A former Common Council member who waged an unsuccessful campaign for mayor against Byron W. Brown has been nominated to become the city’s new parking commissioner.

The Erie County Clerk’s Office will stay open late this afternoon to accommodate homebuyers who need to complete their closings today in order to qualify for a federal tax credit, County Clerk Kathy Hochul said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON–Buffalo Airfield, a small general aviation airport in West Seneca, has received a$892,913 grant from the U. S. Department of Transportation to improve its facilities. The grant will help rehabilitate the terminal apron, parallel taxiway and taxilanes.

Delaware District Council Member Michael J. LoCurto has been named grand marshal of this year’s Sorrento Cheese Italian Heritage Festival.

Lawrence M. Meckler, the longest serving executive director in the history of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, announced Monday he will retire on Oct. 29.

Thousands of city property owners have received four notices warning that they could lose their homes, lots and businesses at an October auction if they fail to pay delinquent taxes.

A Buffalo man who got away with one arson at 5 p.m. Sunday when he tried to set a store on fire was caught 90 minutes later committing a second arson at a residence, police said.

Edward wants you to donate blood tonight.

African-Americans in Western New York represented 46 percent of newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases in 2007, despite making up only 5.6 percent of the general population, according to statistics from the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS.

The Buffalo Public Schools Foundation has awarded $150,000 in grants to nine summer programs.

A summer chess tournament will be held July 17 and 18 at the Gloria J. Parks Community Center, 3242 Main St.

A team of congregants from True Bethel Baptist Church in Buffalo will travel to Haiti with funding for an irrigation system that will help to irrigate crops in the village of Soukri.

For the second time in four years, Mayor Byron W. Brown is losing one of his two deputy
mayors.

When Jean-Claude Brizard became Rochester’s school superintendent 2½ years ago, one of the first things he did was issue a declaration: no more out-of-school suspension.

Two motorcyclists were killed and two others were badly injured in crashes over the weekend, the latest in a series of serious motorcycle accidents across the region in the past 12 weeks.