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City to look for new operators at marina after audit finds nearly $350,000...

The city will make major changes to operations at the Erie Basin Marina following revelations that the marina's private manager underpaid the city by nearly $350,000 over the last five years,...

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Corasanti, secretary injured in crash involving teen girl arrested for DWI

The doctor convicted of drunken driving in the death of an Amherst teenager landed in the hospital Thursday, after the car in which he was riding was struck by a 17-year-old Amherst girl who was...

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Gunman hits female with gun in Hamlin Park

A female told police she was assaulted while walking in the city’s Hamlin Park neighborhood early Saturday morning.The assault occurred at about 2:15 a.m. Saturday while the female was walking at...

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Riverside 7-Eleven held up

A gunman robbed a convenience store Saturday morning in Riverside.The holdup happened at about 7 a.m. Saturday at the 7-Eleven, located at 584 Ontario St., Buffalo police said.The man entered the...

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Scout event delivers camp experience to the city

There were the familiar sights of a Scout camp: tents, remnants of a campfire, kids learning skills like archery.But instead of a setting tucked away in the woods, this camp was in a field next to a...

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Football fan’s quest helps him to savor his fading sight

His visit to Buffalo on Saturday, strangely enough, began with a vision. Patrick Yarber had been a sports junkie since his childhood without ever playing in an official game. His career was limited to...

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High school football player in critical condition after hit

A high school football player is in the intensive care unit after suffering a serious injury from a helmet-to-helmet hit during a game this weekend in Cattaraugus County, law enforcement sources...

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People Talk: A conversation with costumer designer Ann Emo

Ann Emo made a career in stage costuming. The associate professor in the Theater Department of SUNY Buffalo State grew up in Queens, where she learned at a young age from her mother and grandmother...

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Businesses, workers await effects of health care reform

The vast majority of large and midsize companies and institutions offer health benefits as a way to attract and retain employees or because company officials believe it’s the right thing to do.As a...

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Buffalo Creek Casino links a nation with a neighborhood

With so many eye-catching elements built into the new Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino on Michigan Avenue between Perry and South Park, it might take a while to notice a significant absence.Unlike the...

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Casinos and gaming facilities in Western New York

Buffalo Creek CasinoMichigan Avenue at Perry Street, BuffaloOpen 24 hours a day, 365 days a yearPatrons must be 21 or overNumber of games: 808 slot machines, 18 table gamesGaming space: 47,000 square...

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Between previews and ‘press night,’ ticket-buyers have a right...

If a theater production isn’t firing on all cylinders, wouldn’t you want to know?Most theatergoers probably would. But because of a cynical trend among theater producers trying to extract every last...

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Sabres notebook: Bailey taking it all in at first NHL training camp

Hockey life continues to move swiftly for Justin Bailey. It remains a ride to remember.It wasn’t long ago that the 18-year-old was skating in tiny rinks as a midget travel player. The journey has...

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Five-star scouting report by Jay Skurski: Panthers will test Bills’...

1. Hit a big one. It’s time for offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett to let rookie quarterback EJ Manuel out of the nest so he can fly on his own. The Bills were the only team in the NFL without a...

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Preseason opener begins new era for Sabres

Ron Rolston met his assistant coaches years ago, but it’s not like they were on his speed dial. Joe Sacco, Teppo Numminen and Jerry Forton were casual acquaintances, guys in the hockey fraternity who...

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Social progress in NFL

For the first time in Buffalo Bills history, two black quarterbacks will oppose each other. ¶ That’s not the story. ¶ What’s noteworthy is that nobody noticed. ¶ Today’s quarterbacks in Ralph Wilson...

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Baton twirling, and Peru, runs in the family

Until Bailee Russell arrives in Peru on Thursday morning and begins two weeks of baton twirling in parades, orphanage visits, gala dinners and mingling with beauty queens, mayors and governors, the...

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U.S., Russia reach deal on seizure of Syrian chemical weapons

GENEVA — The United States and Russia agreed today on an outline for the identification and seizure of Syrian chemical weapons and said Syria must turn over an accounting of its arsenal within a...

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Documents offer peek into secret negotiations over Bills lease

ALBANY – Three days before the National Football League OK’d the new Ralph Wilson Stadium lease deal last March, a hiccup suddenly developed.It was one of many obstacles negotiators for the team, Erie...

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World’s oldest man dies at 112

The oldest man in the world, Salustiano “Shorty” Sanchez, of Grand Island, died Friday at Riverwood Health Care Center at the age of 112.Mr. Sanchez – whose long life would take him from the sugar...

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