GREATER LOCKPORT DEVELOPMENT CORP

The Greater Lockport Development Corporation
approved new incorporation documents for
the agency during yesterday's annual meeting.
It includes a provision allowing them to acquire
property for the city for a dollar and then to resell
it at less than market value. The change will make
it easier to sell the Canal Street block to a Depew
high tech company. In-Lighten plans to bring
70 existing jobs to the city and create 30 new
ones within three years. They will pay $100,000
for the three renovated stone buildings which
have been assessed at $200,000....and which an
appraiser said last year were worth more than
$500,000. Mayor Mike Tucker said they are still
negotiating the final terms but the sale price is
firm. He noted that state and federal agencies
provided more than $3-million to acquire and
clean up the block so State agencies will have to
approve the deal. The GLDC also approved a
request by Rubberform Recycled Products.
They will only have to make interest payements
through March on their $225,000 loan. It was also
announced that Peter Calieri has agreed to pay
$150,000 to settle a lawsuit over his default on
$400,000 in loans that helped him open the
Metropolitian which closed after 13 months.

STATE OF THE CITY

Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster delivered a
50-minute State of the City address last night
at the Conference Center. He said the state
of the city was strong but also restless. Using
a football analogy, he said they may have gained
50 yards but they're not in the end zone yet and
they needed to work on their red zone offense. The
Mayor said he planned to build on the accomplishments
of the past year and he announced a new opportunity
for residents to voice their concerns. He said from time to
time he would keep his office open in the evening so
residents can raise concerns and ask questions. He
praised more than $100-million in development
projects in the downtown area and pledged to form
an aggressive season of road repairs this year. Dyster
told residents of Cayuga Island he would not allow
any redevelopment of Jayne Park that corrupts the
natural enviroment or comprises the quality of life
on the island. He borrowed a line from the Presidents
speech the preceeding night and said "we don't
quit" would be a great motto for the city for 2010.
He said, as mayor, he doesn't quit and he knows
residents won't either. He said if they kept pushing
the city would roar once again.

FLU CLINICS

A free seasonal and HIN1 vaccination clinic is set for
tomorrow at Lockport High School. County Health
Director Dan Stapleton says it'll run from 10am till
10pm. He said about a thousand people are scheduled
for the first three and a half hours and those that
do not have an appointment should come after 2pm.
Another free clinic will be held next Tuesday from
10 till 7 at the South Lockport Fire Department at
5666 South Transit. No appointment is needed.
Stapleton says the flu season is far from over,
that it usually peaks around the end of March
and runs till May. The Health Department has also
scheduled six other clinics over the next two months.
They'll be at Niagara Wheatfield High School on
Friday, February 12, at the Doris Jones Resource
Building in the Falls on the 17th, and at Niagara
Catholic High School on February 22. Others will
be held March 4 at North Tonawanda Middle
School, March 11 at the Lew-Port Community
Center, and March 17 at Wilson High School.

INDIAN SMOKES

The Chair of the State Senate's Finance Committe
called on the Governor Thursday to start collecting
taces on cigarettes sold to non Indians at
reservation stores. Senator Carl Kreuger said
they were looking at a pot of money that exceeds
a billion dollars a year , enough to offset any cuts
in health care, education, and home care. He said
past protests by Indians did not scare him. He
said some folks went out on a road and set some
tires on fire, everybody took a quick retreat, and
the taxpayers lost billions of dollars. He called
on Paterson to begin issuing coupons to Native
Americans so they could recoup the tax on cigarettes
sold to them. He said wholesalers who sell untaxed
smokes to Native American retailers should have
their licenses revoked. He said to add insult to
injury, the theory of the day is that the State should
further tax people who are already paying cigarette
taxes another $1.50 a pack...he said they would not
allow that to happen in the Senate.

