Buffalo Creek Casino links a nation with a neighborhood
With so many eye-catching elements built into the new Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino on Michigan Avenue between Perry and South Park, it might take a while to notice a significant absence.Unlike the...
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Buffalo Creek CasinoMichigan Avenue at Perry Street, BuffaloOpen 24 hours a day, 365 days a yearPatrons must be 21 or overNumber of games: 808 slot machines, 18 table gamesGaming space: 47,000 square...
View ArticleBetween previews and ‘press night,’ ticket-buyers have a right...
If a theater production isn’t firing on all cylinders, wouldn’t you want to know?Most theatergoers probably would. But because of a cynical trend among theater producers trying to extract every last...
View ArticleMedina woman killed, 4 injured in Genesee County crash
A Medina woman was killed and four other people injured in a two-car crash Saturday night in the Genesee County community of Carlton.Ashley D. Morehouse was killed in the crash that occurred at about...
View ArticleTeen arrested after Fright World fight with police officers
A Buffalo teenager was arrested after Town of Tonawanda police say he injured a police officer in a scuffle at Fright World haunted house on Eggert Road.The incident started at 10 p.m. Friday, when...
View ArticleHigh school football player remains critical
An injured high school football player remained in the pediatric intensive care unit Sunday afternoon at Women & Children’s Hospital after suffering a serious injury from a helmet-to-helmet hit...
View ArticleBrown overcomes Democratic factionalism to gain wide support for re-election...
Byron W. Brown had money in the bank, the advantages of incumbency and a practiced political operation as he prepared to campaign for a third term as Buffalo mayor.But perhaps surprisingly to some, he...
View ArticleLackawanna mayor, developer at odds over back taxes
The bill stands at $3.3 million and counting.That’s how much the City of Lackawanna says a local company owes in outstanding property taxes and interest going back to 2009.City officials say the...
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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to management theorist Laurence J. Peter, inventor of the Peter Principle and born on this date in 1919, “If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up...
View ArticleCalifornia school district monitors students’ social media
GLENDALE, Calif. — A Southern California school district is trying to stop cyberbullying and a host of other teenage ills by monitoring the public posts students make on social media outlets in a...
View ArticleToday’s collegians juggle work, kids, bills with coursework
WASHINGTON — When President Obama talks about the cost of higher education, his mentions of “college students” might often evoke images of teenagers who spent senior year of high school searching for...
View ArticleUnder GOP pressure, Florida firm returns health-care grant
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A company that has for decades helped people enroll in Medicaid says it won’t be able to sign up people for insurance under the new Affordable Care Act because there is too...
View ArticleDespite pressure, ban on gay blood donors endures
NEW YORK — The U.S. gay-rights movement has achieved many victories in recent years — on marriage, military service and other fronts. Yet one vestige of an earlier, more wary era remains firmly in...
View ArticleState vote on casinos is a test of confidence as...
ALBANY – Pro-gambling interests have privately discussed spending up to $20 million on an advertising campaign to urge voters to pass the state’s greatest-ever expansion of casinos in a November...
View ArticleMarilla Town Board fields questions about effluent storage permit
The Marilla Town Board for the second time in a week faced a standing-room-only crowd of residents questioning what the board plans to do about a permit for the storage of effluent on Trav-Co Farms...
View ArticleVineyards forecast bountiful Concord grape crop
FREDONIA – This year’s harvest of Concord grapes in Chautauqua County is looking to be one of the most plentiful ever. Dennis Rak, owner of AA Vineyards on Christy Road, Fredonia, said the cool, wet...
View ArticleSheridan Town Board sees renderings of future court facilities in renovated...
SHERIDAN – Members of the Sheridan Town Board are preparing to renovate the former St. John Bosco Church building for their town court facilities. At a workshop meeting held Friday evening in the town...
View ArticleNiagara County Legislature to seek welfare residency law
LOCKPORT – Perturbed by paying welfare benefits to people who have just moved into New York, the Niagara County Legislature is expected to vote Tuesday to call on Albany to impose a residency...
View ArticleSummers withdraws from consideration as next Fed chairman
WASHINGTON – Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers has withdrawn his name as a candidate for Federal Reserve chairman, in a startling development that raises new questions about who will lead...
View ArticleNo progress evident as Falls Council again tackles Hamister dispute
NIAGARA FALLS – The governor has pledged to make it happen. The mayor has been onboard with it.But the three-member City Council majority has yet to make a decision on the Hamister Group’s plans for a...
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