2-year programs reflect college enrollment rise for city school grads
Although the number of Buffalo Public Schools graduates attending college is the highest in the last seven years, the number of students enrolled in a four-year college is actually down from a high in...
View ArticleBurger, chicken crunch salad hit the spot at Miller’s Bar and Grille
Miller’s Bar and Grille used to be called Miller’s Steak and Crab House. Owner Paul Miller said he changed the name because he thought it sounded too fancy and might be deterring customers from coming...
View ArticleAlbright-Knox event explores life and work of beloved painter Mark Rothko
There are few painters whose work invites contemplation more easily or with more immediate rewards than Mark Rothko, whose luminous canvases can have an almost spiritual effect on the open-minded...
View ArticleAmerican Repertory’s ‘Hatful of Rain’ explores morphine...
In the mythological version of the 1950s that lives on in the popular imagination, everything was bright and clean, and everyone was charmingly naive. In the real 1950s, American life was quite a bit...
View ArticleAerial dance troupe to debut new show in ALT Theatre
Aerial dance is finally coming in from the fringe. The demanding discipline, which began to gain traction in the 1970s and has remained largely outside the mainstream, was the central appeal of pop...
View ArticleBuffalo’s top lawyers go toe-to-toe in labor racketeering trial
For the better part of two days this week, Buffalo’s top criminal defense lawyers took turns challenging, critiquing and at times even mocking the government’s case against Operating Engineers Local...
View ArticlePlans call for 184-room hotel with tower on site of defunct Fallside Hotel...
NIAGARA FALLS – Renovation plans by a Canadian hotelier appear to be moving ahead at a condemned hotel and conference center overlooking the roaring rapids of the Niagara River.Preliminary plans...
View ArticleAstorino begins tough climb against Cuomo by announcing GOP candidacy for...
ALBANY – Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino on Wednesday began his difficult climb to try to dethrone Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a campaign made more challenging by the incumbent governor’s...
View ArticleDeclining enrollment is forcing school districts in WNY to consider merging...
Bob Dana was shocked the first time he looked closely at a map for the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda School District.The school district, like others in Western New York, was considering closing schools...
View ArticleHearing slated on larger lots at Wheatfield Lakes
WHEATFIELD – The Town Board will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Monday on allowing lot sizes to be increased at a patio home subdivision off Sy Road.The Wheatfield Lakes Patio Home Subdivision had 79...
View ArticleErie County election commissioners turn over results of Pigeon investigation...
Erie County’s two elections commissioners this week will submit to the state Board of Elections results of their probe into a fundraising committee involving political operative G. Steven Pigeon,...
View ArticleDavis, Stokes and Pierce add their names to list of School Board candidates
A defense attorney, school social worker and an investigator with the District Attorney’s Office have confirmed that they are running for the Buffalo School Board.Samuel P. Davis, an attorney and...
View ArticleNicole Lee pursued her dream from Buffalo to Africa
Nicole Lee’s interest in human rights was piqued as a child in the ’80s growing up in North Buffalo, watching television ads that pitched relief efforts for starving children. The sixth-grader told...
View ArticleOne Region Forward plans Monday meeting in Lockport
LOCKPORT – One Region Forward, the University at Buffalo-based organization working on what it calls “a regional plan for sustainable development,” will hold a public workshop Monday night in...
View ArticleLangworthy, Paladino want Trump to declare his candidacy for governor
Two influential Western New Yorkers involved in Donald J. Trump’s potential run for governor are now saying it’s time for the Manhattan billionaire to call the question.Erie County Republican Chairman...
View ArticleNiagara Cerebral Palsy offers an array of services to people with...
The goal of Niagara Cerebral Palsy is to help those with developmental disabilities – from infants to adults – live the most independent and inclusive lives they can, according to John Reardon,...
View ArticleLockport’s Challenger Learning Center will offer space exploration as...
LOCKPORT – After years of financial struggle, the Challenger Learning Center is finally positioned for liftoff.The Lockport affiliate of a national chain of science and technology centers with the...
View ArticleHonor roll
Three local airmen have graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio.Airman Tyler P. Caltagirone is the son of Dawn Caltagirone of Lockport. He is a 2013...
View ArticleMarch 9-16/Niagara County faith-related events
Today SERVICE: 2 p.m., Second Presbyterian Church, 71 Van Buren St., Lockport. Special service featuring Hands Up Ministries in partnership with lead pastor Al Robinson of Spirit of Truth Ministries....
View ArticleRepublican leaders taking hard stand against advocacy groups
WASHINGTON – As conservative activist groups stirred up trouble for establishment Republican Senate candidates in 2010 and 2012, party leaders in Washington first tried to ignore the insurgents, then...
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