Lockport Mayor John Lombardi III’s proposed 2026 budget would raise the tax rate by 8%, exceeding the New York State tax cap of 3.87%, according to a budget overview presented Wednesday to the Common Council.
Northstar Development received $2.16 million in tax incentives from the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency to go ahead with its new Woodstream Landing housing complex.
Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. – headed by president and CEO Byron Brown – has hired the brother-in-law of the former mayor as a sergeant supervising security guards.
Erie County is holding more COVID-19 vaccine clinics for those wanting to receive the vaccine.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman hinted at the possibility that the league’s Winter Classic tradition could soon return to Buffalo.
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, known for writing and starring in the wildly successful 90s sitcom “Seinfeld,” is coming to Shea’s Performing Arts Center in January.