WNY/Assemblyman Hawley announces Patriot Trip for 2025

Press release Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C-Batavia) is announcing this year’s Patriot Trip to Washington, D.C. The trip will run from September 18 to 21 and is open to local veterans and their families. Participants will get a tour of the nation’s capital and its numerous monuments and landmarks that honor …

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WNY/Batavia man sentenced to 20 years in prison for production of child pornography

Press release ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Derek Hagen, 33, of Batavia, NY, who was convicted of production of child pornography and possession of child pornography involving prepubescent minors, was sentenced to serve 240 months in prison and 15 years of supervised by Chief U.S. District Judge …

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WNY/Mothertime Marketplace, a seasonal children’s consignment pop up sale event is back in town helping local families in WNY

Press release Mothertime Marketplace, a HUGE seasonal children’s consignment pop up sale event is back in town helping local families in Western New York! The Spring/Summer sale in the Grange Building on the Hamburg Fairgrounds March 21-23. The following are sale hours: Friday, 10am-7pm, Saturday, 10am-3pm Sunday, 10am-2pm. To grab …

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WNY/Assemblyman Hawley visits local schools for Read Across America Day

Press release/provided photos Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C-Batavia) visited T.J. Connor Elementary, Wolcott Street School and Dorothy B. Bunce Elementary last week for Read Across America Day. Hawley read There’s No Place Like Space to students as they learned about topics such as the solar system. This event has been a longstanding tradition …

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WNY/Former Wyoming County Corrections Officer going to prison for distributing child pornography

Press release BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that James D. Sutton, 40, of Depew, NY, who was convicted of distribution child pornography, was sentenced to serve 100 months in prison and 30 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig …

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WNY/Violanti now Acting US. Attorney for the Western District of New York

Press release/provided photo Joel L. Violanti became Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of New York onFebruary 18, 2025. In this role, Mr. Violanti serves as the chief federal law enforcement officer forWDNY, leading an office of approximately 120 federal prosecutors and staff, located in Buffalo andRochester.Mr. Violanti …

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WNY/Two local co-workers purchase their employer’s business in Akron

From left Adam MacBain and Tucker Smart/Submitted photo (Information from a provided press release) After years of dedicated service, longtime WoodMaxx employees Tucker Smart, an Oakfield/Alabama graduate, and Adam MacBain, of N. Java, Wyoming County, have co-founded The Back Forty Group, Inc., and have purchased the brand, WoodMaxx at 42 …

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