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Leadership Niagara will hold its annual Agriculture Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Sept.

Cake judge Debbi Sweeney, of Appleton, NY, begins her assessment of a cupcake for appearance, crust, crumb and flavor at the State Fair's Art and Home Center.

The State Senate unanimously confirmed former Niagara County Sheriff Thomas A. Beilein as a member of the state Commission on Corrections Friday.

City of Lockport n CHARGED: Ataurus R. Tennyson, 24, 185 South St., Apt. 1, was charged with second-degree harassment.

Town of Lockport * BURGLARY: An employee of Faery's Plant Market on South Transit Road reported Thursday that overnight, someone entered a fenced-in area at the business and stole several items from an unlocked ...

ONTARIO Driver drowns in Welland Canal Canadian authorities say a driver died after his car plunged into the Welland Canal in Port Colborne.

It took 900 pounds of peaches, apples and cherries to make enough pies to last the five days of the Niagara County Fair, and the 4-H fundraiser was still on target to sell out hours before the closing ...

The Niagara Falls Roving Anti- Crime Unit made several arrests while patroling the north end of the city.

Local families had the chance to get up close and personal with livestock at the Niagara County Fair on Thursday.

Brian Grear received authorization from the Democratic committees in three counties to run as their candidate for state Senate, 62nd district.

Brian Grear received authorization from the Democratic committees in three counties to run as their candidate for state Senate, 62nd district.

Nathan S. Roberts is a name synonymous with Lockport and the Erie Canal. In Lockport, Roberts is remembered as the "engineer" who, without any formal training, designed and oversaw construction of the Flight of ...

The First Niagara Bank branch on East Avenue was closed Thursday after an apparent electrical short caused the building to lose power.

City of Lockport * DRUGS: Jamie L. Tatu, 29, 274 Washburn St., Apt. 2F, was charged Tuesday with unlawful possession of marijuana and endangering the welfare of a child.

Niagara County sheriff's deputies arrested two friends and charged them with driving while intoxicated early this morning ... at the same crash site.

BY JOE OLENICK olenickj@gnnewspaper.com Some local farms and wineries are having a problem with finding labor - the result of immigration issues and a shrinking pool of migrant workers.

"No one is saying that the labor department's initiative to source these jobs domestically is not well-intentioned"

A worker from Mexico at Singer Farms, in Appleton, N.Y., in 2004. New York farmers say they are facing a worker shortage. via New York Sun

"The family of Cliff McCoy donated it to us. The walls and windows are original, and we built a new roof and floor."

Often hiding secrets of their past behind locked doors, a scattering of nearly 30 buildings representing rural life down through the ages will beckon visitors inside during the Apple Blossom Festival next ... via Buffalo News

City of Lockport * DWI: John F. Pisarek III, 33, 347 Utica St., upper, Tonawanda, was charged early Friday with driving while intoxicated, first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and ... via Union-Sun & Journal

"Pollination is necessary for the creation of fruits, berries and seeds"

Fruit and vegetable farmer Jim Bittner checks on some of the 100 honeybees he has rented from a Florida beekeeper to pollinate crops in Appleton in northern Niagara County. via Buffalo News