MAZIARZ WANTS HEARINGS

State Senator George Maziarz said Thursday the
New York Power Authority should hold a public
hearing in Niagara County on a proposal to send
some of the cheap electricity that's produced
locally to Brookhaven Labs on Long Island. In a
letter to NYPA President and CEO Richard Kessel,
Maziarz said a hearing was held on Long Island
January 19 but none have been scheduled in
Niagara and Saint Lawrence Counties, where some
of the energy would also originate. Maziarz said
upstate communities should have the chance to
speak up when locally generated power is being
sent to Long Island.

SOLAR ENERGY

NYPA President & CEO Richard Kessel announced
a plan to generate 100 megawatts of solar energy
statewide over the next four years during a press
conference yesterday at Niagara Falls High School.
He said more than 60 companies have already
responded to a request for proposals issued
earlier in the week. The bids are due by Earth Day
April 22. The first wave of projects should begin by
the end of the year. NYPA hopes to have 20 to 25
per cent of them here and he said the Falls could be
chosen for a larger scale community solar project
that would reduce costs. The School District is also
interested in installing solar photo-voltaic equipment
at the 66th Street School, the high school, and the
Community Education Center.

LOCKPORT HOLIDAY INN

There's new signage outside the Lockport
Holiday Inn and plenty of improvements
inside too. Sales & Marketing Director Terri
NcDonald says the company charged their
franchisees with the responsibility of
upgrading their hotels and putting extra
money into the properties and in doing so,
they would then be awarded the new sign and
all the amenities that go along with it. The
improvements include renovated guest rooms.
She said it includes new mattresses, pillows,
shower curtains and upgraded bathroom
amenties. They'll show it all off at an open house
this afternoon from 3 till 6. There will be a cake.

CATHOLIC CHARITIES MEETING

Buffalo Bishop Edward Kmeic will be in the
Falls Saturday for a luncheon and volunteer
training session for Catholic Charities. It'll
start at 11 at Antonio's. About 60 volunteers,
clergy and lay leaders from Catholic parishes
on the Western side of the County are expected.

STRANGIO

The General Manager of the Quality Inn on
Niagara Falls Boulevard has been elected as the
new chairman of the Niagara Tourism &
Convention Corporation. Frank Strangio has a
one year term. He replaces Tricia Mezhir. Strangio
is also the President of the Falls Hotel and Motel
Association.

LOCKPORT COMMON COUNCIL

An official from the State Department of
Environmental Conservation told the City
Council last night they should apply for a
state grant to remove the asbestos from
the abandoned Dussault foundry and tear it
down. Greg Sutton estimated it would cost
$200,000 to take out the asbestos and another
$167,000 to demolish. The City doesn't own
the property now but could take it over at any
time for unpaid taxes. Sutton said conditions
were not that bad and the building is nothing but
an empty shell. The EPA worked there in 2003
and removed 244 drums of various waste,
300 cubic yards of asbestos, five above ground
storage tanks, three underground tanks, and
400 tons of foundry sand. Sutton also
reccomended the City should try to get some
money from the Niagara Brownfields Development
Corporation.

PROPOSED CLEAN-UP

The State DEC presented details of a proposed
$22-million clean-up of the Flintkote site and the
section of 18 Mile Creek between Clinton and
Harwood during a meeting last night at the
public library. The cost would be paid for out
of the State's Superfund Project but it's all
tentative until public comments have been
received and addressed. It would be the largest
environmental clean-up job ever undertaken in
the City.

NO FARMERS MARKET AT WALNUT & LOCUST

Lockport lawmakers decided Wednesday to drop
a clause in David Ulrich's City Center Development
contract that required him to build a farmers market
in a parking lot at Walnut & Locust. The deal was
made prior to the opening of the downtown location
of Niagara County Produce. City leaders believe it
fills the need. The decision was reached following
a closed door conference call with attorney Dan
Spitzer. Council President Richele Pisceri said
Spitzer did not say what Ulrich plans to do with the
lot.

