Distribution of Yahoo charitable donations questioned
LOCKPORT – Yahoo must donate $3.5 million to the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo as a condition of receiving tax breaks and other incentives for its expanded Lockport data center – an...
View ArticleState program helps make homes more energy-efficient
Denis and Mary Uminski knew they needed to do something about their drafty Village of Kenmore house.Their two-story, three-bedroom Colonial would get cold at night, and during the day the heat was...
View ArticleBills safety Searcy looks to take next step
Da’Norris Searcy got the good news from the man who got the bad news.One of the first people George Wilson called after he was released by the Buffalo Bills in February was Searcy, the man with a...
View ArticleMichael’s Italian Restaurant serves exceptional food at reasonable...
I visited Michael’s Italian Restaurant just once, years ago, and all I remembered about the place was that it was not too large and that almost all of the seating was in booths. Oh, and I did remember...
View ArticleAmish boy coming home after 15 months in Boston hospital
Baby Amos is coming home again.Amos Hertzler, an Amish child born with serious medical problems in Cattaraugus County 2½ years ago, has been receiving specialized treatment for the past 15 months in a...
View ArticleOSHA fines Paladino firm $44,000 for health, safety violations
Carl Paladino’s Ellicott Development Co. has been fined $44,000 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 10 “serious violations of workplace health and safety standards,” after the...
View ArticleFalls hospital, union reach pact
A three-year contract agreement has been reached between the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center and the 650-person 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East union at the hospital. Union members will...
View ArticleSabres continue to clean house
It’s been a rough couple of years for the Buffalo Sabres and their fans. It’s going to get worse.The struggling Sabres have committed to rebuilding through youth and NHL draft picks. The overhaul...
View ArticleHow Connecticut gun bill compares to NY, Colorado laws
Gun control measures proposed in Connecticut after the December massacre in Newtown and expected to win approval Wednesday would be among the strongest such laws in the country. Here is a look at how...
View ArticleJudge explains timing of ruling allowing Busti demolitions
The sight of excavators tearing down vacant houses near the Peace Bridge on a chilly Saturday morning in February recalled so many demolitions in Buffalo that had been given a green light late on a...
View ArticleSpring Fest set May 5 at Burchfield Nature Center
The annual Spring Fest is scheduled from noon to 4 p.m. May 5 at the Burchfield Nature and Art Center, 2001 Union Road, West Seneca.The afternoon will feature music from the West Seneca Town Band,...
View ArticleCounty hazardous waste dropoff set May 18, June 15
Erie County residents can dispose of hazardous household waste during two events on Erie Community College’s North and South campuses in May and June.A waste drop-off will be held from 9 a.m. to 2...
View ArticleDaemen and Broome CC sign program agreement
Daemen College has signed an agreement with Broome Community College to allow graduates of Broome’s visual arts degree program to earn a bachelor of fine arts degree in animation through Daemen’s...
View ArticleAntoine Garner pleads guilty to sex, robbery charges
A Buffalo man recently convicted of choking and assaulting a prostitute admitted to more crimes Wednesday stemming from two other violent incidents.Antoine J. Garner, 26, pleaded guilty as charged to...
View ArticlePerry Homes residents lived in fear for years
Senior citizens were frightened to leave their modest public housing apartments, schoolchildren walked past drug deals in hallways, and drug dealers carried on as if they owned the place.It went on...
View ArticleThruway Authority cuts more than 200 jobs
ALBANY – More than 200 state Thruway workers lost their jobs today after agency and union officials were unable to agree on money-saving concessions.“Negotiations continued through the day and we have...
View ArticleGleason: Regier cleaning up own mess is messed up
Darcy Regier didn’t want to use the R-word while announcing that Jason Pominville had been traded to Minnesota for two prospects and two draft picks Wednesday. The coy general manager didn’t need to...
View ArticleBundle up! It’s Bisons Opening Day
It was chilly enough Wednesday outside Coca-Cola Field that the Jimmy Griffin statue seemed to need a parka. But inside the ballpark, crews dodged the cascading snowflakes to paint, clean and get...
View ArticleProof of church claim is lacking
A blue and gold historic marker stands in front of Michigan Street Baptist Church, marking it as a stop on the Underground Railroad.Runaway slaves would climb through the ceiling of the choir loft to...
View ArticleLegislators use vacant house in push for new state law
Two local lawmakers are inviting constituents to join them at a blighted house in Cheektowaga at 10 a.m. today to push for proposed state legislation that would force banks to provide maintenance for...
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