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Sunday, July 5, 2009

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Making happy campers

Cradle Beach is no stranger to the concept of sibling rivalry, at least not with the Rumph children around. (Updated: 07/05/09 8:06 AM )

Dedication to music pays off

Jay Dref staged operas with toy figures when he was a preschooler, and sang in a local production of “The King and I” at age 10 or 11. (Updated: 07/05/09 7:48 AM )

NFTA seeking bids to sell right of way acquired for Southtowns rail route

In an acknowledgment that rapid transit probably never will be extended to the Southtowns, the railroad right of way acquired 21 years ago to expand Metro Rail is going up for sale. (Updated: 07/05/09 7:49 AM )

Shootings claim 2 lives on East Side

Two young men were killed Saturday in separate shootings in Buffalo. (Updated: 07/05/09 10:15 AM )

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Judgment sought in $5.7 million scheme

A financial services business operated by Guy W. Gane Jr., accused of defrauding more than 90 investors of more than $5.7 million, “was a complete sham,” the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission said last week in a court filing. (Updated: 07/05/09 7:51 AM )

Emerging from furor at Shawnee

WHEATFIELD — When a church proposed an affordable-housing project for senior citizens and low-income families in late 2006, many neighbors reacted with fiery opposition, some of it taking on racial overtones. (Updated: 07/05/09 11:25 AM )

Old Fort Niagara re-enacts historic battle

YOUNGSTOWN — Grown men played war Friday at Old Fort Niagara. (Updated: 07/04/09 1:25 PM )

Connected despite distance

The chartreuse rubber bracelets have a simple saying: “If you educate a girl, you educate a nation.” (Updated: 07/04/09 8:10 AM )

Town OKs agreement for plane, long a fixture at Kenney Field

The Korean War-era reconnaissance plane that’s been a fixture in a Town of Tonawanda park for the past five decades isn’t going anywhere. At least for the next five years. (Updated: 07/04/09 6:50 AM )

Off Main Street / The offbeat side of the news

Better than a Toyota (Updated: 07/04/09 6:50 AM )

Man admits killing boy, 15, police say

Buffalo detectives have arrested a suspect in the beating death of 15-year-old Sudanese refugee Kowat Rual, whose body was found at the edge of a canoe launch June 9. (Updated: 07/04/09 7:09 AM )

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Rod Watson: Going beyond baby steps in school reform

One victim of the State Senate stalemate is the bid to move Buffalo School Board elections to November.

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