BOCES student-built homes up for auction Friday
The odor of polyurethane was in the air Wednesday at Erie 1 BOCES’ Harkness Career & Technical Center in Cheektowaga, where students applied finishing touches to an annual fundraising...
View ArticleIndependent Health offers doctor-payment model for Medicare
WASHINGTON – Congress is looking for a new way to pay doctors under Medicare, and it may find the solution, in part, in Buffalo.That’s the message Dr. Thomas Foels, chief medical officer of...
View ArticleDrag race nets DWI charge in Amherst
A drag race on Transit Road in Amherst Wednesday night resulted in drunk driving charges against one of the drivers.Erie County Sheriff’s deputies also arrested another man for felony drunk driving in...
View Article‘Trailer Trash’ collects bizarre film previews
Buffalo performer and artist Pat Kewley is a collector of unintentionally funny bits and pieces of American culture.For his popular “Celebrity Autobiography” series, held last summer in Rohall’s...
View ArticleIrish Classical play explores familiar story from a different angle
Last summer, theater patrons flocked to the Irish Classical Theatre Company’s production of “Da,” Hugh Leonard’s popular autobiographical play about his complicated relationships with his father and...
View ArticleKaleidoscope Theatre takes on Pinter, Beckett in original show
For a certain strain of theater lover, the works of Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter represent some of the high achievements of 20th century drama. While the styles of these major writers differed...
View ArticleBuffalo, Pittsburgh artists collaborate on exchange exhibition
In March, Buffalo Arts Studio and Pittsburgh’s Brew House Association launched a collaborative project meant to establish an artistic dialogue between two artsy Rust Belt cities. On two separate...
View ArticleAllen West Festival extends to Symphony Circle
This weekend, when the 56th Allentown Art Festival and 16th Allen West Festival kick off in Buffalo’s artiest neighborhood, festivalgoers will have more space than ever to roam through artists’...
View ArticleNew generation enters producing game with ‘Into the Woods’
At 8 tonight, three young theater entrepreneurs will realize a shared dream when the curtain rises on their ambitious production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods” in the New Phoenix Theatre.The...
View ArticleArtie Awards honor Buffalo theater
The 23rd annual Artie Awards, a fundraiser and award ceremony that serves as Buffalo’s answer to the Tony Awards, was held on Monday night in the Town Ballroom.The ceremony was hosted by its founder,...
View ArticleBruins beat Pens 2-1 in double overtime
BOSTON (AP) — A future Hall of Famer who established his credentials in the open ice, there was Jaromir Jagr along the boards, mucking it up for a loose puck.The 41-year-old former Pittsburgh great...
View ArticleBuffalo firm managing NHL pension plan
The new pension fund for National Hockey League players that was established in the agreement that ended the lockout earlier this year is being managed by an investment consulting firm in...
View ArticleCuomo pushing Las Vegas-style casino in Western New York
ALBANY – Frustrated by the lack of a casino revenue agreement with the Seneca Nation, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Wednesday proposed permitting a new Las Vegas-style casino in Western New York if voters...
View ArticleWoman’s body found in boat that washes up at Lake Ontario dock
A heavily damaged boat drifted into a dock on Lake Ontario just east of Olcott Harbor Wednesday night, and when deputies looked inside, they found a dead woman.A caller initially reported to the...
View ArticleNSA reportedly collecting Verizon records of U.S. citizens
The Obama administration is collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S.-based Verizon Communications Inc. customers, relying on a secret court order obtained under a George W. Bush...
View ArticleGuns ’n’ Roses delivers the goods in Outer Harbor show
Did he still have the banshee howl?It’s been a long time since Axl Rose was the undisputed king of the underground Los Angeles rock scene. Back then, his band, Guns ‘n’ Roses, was the it band, the...
View ArticleTicket-fixing charade in court is costly for ex-judge
Louis P. Violanti was a Lackawanna City Court judge earlier this year when he orchestrated a courtroom charade to dismiss a ticket on behalf of a friend.Violanti instructed a Lackawanna police officer...
View ArticleTicket-fixing charade in court is costly for ex-judge
Louis P. Violanti was a Lackawanna City Court judge earlier this year when he orchestrated a courtroom charade to dismiss a ticket on behalf of a friend.Violanti instructed a Lackawanna police officer...
View ArticleKoelmel named president of Sabres HarborCenter
John R. Koelmel, the former First Niagara Financial Group chief executive who lost his job in March, has landed a new job overseeing the construction and operations of the HarborCenter hockey and...
View ArticleAttraction reopens at falls after elevator glitch strands 100
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – The Journey Behind the Falls attraction reopened to visitors Thursday afternoon, six days after an elevator problem left 100 people stranded for 2½ hours on the lower observation...
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