Tug-turned-tall ship sails into town
The usual fleet of retired warships docked at Canalside is playing host to another vessel with World War II credentials early this week – but the newcomer looks nothing like the hulking battleships...
View ArticleSocial media, hotline help police discover, break up underage drinking parties
Chalk up another tradition being affected by social media: large underage drinking parties.Young people take to Facebook, Twitter and texting to spread the word when they decide to spend a lazy summer...
View ArticleCommunity groups, police, foundations join to fight violence in Buffalo
To halt violence among young people in Buffalo, “community peacemakers” will be going into neighborhoods ripe for gang activity and offering meaningful alternatives, city officials and local...
View ArticleClarence parents raise almost $40,000 to restore modified, freshman sports
Clarence taxpayers refused to accept a 9 percent tax hike when they voted down the school budget in May.But the parents whose children were hurt by the budget cuts are stepping up with their own...
View ArticleMan jumps off building in Lancaster, ending confrontation
A man on the roof of a commercial building around William Street and Transit Road jumped off the structure, ending a standoff that began at around 9:20 p.m. Wednesday, Lancaster police said.Thomas...
View ArticleFood donation admission brings crowds to opening of Erie County Fair
You can add cans to the attractions at the Erie County Fair this year.That’s in addition to the cows, the chickens, the rabbits, reindeer, the rides, the music, the deep-fried Gummy bears, bacon bomb,...
View ArticleFive Buffalo art galleries you’ve (probably) never heard of
On Buffalo’s hyperactive art scene, a new art or performance space seems to open its doors every month.We hardly have time to lament the closing of alternative venues like the Vault Arthouse, Sugar...
View ArticleBrendon Bannon photographs unexpected subjects in ‘Nairobi: New...
Anyone familiar with Brendan Bannon’s photojournalism from Africa knows the Buffalo native has been slowly capturing the continent’s complexity, often via pictures published in major newspapers. Those...
View ArticleGiGi’s Cucina Povera brings Sicilian classics to Kenmore menu - 6
For decades, Chef Mary Ann Giordano worked in restaurants where she didn’t get much call for the Sicilian specialties she grew up with. Last year, Giordano and her father Paul published “The St....
View ArticleCheck out the fried artichokes at Madonna’s restaurant on Allen Street
Madonna’s (62 Allen St., 768-1401) is an Italian restaurant in Buffalo, so there’s fried calamari on the menu. It’s a restaurant on Allen Street, though, so Chris Connolly wanted to make sure he took...
View ArticleFan favorite Jimmy Janowski returns for remount of ‘The Birds...
In the summer of 2011, Jimmy Janowski and his collaborators at Buffalo United Artists reached a level of camp absurdity that, at the time, seemed like it couldn’t be topped. Janowski’s original play...
View ArticleLewiston Art Festival takes over Center Street this weekend
One of the largest and oldest art festivals in the region kicks off at 10 a.m. Saturday, when more than 175 artists will set up shop on the quainter-than-quaint streets of Lewiston for the village’s...
View ArticleMark Palmer is ‘Facing Facts’ in new Studio Hart art show
Recently, in the process of painting his abstract pieces, Mark Palmer noticed something strange: The structure of a human face would sometimes emerge, as if on its own, from his otherwise freehand...
View ArticleGoodyear Dunlop workers to vote next week
Workers from the Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America plant in the Town of Tonawanda will vote next week on whether to ratify a tentative agreement reached last month.Members of United Steelworkers of...
View ArticleI-Evolve buys Rochester tech firm
I-Evolve Technology Services has acquired E3 Technologies, a Rochester information technology services firm in a deal that will expand the Amherst company’s presence in the Rochester market.I-Evolve...
View ArticleBarkus Parade Sunday to inaugurate Wilson dog park
WILSON – The Wilson Lions Club is sponsoring the new Wilson Dog Park’s first event – a Barkus Parade set for 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday. The dog park is located in the Calvin E. Krueger Park on Lake Road....
View ArticleGorzka is general chairman for annual Peach Festival
LEWISTON – Randy Gorzka has been named general chairman of Lewiston’s 56th nnnual Niagara County Peach Festival, Jeff Sanderson, president of the Kiwanis Club of Lewiston, announced. The festival will...
View ArticleDuPont to pay $440,000 over Clean Air violations
DuPont has agreed to pay a $440,000 fine as part of a settlement over alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its plant in the Town of Tonawanda.The company also agreed to submit a new plan for...
View ArticleLancaster village officials cite old town records identifying Erie Street...
Lancaster village officials Wednesday pointed to two town documents identifying the deteriorating Erie Street Bridge, just east of Court Street, as a bridge and, therefore, the responsibility of the...
View ArticleTrial date set for 4 charged in Carroll home invasion, slayings
MAYVILLE – Trial has been set to begin March 11 for four men charged with killing a Chautauqua County couple earlier this year in their Town of Carroll home.A Chautauqua County Court judge set the...
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