Loan gives life to plans for downtown Buffalo lumber mill
The former Spaghetti Warehouse restaurant building on Elm Street could get new life, as a plan by developer Thomas M. Montante moves forward to convert the onetime lumber mill into 25 apartments and...
View ArticleDistrict attorney decides against upgrading charge in Parete case
Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III will not seek a first-degree murder charge against the man who shot Buffalo Police Officer Patricia A. Parete in 2006.Her death was classified a...
View ArticleTrico landmark effort fails
An effort to protect the vacant former Trico building that serves as a gateway to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus from possible demolition failed Tuesday. The Common Council was deadlocked, 4-4, on...
View ArticlePark District candidates have different agendas
The Park District represents most of South Buffalo, up to William Street on the east and the Buffalo River on the west, with a patchwork of streets making up its northern border. Incumbent Louis J....
View ArticleOne-on-one at Futures to dispel a myth
Stereotypes don’t always die a natural death; sometimes you have to kill them.Take the one about the disappearing black males, the men who are never around to provide guidance and serve as role...
View ArticleTwo finalists for deputy superintendent
The Buffalo school district is down to two finalists for the appointment of a deputy superintendent. The final choice for the district is expected to be announced within the next day or two. The...
View ArticleBuffet is a hit at Toni Pepperoni
Seldom is the phrase “your mileage may vary” more appropriate than when you are discussing a buffet.The proprietors certainly have a large influence – they determine the quality and selection of...
View ArticleFire on Eagle Street drives 8 from home
A fire drove eight people - four adults and four children - from their East Side home early this morning, Buffalo fire officials said.Firefighters were called to the home in the 700 block of East...
View ArticleSale of prints completes bequest of David Anderson
Before the art collector and dealer David K. Anderson died in 2009, at 74, he made out one of the more generous wills this cultural community has ever seen.On Sunday, when Anderson’s collection of...
View ArticleVeteran Hernandez says experience counts
After serving on the Buffalo Board of Education for nine years, Ralph Hernandez sees himself as the voice of experience and guardian of the underserved. That’s why he’s running for re-election to his...
View ArticleCuts & Breaks surveys Buffalo underground art scene
Time was that the participants in Buffalo’s active street culture – from graffiti artists and B-boys to rappers and DJs – were happy enough to float beneath the radar.After all, being underground is...
View ArticleTorn Space takes on bizarre, unhinged ‘Blood on the Cat’s...
Welcome back, Phoebe Zeitgeist.Remember Phoebe? Back in the 1960s, she was the centerpiece of a sendup, often erotic comic book series satirizing adventure heroes and heroines. Phoebe lived on the...
View ArticleJames Sampson has a history of service
James M. Sampson said he wants to be elected to the Buffalo Board of Education because he’s a problem-solver. And in his opinion, more problems could be solved if the school district engaged parents...
View ArticleIn year since teen’s death, fund for skate park grows
They’ve collected spare change from elementary students and sold $2 rubber wrist bands with the message “Ride Free.” They’ve held golf outings and pancake breakfasts and had T-shirts made in the same...
View ArticleHamburg School Board meeting canceled
The Hamburg Central School Board special meeting that was scheduled for 5 p.m. Thursday has been canceled.The board had planned to go into executive session immediately after convening the meeting,...
View ArticleSt. Ann’s future seems bleak
The fate of an iconic Catholic church on Buffalo’s East Side appears gloomy. A long-awaited structural analysis indicates the building needs as much as $12.4 million in repairs.St. Ann’s Church at...
View ArticleEx-Buffalo teacher who raped boy pleads guilty to failing to register as sex...
Cara Dickey, the former South Buffalo Charter School teacher convicted of rape in 2009 for having sex with a 14-year-old male student, has pleaded guilty, as charged, to failing to register as a sex...
View ArticleBuffalo man sentenced to prison for burglary conviction
A 24-year-old Buffalo man with two prior felonies and seven other convictions was sentenced to five years in state prison by State Supreme Court Justice Deborah A. Haendiges for a second-degree...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 20 years for sex crime against infant
A 25-year-old man linked by DNA evidence to a sex act against a six-week old infant was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced.Jason Salois, no...
View ArticleSix running for two seats on Niagara Falls Board of Ed
Six people, including two incumbents, are running for two seats on the Niagara Falls Board of Education, the district reported.The candidates who have filed petitions to appear on the ballot are...
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