'Poz' at head of the class
Updated: 03/10/10 11:24 PM
After the stretch limo finally pulled up to the Good family home in Cheektowaga and Bills
linebacker Paul Posluszny stood smiling in the living room, there was a moment of awe and
silence.
Rod Watson: Keep Buffalo Neat: service + work ethic
Updated: 03/11/10 7:59 AM
In an old plant on Northampton Street, the snowblowers and pickups with plows attached anticipate winter’s last hurrah. The lawnmowers await warmer times.
‘Paladino for the People’ ready for liftoff
Updated: 03/11/10 7:22 AM
Carl P. Paladino all but declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor Wednesday, promising to spend up to $10 million of his own money to fuel his campaign and “make the big shots out of New York face up to the people.”
Ravitch proposes borrowing $6 billion to tackle deficit
Updated: 03/11/10 10:31 AM
ALBANY - Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch proposed Wednesday a plan for getting the state out of its
financial mess, including a massive new borrowing of $6 billion over the next three years. If
that happens, New York would have $16 billion on the books to cover deficits run up over the
years.
Other City & Region News
Collins set to announce surplus of $44 million
Updated: 03/11/10 7:22 AM
County Executive Chris Collins will reveal in his State of the County address today that Erie County ended 2009 with a $44 million surplus, one of the largest in years.
School Board member faces stalking charges
Updated: 03/11/10 7:22 AM
A City of Tonawanda School Board member has been charged with stalking the daughter of another board member.
Senator relents, allows flight safety bill to come to a vote
Updated: 03/11/10 12:17 AM
WASHINGTON — About 20 members of the Families of Continental Flight 3407 walked out of
Sen. Bob Corker's office Wednesday, some with angry faces and some with tear-stained eyes.
Making over the human body
Updated: 03/10/10 5:24 PM
Buffalo native Dr. Michael Roizen, chief wellness officer at the Cleveland Clinic, brought a simple message about health to WNED's Buffalo City Forum this afternoon. Rozien said a few simple changes in diet, inactivity and stress can have a "radical" impact on health.
$200 million Attica debt now costs state $566 million
Updated: 03/10/10 12:59 PM
ALBANY — As state officials float a plan to borrow money to help reduce the
state’s red ink, they might want to consider the lesson from two decades ago with the
“sale” of the Attica prison — the poster child of all fiscal gimmicks.
Area doctors to treat patients online
Updated: 03/10/10 12:12 AM
The doctor’s house call, a thing of the past, is making a comeback — on your
computer screen.
Massa denies groping male staffer
Updated: 03/10/10 12:07 PM
WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Eric J.J. Massa acknowledged Tuesday he had groped a male staffer, but denied anything sexual about the episode; later said he never had
groped anybody in the first place.
Duff’s wins war of wings on food show
Updated: 03/10/10 12:00 AM
And the winner of the Buffalo chicken wing episode of the Travel Channel’s “Food
Wars” — in a mild or medium upset — is: Duff’s.
Three are fired in beating of inmate at county jail
Updated: 03/10/10 8:02 AM
A sergeant and two deputies at the Erie County Holding Center have been fired for their
participation in an assault on an inmate in January.
Donn Esmonde: Termini calls for action on urban decay
Updated: 03/10/10 7:45 AM
Iknow that he wants nothing to do with the job, but Rocco Termini gets my vote for mayor. Buffalo’s premier downtown developer is not looking for a change of scene and could not handle the pay cut. But in a speech last week, Termini reeled off more bright ideas to revive downtown in a half-hour than we have heard out of City Hall in a half-century. He is calling for an “urban summit” to find answers for a spreading epidemic of grand, empty buildings in Buffalo’s core.
City of Buffalo
- 20-year term set in robbery that led to killing
- Judicial campaign stops Panepinto from re-election to School Board
- Parking lot upgrades planned
- Hatch to speak March 29 at Canisius College
Northern Suburbs
- Emotions of Flight 3407 families tested as senator ends delay on bill
- Board member accused of stalking
- Emotions of Flight 3407 families tested as delay ends
- Budget would raise some class sizes
Eastern Suburbs
- Outlook is positive on Depew school budget
- Liquor agency probing sex, drug claims at strip clubs
- Defense questions credibility of witness in biker case
- Regional YMCA beats goal, raises $538,448
Southern Suburbs
- Budget plan would cut positions in Orchard Park schools
- Free CO detectors to be distributed
- Middle School band to perform at Disney World
- West Seneca school cuts mulled
Niagara County
- Gasp greets school outlook
- Hope VI progresses another step forward
- Lockport unit seeks IDA tax break on Harrison site
- State’s IDA tax draws joint lawsuit
Southern Tier
- Firm hired to update jail security
- Board plans update on water project
- Meeting set on replacing Red House Bridge
- Petitions now available for School Board seat
Focus on Niagara Falls Tourism
- Plan to close 41 state parks attacked from all quarters
- Turning a passion into a vineyard in Wilson
- NCCC wants county to own mall culinary institute
- War horse rides into One Niagara
Ontario/Niagara
- Coalition intent on stopping high-rise Crystal Beach condo
- Crystal Beach condo project moves forward
- Report backs plan for Fort Erie condominium project
- Ft. Erie ad heightens condo furor
Schools
- State aid held up for Falls school
- A preview of school elections in Erie County
- School budgets, board seats on ballots
- Voters to weigh transferring students
Corrections, Clarifications
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Rod Watson: Keep Buffalo Neat: service + work ethic
In an old plant on Northampton Street, the snowblowers and pickups with plows attached anticipate winter’s last hurrah. The lawnmowers await warmer times.
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