STATE OF THE CITY

Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster will deliver his
State of the City address at 6pm tonight in the
Conference Center at 101 Old Falls Street. It's
open to the public.

NIAGARA FALLS LIBRARY BOARD ADDRESSES CONCERNS

In a two hour meeting yesterday, the Niagara Falls
Library Board addressed issues brought up in the
audit released last week. They agreed to meet 12
times a year as required by their by-laws, to share
responsibility for signing checks, and to approve
all library bills. State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's
report accused them of failing to exercise proper
stewardship practices and of not holding the
prescribed amout of meetings. The Board decided
to send a letter about the more than $464,000
in unpaid fines DiNapoli found. It says some date
back more than 20 years and they include some
that were recorded more than once. They also
included the full value of the missing books
rather than the reduced prices the library
paid. Interim Director Dan Killian said many of
the fines should have been written off over the
years when they were unsuccessful in collecting
them.

PALMER RETIRES FRIDAY

Falls Detective Captain Ernest Palmer will
wrap up a 28 year career when he retires
tomorrow. The 50 year says he's still young
enough to do stuff and that he and wife
Michelle are looking forward to spending more
time with his five daughters and their two
grandchildren.

REMAINS FOUND IN BURT

County Coroner Ken Lederhouse was called
yesterday after a Burt farmer found a box
containing hair and bones in the woods off
the 6100 block of Drake Settlement Road.
Ronald Watts told sheriff's deputies he found
the three foot wooden box while he was marking
property lines. Lederhouse will try to determine
whether the remains are human or from an
animal.

STIMULUS BUCKS FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL

The President is expected to announce today
the State will get $151-million in stimulus money
to start building the high speed rail line that'll
stretch from the Falls to New York City. It'll
pay for preliminary work on a third track
between Rochester and Batavia and the
construction of a second track between
Schenectady and Albany and for track
improvements between Albany and Montreal.
The Depew & Rochester train stations will be
also be renovated to comply with the Americans
With Disabilities Act. Congresswoman Louise
Slaughter noted the State had requested $4.7-
billion, but said she was happy with what was
provided. She said they're not going to start
it and not finish it and she was going to make
sure of that.

THRUWAY ACCIDENT

A 45 year old trucker from Ohio was charged
with second degree manslaughter yesterday
following an investigation in a December 12
accident on the Thruway. It took the life of
33 year old Julie Stratton of Synder. State
Police said Thomas Wallace had been on the
road too long and was watching porn when he
smashed into Stratton's disabled car near
Pembroke. They said Wallace had only had
about four hours sleep and that he had been
on duty for 27 hours prior to the crash. He's
being held on $50,000 cash bail or
$200,000 bond in the Genesee County Jail.

25 YEARS TO LIFE

A 27 year old Falls man was sentenced to 25 years
to life yesterday in county court for killing his wife.
Robert Johnson was found guilty last October of
stabbing Ahkenya Johnson 49 times in their
Jordan Gardens apartment. Prosecutors said
the throat of the 32 year old was cut from ear to
ear last January 17 and she was nearly decapitated.
The case may not be over though. Defense Attorney
Mike McNelis filed a motion for a new trial. He says
17 year old Robert Thousand....whose in jail on
charges he took part in the murder of youth counselor
Renee Greco...told him he overheard an inmate at
the County Jail say around last Thanksgiving, that he
had killed the woman. That man is Thomas Pryor. He's
no longer in jail but he was questioned by police last
Summer. He and Falls police detective Thomas
Ewing may be called to testify at a hearing Judge
Matt Murphy set for February 17. Johnson did not
speak yesterday because of the pending motion and
a possible appeal if Murphy turns down the request for
a new trial. The mothers of the defendant and the
victim embraced before and after yesterday's court
session.

COLLINS CALLS IT QUITS

Erie County Executive Chris Collins announced
Tuesday he has decided not to run for Governor.
He said he had trouble raising money and all the
controversial statements he's made recently did
not factor into the decision. The announcement
leaves former Congressman Rick Lazio in great
shape as he pursues the Republican nomination.

