Wilson News

November 10, 2009, 7:00 AM / By most accounts, Ryan Kruzicke is like any other 5-year-old. Ryan likes video games, and he attends Newfane Elementary School, where his favorite subject is math.

Look up "enlighten" in the dictionary and you probably won't see a picture of Joseph B. Emmons - but you'll get an idea of what he was all about.

November 02, 2009, 6:44 AM / OLAF FUB SEZ: According to President Warren G. Harding, born on this date in 1865, "I have no trouble with my enemies.

Yesterday as the polls closed and the votes were tallied, the active, voting citizenry were glued to their computer and television screens for the most up to the minute reports on the results.

City of Lockport A* ASSAULT: Levon D. Smith, 117 Genesee St., Apt. lower, was charged Thursday with third-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

This election season will be relatively tame in several towns across Niagara County, compared with Lewiston, Lockport, Pendleton and Wheatfield, where contested campaigns for supervisor and other offices have meant more political signs in neighborhoods and along major roads, and more door-to-door visits by candidates.

The Halloween trick-or-treat hours are 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday in the city and in the towns of Lockport, Newfane and Wilson.

Falls firefighters out on a routine ride to check on hydrants were pressed into action Wednesday morning to battle a suspicious blaze in a home in the 1900 block of East Falls Street.

For Irene Daunce and her husband there's no holiday quite like Halloween. "We had a Halloween wedding," Irene said.

Three candidates are bidding for two seats on the Cambria Town Board. Veteran Robert E. Blackman and newcomer Randy M. Roberts earned the two Republican Party endorsements in the primary election.

One day Teagan Clark made a fish fry dinner, but no one could eat it. That's because it was made out of Play-Doh. Clark is one of 10 national finalists in the Hasbro "Ready, Go Play-Doh" food sculpture contest and New York state's only representative.

Battle flags and the Stars and Bars of the Old Confederacy were stiff in the breeze at Memorial Park at a re-enaction of the Southern Armiesa encampment sponsored by the Mineola Library.

Getting students out from behind their desks is a challenge that many teachers face.

Wilson will be making an appearance in another national magazine next month. In the upcoming November issue of Bicycling, Wilson's morning exercise program for students will be mentioned in an article about the effects of exercise on kids with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Seniors R.J. Seager and Amber Lehman are very busy people. To start, Seager is a semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship competition, while Lehman has been named a commended student.

October 17, 2009, 6:56 AM / Ryan Lacey's decision to drink and drive cost his girlfriend her life.

A 21-year-old Lockport man whose girlfriend was killed in July when he drove their car off Ruie Road in North Tonawanda pleaded guilty Friday in Niagara County Court.

October 13, 2009, 6:53 AM / Wilson resident Gerri Jones picked up her first camera eight years ago when her husband bought her a small point-and-shoot. Now, the dental assistant and mother of four never leaves her digital camera behind.

The finances of the Wilson Central School District are in very good condition, according to two different audit reports, the district said Tuesday.

Kathleen Nagel shudders to think that the double-fatal car crash on Church Road late last month could have been worse.