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Potomac one-way traffic shifted to westbound

As of Wednesday, Potomac Avenue on Buffalo’s West Side was no longer one-way eastbound all the way from Niagara Street to Elmwood Avenue. (Updated: 07/09/09 7:09 AM )

City sets Aug. 15 for gun buyback

Leonard R. Lane’s nephew was gunned down four years ago. (Updated: 07/09/09 7:00 AM )

School Board approves study of All High Stadium press box

The Buffalo Board of Education on Wednesday evening unanimously approved a $14,200 architectural study that will look at possible alterations to the press box stairway at All High Stadium. (Updated: 07/09/09 7:00 AM )

Buffalo casino foes file to bar Senecas from full role in suit

Critics of the Seneca Nation’s Buffalo casino project filed federal court papers Wednesday opposing efforts by the Senecas to take an active role in the court battle over the legality of the casino. (Updated: 07/09/09 7:00 AM )

Hoyt, Rivera, LoCurto endorse Kearns’ bid to replace Brown

South Council Member Michael P. “Mickey” Kearns received key endorsements Wednesday in his bid to replace Byron W. Brown as mayor of Buffalo. (Updated: 07/09/09 7:00 AM )

Irishman by choice regales audience despite German accent

The least important thing about him is that he isn’t Irish. (Updated: 07/09/09 4:26 PM )

Lawmakers expected to OK road improvements

The Erie County Legislature today is expected to advance a number of road repairs and other improvement projects before breaking for its August recess. (Updated: 07/09/09 9:34 AM )

Museum offers a revealing look at the human body

It is the whole-body “plastinates” that are bound to fascinate the first-time visitor to “Body Worlds & the Story of the Heart,” the much-anticipated exhibit opening today in the Buffalo Museum of Science. (Updated: 07/09/09 8:06 AM )

Mayor says he did not know about health perk

Mayor Byron W. Brown insisted Wednesday that a development agency expanded its health insurance coverage without his knowledge, a move that allowed the woman living with a city commissioner to receive health benefits. (Updated: 07/09/09 7:48 AM )

City will buy back guns Aug. 15 with no questions

Leonard R. Lane’s nephew was gunned down four years ago. (Updated: 07/09/09 7:00 AM )

Buffalo's traffic congestion is light, study shows

Drivers in the Buffalo area spend an average of 11 hours a year stuck in traffic, far less than commuters in most cities across the nation, according to a study released Wednesday that records the nation’s worst traffic congestion. (Updated: 07/09/09 9:18 AM )

54 new cameras OK’d for neighborhood surveillance

More than 50 new cameras will be installed in neighborhoods throughout the city after the Common Council voted Tuesday to approve the next phase of the anti-crime offensive. (Updated: 07/08/09 7:01 AM )

Leadership academy will take 45 students

Forty-five Buffalo students in seventh through ninth grades will be selected to participate in a 12-week leadership academy that will be announced today by the Buffalo Public Schools, Buffalo State College and the local chapter of the Links Inc. (Updated: 07/08/09 7:01 AM )

Smith blocks attempt to discuss campaign coercion allegations

A political ally of Mayor Byron W. Brown blocked the Common Council on Tuesday from discussing allegations that some city workers feel coerced to work on Brown’s re-election campaign. (Updated: 07/08/09 6:47 AM )

Council OKs 54 more cameras for surveillance

More than 50 new cameras will be installed in neighborhoods throughout the city after the Common Council voted Tuesday to approve the next phase of the anti-crime offensive. (Updated: 07/08/09 6:47 AM )

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