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Western New York physicians cautious about rollout of medical marijuana treatment

The Dent Neurologic Institute in Amherst receives as many as 100 calls a day about medical marijuana, and for good reason.Of the 226 doctors certified to prescribe marijuana in New York State as of ... Read More

Woman charged with DWI after leaving AA meeting

A 24-year-old Perrysburg woman was arrested Monday by Orchard Park police after she left an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in Hamburg allegedly highly intoxicated. Josephine Pierce was stopped as she ... Read More

Niagara Falls deliveryman given counterfeit $100 bill

NIAGARA FALLS – A deliveryman was given a counterfeit $100 bill Friday after he made a food delivery to a Monroe Avenue address, which turned out to be an abandoned house.Police said the... Read More

Elderly Niagara Falls residents victimized by break-ins; car is stolen

NIAGARA FALLS – Elderly homeowners were the victims of a pair of break-ins Friday, including one in which the victim’s car was among the items stolen.Police said burglars entered a... Read More

U.S. side of Lewiston-Queenston Bridge to get $50 million upgrade

The American side of the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge is finally going to get an upgrade.Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., is planning to come to the bridge Tuesday to announce that two federal... Read More

U.S. side of Lewiston-Queenston to get upgrade

The American side of the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge is finally going to get an upgrade.Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., is planning to come to the bridge Tuesday to announce that two federal... Read More

Geneseo campus tries to cope amid shock of homicides

GENESEO – A pall of sadness and anxiety tempered the enthusiasm surrounding the return Monday of thousands of students to the SUNY Geneseo campus for the start of the spring semester.Friends ... Read More

Heavy snows should be gone after Tuesday, but frigid wind chills will remain

Hang in there. The worst is almost over. The scariest scenarios from Western New York’s most recent rendezvous with winter weather – the lake-effect snow warnings and advisories... Read More

East Ferry Street man arresed for marijuana and false identification

Jamaal Rice, 40, of East Ferry Street, was arrested about 4 p.m. Monday in the 600 block of East Ferry for allegedly ignoring a traffic stop in turning off Humboldt Parkway, allegedly trying to... Read More

Perrysburg woman arrested for DWI after leaving an AA meeting