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Regional auto sales rise in May

Buffalo-area car sales stayed on their upward track in May.Sales at franchised-new car dealers who disclosed their sales – Chevrolet does not – reported a 4 percent increase from a year ago, to 4,998...

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Charter director retires after creating ‘what a school should...

King Center Charter School on Thursday paid homage to its founding director, Claity P. Massey, by giving her a very spirited, heartfelt send-off into retirement.Students and staff all wore T-shirts...

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City GOP backs Rodriguez for mayor

After passing on the mayoral race in 2009 for the first time in their history, Buffalo Republicans are about to challenge the Democrats once again.Sergio R. Rodriguez, a Marine veteran and former...

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Buffalo police officer injured in collision

A Buffalo police officer was taken by ambulance to Erie County Medical Center for treatment of injuries she suffered in a collision between her patrol car and a civilian car shortly after 10:30 p.m....

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League to discuss women’s equality agenda

Katherine Bodde, policy counsel for the New York Civil Liberties Union, will discuss Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s women’s equality agenda during the annual meeting of the League of Women Voters of Buffalo...

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Hispanic Women’s League offering scholarships

The Hispanic Women’s League is offering scholarships to female students of Hispanic origin.Candidates must be residents of the Buffalo Niagara region and show a commitment to the Hispanic...

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Junior Achievement wins $10,000 grant for programs

Junior Achievement of Western New York has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Travelers Foundation, a charitable arm of the Travelers Companies, to support its programming in local elementary and...

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Women’s bar group gives Howe ‘outstanding’ rating

Erie County Surrogate Barbara Howe is the only Buffalo-area judicial candidate to be awarded the top rating – outstanding – of the Western New York chapter of the Women’s Bar Association of the State...

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Free flowers, pots offered by garden organizers

LOCKPORT – The organizers of the Lockport Community Garden at Washburn and South streets will offer free flowers and flower pots to neighborhood children from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. The garden,...

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Truesdale to seek re-election to ninth term on town bench

PORTER – Longtime Town of Porter Justice David J. Truesdale, a lifelong resident of the Town of Porter who will complete his 32nd year as justice, has announced that he will seek re-election to a...

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Chautauqua buses to allow bicyclists

DUNKIRK – Bicyclists can get a lift on buses in Dunkirk, thanks to a demonstration project sponsored by the Chautauqua County Health Network and the state Health Department.Bike racks have been...

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Lockport printing company wins tax break in split vote

LOCKPORT – Gooding Co., Lockport’s oldest industrial firm, won a 15-year tax break from the Town of Lockport Industrial Development Agency on Thursday, despite the opposition of two members who said...

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Kaleida stops behavioral health admissions as consolidation with ECMC nears

Kaleida Health has stopped new admissions to its behavioral health program and has notified employees they will have to find new jobs within the hospital system or elsewhere.Erie County Medical Center...

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24 hurt, 2 seriously, when Florida sports bar deck collapses

MIAMI — A packed outdoor deck behind a popular Miami-area sports bar partially collapsed during the NBA Finals on Thursday night, sending dozens of patrons into the shallow waters of Biscayne...

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Lockport Council’s refusal to rename park for Parete irks classmate

LOCKPORT – The president of Buffalo Police Officer Patricia Parete’s Lockport High School graduating class angrily denounced city officials Thursday for refusing to rename a park in her memory.Joseph...

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Rainfall to finally give way to sunshine

Remember that dry stretch of weather back in April and May, when you said we needed rain? Yeah, we can't either.More than 4 inches of rain has fallen in Buffalo so far this June. That's more than what...

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Diary found in Lewiston key to tracing Nazi roots

WILMINGTON, Del. – The hate that dripped from Alfred Rosenberg’s black pen seemed lost to history until Thursday, when federal agents here unveiled 400 missing pages of the senior Nazi aide’s diary,...

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In Ken-Ton School District, more than just a ‘lunch lady’

Thursday started like any other weekday for Shirley Hernandez. As she has for the last 47 years, the Kenmore Middle School lunch monitor arrived at 11:15 a.m. and kept a watchful eye as the school’s...

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‘Historic day’ as casino feud is settled

An acrimonious dispute between the state and the Seneca Nation of Indians ended Thursday with a deal to re-start tribal casino revenue payments to Albany and localities in return for New York banning...

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Hospice unit at Beechwood in Getzville set to debut

Beechwood Homes and Hospice Buffalo on Tuesday will partner to open The Hospice Wells House at the Beechwood Continuing Care Campus in Getzville.The aim of the service at Beechwood Homes is to offer...

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