By Matt Gryta
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 07/01/08 6:59 AM
A Buffalo man with a history of burglary and drug-related convictions had 15 years added to his existing prison term Monday, all the while insisting he was wrongly convicted of the most recent crime he is accused of: an armed robbery in Johnson Park in July 2004.
The state Health Department has given Erie County $35,800 to continue monitoring the water quality at the county’s beaches and nearby streams to identify the sources of bacterial contamination.
Kevin Drake apologized Monday as Erie County Judge Sheila A. DiTullio ordered him to serve an 18-year prison term for fatally shooting a man outside a Breckenridge Street liquor store last New Year’s Eve.
The Greater Buffalo Chapter of the American Red Cross is seeking volunteers for its ombudsman program, which provides advocacy services for residents in long-term care facilities.
ASSE International Student Exchange Programs is seeking host families to house international students in the upcoming school year. The male and female students are 15 to 18 years old and will arrive shortly before school begins.
A 15-year-old girl who ran away from home was raped by two men over a one-week period while she was staying at a house on Titus Avenue, police said. She was treated in Women and Children’s Hospital.
LUNCH HOUR MUSIC SERIES: M&T; Bank, along with WBEN NewsRadio 930, will showcase the Community Music School Performers at noon Wednesday at M&T; Plaza. The Morgan Street Stompers perform at noon Thursday. For a complete summer schedule, visit www.mtb.com. SPAGHETTI DINNER: Sikora Post 1322, American Legion, 950 Payne Ave., North Tonawanda, will host a spaghetti dinner from 5 to 7 p. m. Thursday. The dinner is $5 and includes spaghetti, meatballs, salad, bread and butter, and a beverage. Choice of homemade dessert will be available for $1. For more information, call 693-9793.
The Orchard Park town government Web page has the usual assortment of information that local government provides its citizens: meeting schedules, upcoming activities, contact information.
By Robert J. McCarthy NEWS POLITICAL REPORTER
Updated: 07/01/08 8:00 AM
The state signed on Monday as an enthusiastic supporter of the plan to combine Kaleida Health and Erie County Medical Center under one administration, with Dr. Richard F. Daines, state health commissioner, the top cheerleader.
Democrat Kathy Konst acknowledged late Monday that she is “under heavy pressure” to end her congressional candidacy and run against Republican Dale M. Volker in the 59th District of the State Senate this fall.
By Matt Gryta and Gene Warner - NEWS STAFF REPORTERS
Updated: 07/01/08 7:47 AM
Two huge question marks still hung over Dennis P. Donohue on Monday as he was escorted out of Erie County Court after receiving the maximum sentence in the strangulation of Joan Giambra in her home 15 years ago.
