Demonstrators protest drones at Falls air station
NIAGARA FALLS – About 30 protesters held a one-hour Mother’s Day “peace holiday” on Sunday in front of the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station to speak out against the military use of unmanned remote...
View ArticleUB grads urged to leave 'ivory tower' in overflow
After four years of classes at the University at Buffalo, members of this year’s graduating class have plenty of knowledge.The challenge, the past two UB presidents told graduates Sunday, is to share...
View ArticleCobblestone District makes bid to become a music destination
For decades, Western New Yorkers have been arguing over what has generally been viewed as misuse of the waterfront area.Members of the music community, likewise, have long decried the lack of a...
View Article“Coach O’ remembered for life lessons at JFK High School
Peter Odrobina’s achievements as a coach at John F. Kennedy High School in Cheektowaga, impressive as they were, took a back seat Monday as friends, colleagues and former players remembered Odrobina...
View ArticleFamily pleads for help finding missing Kenmore girl
The family of a Kenmore teenager who has been missing for five weeks is asking for the public’s help Saturday to distribute fliers bearing the girl’s description across Western New York.Nina...
View ArticleNew health plans feature fewer choices, lower premiums
New health insurance plans announced last week are expected to cost 4 to 10 percent less than current plans for people willing to sign up for fewer choices.Three new plans will go on sale in July in...
View ArticleState’s pension fund shows 10.4% gain for year
ALBANY – Riding a rebound on Wall Street, the state’s largest public pension fund saw a 10.38 percent rate of return in the year ending March 31, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced Monday.The...
View ArticleBuffalo school district reviews $908 million spending plan
The Buffalo school district has rolled out a preliminary $797 million base budget for the next school year that would increase spending by $14 million despite a net loss of staff positions.“We’re...
View ArticleNHL Playoffs: Kings, Senators picked to win in six
By Bucky GleasonNews Sports ColumnistBrooks Orpik barely celebrated his series-clinching overtime goal for the Penguins on Sunday before making a point to compliment the New York Islanders. It was a...
View ArticleBuddy Nix’s hits and misses
How will we remember Buddy Nix’s tenure as Buffalo Bills general manager? With the help of beat reporter Mark Gaughan, we look back on his three seasons and four drafts.Buddy’s biggest hits:1) Success...
View ArticleNix says time right to step down
The Buffalo Bills have a new team president, a new head coach and a new quarterback of the future. Buddy Nix acknowledged Monday there is logic in moving forward with a new general manager, as...
View ArticleLocal auto sales rise 16 percent in April
Local new-vehicle sales showed steady gains in April.New car and truck sales at franchised dealers rose 16 percent from a year ago, to 4,998 units, according to the Niagara Frontier Automobile Dealers...
View ArticleSchumer urges VA to speed notification of patients
WASHINGTON – Sen. Charles E. Schumer urged the Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday to speed up its patient notifications of serious health threats such as the one that surfaced at the Buffalo VA...
View ArticleReigstad to discuss Twain’s time in Buffalo
Kenmore resident Thomas J. Reigstad, a lifelong Mark Twain aficionado and scholar, will speak about his new book on Twain, “Scribblin’ for a Livin’,” at 7:15 p.m. today in the Tonawanda-Kenmore...
View ArticleElmwood Franklin puts head of school on leave
Elmwood Franklin School has relieved its first-year head of school and is beginning an immediate search for a replacement.Margaret Keller Cogan was placed on leave Friday and has been replaced on an...
View ArticleAll students at St. Joe’s to get free Apple iPads
All students at St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute will get free Apple iPads next fall, thanks to the six-figure gift from an anonymous graduate of the school. “We’ve already seen the power of these...
View ArticleBuffalo man indicted in Chautauqua on drug trafficking charges
MAYVILLE – A Buffalo man already in jail here on unrelated charges has been indicted by a Chautauqua County grand jury for alleged drug trafficking in the Dunkirk area. Michael T. Gibson, 34, of...
View ArticleU.S. sues Niagara County in corrections officer’s pregnancy bias case
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department sued Niagara County on Monday, alleging that its Sheriff’s Office discriminated against a pregnant corrections officer in 2007 by requiring her to take an unwanted...
View ArticleJolie undergoes double mastectomy over cancer risk
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.The Oscar-winning...
View ArticleKali the polar bear cub set to leave Alaska for Buffalo
The hunter thought he had a rare catch, a large polar bear bagged in the northern hinterlands of Alaska.What he didn’t realize was that the bear was a female, with a tiny little cub waiting for her...
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