New Era to add NFL caps to Derby manufacturing facility
DERBY — New Era Cap Company will begin manufacturing its first significant run of National Football League (NFL) fan hats, starting at the end of this month at the company’s…
Harlem Road Bridge work begins Monday
Work will begin Monday on a $10.3 million project to replace the Harlem Road Bridge in the towns of Cheektowaga and West Seneca. The project is part of a $518…
Boston Vol. Fire Company awarded $100 K
BOSTON — Boston Vol. Fire Co. was awarded $100,953 in federal funding through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG), which is designed to help…
Grant to fund water quality study around Gallagher Pier
BUFFALO — A New York Sea Grant will fund an innovative study to identify water quality in the area around Gallagher Pier on Buffalo’s Outer Harbor. U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins…
Akron Fire Co. awarded $531 K grant
AKRON — Akron Fire Company was awarded $531,700 in federal funding as part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program,…
Kastenbaum gets labor endorsement
BATAVIA — Diana Kastenbaum, the Democratic candidate for NY-27, received a major endorsement this week by New York State’s 2.5 million members AFL-CIO. The endorsement came at the State Federation’s…
Sen. Rob Ortt calls for review of Shawnee Road
ALBANY — New York State Sen. Rob Ortt is asking for an official review from the New York State Department of Transportation on a stretch of road that saw two…
Contract awarded to restore Seneca Bluffs natural habitat park
BUFFALO — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District has awarded a $1.34 million contract to Tidewater Inc. of Elkridge, MD to restore aquatic and nearshore habitat at…
State, colleges coordinate to combat underage drinking
ALBANY — Several state agencies and institutions undergo a coordinated effort to prevent underage drinking on college campuses and in college towns as the fall semester begins across the Empire…
Local businesses, groups split $400K Yahoo Community Fund
TOWN OF LOCKPORT — Over $400,000 was awarded today to eight projects to support small businesses, literacy and workforce training, food and ecotourism, job creation and other critical community development…