WNY/Ontario company pleads guilty to dumping waste water in to Lake Ontario, violating the Clean Water Act

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that the Algoma Central Corporation, headquartered in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder, Jr. to a negligent violation of the Clean Water Act and will face a significant fine. “The Great Lakes …

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WNY/VA Western New York Healthcare System selected as one of 37 VA sites to receive initial doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Press release BUFFALO, NEW YORK —VA Western New York Healthcare System (VAWNYHS) announced it has been selected as one of 37 VA sites to receive initial doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.  VA WNYHS was selected for its ability to vaccinate large numbers of people and store the vaccines at extremely cold temperatures. In …

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WNY/106 year-old former U.S Army Air Corps Captain, re-issued a special membership award today at the Batavia VA

(Submitted photos and information from VA WNY Healthcare System) “On January 2, 1945 at 11:00a.m., 2nd Lieutenant Sydney Cole was forced to jump out of his disabled Piper Cub airplane over the skies of Belgium and into German-held territory. He deployed his Irvin backpack-style parachute at an altitude of 1000 …

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WNY/Third party candidate Duane Whitmer continues to persevere despite his opponent’s attempts to remove him from the ballot in NY-27

Putting up $50,000 of his own money to run, Duane Whitmer, Libertarian Candidate for Congress in District 27, is back out in the community after the COVID-19 Pandemic ended all of his typical access to voters in the district since March. Events like county fairs and meet and greets have …

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STATE POLICE/Medina man arrested for DWI with a B.A.C. nearly three times the legal limit following a motor vehicle accident on the thruway

On September 11, 2020, at approximately 6:40 p.m., State Police responded to a report of a two-car motor vehicle accident on I-90, in the town of Amherst.  It was reported that a Dodge Caravan was struck from behind by a Chevrolet Silverado.  The driver of the Chevy, Gregory D. Smith, 33, …

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