Bid to lower DWI threshold stirs debate
A federal safety board stirred up debate Tuesday when it recommended that states cut the threshold for drunken driving almost in half – from a blood alcohol content of 0.08 percent to 0.05...
View ArticleOrphaned polar bear cub arrives in Buffalo
The polar bear cub orphaned in Alaska arrived this morning at the Greater Buffalo International Airport and was taken to its new home at the Buffalo zoo.Kali (pronounced Cully) arrived through the...
View ArticleAngelina Jolie’s mastectomies provoke conversation, awareness, worry
When news broke Tuesday morning that a healthy Angelina Jolie got a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer, several people contacted Kelli Cravey.They know that Cravey wants to have both of her...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists decry plan to truck weapons-grade N-waste through N.Y.
Accident. Fire. Terrorism.Sometime this summer, high-level, weapons-grade radioactive waste is expected to pass through New York State – maybe through the Buffalo Niagara region – on flatbed trucks...
View ArticleHot fries and more at Cala’s Kitchen in Derby
If you’ve never been to Cala’s Kitchen, it might be easy to miss it. It’s the middle storefront of a fairly nondescript three-business strip and has its sign flat against the building. But keep an eye...
View ArticleTwo Hallwalls exhibitions explore freedom and confinement, urban spaces
The strange ways in which we burden ourselves and the tug of war between freedom and confinement are two themes that emerge from the paintings of Buffalo artist Jason Seeley, the subject of an exhibit...
View ArticleThe art of Asian lacquer draws hundreds to Western New York
Dozens of artists and scholars from around the world will converge on SUNY Buffalo State on Monday for a four-day symposium dedicated to the ancient art of Asian lacquer.To accompany the conference,...
View ArticleNew play takes on struggles of a family feeling the economic crunch
The struggles of sustaining a family on a meager income – a plight known to millions of Americans trying to wade through this lagging economy – provide the dramatic fodder for a play premiering Friday...
View ArticleAt BUA, a harrowing look at the birth of the AIDS crisis
During the 2011 revival of “The Normal Heart” on Broadway, playwright-provocateur Larry Kramer stood on the sidewalk outside of the Golden Theatre handing out copies of a letter he’d written. The...
View ArticleTops in Lewiston redone
One of Tops Friendly Markets’ five franchised locations has undergone an extreme makeover.Anthony DiMino cut the ribbon on his newly renovated Center Street store in Lewiston Wednesday. He spent...
View ArticleFederal courthouse honored for energy savings
The Robert H. Jackson U.S. Courthouse in Buffalo has won recognition from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority for energy-efficiency projects that will cut its energy costs by...
View ArticleLockport Common Council OKs leasing paver
LOCKPORT – The Common Council voted Wednesday to lease a paving machine for future purchase, using state highway aid.The paver will cost $302,500 on a state contract, but the city will enter a...
View ArticleNewfane seeks vendors for August Festival
NEWFANE – Organizers are now taking craft and business vendor applications for the Newfane August Festival, which is set for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 17.Applications are available at Wilson’s Pizza...
View ArticleSPCA event to honor man who drowned trying to rescue dog
The Niagara County SPCA will hold a 1.5-mile walk in honor of those who love their companion animals and in memory of Pascal Scrufari, who drowned in February 2012 trying to rescue one of his dogs on...
View ArticleCocaine, guns seized in arrest of Falls man
NIAGARA FALLS – Narcotics detectives seized about $3,000 worth of powdered cocaine, five long guns and cash when they served a warrant at 10 a.m. Wednesday for a suspect who was selling drugs at two...
View ArticleVictoria Day Weekend means heavy border traffic
Brace yourselves for extraordinarily heavy border traffic this weekend.Canada’s Victoria Day Weekend begins Friday, with the holiday observed Monday.Never mind that Queen Victoria actually was born on...
View ArticleHackers cash in on smartphone popularity
MIAMI – Smartphones are increasingly popular not only with consumers, but also with thieves who see the devices as another way to tap into bank accounts and other sensitive information, experts...
View ArticleActing IRS commissioner resigns over uproar
WASHINGTON — President Obama announced the resignation Wednesday evening of Steven Miller, acting commissioner of the embattled Internal Revenue Service, a move the president said was essential to...
View ArticleFalls roofer admits defrauding now-destitute elderly man out of $600,000
LOCKPORT – A high-rolling roofer pleaded guilty Wednesday to defrauding a retired Lewiston businessman out of more than $600,000 over a six-year period and squandering it at Seneca Niagara...
View ArticlePsychologists, social workers, stadium funding restored to city school budget
Plans to eliminate dozens of school psychologists, social workers and other student support staff from next year’s Buffalo schools budget were scrapped Wednesday in response to concerns from parents...
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