FUNERAL

Funeral services were held at Eastern Hills
Wesleyan Church in Clarence Tuesday for the
first female state trooper to die in the line of
duty. Thirty-one year old Jill Mattice was killed
in a traffic accident a week ago today. The
Governor joined a long gray line of more than
500 troopers and other officers from as far away
as California, Texas, and Flordia at the services.

HAITI

A 1990 graduate of Lockport High School returned
last Friday from a trip to help earthquake victims in
Haiti. Dave Parsons went with a group of others
from 27 churches organzied by the Chapel at
Cross Point. He helped out at a clinic and an
orphanage and at a new hospital where he and
others worked two 17 hour shifts last Tuesday and
Wednesday to help the victims. He plans to go
back and is looking for a hundred prayer partners.
Parsons will be our guest Thursday morning on
Dialog on WLVL.

CONSERVATIVE PARTY ISSUES RATINGS

The State's Conservative Party yesterday released
it's annual rankings of members of the Senate
and Assembly. Party Chairman Mike Long said
George Maziarz received a 65 while Antoine
Thompson got a 15. The ratings were based on
how they voted on 19 bills. On the Assembly side,
Jane Corwin received a 75, Francine Del Monte a
50, and Robin Schimminger, 40. Their ratings were
based on how they voted on 20 bills. Long said the
party likes the "hold the line on spending" message
being pushed by the Governor, but he did not see
them endorsing Paterson in the Fall. He said former
Congressman Rick Lazio has core beliefs and
practices that reflect Conservative economic values.

FLIGHT OF FIVE SUMMITT

Congressman Chris Lee, State Senator George
Maziarz, and Assemblywoman Jane Corwin have
all been invited to a Flight of Five summit at
Lockport City Hall next month. Mayor Mike Tucker
said yesterday the February 12 gathering will look
at ways to get the cash needed to continue the
project. Committee Chair Dave Kinyon added that
representatives of the Grigg Lewis Foundation and
the State DOT were also invited. Maziarz aide
Jim Ward said the Senator hopes to get some cash
from NYPA because the Niagara Power Project is
in our backyard.

BARKER/LYNDONVILLE CONSOLIDATION?

The State has given the Barker School district
$36,000 to study the feasibility of consolidating
with the Lyndonville School district in Orleans
County. Barker Superintendant Roger Klatt
calls it a "viable option." Both districts have
less than a thousand students.

HEAD START GRANT

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter says the
County's Head Start program will get more than
$2.6-million in federal cash. The grant will allow
them to continue to serve 470 three and four year
olds at five locations.

FORMER SANBORN MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MOLESTING A CHILD

A former Sanborn man plead guilty in County
Court Tuesday to charges he molested a five year old
girl September 23 in Cambria. Twenty year old
Scott Piper Jr now lives in Amherst. He admitted to
a first degree criminal sex act and was immediately
sent to jail by Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrezza. He
will be sentenced April 7. Piper took the plea rather
than run the risk of being indicted as a sexual
predator, which could have brought him a life
sentence.

HARTLAND MAN CHARGED WITH GROWING POT

A 51 year old Hartland man was charged
Monday with growing marijuana in his home
on Hartland Road. Mark Gross was allegedly
found to be in possession of about 20 plants,
seeds and growing equipment...estimated to be
worth $20,000. The County Drug Task Force
conducted the raid about 3pm. It was the
second time in five years that Gross has been
charged with growing pot.

CHIMNEY FIRE DOES $5,000 DAMAGE

A chimney fire in a home at 5618 Lake Road
in Burt around noon yesterday did an estimated
$5,000 damage. A sheriff's deputy used a fire
extenguisher to smother the blaze in the
fireplace but it had already spread to areas
behind the walls. Firefighters from Miller
Hose and Olcott used pry bars to take off the
kitchen cabinets and plasterboard to get to
the blaze and put it out.

