UB cleanup project seeks to connect with future Fruit Belt neighbors
The University at Buffalo has had to deal with plenty of town-gown issues – and even full-blown controversies – with its closest University District neighbors near the South Campus.But now, as UB...
View ArticleApril fools' joke shows renewed interest in grain elevators
It seemed too perfect to be real.On Monday, as word of a proposed Buffalo Mustache Hall of Fame and Museum and a mega-mural known as “Mount Stachemore” spread across Facebook, Buffalo-boosters far and...
View ArticleDisqualified Olympian sues maker of supplement over failed drug test
LOCKPORT – A lawsuit filed here last week pits a Hungarian discus thrower, who was barred from last summer’s Olympic Games in London because of a failed drug test, against a Canadian company that he...
View ArticleBicyclist killed by vehicle in Wheatfield
WHEATFIELD – A bicyclist was killed late Saturday night when he was hit by a vehicle on Lockport Road near Walmore Road in the town of Wheatfield, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office reported.Deputies...
View Article3 rescued after boat capsizes in Lake Ontario
YOUNGSTOWN – Rescue crews battled 5-foot swells Saturday afternoon as they raced to the scene of a capsized boat with three Allegany County men aboard in the frigid waters of Lake Ontario, about four...
View ArticleTesting the upper limits of taste
It isn’t exactly grocery wars, but life is about to get more interesting for Buffalo shoppers.A week from today, homegrown Tops Friendly Markets will open an upscale health food and gourmet store...
View ArticleDry, windy conditions spur four rural fires
SHERIDAN – Four fires in wooded, rural areas kept firefighters in northern Chautauqua County busy this morning. The largest of the fires was in the town of Sheridan on Route 39. The call went out at...
View ArticleClimbers roped in by elevators
Some people look at them and see architectural beauty. To others, they are haunting reminders of Buffalo’s industrial past.But for many people gathered near the grain elevators off Childs Street on...
View ArticleWatchdog's critical of 'gimmicks' in budget
When Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo touted his 2013-14 state budget in Buffalo and Rochester last week, legislators and budget officials stood close by, leading the cheers for his newly passed $141.3 billion...
View ArticleWaterfront’s future should honor its storied past
Buffalo’s waterfront renaissance offers hope for the future, and is long overdue.Piece by piece, bits of the river and lake shorelines are opening to public access with new green spaces and new...
View ArticleVolunteers gather to remember project in West Africa
It was the summer of '69 when Amherst High School teacher Reed Taylor led a team of college students to a remote West African village in Sierra Leone to build a jungle hospital – brick by brick – from...
View ArticleLabor of love lights up Lackawanna church
From the outside, it’s a simple brick building, a place you might drive quickly by on bustling Abbott Road.Among Lackawanna churches, others cast far bigger shadows.Our Lady of Victory Basilica, for...
View ArticleIncentives aim to lure volunteer firefirefighters
Recruiters hope paid college tuition and access to affordable health care will entice new members to the ranks of volunteer firefighters, ranks that are dwindling in New York State.Recruitment and...
View ArticleTime Warner restores service to 2,000 homes
Time Warner Cable has restored service to roughly 2,000 homes after a 24-hour outage that began Saturday morning.A transformer fire caused a National Grid utility pole to fall over on Seneca Street,...
View ArticleVolunteers sought for state parks cleanup
Registration is open for volunteers to take part in the second annual “I Love My Park Day” on May 4 at state parks and historic sites across New York.Sponsored by the state Office of Parks, Recreation...
View ArticleWalk a Mile in Her Shoes to be held April 27
Hundreds of men are expected to teeter and stumble along Hertel Avenue April 27 in the eighth annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes: The International Men’s March to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault and Gender...
View ArticleLake waves rose quickly, rescued boater says
YOUNGSTOWN – Three boaters who were rescued from Lake Ontario after their boat capsized Saturday afternoon had come from Wellsville for a day of fishing, sheriff’s deputies said.Daniel E. Crowner, 49,...
View ArticleYWCA hires new program liaison
Chaylee Sullivan, who grew up in West Seneca, has been hired as program and relations liaison by the YWCA of Western New York Inc.Sullivan graduated from Mount Mercy Academy, earned a bachelor’s...
View ArticleFood Bank gets $3,000 Darden grant
The Food Bank of Western New York has been selected to receive a $3,000 grant through the Restaurant Community Grants program from the Darden Foundation, the charitable branch of Darden Restaurants...
View ArticleOut-of-control bonfire torches 3 acres in Lockport
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – Saturday afternoon’s steady winds turned a family bonfire into a raging grass fire that scorched three acres of land behind 6054 Crosby Road, sheriff’s deputies reported.An Appleton...
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