Tasty pastry is topic of next cooking session
Making the pastry cream, pate au choux and ganache that go into napoleons and eclairs highlights the next Cooking with Chef Kevin session, scheduled from 6 to 8:30 p.m. April 16 in YWCA Tonawandas.The...
View ArticleBarkley works out for Bills scouts in LA
University of Southern California quarterback Matt Barkley started 45 games in his college career. That has not stopped NFL teams from going the extra mile to get up-close looks at the 22-year-old...
View ArticleSecurity system false alarms to face fine in Town of Lancaster
The Town of Lancaster is poised to approve a new law that would fine the owners of properties whose security systems generate repeated false alarms.The Town Board could vote on the proposed law as...
View ArticleTop Buffalo FBI agent to direct terrorist screening in D.C.
The next time investigators identify a suspected terrorist living or traveling in the United States, Christopher M. Piehota will be one of the first people they turn to for help.Piehota, special agent...
View ArticleCheektowaga board vents anger over vacant properties
Pent-up frustration over the vacancies and deterioration of hundreds of properties in Cheektowaga led the Town Board to unleash a blistering half-hour lecture Monday on an unsuspecting Bank of America...
View ArticlePoloncarz to replace a third of central library board
A new wave of trustees will join the board of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library at a time when leaders of the countywide system are seeking to redefine how its 37 library branches are...
View ArticleMan accused in puppy burning likely to face trial
The case against one of two people accused of setting a puppy now known as Phoenix on fire last fall appears headed for trial later this month, following a brief exchange in State Supreme Court on...
View ArticleMcGuire Development plans business ‘incubator’ in Lockport
McGuire Development Group is planning to buy a five-acre parcel in the Lockport Industrial Park and build a 35,000-square-foot business “incubator” building for multiple tenants on Enterprise Drive,...
View ArticleCouncil to ‘begrudgingly’ OK settlement with man shot by police
City lawmakers reluctantly agreed Monday to settle a claim brought by a man shot by a police officer, but they insisted the settlement make clear that the officer was not at fault.The Common Council...
View ArticleDyngus Day brings snow, kielbasa to parade route
A strange assortment of things rained down on spectators lined up Monday for the annual Dyngus Day Parade.In addition to occasional bursts of snow and hail, the curbside revelers were treated to...
View ArticleGM hopes ’14 Silverado unseats Ford’s trucks
DETROIT – Chevrolet is upping the ante in the tug-of-war with Ford over America’s favorite vehicles: pickup trucks.General Motors said Monday that its new Chevy Silverado will get 23 miles per gallon...
View ArticleHamburg Village Board OKs plan for expanded veterinary clinic
Hamburg Village Board members Monday night approved the site plan for the expansion of Hamburg Village Veterinary Clinic on Buffalo Street.There was little mention that in order to build the new...
View ArticleTolbert ready to enter mayoral race
Buffalo mayoral hopeful Bernard Tolbert today will take the first step toward running in this year’s Democratic primary against incumbent Byron W. Brown when he establishes a campaign finance...
View ArticleTax break, subsidizing minimum-wage hike more costly than estimated
ALBANY – The state’s cost to give a $350 tax break to some middle-class taxpayers and to cover part of the higher payroll costs for businesses under the new minimum wage hike program will be more than...
View ArticleGolden Age Games for veterans reinstated
The applause of local hotel managers and travel officials gathered Monday in the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center said it all Monday, as Sen. Charles E. Schumer and Rep. Brian Higgins announced...
View ArticleHertha Ball lived the American dream to the end
Hertha B. Ball lived a storybook life, being rescued from Nazi Germany by a famous Western New York songwriter, then moving to Clarence, where she and her husband, Arthur, prospered as cattle...
View ArticleSabres send Regehr to Kings
A couple of weeks ago, a Buffalo Sabres fire sale video started making the rounds on YouTube. While the clip proved to be amusing, rebuilding the Sabres is not a laughing matter to General Manger...
View ArticleMusicalFare Theatre to expand, add cabaret performance space
The largest local theater expansion since Shea’s Performing Arts Center was renovated in 1999 will be announced today as MusicalFare Theatre, the growing Amherst playhouse, unveils a $900,000 plan for...
View ArticleDevelopers switch sides
NIAGARA FALLS – Canadians always seem to be the trailblazers when it comes to development in Niagara Falls.They built the casinos, the glitzy hotels and the jam-packed downtown of neon tourist...
View ArticleLandlord training course to be offered April 17
A free training course for landlords, sponsored by Housing Opportunities Made Equal, (HOME) will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. April 17 in HOME offices, 1542 Main St. at West Ferry Street.The course will...
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