COUNCIL SAYS NO

The Niagara Falls City Council turned down a
plan last night to transfer $35,000 to the
Department of Code Enforcement. The money
would have been used to continue to pay three
people filling for Chief Electrical Inspector Peter
Butry and Chief Building Inspector George
Amendola. The Council indicated it was willing
to talk about creating two temporary positions
even though they rejected a similiar request in
late December. Their beef is that the city is
paying twice for the same positions, once for
the employees on leave, and then for their
replacements. Council President Sam Fruscione
said the current arrangement amounts to a
perpetual vacation for the workers on paid leave.
Butry and Amendola and former Building
Inspector Guy Bax have been away since July
when they were named in an FBI and IRS
investigation of plumbing contractor John
Gross Junior. The Council also o-k'd paying
$225,000 to the estate of Jonah Drisdom. The
Lockport man was shot to death by an off-duty
officer outside the Medical Center in 1997.

NIAGARA FALLS COUNCIL MEETING

Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster and City
Administrator Donna Owens last night
filled the City Council in on their trip to
Washington last week for the meeting of the
US Conference of Mayors. He said they were
addressed by the President's economic
advisors first, and then by Vice President Joe
Biden, and finally by President Obama who
took questions afterward. Dyster said he
talked about the city's rail proposal with
various officials from the Department of
Transportation and that he met with the Mayors
of the three cities that are on the other end of
the Direct Air flights operating out of the Falls
Airport. He said they talked about inexpensive
ways to market each others communties so
that the flights would be full. City Administrator
Donna Owens attended a session with the
First Lady, who talked about childhood
obesity. Owens said Michelle Obama planned
to launch a national initiative to focus on the
problem. Dyster and Owens were in Washington
from last Wednesday thru Friday.

QUALITY MARKETS ARE SOLD

A bankruptcy court yesterday approved
Tops bid to buy the 79 supermarkets owned
by the Penn Traffic Company. The purchase is
expected to close by Friday. It includes the
Quality supermarket in Lockport and 12 others
in Western New York.

CORRECTION

County Judge Matt Murphy yesterday corrected
two mistakes made in the sentencing of a former
Newfane teacher who was found guilty of sending
lurid e-mails to a female student in the Fall of 2008.
Fifty-one year old Alan Grogan of Hamburg was
resentenced to 1 1/2 years in State Prison and ten
years of post release supervision. Murphy had
sentenced Grogan to 1 1/3 to 4 years on January
13 but felony sex crimes must have a fixed sentence.
The Judge also made no mention of post release
supervision on the 13th, and defendants have a
legal right to know what their maximum sentence is
before pleading guilty. The two errors would
probably have caused the Appelate Division of
State Supreme Court to overturn Grogan's guilty
plea if they had not been corrected.

DRUG BUST IN LOCKPORT

A Lockport woman and a Buffalo man were
arrested around 5:45pm Monday when the
County Drug Task Force raided an apartment
at 185 Monroe. Twenty year old Lisa Kessler
of that address was charged with two counts
of possession of a controlled substance. Officers
say they seized a quantity of suspected cocaine
and $573 in cash. Twenty-one year old Odarious
Hamilton of Buffalo was there at the time. Police
said they also found a quantity of suspected
cocaine on him along with $138 in cash. It was
seized and he was also charged with two counts
of possession of a controlled substance.

SECOND SON OF GOD

The convicted rapist who told his victims he
was the second son of God was sentenced
Monday to 22 to 24 years in State Prison.
Thirty-nine year old Daryl Burton of Champlain
Avenue in the Falls was found guilty last
November. He had been accused of beating,
drugging, and raping a 17 year old Falls girl in
an apartment on Park Avenue in Lockport for
8 days in 2008, and of choking a North Tonawanda
woman in her home in February. The sentence
was less than half of the maximum Burton could
have received. He plans an appeal.

