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Get a start on your handmade holiday shopping at Christmas in the Village today in Buffalo's Elmwood Village neighborhood. #SmallBusinessSaturday
November 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
@sabres.com, this pre-game DJ is very annoying. Please mute his mic.
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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heyyyyyy my book made it onto @electricliterature.com's list of favorite short story collections of the year! electricliterature.com/electric-lit...
Electric Lit’s Best Short Story Collections of 2025 - Electric Literature
Books by Marie-Helene Bertino, Torrey Peters, and Samanta Schweblin are among our favorites of the year
electricliterature.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Estate of Buffalo 5 member Darryl Boyd awarded $80 million in wrongful conviction case against Erie County buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
Estate of Buffalo 5 member Darryl Boyd awarded $80 million in wrongful conviction case
A federal jury in Rochester has awarded $80 million to the family of the late Darryl Boyd, a Buffalo man who spent 27 years in state prisons for a 1976 murder that he swore he did not commit. “From ou...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Still Beatle Paul: McCartney rocks the house at KeyBank Center; Review by Dan Herbeck buffalonews.com/life-enterta...
Still Beatle Paul: McCartney rocks the house at KeyBank Center
McCartney is still an energetic, tremendously versatile performer who can bring a full house of music fans to its feet again and again over the course of a 2½-hour rock
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November 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Here's a delightful story by @chessabond.bsky.social, if your brain needs a break from reading about Trump destroying our country. buffalonews.com/life-enterta...
'Polyester Bakes' insists he's not a baker. His role on Gordon Ramsay's 'Next Level Baker' says otherwise
Michael Mararian, aka Polyester Bakes, is competing on Gordon Ramsay's holiday-themed TV show "Next Level Baker." He’s a natural fit for TV, even if he doesn’t consider himself a baker.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If you care about the quality of the air you're breathing in New York State, you should read this story. buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
Documents show how companies pollute for years with lapsed DEC oversight
The state Department of Environmental Conservation sometimes takes years to review air pollution permits, leaving communities at risk of harm, advocates say.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Jerry Zremski: Looking back on 42 years of reporting for The Buffalo News – and looking ahead buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
Jerry Zremski: Looking back on 42 years of reporting for The News – and looking ahead
News Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Zremski, after 42 years at The Buffalo News, leaves readers with a look behind the scenes at the most significant stories of a "blessed career."
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October 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Ever since an Iowa-based newspaper chain bought @buffalonews.com in 2020, they have only taken from The Buffalo News and this community. We need ownership that invests in local journalism. But we don't have one. That must change.
Here’s our statement on today’s @buffalonews.com announcement:
October 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Wonderful news for Niagara County residents: Board rejects 20-year effort to build new toxic waste landfill in Niagara County buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
Board rejects 20-year effort to build new toxic waste landfill in Niagara County
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Hazardous Waste Landfill Siting Board denied a certification for CWM Chemical Service’s proposal to build a 43.5-acre landfill in the Town...
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September 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Pittsburgh City Paper did an insightful review of my son Tyler McAndrew's just-published book of short stories.
September 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Buffalo agency questioned on why it failed to spend $1 million in federal money for lead paint abatement buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
Buffalo agency questioned on why it failed to spend $1 million in federal money for lead paint abatement
The Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority questioned Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency representatives Tuesday about why about half of the $2 million grant the city received from the U.S. Department of Housin...
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August 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Ruling against proposed toxic landfill in Niagara County cheered by opponents, but it's not over yet buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
Ruling on proposed toxic landfill cheered by opponents, but it's not over yet
After more than 20 years of debate, a decision could come this year on whether a toxic landfill could expand in Niagara County.
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June 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A new cool video about the local history museum in #LewistonNY. The Lewiston Museum is worth visiting this summer. youtu.be/vqQiVoF2fcU?...
The Lewiston Museum
YouTube video by Historic Lewiston
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June 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Good reporting on the impact on tourism of President Trump's tariffs against Canada and his jabs about Canada becoming our 51st state buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
Crossing from Canada to US down 19% in Buffalo-Niagara region
In Western New York, international bridge traffic is down by about 154,000 travelers in April, compared to April of 2024.
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May 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Elizabeth Licata of The Buffalo News writes about some of the great tours in the Buffalo and Niagara Falls region. The Daily Trips, which leads tours at the Falls, is among those featured. buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
Elizabeth Licata: Artful tour guiding means respecting the past and moving with the times
It is an admirable thing to be a tour guide, Licata says. You need a welcoming spirit, an ability to remember essential facts and a pleasant, friendly attitude. A good guide needs to be articulate and...
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May 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The NHL draft lottery is way too complicated to be a good live TV event.
May 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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BIG news: Today the federal judges who granted us an injunction last month ordering the @post-gazette.com to restore our illegally-taken health care DENIED the company’s desperate attempts to rehear the case, delay justice and cut its *current* workers out of the plan we’ve won back.
April 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My son Tyler is about to have his first book published. It's a book of short stories called "My Prisoner and Other Stories." Here's a link to pre-order it: ohiostatepress.org/books/titles...
April 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Let's hope the Buffalo Diocese pays its $150M settlement quickly to its sexual abuse victims. They have been waiting for justice for far too long. buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
Buffalo Diocese reaches $150 million deal to settle sex abuse cases
The Buffalo Diocese, its parishes and other Catholic entities will pay $150 million as part of a deal to settle hundreds of child sex abuse lawsuits and emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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April 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Most economists think President Trump's tariffs are a dumb idea, including ones whose work the White House cited in defending the tariffs. finance.yahoo.com/news/the-whi...
The White House cited these economists to justify its tariffs. They aren't thrilled.
The Trump administration's formula for calculating new tariffs raised questions among economists — even some whose work was cited.
finance.yahoo.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Our Jay Tokasz on staggering 84 percent tax increase in Dunkirk, my hometown, which has known little but hardship, pain and struggle for way too long. buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
Staggering tax increase in Dunkirk prompts talk of control board, investigation of treasury office
Dunkirk city officials said they need more revenue to address years of overspending that has resulted in more than $20 million in unpaid debts, and residents must absorb an 84 percent tax increase thi...
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March 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Remember when then-Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said 6 months ago "There is no financial crisis in the city of Buffalo." buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
Scanlon: Next year's deficit for Buffalo likely more than $50 million
Mayor Christopher Scanlon told The Buffalo News on Wednesday that a tax increase is necessary to balance the city's budget, along with a soft hiring freeze and other budget cuts.
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March 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM