Act Three of Shea’s renovation under way
The summer run of “Auditorium Restoration 3” opened Thursday at Shea’s Performing Arts Center, with a tangle of metal scaffolding rising from the stage, 60 feet in the air, to the edge of the...
View ArticleLow graduation rates called a community issue
It’s a community problem. Community and school district leaders said Wednesday that everyone needs to take responsibility for the Buffalo Public Schools’ abysmal and falling graduation rates at many...
View ArticleMore than 8,000 expected to participate in fundraiser
More than 8,000 bicyclists will travel routes ranging from 3 to 100 miles to raise money for the fight against cancer this weekend in the annual Ride for Roswell. It begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday with...
View ArticleNorthbound traffic facing detours for two exit ramps
Motorists heading into downtown Buffalo on the northbound Skyway (Route 5) will face detours Saturday if they want to use the exit ramps to Pearl Street or the northbound Niagara Thruway (I-190), the...
View ArticleBuffalo waterfront poised for maritime re-enactment
The center’s 1880 Erie Boat Scajaquada, representing the Commencement, will sail out opposite the Erie Basin Marina. The center’s 25-foot replica War of 1812 bateaux, Black Rock and Buffaloe, will...
View ArticleSunset gazing on Fridays viewed as show of support
Three civic groups are inviting Western New Yorkers to sit and watch the sunset on Friday evenings along the Greenway Trail in Buffalo’s Outer Harbor to show support for keeping waterfront land owned...
View ArticleInternational relations post goes to Vietnamese educator
LEWISTON – Niagara University announced Tuesday that it has created an Office of International Relations and has hired a Vietnamese educator to head it.Hung Le will serve as vice president of...
View Article‘Here Comes Summer’ will close Main Street
YOUNGSTOWN – The unofficial harbinger of good weather, Youngstown’s “Here Comes Summer” Street Dance is set for 6 to 10 p.m. today on Main Street, which will be closed to traffic.Planned as a family...
View ArticleLongtime village mainstay to be feted at board meeting
WILSON – Milton E. “Ollie” Clark, 90, a retired longtime Village of Wilson employee and later trustee, will be honored for a combined 54 years of service to the village at the Village Board meeting at...
View ArticleInclusive Kiwanis Club park accommodates all children
BATAVIA – The Kiwanis Club Inclusive Park, which overlooks Tonawanda Creek in the Town of Batavia, debuted Tuesday after a dedication ceremony.The unique park features playground equipment that...
View ArticleNominations being accepted for recognition program
JAMESTOWN – Nominations are being accepted for the third GROW Jamestown Front Garden Recognition Program, sponsored by the Jamestown Renaissance Corp. Deadline is July 15.In late July, special signs...
View ArticleRunners take to streets in heels to help stomp out ovarian cancer
Some arrived in classic black pumps, others in strappy open-toed numbers or summer wedges.Regardless of the differences in shoe choice, all of the approximately 350 women and men ran, walked and...
View ArticleNiagara Arts and Cultural Center launches its first juried art show
Five years ago, when Bob Drozdowski began his job as director of operations and marketing at the Niagara Arts and Cultural Center, entries for the center’s open-call art shows were trickling in...
View ArticleGreat pies and much more at Carson’s Country Deli and Bakery
I had no shame when we visited Carson’s Country Deli and Bakery on a recent Saturday afternoon. We placed our order at the tall counter and, while our sandwiches were being assembled, I bought two...
View ArticleA look at the cast of characters in ‘Hamlet’
Hamlet (Shaun Sheley): Our 30-year-old protagonist, the grief-afflicted prince of Denmark, is hung up on the recent death of his father and the almost instant ascent of his uncle, Claudius, to the...
View ArticleShakespeare in Delaware Park production brings ‘Hamlet’ back...
During Saul Elkin’s first attempt to bring “Hamlet” to life on the Shakespeare in Delaware Park stage in 1977, the young director made some bold and bizarre choices.He inserted a snooping Hamlet,...
View ArticleMusicalFare’s 24-hour musical festival culminates on 710 Main stage
Last summer, MusicalFare Theatre had the honor of producing the first show in the 710 Main Theatre (formerly Studio Arena) with its inaugural 24-hour musical festival. The event, in which four teams...
View ArticleBill would require VA to report outbreaks to state health departments
WASHINGTON – The improper reuse of insulin pens at the Buffalo Veterans Affairs Medical Center attracted attention in Congress on Wednesday as a leading House member on veterans issues cited it as...
View ArticleLancaster police ride to the rescue, rein in wayward steeds
Two Lancaster horses escaped Tuesday afternoon and made a break for it down Peppermint Road before they were corralled by the police in Walden Pond Park.Lancaster police received a flurry of 911 calls...
View ArticleCommunity Charter School to stay open
Community Charter School has been given a year’s reprieve.Back in April, the Board of Regents refused to renew the charter of the East Side school, which serves about 300 students in kindergarten...
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