MOLSON TURNS DOWN PLEA DEAL, TWICE

One of the two men accused of shooting a 27
year old Falls man to death last June turned
down two offers of a plea deal yesterday in
County Court. He's 26 year old Darrius
Molson. He, and 21 year old Phillip Holloway
of Texas are charged with killing Deion Wood.
Wood was shot six times June 13 as he sat on
a porch on Ferry Avenue. Judge Matt Murphy
granted a request for seperate trials. Holloway
used to live in the Falls but fled to Texas after
Wood's murder.

NEW FLIGHTS

The NFTA announced Monday a new charter
service will begin flying two 50 passenger jets to
the Falls May 28 from Newark's Liberty International
Airport. Rainbow Tours will charge $495 for the
round trip ticket and it will include tours of the
US and Canadian Falls, a ride on the Maid of the
Mist, and lunch. The announcement means local
travellers will have another flight to chose from if
they are headed to the New York City area. An
NFTA spokesman said they could add extra
flights if the demand is there.

VOUTOUR TOWN HALL MEETING

More than three dozen residents of the Porter
area last night attended the first in a series of
Town Hall meetings held by Sheriff Jim Voutour.
The session focused on crime stats for Porter,
Ransomville, and Youngstown, the sex offender
registry, snowmobile and boat patrol efforts,
and general public safety. Voutour plans to
hold more meetings throughout the year around
the County.

OBAMA WATCH PARTY

County Democratic Chief Dan Rivera...and Erie
County Democratic Chairman Len Lenihan...hope
to raise donations for Haiti at a party in North
Tonawanda Wednesday night where they'll watch
the President's State of The Union address. It'll
start at 8pm at Witters Sports Bar at 300 Oliver.
Refreshments will be provided.

LEWISTON

A longtime member of the Lewiston Town
Board resigned last night so he could take
the job of part time Budget Director. Mike
Johnson will be paid $41,000. He had
filed for personal bankruptcy in the past,
but Supervisor Steve Reiter said he had no
reservations about giving him the job, he
believes Johnson's experience will be an
asset. Johnson said it happened a long
long time ago, that it involved the sale of
a piece ofr property, and it had no bearing on
his hiring.

DOG KILLED IN A HOUSE FIRE

A family dog perished in a house fire just
after 1am today at 7474 Townline Road in
Wheatfield. Sheriff's deputies say the family
of Kenneth Kumm got out safely. The structure
was termed a total loss, the blaze was fought
by the Adams and Shawnee fire companies.
They said flames could be seen coming from
the rear of the home upon their arrival. The
family is being assisted by the Red Cross.

NIAGARA COUNTY PATRIOTS

New Erie County lawmaker Kevin Hardwick will
speak at tomorrow night's meeting of the Niagara
County Patriots. His talk will be called Politics
Matter. Hardwick teaches political science at
Canisus College and hosted a show on a Buffalo
radio station. Patriots co founder Amy Duell
says they will also hear from Tea Party spokesman
Russ Thompson and there'll be short presentation
on this year's elections. The meeting starts at 7
at the Frontier Fire Hall at 2176 Liberty Drive
in Wheatfield. The Patriots were formed by
Duell and Lou Ann Gosch after they watched
Glen Beck's program on Fox. They'll be our
guests on Tuesday's Dialog.

EXTREME MAKEOVER PARTY

About 2200 people were at Shea's last night for a
party celebrating the airing of the edition of ABC Tv's
"Extreme Makeover" that was shot in Buffalo in
November. Delores Powell said she was sure the
true impact of the initiative will stretch far beyond
the good fortune it showered on her family of four.
She said it would change the way people look at
the City. The work on her home spread while ABC
was filming and about 70 homes saw some
improvements.

