Lifelong Lockport friends turn ice cream innovators through Lake Effect Ice...
Suddenly everyone is screaming for their hand-crafted, artisan ice cream. How did two Lockport High School teachers make Lake Effect Ice Cream into an award-winning brand and a wildly popular shop?...
View ArticlePeople Talk / A conversation with Karen Connors Erickson
Thomas Connors worked the beat downtown for the Buffalo Police Department when he decided in 1944 to open Connors hot dog stand on Old Lakeshore Road. His only daughter Karen (Connors) Erickson is a...
View ArticleLooking for a great trip? Try a grape trip to Westfield
One of the most common sights you see as you drive in and around the Chautauqua County Village of Westfield about an hour south of Buffalo, is vineyards, acres and acres of vineyards. That’s not...
View ArticleBuffalo teens devour healthy cooking class
So this woman comes up to a farmers’ market and points to the rainbow Swiss chard.“I really like the leafy colors and the stems,” she says, “but I don’t know how to cook it, and my kids will never eat...
View ArticleNew York’s new, cheaper health insurance: How can they do that?
Few people in New York State today buy their health insurance directly from an insurer, largely because the cost is so high. For a single person in this region, the premiums alone can exceed $1,200...
View ArticleColor Run 5K brings a rainbow of fun to Buffalo’s Canalside
By the end of the first Buffalo edition of the international Color Run 5K at the waterfront, Ruth Tagg’s hair, forehead and heart-shaped sunglasses were dusted in pink and orange powder that, like...
View ArticlePoll shows Brown holding big lead over Tolbert
With the mayoral primary less than a month away, Mayor Byron W. Brown holds a comfortable lead over challenger Bernard A. Tolbert, according to a new poll conducted by Siena College and commissioned...
View ArticleThe gift of life, times two for the Fago family
Mike Fago is one unlucky guy. He also is an impossibly lucky one. Born into a family with a history of kidney failure, he fell victim to his genetic heritage when, in November 2011, both of his...
View ArticleQB Manuel to have surgery, miss rest of Bills’ preseason games
The Buffalo Bills’ quarterback competition took a drastic turn Saturday afternoon.Rookie first-round draft pick EJ Manuel woke up to swelling in his left knee, according to the team, and will need to...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda plans Meals on Wheels fundraiser
North Tonawanda Meals on Wheels is selling the “Save Around Buffalo 2014” coupon books until Dec. 15.The $20 book has more than 560 coupons for fast-food and sit-down restaurants, entertainment,...
View ArticleBills veterans sense change in team’s mind-set
It dawned on veteran running back Fred Jackson in the locker room immediately after the Vikings game. Friday marked the first time in his eight years with the Bills that they had won their first two...
View ArticleMan in guarded condition in ECMC after being shot in northwest Buffalo
A man shot in the chest early Sunday in northwest Buffalo is fighting for his life in Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo police said.Hanif Russel, no age or address available, is listed in guarded...
View ArticleCanaseraga teen dies in Livingston County crash
A 16-year-old Canaseraga teen died when a truck plowed into several trees in the Town of Ossian Sunday morning.Connor Gilbert, 16, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on White Road, the...
View ArticleTonawanda fairgoer finds keys to new Ford Fiesta in a custard pie
She had to dig through a custard pie to find her prize, but Shannon Gutt of Tonawanda became the winner of a new Ford Fiesta Sunday afternoon at the Erie County Fair, courtesy of the WNY Ford...
View ArticleMore lane closings ahead for this week on Kensington
Lane closings will continue this week to accommodate repaving and construction work on the Kensington Expressway For the next two weeks, both inbound and outbound lanes of the Kensington between...
View ArticleCity moving to fire employee accused of theft
The Brown administration will seek the termination of city worker James E. Dempsey, who handles park permits. Dempsey, 40, is accused of theft, according to the administration. The matter is subject...
View ArticleStorm-postponed gospel festival scheduled for Saturday
NIAGARA FALLS – A free outdoor gospel festival that was canceled because of the powerful July 19-20 thunderstorm has been rescheduled and moved to a new location.Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center...
View ArticleFive Buffalo Niagara groups awarded state environmental grants
The following Buffalo Niagara environmental organizations have been awarded funding from more than $1 million in environmental justice grants announced by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo:Buffalo Niagara...
View Article$78,558 grant will pay for homeless agency’s technology upgrades
NIAGARA FALLS – Community Missions of Niagara Frontier Inc. has been awarded a three-year matching grant totaling $78,558 from the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation through its annual Technology...
View ArticleBills training camp capsule: Kicks and Kiko
Sunday: Day 15 of 18.Kicking update: Veteran Rian Lindell went 4 of 5 on field goals Sunday, missing wide left from 37 yards out and making kicks of 37, 45, 46 and 51 yards. Rookie Dustin Hopkins was...
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