Hamister balks at Niagara Falls Council’s demand to raise land price
NIAGARA FALLS – The City Council majority wants more money for the city-owned land in a $25 million proposed downtown development project, but the developer said publicly Wednesday that he won’t pay...
View ArticleHealth officials probe medical waste discarded in Hamburg
Someone dumped a large amount of medical waste along a stretch of Southwestern Boulevard between Pleasant Avenue and Lakeview Road in the town of Hamburg, and the Erie County Health Department along...
View ArticleClarence town officials join push to relocate toll barrier
Officials from the Town of Clarence on Wednesday joined the ranks of local politicians demanding that the congestion-plagued Williamsville toll barrier be moved farther east along the Thruway.At a...
View ArticleLost hikers rescued in gorge
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – The Niagara Parks Police High Angle River Team helped the Fire Department to rescue three lost hikers in the Whirlpool Gorge about 6 p.m. Wednesday.Men from both agencies...
View ArticleStacking the deck against Buffalo’s six ‘failing schools’
Some Buffalo high schools are set up to succeed.Others just aren’t.Last month, the state Education Department highlighted the dramatic decline in Buffalo Public Schools graduation rates, which fell to...
View ArticleArtists, audiences converge on Allentown for the 8th Buffalo Infringement...
The Buffalo Infringement Festival – our rising city’s loudest, longest and most egalitarian arts event – has served as a beacon for artists with big imaginations and miniscule budgets since its quiet...
View ArticleRoss Warhol’s Bloom makes Chautauqua County produce into fine dining...
At 25, Chef Ross Warhol has done training stints in some of the world’s best kitchens, like Spain’s El Bulli, the French Laundry in California, and Alinea in Chicago. ¶ Then he returned to Chautauqua...
View ArticleBuffalo classics and more at Marinaro’s Larkin Tavern
In 1890, James Gorman was operating a grocery store and saloon at 131 Van Rensselaer St., according to the Buffalo City Directory. So it’s no surprise that you feel suffused in history when you step...
View ArticleBuffalo Book Fest returns to Book Arts Center
That steamroller parked outside the Western New York Book Arts Center (468 Washington St.) isn’t part of Buffalo’s recent construction boom. It’s there, odd as this may sound, for the sake of art.The...
View ArticleA huge cast brings ‘Back to the ’80s’ to Tonawanda
Starting at 7 p.m. Monday, the band shell in Tonawanda’s Niawanda Park will come alive with a swirling, flashing, tube-sock sporting, Madonna-singing cadre of some 80 actors for the jukebox musical...
View ArticleLafayette grads praise school’s international aspect at meeting on...
Lafayette High School’s uniqueness as the educational site for many of Buffalo’s international students took center stage at a public meeting Wednesday to address a turnaround plan for the...
View Article5 good places to eat outdoors in Buffalo
You probably already have your favorite places to eat outside and enjoy the all-too-brief embrace of the Western New York summer.That doesn’t mean you can’t put more on your list. Here are five...
View ArticleShakespeare in Delaware Park turns ‘Measure for Measure’ into...
Tonight, Shakespeare in Delaware Park will open its second show of the 2013 season with a cheeky, musically inflected take on Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure.”Unlike its popular and straight-ahead...
View ArticleRice’s family settles suit against country club
The estate of an Amherst teenager who was fatally struck by a car in 2011 has settled its lawsuit against a country club that served alcohol to the driver, Dr. James G. Corasanti, before the crash.The...
View ArticleCuomo set to sign law banning shark fin trade in New York
ALBANY – Shark fin soup goes back to the Ming Dynasty and is almost as hard to find in Western New York as a Super Bowl trophy.But the expensive Asian delicacy is about to go off menus across New...
View ArticleResidents air concerns about Ken-Ton school consolidation
In recent months as the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda School District embarked on a messy, painful process of looking at closing neighborhood schools, an observer might wonder: Exactly where are the...
View ArticleDunkirk town residents back water district at information session
DUNKIRK – Residents showed overwhelming support Thursday evening for a proposed water district for the Town of Dunkirk.More than 50 people attended an information session at the East Town of Dunkirk...
View ArticleDeaconess Heights at former hospital discussed
The Deaconess Heights residential plan to build 75 low-to-moderate income rental units where Deaconess Hospital once stood has a long road ahead of it.“There are some people who live in that community...
View ArticleNiagara Sheriff’s Office hosts drug drop-off bin
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office has installed a site for the public to drop off unwanted or expired medications, the county announced.The location is just inside the public entrance to...
View ArticleWith BPO at Artpark, it’s a grand night for nostalgia
LEWISTON – Old Artpark came alive again Thursday, as the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra celebrated the park’s 40th anniversary with fun and fireworks.The orchestra, led by Music Director JoAnn...
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