The Business First of Buffalo (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America Ltd. has followed through on its plan to reduce its Tonawanda plant workforce with more than 140 employees exiting.
Knownunknowns (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
. Puppy killed for 'eyeballing' owner's boyfriend BUFFALO (NY) NEWS, Dec. 2 EXCERPT: Officers charged Marc E. Dash, of DeKalb Street, Tonawanda, with aggravated cruelty to animals, a felony, following the death of the Shih Tzu puppy named Grace. *** Dash admitted to kicking the dog down the stairs, police reports quoted him as saying, because "it was eyeballing me, you know, looking at me like...
who's your nanny? (Free subscription) | yesterday
Several police agencies around Buffalo are adding Tasers to their citizen compliance arsenals. “I know for a fact we have people alive in our town because of them,” said Lt. David Baumgartner of the Town of Tonawanda department, citing at...
Law.com (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
At his blog, Leadership for Lawyers, Mark Beese tells the story of one adventurous boyhood Thanksgiving he spent on the Tonawanda Indian Reservation near Buffalo, N.Y. A local Boy Scout leader named Dan had been able to get an invitation...
The Business First of Buffalo (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
... go through training at both an existing Just Pizza location and the company’s training center in Tonawanda.“Their passion and drive tells us a lot,” he said.The Sarasota and Las Vegas locations cap a busy fall for the company that has seen Just Pizza open a new location in Hamburg and sign a three-year deal with the to sell their pizza in HSBC Arena.Just Pizza was formed in 1992 by Rudy...
The Business First of Buffalo (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
Geico was swayed by top state officials to open a new service center in the Buffalo area three years ago with the prospect of adding up to 2,500 jobs. The insurance giant, the report says, is listed for an Empire Zone in Tonawanda yet built its $40 million facility in Amherst. The company, in 2006, claimed $13.1 million in Empire Zone credits, the second-largest claim registered that year. According...
Leadership for Lawyers (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
When I was a boy, I went to the Mid-Winter festival on the Tonawanda Indian Reservation, near Buffalo NY. Dan, one of the Boy Scout leaders in town, managed to get an invitation from the religious leader. Dan's adopted son...
BuffaloPundit (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
... “We heard the community clearly,” said Legislature Chairwoman Lynn M. Marinelli, D-Town of Tonawanda. “They don’t want the taxes to be raised.” Legislators also propose cutting $2 million from the $5 million to be set aside for court judgments anticipated against the county next year — the “risk retention” fund. Legislators expect to return $280,250 to the Cornell Cooperative Extension,...
