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BUSINESS: NT businesses adding jobs with help from city’s grant writers
In five years North Tonawanda has nearly doubled the amount of money available to local businesses that promise to add jobs.
NORTH TONAWANDA: Sex offender Lorich to be released ‘this week’
Sex offender and former North Tonawanda teacher Jason Lorich will be released near the end of this week, New York state Division of Parole Spokeswoman Heather Groll said Monday.
EDUCATION: Elementary students have a new partner in learning
For the past year, Sarah Morris has been getting a group of special needs students at Niagara Street Elementary School to learn to read without having to bark out one order.
BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 9, 2010
TOWN OF TONAWANDA: Kenmore residents still wary of library board’s plans
Even though the town’s library board has scaled back its plan for a new library campus, recently published comments from the group’s chairman have Kenmore residents uneasy.
NORTH TONAWANDA: New Riviera Theatre staff member focuses on gaining volunteers
Did you make a New Year’s resolution to get out more, to volunteer, to make use of your talents to help a nonprofit organization?
WHEATFIELD: Cliffe wants term limit for supervisors
If Supervisor Robert B. Cliffe only gets to serve two terms in office, it will probably be his own fault.
BURN VICTIM: A FRESH START
TOURISM: Falls may audit NTCC
DUVALL: Fixation on nation’s debt misses the point
KEN-TON SCHOOLS: Group gets permanent recognition for homelessness event
As he has helped to do for more than two decades, Stephen Ash led a group of volunteers, parents and students who were sleeping outside to bring attention to homelessness.
NORTH TONAWANDA: NT won’t share Drof with Falls
North Tonawanda Water Superintendent Paul Drof will not be splitting his time with the City of Niagara Falls in a bid to divide his expertise — and his salary — between both cities.
KENMORE: Kenmore Haitian church collects items to aid in earthquake relief
A Kenmore church with an all Haitian congregation was on hand Friday for a fundraising event at Niagara University.
CHARITY: NU professor starts ‘Hearts for Haiti'
Niagara University biology professor Mark Gallo found inspiration to start the Hearts for Haiti campaign right in his backyard.
BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 6, 2010
LOCKPORT: Social networking brings unwanted attention to wanted man
U.S. marshals captured a Lockport man Wednesday in Terre Haute, Ind., after Lockport Police learned his whereabouts via his Facebook and MySpace pages.
LABOR: Falls Memorial RNs approve new deal
Members of the registered nurse bargaining unit represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East approved a new three-year collective bargaining agreement with Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center in balloting on Thursday.
NYPA: Buffalo firm hired to build new warehouse
A Buffalo firm has been awarded a contract for some $16.6 million to build a new warehouse and office complex for the Niagara Power Project.
NORTH TONAWANDA: Lawmaker's plan for sheriff's patrol shelved by NT chief
A push to increase Niagara County Sheriff’s presence in North Tonawanda’s remote 9th district got a push back recently by the city’s police chief.
TOWN OF TONAWANDA: Trio arrested for poaching deer
Three men are facing charges for allegedly killing a deer out of season, getting four law enforcement agencies involved in the process.
BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 5
POLITICS: Maziarz endorses CNBC host to challenge Schumer
New York State Sen. George Maziarz, R-Newfane, is throwing his support behind Larry Kudlow to challenge Charles Schumer for the United States Senate seat this November.
NORTH TONAWANDA: DeGraff among nation’s elite for long-term care
North Tonawanda’s DeGraff Memorial Hospital has learned a thing or two from the city’s thousands of elderly residents over the years — that is, how best to care for them.
POLITICS: Paladino out to shake things up in Albany
Carl Paladino says New York has a sick governor’s office, a sick Legislature and a sick government.
TOWN OF TONAWANDA: Commerce park adds 55 jobs
Electro Sonic Inc., a Canadian electronics and electrical components distributor, is the most recent addition to the newly renamed Riverview Solar Technology Park.
STARPOINT: Principal turned into a cake after students meet reading goal
You would need a lot of ingredients to make a cake from scratch. But to turn a principal into a cake, just add some kids who like to read.
TOWN OF TONAWANDA: Student saves pop can tabs to help sick kids
When Jillian Fittry first saw her cousin plucking the aluminum tabs off pop cans at a family event, she was curious about why they were worth saving.
COURTS: Niagara Mohawk refund pulled in a win for Town of Niagara
The Town of Niagara has scored a legal victory over Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. that will save the town from having to reimburse the utility company $200,000 in sewer charges.
NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD: Drop in state aid causing headaches
As the Niagara-Wheatfield School Board listened to three department budget proposals Wednesday night for the 2010-11 school year, Business Administrator Kerin M. Dumphrey sat on the sidelines looking like a man with a migraine.

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