Firefighters battle unusual string of blazes
Two more fires ripped through Buffalo homes on Saturday, which brings the total to six over the past two days and includes one death, at least three dozen people displaced and $630,000 in damage.“This...
View Article‘Makeover’ mom opens restaurant
Delores Powell laughed at the question about her brand-new Jamaican restaurant, Mama’s Kitchen.“The best thing on the menu?” she repeated. “Wow. People have different likes. I think everything is so...
View ArticleWith spring approaching, big changes in the air
Lindy Ruff may be a guy out of a job.But he also may be something a little less downbeat:A symbol.It’s true. Everywhere you look these days around the Buffalo region, there are striking changes – and...
View ArticleAudit airs concerns about PBA spending
Union dues from Buffalo police officers financed lavish trips to out-of-town conferences for Police Benevolent Association officers, their spouses or significant others, according to a draft audit...
View ArticleCorrupted confession?
On an unusually warm November night in 2004, Josue Ortiz sat in an interrogation room at Buffalo Police Headquarters and confessed to killing two brothers inside their West Side apartment.Ortiz,...
View ArticleFirefighters battle blaze in Delaware Ave. apartment
Buffalo firefighters were called out to battlea fire in an apartment at 949 Delaware Ave. near Hodge Street. The three storymultiple apartment building sustained $20,000 in damage. No injuries were...
View ArticleAnother mild winter, but is that a trend?
Only about one-third of eastern Lake Erie is frozen over. The average temperature here has been 5 to 6 degrees warmer than normal throughout December and January. And the snow total, so far this...
View ArticlePenalty killers bail Sabres out
TAMPA, Fla. – The Buffalo Sabres found salvation Tuesday night in a strange place — the penalty box.The Sabres made trip after trip to the box, but their penalty killers repeatedly bailed them out....
View ArticleKaleida Health, ECMC will integrate cardiac services at Gates Vascular
Kaleida Health and Erie County Medical Center on Tuesday announced the integration of all their cardiac services at the Gates Vascular Institute on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.Kaleida Health’s...
View ArticleBill seeks to protect children on slopes
ALBANY – They must wear helmets when they ride bicycles, and now children under age 14 in New York are looking at a new effort to make them wear protective head gear when they hit the ski...
View ArticleAfter 78 years, bingo no more at Legion hall
Until last Tuesday, there was little indication that the 78-year tradition of bingo night at the Tonawandas Post 264, American Legion, was about to come to an abrupt end.“I was really brokenhearted,”...
View ArticlePaid sex scam costs local man hundreds
A telephone call to an adult chat line ended up costing a local man hundreds of dollars and a lot of worry, according to Buffalo police.The man, whose name was withheld by police, told authorities he...
View ArticleWary of ‘fishy’ seafood – as in...
CHICAGO – Diners who think they are eating red snapper may actually be munching on gold-banded jobfish.Those who order Alaskan cod may really be tucking into a threadfin slickhead. And fans of...
View ArticleIn Focus: Robert D. Gioia
A long-awaited effort to redevelop Buffalo’s waterfront is on the right track, according to the chairman of the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp.Robert D. Gioia, who is also president of the John R....
View ArticleCity schools to consider Teach for America program
Teach for America, part of the federal AmeriCorps program, allows recent college graduates to teach in classrooms for two years, with an expressed aim of improving education in the inner city and in...
View ArticleTampa’s a dream for ex-Griff Conacher
TAMPA, Fla. – It’s easy to see Cory Conacher is having a blast being an NHL rookie. His smile is present on and off the ice.He’s making a point of spreading the joy.During Tampa Bay’s morning skate...
View ArticleAmherst Police Chief backs better school security
Amherst Police Chief John C. Askey offered his support Tuesday for $300,000 in security enhancements proposed by Williamsville School Superintendent Scott Martzloff to pay for school monitors, a...
View ArticleAmherst Zoning Board OKs variance requests for Hyatt project
The controversial Hyatt Place hotel project in Amherst is moving forward despite protests from more than 60 red-clad Snyder residents who showed up at Town Hall on Tuesday night to protest the...
View ArticleVote set on domestic abuse bill
WASHINGTON – The House is set to vote today on renewing the Violence Against Women Act, but it’s unclear whether the result will be law or yet another Washington stalemate.In an unusual maneuver that...
View ArticleBody found, believed to be missing woman
The body of an elderly woman found this morning in a field beside CSX railroad tracks on the East Side is believed to be the remains of the missing 84-year-old woman last seen on Sunday, according to...
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