Letter: Stop harassing residents with petty parking tickets
Stop harassing residents with petty parking tickets It’s that time of the year again – the holidays, festive music and, of course, open season on parking violations. I’m referring to alternate...
View ArticleHarpeth Rising works hard with its future in mind
Every sound that sits on the singular stylistic plate of Harpeth Rising is geared toward advancement. That translates into advancement of visibility, something to which the Nashville quartet is always...
View ArticleNew exhibit showcases Wright’s filling station design
Frank Lloyd Wright’s artfully-rendered, two-story filling station, once designed for Buffalo, has been brought to life as an exhibit inside the downtown Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum’s...
View ArticleMuseum gets pumped up as new exhibit showcases Wright’s filling station design
Frank Lloyd Wright’s artfully rendered, two-story filling station, once designed for Buffalo, has been brought to life as an exhibit inside the downtown Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum’s...
View ArticleWNY voters delivered a rebuke to Cuomo
On the afternoon following Election Day last week, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo made sure to hit a couple of upstate communities to tout passage of his casino expansion plan. But not in Western New York,...
View ArticleTax breaks approved for Delaware North headquarters
By a unanimous vote, the Erie County Industrial Development Agency today approved sales tax abatements of more than $807,000 for Delaware North Cos.’ new corporate headquarters. The vote pushed the...
View ArticleBrussels sprouts the darling vegetable for Thanksgiving
It’s almost unbelievable – Brussels sprouts are climbing the ladder of most popular vegetables. You will see them touted as healthy and delicious in the media. Food magazines show them as the darling...
View ArticleBarker’s clerk/treasurer looks back on her 26-year career
BARKER – Aaron Nellist recalls first attending Barker Village Board meetings as a “concerned citizen” and marveling at Kathie K. Smith’s “wealth of knowledge” in her position as village...
View ArticleWednesday letters: KUHA , Terry Hershey
KUHA disappointment Regarding "KUHA cuts staff, shifts spotlight" (Page B2, Saturday), I resent statements by Lisa Shumate, executive director of Houston Public Media, that the station overestimated...
View ArticleLetter: Let’s not be swayed by teachers’ excuses
Let’s not be swayed by teachers’ excuses I appreciated the recent editorial about improving education in Buffalo. But The News touched on something that needs a lot more...
View ArticleLetter: We should celebrate three new buildings
We should celebrate three new buildings I am a huge fan of Buffalo’s fine, old architecture. A recent editorial...
View ArticleAlbright-Knox’s big, bold Anselm Kiefer show opens Sunday
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery (1285 Elmwood Ave.) wants to introduce you to Anselm Kiefer. To facilitate the meeting between Western New York’s museum-going populace and one of Germany’s most...
View ArticleEclectic Improv teams up with The Albrights for new music and comedy show
In a new experiment designed to merge the talents – and audiences – of two popular Buffalo troupes, Eclectic Improv and the Buffalo band the Albrights are...
View ArticleListening Post: The Beatles on the BBC, Roswell Rudd, Partricia...
Rock The Beatles, “On Air: Live at the BBC Volume 2” (two discs; Beatles/Capitol/Ume). The companion piece to the 1994 “Live at the BBC” collection, “On Air” is, predictably, crammed full of killer...
View ArticleWayne Shorter performs at the University at Buffalo’s Center for the Arts
In a world of demographics routinely misunderstood to be a rationale for contemptuous sexism, some people might ask this: What could an 80th birthday celebration quartet tour by a jazz saxophonist as...
View ArticleUniland scales back Delaware Avenue project, incentive request
Uniland Development Co., facing heavy criticism over its request for unusual taxpayer assistance for its proposed office tower for Delaware North Companies, is cutting back the scale of its project...
View ArticleRunning by Budd Bailey: Trotters lend a hand with donations to Food Bank
When the Turkey Trot announced that runners had been asked to donate non-perishable food items to the Food Bank of Western New York, participants might have wondered if they’d be forced to carry a...
View ArticleLetter: Say Yes statistics are a bit confusing
Say Yes statistics are a bit confusing Kudos to the Say Yes Buffalo scholarship program for awarding $930,000 from its fund to close the tuition gap for qualifying students. What I am having...
View ArticleBoundary shift could move S.C. retailer to Tar Heel state
CLOVER, S.C. Victor Boulware does a booming business at his Lake Wylie Mini Mart just inside South Carolina. Tar Heel customers, especially, come to the location in Clover for the cheap gas, fireworks...
View ArticleReporters’ Notebook
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to comedian Herb Shriner, born on this date in 1918, “Conversation is three women standing on the corner talking. Gossip is when one of them leaves.” ... TIME TO SHOP – Find...
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