurer and a strong backer of Seneca President Barry E. Snyder Sr.

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January 16, 2010, 4:23 PM / An Orchard Park woman was killed on Transit Road in West Seneca about 4:30 a.m. today when her car collided head-on with a tractor-trailer. The victim, Carrie L. Brzezicki, 27, was taken by Rural/Metro Medical Services to Mercy Hospital in South Buffalo, where she was pronounced dead, West Seneca police said.