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Lockport native killed in Iraq called 'all-American young man': By Thomas J. Prohaska

NEWS NIAGARA BUREAU

Updated: 02/20/09 10:11 AM; LOCKPORT— Pfc. Albert R. Jex was posthumously promoted to specialist, and his family was presented with the Bronze Star and other medals Thursday during a funeral service in which he was remembered as a free spirit and a soldier’s soldier.

Dance to launch drive for ambulance: By Teresa Sharp

NIAGARA CORRESPONDENT

Updated: 02/20/09 7:41 AM; YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Volunteer Fire Company will kick off its “Drive for Life” campaign to purchase a new ambulance with a dance Feb. 28 in the fire hall, 625 Nancy Price Drive.

Reynolds feels political itch but wants flexibility in life: By Robert J. McCarthy

NEWS POLITICAL REPORTER

Updated: 02/20/09 7:18 AM; Thomas M. Reynolds was dipping into his bowl of chicken noodle soup in a Kaisertown tavern recently when a former Buffalo police officer asked for help with a state pension problem.

Main Street promo agency takes lease: By Thomas J. Prohaska

NEWS NIAGARA BUREAU

Updated: 02/20/09 7:18 AM; LOCKPORT — After squatting in the city accounting office for nearly three months, the city’s Main Street promotion effort will have a place of its own as of March 1.

Cuomo says downturn is good reason to downsize: By Jay Rey

NEWS STAFF REPORTER

Updated: 02/20/09 10:18 AM; State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo brought his proposal for reducing local government to Buffalo on Thursday.

Gibbs strategizes with Bethlehem Steel group: By Harold McNeil

NEWS STAFF REPORTER

Updated: 02/20/09 6:38 AM; Lois Gibbs on Thursday told former Bethlehem Steel workers who say they’ve been beset with plant-related illnesses that they must fight smarter and more strategically if they are to stoke the ire of the nation the same way her ailing Niagara Falls neighbors did 30 years ago.

Donn Esmonde: Mark crash site with simple memorial: By Donn Esmonde

News Columnist

Updated: 02/20/09 10:14 AM; The memorial services continue. The funerals have begun. The dead are being identified and laid to rest. Family, friends and community are mourning the 50 people—most of them from this area—who perished in the crash of Flight 3407.

Theater audience to hear Holocaust survivor: Updated: 02/20/09 7:18 AM; NORTH TONAWANDA—A Holocaust survivor will address the audience of the Starry Night Theatre about her experiences Saturday night, following the company’s performance of “The Diary of Anne Frank.”

Benefit planned for children of murder-suicide victims: Updated: 02/20/09 7:18 AM; NIAGARA FALLS—A benefit to raise money for two young children of Amy Vathy-Holliday will be held from 2 to 7 p. m. Saturday at American Legion Post 1142, 8643 Buffalo Ave.

Residency dispute gets closer to lawsuit: By Denise Jewell Gee

NEWS NIAGARA BUREAU

Updated: 02/19/09 7:56 AM; NIAGARA FALLS — A city employee who was ousted from her job in November for not following the city’s residency law has been reinstated and has notified the city she might sue for wrongful termination.

Husband is charged in Jan. 17 stabbing death: By Denise Jewell Gee

NEWS NIAGARA BUREAU

Updated: 02/19/09 7:21 AM; NIAGARA FALLS — City detectives have arrested the husband of a 32-year-old Falls woman found stabbed to death in her kitchen last month.

Owners of Saturns, Hummers grapple with threat of demise: By Matt Glynn

NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER

Updated: 02/19/09 8:26 AM; Owners of Saturns and Hummers, who were drawn to those vehicles in part because of their unique images, are facing the prospect of those brands driving into history.

Roads chief outlines wish list for equipment: By Thomas J. Prohaska

NEWS NIAGARA BUREAU

Updated: 02/19/09 7:22 AM; LOCKPORT— Michael E. Hoffman, city highways and parks superintendent, presented the Common Council on Wednesday a list of nine equipment purchases he wants.

Corwin visits board, speaks against changes to operations of IDAs: By Thomas J. Prohaska

NEWS NIAGARA BUREAU

Updated: 02/19/09 7:22 AM; LOCKPORT — Assemblywoman Jane Corwin told the Town Board Wednesday that she will fight against a bill to require changes in the operations of the state’s 116 industrial development agencies.

Thompson to keynote Black History luncheon: Updated: 02/19/09 7:22 AM; NIAGARA FALLS—State Sen. Antoine M. Thompson, D-Buffalo, will be the keynote speaker during a Black History Month luncheon Friday in Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.