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Police probe scrap copper theft
Security camera offers a few clues to the crime.
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LIFESTYLE: Good things still brewin' for Tonawanda native Jon Luther
Jon Luther might now be the pride of the City of Tonawanda, but it took him quite a while to ascend to the peak of his profession.
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NORTH TONAWANDA: New business blows in
Hurricane Bar on Oliver Street in North Tonawanda has been open for a month, since owners Robert and Wieslawa Orefice returned to their native Western New York a year ago.
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Antoinette D. Tirabassi
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BUSINESS: Even in the middle of a recession, Wireless Zone continues to grow
Lockport Wireless Zone opens at 10 a.m. Friday, and within five minutes the business is already full of customers.
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BUSINESS: More Mudds
Anyone passing along Niagara Street in the City of Tonawanda recently may have noticed there’s a new place to get some grub along the river.
To be more specific, it’s an old place with a new face. - BUSINESS: Steel Development Co. pulls out of Orleans County A Mississippi-based steel producer and recycler has decided against setting up shop in Orleans County.
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LIFESTYLE: Hungry for change
There’s growing sentiment that this is something the whole $75 billion casual dining industry needs to do. We know their names — such as T.G.I. Friday’s, Chili’s, Applebee’s — but over the years, too many of the nation’s 81,000 casual dining restaurants have come to look, taste and feel the same.
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ONE YEAR LATER: Ethanol plant still going strong
With Western New York Energy LLC in the market for millions of bushels of corn for ethanol, farmers in the Orleans County area have done their best to supply.
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LIFESTYLE: Video rental biz a tale of two sales forecasts
As far as the video rental business goes, it is the best of times, and it is the worst of times.
It is the best of times for the Family Video franchise, which is building a store a week across the country, and Redbox, which continues to deepen its niche in the video rental market.
And it is the worst of times for Blockbuster Video, which has lost $4.5 billion since 2001 and is closing a good number of its 7,500 locations but is rebranding itself in an attempt to stay afloat. - More Business Headlines
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Police probe scrap copper theft
