The first lawsuit filed under the Child Victims Act against a public school district in Niagara County was submitted to the court system Tuesday.

Six chickens and an arctic fox will soon be neighbors on Sunnyside Street, after the Common Council approved, by a 5-1 vote, special use permits for both unusual pets.

The Town of Newfane is applying for a $1.5 million federal grant in order to chip in its share for a planned breakwall that would guard Olcott Harbor from wave action on Lake Ontario.

Summit Street will be closed from Aug. 26 through Sept. 27 while crews from Kandey Company replace a 30-inch raw water line and 24-inch industrial water line. The street will remain open to local traffic, while all others will be rerouted north to West High Street and State Street.