Five Star Bank names Birmingham president
Financial Institutions, the parent of Five Star Bank, has promoted a senior executive to become its new president and chief executive officer, as of March 1.The Warsaw-based company on Wednesday named...
View ArticleWegmans recalls 5-pound bags of flour
Wegmans Food Markets has recalled its 5-pound bags of Wegmans brand All-Purpose Bleached Flour, saying it may contain small blue polyurethane balls.The balls, which are a quarter to a third of an inch...
View ArticleNYSUT sues to block property tax cap
ALBANY – The state’s property tax cap violates the constitution by perpetuating funding inequities between rich and poor school districts and violates “one person, one vote" protections, the state’s...
View ArticleDarien man killed in head-on collision
DARIEN – A man was killed and a woman seriously injured early Wednesday morning in a two-car crash on Route 238, Genesee County Sheriff’s officials said.At about 6 a.m., Timothy Beszczynski, 25, of...
View ArticleCuomo expected to explain his budget Thursday in Buffalo
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is expected to discuss his new budget proposal in Buffalo Thursday during an 11 a.m. presentation at City Honors School.Sources who have been alerted to the visit said they were...
View ArticleRuff: ‘It isn’t working the way we’re going’
By Mike Harrington The Sabres made one move by the the time their 90-minute practice ended today, putting forward Cody McCormick on waivers. But stay tuned. Lindy Ruff made it pretty clear that's not...
View ArticleM&T hires Hochul as a vice president
M&T Bank Corp. has hired former Congresswoman Kathy Hochul as vice president of government relations, bringing in a veteran of both local and federal government to help lobby for the bank at all...
View Article'The Godfather' faces 20 years for heading West Side drug ring
Around his Plymouth Street neighborhood, Elliott Fuentes was known as “The Godfather."It was a nickname he earned after beating drug and weapons charges in 2007.Five years later, the law is catching...
View ArticleOffice supply merger looks good locally
Office Depot and OfficeMax are being “collated” in a merger of office supply giants that will leave the combined chain a commanding share of the Buffalo Niagara market.The retailers said Wednesday...
View ArticleNational Fuel rejects analysis of pay packages
Rejecting claims by a prominent institutional shareholder advisory firm of a “pay for performance disconnect” at the utility company, National Fuel Gas Co. urged its shareholders to approve the...
View ArticleState will rip out Robert Moses Parkway in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A half-century after Robert Moses built the Niagara Falls expressway that bears his name, New York State has finally agreed to tear it down.Giving in to decades of local pleas to...
View ArticleBills’ Whaley part of fact-finding mission at combine
INDIANAPOLIS – Doug Whaley is preparing himself for some long hours over the next five days.The Buffalo Bills’ assistant general manager arrived in Indianapolis Wednesday for today’s start of the...
View ArticleJerry Sullivan: Firing Ruff is too late, and it’s too little
Darcy Regier arrived 20 minutes late Wednesday to announce that he had fired Lindy Ruff as his head coach. It was fitting, because like so many of the general manager’s moves, this one was long...
View ArticleJunior Sabres fall to Oakville
The Buffalo Junior Sabres missed a chance to clinch their first Ontario Junior Hockey League West Division title Wednesday, dropping a 3-1 decision to Oakville at First Niagara Center.Tyler Gjurich...
View ArticleSchool aid cited as NYSUT sues to overturn tax cap
ALBANY – The state’s largest teachers union is suing New York State in an attempt to have the property tax cap declared unconstitutional, setting the stage for a protracted legal and political...
View ArticleSalamanca Council Oks $6.58 million budget
SALAMANCA – Salamanca residents will see a small increase in their tax bills after the members of the City Council on Wednesday night approved a new $6.58 million budget in a 4-to-1 vote. Ward 5...
View ArticleNew Albion bridge project moved up to 2015
LITTLE VALLEY – Residents that use the Tannery Street bridge in the Town of New Albion will be happy to know that the project is still making progress, not only in the Cattaraugus County bureaucracy...
View ArticleA hero like none other, with miraculous act of lifesaving
Todd Roland was enjoying a rare day off in the middle of last summer when his godson, Joshua Broad, frantically called at midafternoon. “Come quick, it’s Dad, and he is hurt bad,” Joshua said.Roland...
View ArticleCivility in short supply amid board bickering
The Land of the Crabapple took a sharp turn toward the Land of the “Crabby” in Council Chambers of Town Hall on Wednesday night as Cheektowaga residents chided their Town Board for displaying a...
View ArticleTime line: The Ruff years
Playing career1979 Drafted by the Sabres in the second round, 32nd overall, in NHL Entry Draft.1985-86 Scored 20 goals in 54 games, the most goals he would score in one season.1987-89 Served as...
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