Bills will be on the lookout for missing puzzle pieces
The Buffalo Bills did well to fill some holes on their roster in last weekend’s NFL Draft.But as you might expect for a team that has gone 6-10 the past two seasons, there are still some positions...
View ArticleNews analysis shows moving up in draft would be prudent for Sabres
The Sabres’ goals are clearly outlined. Buffalo wants to move up in the NHL entry draft, stockpile early picks and top players, and make the fans’ suffering end as soon as possible.One is uncommon but...
View ArticleErie Canal’s floating libraries inspire Lockport native’s...
Children’s author Cynthia Storrs Cotten grew up in Lockport and remembers being frightened of the Erie Canal. “I was scared to death of the canal when I was a kid and I don’t know why. It was deep, it...
View ArticleBusiness Calendar
MondayBusiness groups• Erie County Industrial Development Agency Policy Committee meeting, 8:30 a.m., ECIDA, 143 Genesee St., Reservations, 856-6525, Ext. 136 or...
View ArticleObama doesn't foresee US ground troops in Syria
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday he doesn't foresee any circumstance requiring the U.S. to send ground troops into Syria, even as Washington pursues more evidence about...
View ArticleCanisius shares U.S. colleges' fiscal challenges
Colleges across the United States are struggling to make ends meet, and to understand the depth of the problem, look no farther than Main Street in Buffalo.Canisius College – the region’s largest...
View ArticleCasting Buffalo in a new light
Not long ago, the hulking grain elevators dotting the Buffalo River appeared to many as unwelcome reminders of a faded industrial past.Now, as several major Canalside projects are under way, they’re a...
View ArticleCanadians say Cuomo is at fault in border feud
The dispute at the Peace Bridge Authority pitting Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo against a determined Canadian contingent is escalating into an international incident.And it has been months in the making.The...
View ArticleParty lands ex-UB instructor in legal trouble
Christmas parties are notorious for bringing out embarrassing behavior from some people.But the office holiday party a group of dental school employees held at a Tonawanda tavern in 2010 had all the...
View ArticleGet in shape for Corporate Challenge
The JP Morgan Corporate Challenge in Buffalo on June 6 is just shy of five weeks away. Heather Kearns, undergraduate program director in exercise for the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Science...
View ArticleIPOs / Week of May 6
American Residential Properties Inc. - Scottsdale, Ariz., 13.7 million shares, priced $21 to $23 each, managed by Morgna Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, and FBR Capital Markets. Proposed NYSE symbol...
View ArticleExecutive trading
E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO.: Kullman, Ellen Jamison, CEO, sold 125,629 shares of common at $53.80 each on April 29 and now directly and indirectly holds 405,534. Connelly, Thomas M. Jr.,...
View ArticleStocks in the news / Week of April 29
INCREASED DIVIDENDS Quarterly unless noted otherwise Airgas Inc .48 from .40 Amer Campus Cmtys .36 from .3375 Amerigas Ptrs .84 from .80 Artesian Rescs .2057 from .2027 Buckeye Partners 1.05 from...
View ArticleCoke, alcohol land driver in jail
A 33-year-old Buffalo man was arrested Saturday night for possession of cocaine after Erie County sheriff’s deputies stopped his vehicle at 9 p.m. for erratic driving on Broadway near Rother...
View ArticleDriver charged with DWI after walking from crash
An Ellicottville man was arrested Saturday morning for driving while intoxicated after a one-car accident on Route 430 in the Town of Ellery, Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies reported.Meryl A....
View ArticleHatch to get clam bar, ice cream gazebo, second story
A $1.8 million upgrade at the Erie Basin Marina will see a second floor added to the Hatch Restaurant and construction of a free-standing clam bar and ice cream gazebo, Mayor Byron W. Brown announced...
View ArticleMember of Kingsmen motorcycle club killed in Town of Tonawanda crash
One thing that Charles “Charlie” Seiler truly enjoyed was hopping onto his Harley-Davidson for a long motorcycle ride.But the ride he took Sunday morning – on a friend’s motorcycle – proved to be his...
View ArticleStudent inventors share solutions at Invention Convention
Taco lovers, do we have an invention for you.It’s called Taco Tape, and it was one of 70 inventions on display at this year’s Invention Convention held Sunday afternoon at Medaille College. The...
View ArticleAttica riot figure dies in apparent accident in Canada
A controversial figure from the 1971 inmate uprising at the Attica State Correctional Facility has died in an apparent accident near an isolated village in British Columbia.An investigation into the...
View ArticleClarence teen dies after crashing into tree
A junior firefighter who was beloved by fellow volunteers at the Harris Hill Fire Company was killed Sunday morning in a one-vehicle crash in Clarence.Authorities said Alexander E. Hemline, 17, of...
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