NEW PRESIDENT AT BOARD OF HEALTH

The CEO of Niagara Cerebral Palsy is the new
President of the County Board of Health. John
Reardon had previously been Vice President.
He said the Board effects every citizen in the
County. He said their role at the Board of
Health is to advise and help the Health Department
as they protect the citizens. He said they were
ready to deal with the H1N1 virus and other issues.
North Tonawanda pharmacist John Gotowko will
serve as Vice President. The previous President
was Lockport physician Doctor Thomas Hughes.

MOVING FIRE DEPARTMENT DISPATCH

The Lockport Fire Board pans to talk about
moving the City's fire dispatch at their next
session on Thursday, February 4. Police Chief
Larry Eggert urged the Common Council last
week to turn the duty over to his department.
He said they could do it for nothing. The Sheriff's
department said pretty much the same thing
Friday. The issue has been on hold for a couple
of years after the city's professional firefighters
union obtained an injunction preventing any
change. The Union agreed to the change in their
new contract provided the switch is made within
the next six months. The City Council will make
the final decision.

COUNCIL TO VOTE ON ENDING LAWSUIT

The Niagara Falls City Council is expected to
o-k a $225,000 settlement tonight to end a
wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the
death of a Lockport man. The money would go
to the estate of Jonah Drisdom. He was shot to
death by off duty officer Walter Nichols Junior while
Nichols was working as a security guard at the
Medical Center. He said Drisdom lunged at him
with a knife, but it was later discovered it was a
butter knife. The Council will also reconsider
spending $40,000 later this year on the Blues
Festival.

HAROLD FORD

The former Tennessee Congressman whose said
to be thinking about running against Senator Kirtsen
Gillibrand for this year's Democratic Senate nomination
was in Buffalo yesterday. Harold Ford Jr is 39. He
maintained his not a candidate yet, he said he came
here to listen and learn about the problems facing
Western New York. Ford served ten years in the House
before losing a 2006 bid for a Senate seat in Tennessee.
He now lives in New York City and works for Merrill
Lynch. He's taken a 30 day leave of absence to
explore a possible run against Gillibrand. He attended
a church service yesterday, had lunch with Mayor
Byron Brown, and met briefly with Erie County
Democratic chief Len Lenihan. He told the Buffalo
News he and his wife love New York and want to
raise their kids here.

THREE WOMEN CHARGED WITH MARIJUANA POSSESSION

Three women were charged with possession of
marijuana around 12:15pm Sunday after Lockport
police pulled them over for failing to signal on
Washburn Street. They are 20 year old Lisa
Kessler of 185 Monroe, 19 year old Samantha
Danley of 6343 Dysinger Road, and the driver,
20 year old Ebony Stover of 6584 Dysinger. She
was also charged with failing to signal. A
passerby who tried to talk to them was charged
with disorderly conduct. Police said Andre
Payne of 274 Genesee was asked to leave and
began using profanity.

HEROIN

A 29 year old Lockport man was allegedly found
to be in possession of heroin and a hypodermic
needle when police pulled him over for a traffic
infraction early Sunday morning on Vine Street.
Alan Campisano of 17 Wilson Parkway was also
charged with DWI, aggravated unlicensed operation,
and failing to keep right.

FALLS POLICE

A maid at the Seneca Niagara Casino hotel Sunday
turned in two bags of marijuana she found in a room.
The people staying there had already checked out.
Police are also investigating a break-in at Jordan
Gardens. A 24 year old woman said someone broke
into her home by breaking a kitchen window sometime
between 1 am Saturday and 11am Sunday. A 57 inch TV,
a Wii hame system and games were taken. Meantime,
three flat screen TV's, a computer and a Playstation
were taken from a home in the 1300 block of Ontario
Avenue sometime between 11pm Saturday and 2:30
am Sunday. A rear window was brpken to gain
entry. A 16 year old was arrested at 4am Sunday when
he was allegedly found asleep at the wheel of an SUV
at the intersection of Main & Ontario. Arriel Pettigrew
of Weston Avenue was charged with having an open
bottle of alchol, possession of burglary tools, and
driving with only a permit.