Vanek’s return leads streaking Sabres
MONTREAL — Thomas Vanek was back. Ryan Miller was back to being himself. The combination created another victory for the Buffalo Sabres, who feel things are finally turning in their direction.The...
View ArticleSabres notebook: Slumping Stafford is a healthy scratch
MONTREAL – The Buffalo Sabres need to figure out whether Drew Stafford has a place in their organization. He didn’t Saturday.Stafford’s disappointing season descended further as interim coach Ron...
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MondayProfessional groups•Buffalo Cosmetology Association 11, NY State Business Compliances, New Hazards, Protection and Alternatives in Cosmetology Products, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Days Inn, 4345 Genesee...
View ArticleStocks in the News / Week of March 18
INCREASED DIVIDENDS Quarterly unless noted otherwise Air Products .71 from .64 Fifth Third Bncp .11 from .10 Hewlett-Packard .1452 from .132 Independent Bank Cp .22 from .21 Ingredion Inc .38 from .26...
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Garrison Capital Inc. - New York, 5.3 million shares, priced at $15 each, managed by Baird and Oppenheimer. Proposed Nasdaq symbol GARS. Business: Closed-end investment company planning to generate...
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AES CORP.: Sandstrom, Sven, director, exercised an option for 6,985 shares of common at $6.70 each on March 15, immediately sold 4,771 shares of common at $12.39 each and now directly and indirectly...
View ArticleBusiness People/Hires, promotions and honors
Kaleida Health named Daniel J. Farberman vice president of labor/employee relations. Farberman most recently was vice president of human resources, labor relations and legal with The Buffalo News for...
View ArticleLockport School Board considers renaming junior high for desegregation pioneer
LOCKPORT – The Lockport Board of Education is expected to appoint a committee Wednesday to consider whether to rename North Park Junior High School in honor of the African-American man credited with...
View ArticleRecent homicides bring urgent focus to issue of avoiding more tragedies from...
NIAGARA FALLS – After her death, friends of Elizabeth Wilson struggled with this question:Why?Now, as the weeks have gone by, those same friends and associates of the slain Niagara Falls woman are...
View ArticleMyrna Young on Women’s History Month
LEWISTON –The annual March commemoration of Women’s History Month has Myrna Young looking forward to the day when there’s no need for such a thing.“I’ll be glad when we don’t have to have a Women’s...
View ArticleGrowth at any cost proved quite costly at First Niagara
John R. Koelmel did a great job turning First Niagara Bank from a sleepy local thrift into a Northeastern banking power.But he did a lousy job taking care of First Niagara’s shareholders, and it is...
View ArticleDriver, passer-by arrested after DWI crash
Erie County sheriff’s deputies charged a Collins woman early today with driving while intoxicated after a one-car crash on Route 438 on the Seneca Nation Reservation. They also arrested a man walking...
View ArticleFour arrested when Jamestown melee spills into street
JAMESTOWN – A melee in Jamestown early Saturday led to the arrest of four people.Jamestown police said the four arrived at 429 Lincoln St. after 2 a.m. looking to collect on a debt. When they forced...
View ArticleRear-end crash leads to DWI charge
A driver who rear-ended another vehicle in Mayville was charged with driving while intoxicated.Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies said that when they responded to the accident on West Chautauqua...
View ArticleDevelopment soars along Metro Rail
Almost three decades after the first subway train rumbled beneath Main Street, Buffalo's Metro Rail system is about to assume the role that was intended and transport thousands of city residents to...
View ArticleWinning $338M Powerball jackpot ticket sold in NJ
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A single ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing for the $338.3 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials said. It was the 13th drawing...
View ArticleCritics see state ‘tax rebate’ as a political gimmick
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders are including in the soon-to-be-passed state budget a new system to help finance political campaigns.They call it the “Family Tax Relief”...
View ArticleExpert sees little change in city schools
How are things going in the Buffalo Public Schools?It all depends on who you ask.The superintendent says that while work remains to be done, the district is on a solid path to recovery.Pamela C. Brown...
View ArticleTampa Bay fires coach, speculation about Ruff follows
By John Vogl MONTREAL -- The Tampa Bay Lightning fired coach Guy Boucher this morning, possibly giving Lindy Ruff his first opportunity to accept or turn down a coaching job since being let go in...
View ArticleSylvia Coles tells her story
You might call Sylvia Coles a woman of contradictions. But then, she's led a contradictory life. A Lutheran minister's daughter raised in the Victorian parsonage of a rural Missouri town that was...
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