Coming soon: 'Hockey Heaven,' the Sabres' two-rink showcase across the...
The bricks and mortar will be state-of-the-art, but what's most impressive about the new twin-rink facility opening on the Buffalo waterfront late next year is the heady vision of where this will put...
View ArticleWho’s got the juice?
First of a four-part seriesBy Susan Schulman / News Staff ReporterIf this were the Wild West, instead of Western New York, we might see Brian Higgins and Howard Zemsky in a shootout with Steve Casey...
View ArticleFurious Kaleta sits as Sabres stumble
WASHINGTON — The losing continues for the Buffalo Sabres. The sell-off awaits. Now you have to wonder if the inevitable implosion of the dressing room is beginning.Cracks certainly began to show after...
View ArticleMayor Byron W. Brown earns a C
Does Buffalo’s mayor have what it takes?Survey respondents rate Brown on 18 characteristics (1 poor to 5 excellent)Characteristics RatingTemperament 3.87Intelligence 3.70Work ethic 3.64Fiscal...
View ArticleLooking to Brown for major changes in the schools
What if there were no Buffalo Board of Education? That’s one of the ideas respondents to a Buffalo News survey floated. They suggested Mayor Byron W. Brown might want to follow in the path laid out by...
View ArticleMayor Byron W. Brown earns a C
Does Buffalo’s mayor have what it takes?Survey respondents rate Brown on 18 characteristics (1 poor to 5 excellent)Characteristics RatingTemperament 3.87Intelligence 3.70Work ethic 3.64Fiscal...
View ArticleWaterfront appeals, in winter
Proof people will come to the outer harbor in winter might just be in the Lobster Dawg at Dug’s Dive.A thick bun, overstuffed with lobster and mayo and topped with crispy bacon bits, was enough to...
View ArticleNews offers free tax help
Free tax help will be available by phone or online Tuesday night, when The Buffalo News, in conjunction with the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, holds its annual Tax Help Line...
View ArticleTower to go dark for Earth Hour
One HSBC Center in downtown Buffalo will go dark from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday for Earth Hour, a worldwide call to action on climate change.Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney Australia when 2.2...
View ArticleMixed bag of late-winter weather heading this way
Ho-hum. Another mixed bag of late-winter weather is moving into the area, a combination of snow, rain, ice and heavy winds, but with no major storm heading this way.The National Weather Service has...
View ArticleTwo charged with stealing scrap metal from Elma business
Erie County sheriff’s deputies have arrested two Depew men accused of stealing scrap metal from a Town of Elma business early Monday morning.Deputy Joseph Raczynski was on patrol on Transit Road in...
View ArticleGrant to fund genetic research into cause of Down syndrome
The Children’s Guild Foundation has awarded a three-year $250,000 grant to a Roswell Park Cancer Institute researcher to continue his work to find the major genes that cause Down syndrome.Y. Eugene...
View ArticleBuffalo Zoo announces new prices for annual passes
The Buffalo Zoo is raising annual ticket prices $10 for several categories.The new charges are: Family, $75; Family Plus, $90; Grandparents, $60; Grandparents Plus, $70; and Supporting, $135.
View ArticleDrivers in North Buffalo crash released from hospital
The two drivers involved in a crash in North Buffalo on Sunday afternoon have been released from Erie County Medical Center, city police said Monday.The drivers and another person were injured in the...
View ArticleSabres stay on road to nowhere
If you examine trends, the Sabres’ chances of winning the game decreased greatly Saturday when Kyle Turris scored on a wraparound with 63 seconds remaining in the second period. Ottawa had a 9-1-1...
View ArticleLancaster man will avoid jail in fatal Depew crash
The Lancaster man who struck and killed a Depew teenager last July as she waited at a village bus stop will not spend any time in jail following his guilty plea to reckless driving, his attorney told...
View ArticleNiagara County seeks $2 million in sixth Medicaid lawsuit
LOCKPORT – Niagara County, which has won five consecutive lawsuits against the state Health Department over reimbursements for Medicaid mental health services, filed another suit last week.The county...
View ArticleComplications cloud trial in brutal murder
It was one of the most grisly murders in Buffalo’s recent history.A man walking his dog last summer found a charred body on an old railroad right-of-way near a popular Colvin Avenue frozen custard...
View ArticleProgram a prescription for better teacher training
Think of how doctors are trained.Long, intensive sessions in hospitals and clinics, working with actual patients – just like the ones they will see in their own practices.Now imagine that scenario...
View Article'Training wage' poses Albany budget snag
ALBANY – Democrats are resisting efforts by Senate Republicans to permit employers to offer a “training wage” to workers younger than 20 as a way to protect some companies from having to give a...
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