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Town of Porter adopts 2027 budget; approves new local law

Following significant discussion, including a vote to override the state’s 2% tax cap, the Porter Town Board adopted its $7,832,142.12 preliminary budget plan for 2027 at Monday’s regular meeting. The budget features $1,652,637 in general fund A appropriations, $1,241,454 to be raised by tax, and a tax rate...

Porter, NY · 10h
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Niagara Falls gas station selling regular gas for $2.99 a gallon

Niagara Falls, NY · 22h

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Gas for $2.99? Yep. And there's a reason.

As drivers continue to feel a pinch at the pump, one Niagara Falls gas station is offering some relief: regular gasoline for just $2.99 a gallon.

Niagara Falls, NY · 22h

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Walking in a 'Winter Windowland'

The Village of Lewiston is celebrating the season with a festive new presentation: “Winter Windowland.”. Per the program’s website, “The magic is gathering on Center Street. A season of glowing storefront windows, warm holiday memories, and wonder around every corner. … Where Lewiston’s windows come alive for the holidays.”

Lewiston, NY · 9h
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Tonawanda Seneca Nation calls on New York State to stop construction of proposed data center

The Tonawanda Seneca Nation Council of Chiefs is marking the 232nd anniversary of the Treaty of Canandaigua by calling on New York officials to respect the Nation's sovereignty and to block a proposed data center complex. According to the Nation's Chiefs, the 1974 Treaty of Canandaigua upholds Haudenosaunee sovereignty and...

New York · 1d

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Modern Disposal discusses new trash & recycling services in Lewiston

Plan includes new receptacles, automated pickups; town sets Nov. 30 public hearings. Lewiston Town Board members on Monday heard plans from Modern Disposal Services to further automate its trash and recycling services for residents. Modern CEO Derek Veenhof, joined by company officials, including Patrick Martino, director of sales, apprised Supervisor...

Lewiston, NY · 10h

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The Homey Small-Town Restaurant In New York Where The Comfort Food Keeps Locals Coming Back

There’s a small village in Western New York called Akron, and it’s keeping one of the best-kept food secrets in the entire state. The Candy Apple Cafe is the kind of place that makes you question every fancy restaurant reservation you’ve ever made. Now to start with...

Akron, NY · 3d

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Ontario Shores FCU eyeing Center Street storefront

The Village of Lewiston’s Historic Preservation and Planning commissions got their first look at a development plan for 451 Center St., on Monday. Architect David Giusiana presented renderings depicting Ontario Shores Federal Credit Union as the potential tenant inside the building owned by Lewiston Gem Properties LLC. He was accompanied by Neil Belden (who owns the LLC with his wife, Uraiwan "Wan" Kamolphop) and Ontario Shores CEO Jeff Bell.

Lewiston, NY · 9h

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MILLER MAKES IT OFFICIAL WITH NIAGARA

LOUISVILLE, OH – From dominating in the circle to helping lead Louisville to the state championship game, Katelynn Miller has built an impressive résumé wearing the Leopards uniform. Now, the talented senior is taking her game to the Division I level. Miller has officially signed to continue...

Louisville, OH · 1d

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Lewiston Slashes Property Tax Rate 65% in New $24M Town Budget

The Lewiston Town Board has approved a 2027 budget totaling about $24.04 million in appropriations and special-district spending, about $1.575 million above the previous year's plan, while pairing the increase with a steep cut to the town's property tax rate. The new rate lands at 11.7 cents per $1,000 of assessed value, down 65% from the prior year's 33 cents.

Lewiston, NY · 1d

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Three Western New York Farms To Be Protected In Perpetuity

Protecting our farmlands has never been more important. Farmland is disappearing mostly because it’s worth more to sell for building than to keep farming, and a lot of it is about to change hands. The problem is, if our farmlands disappear, it will have a massive impact on our...

New York · 2d

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NFTA: Metro Rail expansion going forward

"I definitely think we need to look at it as a tangible project, at this point"

Amherst, NY · 1d

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Flu season hits New York earlier than ever, with influenza A dominating cases

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Flu season is already underway across New York, and health care workers say this year’s early start is raising concerns as the holiday season approaches. New York has declared influenza prevalent earlier than ever before. At Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, staff began seeing flu cases in the first week […]

New York · 3d

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New armed forces flags flying in Lewiston

On Veterans Day, new flags representing each branch of the armed forces debuted and were hung above the “Veterans Circle of Honor Memorial” at Academy Park. The markers, honoring those military members who served this country, came courtesy of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Downriver Post 7487, with funding coming from a grant secured by the Upward Niagara Chamber of Commerce, and donations from Anthony DiMino/DiMino’s Lewiston Tops and the Moses family.

Lewiston, NY · 1d

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Pat Chludzinski unseated in New York’s 143rd Assembly District

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Republican Patrick Chludzinski has been unseated in New York’s 143rd Assembly District by Democrat challenger Ryan Taughrin. Chludzinski conceded in the race Tuesday while Taughrin declared victory, one week after election day. Taughrin won the race by 570 votes, according to figures with the Erie County Board of Elections. He had […]

New York · 3d

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National Grid providing more than $2 million in economic development grant funding to bolster projects, foster growth across Western New York

Through its various economic development grant programs, National Grid supports the transformation of commercial districts, and long-underused properties in cities and towns across its service areas. And in recent months, the company awarded economic development grants totaling more than $2 million to six projects in Erie, Niagara and Chautauqua counties.

Buffalo, NY · 20h

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Reassessment leads to tax bill changes in Lewiston

"The pie remains the same. It's just how you divide the pie"

Lewiston, NY · 12h

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Poloncarz signs local law OK'ing 100% real property tax exemption on primary residence of seriously disabled veterans

Erie County opts in to NYS legislation to extend benefits to local veterans. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz was joined Tuesday by Erie County Legislator Lindsay Lorigo (10th District) and Director of the Erie County Veterans Service Agency Felice Krycia at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park Hangar Building to sign local law intro. No. 6-1-2026, authorizing a 100% real property tax exemption on the primary residence of seriously disabled veterans. The new law allows Erie County to opt in to similar legislation passed by New York state in subdivision 11 of Section 458-A of NYS property tax law, and lets qualifying local veterans obtain this benefit.

Erie County, NY · 2d

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Porter nurses strike new labor deal

On Oct. 23, Porter Medical Center nurses signed a new labor contract with the hospital’s administration, securing wage increases along with other shift and benefit improvements. This agreement, which will last for three years, comes after months of negotiations between the hospital and the Porter Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals, PFNHP Local 5753, the union representing the hospital’s employees.

Porter, NY · 1d

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Zoé Restaurant gets a refresh

Zoé Restaurant, the classic Greek/American restaurant on Transit Road in East Amherst, has completed a $250,000 renovation designed by Raven Vanguard Design Studio. Owner Alexander Pozantidis says the project, planned over six months before construction began, improved the space while retaining its comfortability and familiarity. “We wanted to modernize Zoé without losing the warmth and familiarity that our longtime customers know and love,” he says.

East Amherst, NY · 15h