Mark Goshgarian

2 weeks ago | mynews13.com | Mark Goshgarian

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — The Walden Galleria first opened in 1989 and has been serving the shopping, dining and entertainment community for more than 35 years. It also employees more than a thousand people and generates substantial sales tax revenue. "There's a lot of good going for it, despite the debt situation," said Cheektowaga Town Supervisor Brian Nowak.

1 month ago | mynews13.com | Mark Goshgarian

ORLEANS COUNTY, N.Y. — Joe Sidonio and his wife own several acres of farmland in Holley in Orleans County, which lies within the Town of Murray Fire District, an independent taxing jurisdiction established several years ago. Sidonio and others are calling on leaders to lower their tax rate and grant them the same state-determined agricultural exemption as the town and county on tillable open cropland that they say does not require the same level of fire protection as a barn or house.

1 month ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Mark Goshgarian

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday. What You Need To KnowThe New Jersey man convicted of stabbing author Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022 is scheduled to be sentenced.

1 month ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Mark Goshgarian

WAYNE COUNTY, N.Y. — Wayne County Sheriff Robert Milby leads the Northern Border Security Committee for the state Sheriff's Association, where his counterparts share stories of unauthorized immigration and potential crime. He says other than a double homicide a couple years back at the hands of a man who was deported twice, and will be again after he serves his time, he's seen no significant connection between immigration and crime.

2 months ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Mark Goshgarian

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Potential funding cuts at the federal level continue to leave museums and libraries in a state of flux, as millions of dollars are at stake. The Prendergast Library in Jamestown is part of the Chautauqua Cattaraugus Library system, one of 23 across New York state that provide resources and guidance to its members. "We don't tell them how to run their libraries. We don't tell them what they need to have there.