Kolkmeyer is on the prowl
Banker-turned-developer Paul Kolkmeyer is looking at another building conversion project, this time in North Buffalo across the street from one of Rocco Termini’s projects.Kolkmeyer, the former CEO of...
View ArticleALDI hiring managers
ALDI is looking to fill management positions at Buffalo and Rochester area stores and will hold three hiring events to do so.Manager trainees are paid $23 per hour and can make up to $70,000 per year...
View ArticleM&T leases more space in Lafayette Court
M&T Bank Corp. has taken more space inside the Lafayette Court Building in downtown Buffalo.The Buffalo-based bank has leased nearly 2,300 square feet of first floor space that formerly housed an...
View ArticleNiagara supervisor denies wrongdoing in probe by FBI and state
For at least 18 months, FBI agents and the New York State Attorney General’s Office have been investigating Steven C. Richards, a feisty businessman who is now in his fifth term as supervisor of the...
View ArticleGOP chairmen say Obama trip to Buffalo won’t accomplish much
President Obama may escape the Washington scene Thursday when he travels to the University at Buffalo to make his case for affordable college education, but the national political cauldron seems to...
View ArticleImmigrant business owners in Buffalo get police tips on avoiding crime
When Mustafa Abdo and Aung Myat launched their computer repair business, I.T.Garden, on Grant Street earlier this summer, they were aware of the street crime that had riddled the West Side...
View ArticleLive coverage today during Obama's visit
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View ArticleObama trip to Buffalo emphasizes ‘ambitious’ plan to control...
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. – Air Force One was primed for takeoff this morning as President Obama prepared to leave for a two-day bus tour of upstate New York that will start with a speech this...
View ArticleHealth Dept. budget proposal hikes spending by $2 million
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Health Department’s proposed 2014 budget, unveiled by Deputy Director Victoria A. Pearson last week, showed a spending increase of more than $2 million, primarily caused...
View ArticleMore than 1,000 ducks sold for fundraising race in canal
LOCKPORT – As of last week, more than 1,000 plastic ducks had been sold for this year’s Lockport Duck Race in the Erie Canal, organizer Jay Krull said.The race, which will benefit the Lockport Lions...
View ArticleBrown, Tolbert, Rodriguez to face off in mayoral debate
Mayor Byron W. Brown, Democratic challenger Bernard A. Tolbert and Republican Sergio R. Rodriguez will meet in an hourlong debate at 8 p.m. today in the WNED studios. Buffalo News Political Reporter...
View ArticleGOP to appeal ruling that puts non-Democrats on party line
Erie County Republicans will appeal last week’s State Supreme Court decision allowing the authorization of two non-Democratic County Legislature candidates to run on the Democratic line on election...
View ArticleOverestimate on pension outlay reaps $3.9 million credit for Erie County
Erie County overestimated how much it would have to pay to the state pension system during the state’s prior fiscal year.And that means the county will receive a credit of about $3.9 million in this...
View ArticleFor food companies, recipes are sacred
ATLANTA – Coca-Cola keeps the recipe for its 127-year-old soda inside an imposing steel vault that’s bathed in red security lights. Several cameras monitor the area to make sure the fizzy formula...
View ArticleProduction rises sharply in area plants
Local manufacturers say their business heated up during July, fueled by a spike in production and a strong uptick in the flow of new orders.A new survey of local purchasing managers found that growth...
View ArticleBills’ Gilmore breaks wrist
The Buffalo Bills’ secondary has been dealt a devastating blow.Top cornerback Stephon Gilmore will miss 6-8 weeks because of a broken wrist, coach Doug Marrone announced following Monday’s practice....
View ArticleTuel is the Bills’ starter – for now
Just 10 days ago, the suggestion would have called for an immediate blood-alcohol test.But it’s true: The Buffalo Bills are planning to start Week One against the mighty New England Patriots with...
View ArticleUB student keeps tabs on Luna and Kali in research project
Stretching out one of her fluffy, white polar bear paws, Luna reached at a small, wooden stick that had drifted away in a murky pool of water. Young, wide-eyed children pressed themselves against the...
View ArticleFamilies hail first anniversary of state law targeting prescription drug abuse
It’s been more than two years since Avi and Julie Israel lost their son, Michael, to the evils of overprescribed drugs.They’ve founded an advocacy group, Save the Michaels of the World; they’ve...
View ArticleBuzz: From the Finnish to the start
Siren song Janne Sirén, the director of the Albright-Knox, looks like a work of art himself. Siren, who is from Finland, is tanned and fit as few Buffalonians are. His teeth are blindingly white. That...
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