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Bruce Andriatch: On a mission so seniors can stay mobile: Bruce Andriatch

Updated: 02/09/10 8:03 AM; Pamela Krawczyk smiles a knowing smile when the topic of transportation for senior citizens comes up.
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Bruce Andriatch: Overbuilding is leaving us with eyesores: Bruce Andriatch

Updated: 02/02/10 7:26 AM; Pat Bannister fought so hard to prevent Walgreens from building a store in Kenmore that even after the store was built, he vowed to never go in there.
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Bruce Andriatch: At The Ridge, furthering a lifelong story: Bruce Andriatch

Updated: 01/26/10 7:52 AM; Everybody has a Chestnut Ridge story. Maybe you spent snowy Sundays climbing the icy steps of the old toboggan chutes, loudly debating who was going to be on the back end with his legs on top of everyone else’s, knowing that the person was guaranteed an early exit.
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Esmonde: Optimism revives city’s winter fest: By Donn Esmonde

News Columnist

Updated: 02/07/10 9:48 AM; It bugged him for years, just sort of stuck there in the back of his mind like a bad memory. That is how it is when you are Newell Nussbaumer—the unofficial ambassador of Buffalo, a one-man megaphone of all things good in the City of Good Neighbors, a flesh-and-blood clarion call for The Bright Side, a man so optimistic he makes Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm look like a chronic whiner.
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Donn Esmonde: Paladino A-1 as attack dog on Albany: Updated: 02/05/10 8:37 AM; Igot a huge kick out of the news that Carl Paladino, Buffalo’s wild-man developer, is thinking about running for governor. Local tea party types are trying to talk him into it.
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Donn Esmonde: Grieving father of Flight 3407 victim stands tall: Donn Esmonde

Updated: 02/03/10 7:37 AM; It was a special day, and Jim Neill dressed for the occasion. He wore a crisply cut navy blue suit and white shirt and dark brown shoes, polished to a gleam. He is 69, a lean and handsome man with snow-white hair and a lady-killer smile. Every time there was a break in the hearing, he walked out of the hotel conference room to chat with reporters in the hallway, paying special attention to the women, with a polite, old-school courtliness.
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Charity Vogel: How a stone can soften the shell of grief: By Charity Vogel

News Columnist

Updated: 07/20/09 8:39 AM; The stones found their way. It took a little while, but in the end, the tiny symbols of love and connection made their way to the place Robin Tolsma hoped they would.
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Charity Vogel: Library story provides own happy ending: Charity Vogel

Updated: 07/13/09 7:55 AM; So this is what determination looks like. On a warm summer morning, it’s as simple as sunlight streaming through tall 1920s windows onto shelves of hardcovers.
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Charity Vogel: Making sure troopers are not forgotten: Charity Vogel

Updated: 07/06/09 7:49 AM; The reflective sunglasses, coupled with his straight-backed posture and close-cropped hair, tell you what you need to know about Kevin Kailbourne: that he is a retired New York State trooper, and proud of it.
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Off Main Street: The offbeat side of the news: Updated: 02/06/10 9:10 AM; Take her card, please
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Off Main Street: The offbeat side of the news: Updated: 01/30/10 9:18 AM; Name that Andrey chuk
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Off Main Street: The offbeat side of the news: Updated: 01/23/10 8:50 AM; Gaughan too late
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Reporters’ Notebook / Bits and pieces of news...: Updated: 02/09/10 6:39 AM; OLAF FUB SEZ: According to playwright and humorist George Ade, born on this date in 1866, “A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.”
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Reporters’ Notebook / Bits and pieces of news...: Updated: 02/08/10 6:43 AM; OLAFFUB SEZ: According
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Reporters’ Notebook / Bits and pieces of news...: Updated: 02/05/10 6:44 AM; OLAF FUB SEZ: According to financial journalist Jane Bryant Quinn, born in Niagara Falls on this date in 1939, “The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain.”
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Rod Watson: In defending your home, all bets are off: Rod Watson

Updated: 02/04/10 8:08 AM; I’d love to be on Dennis Cherry’s jury. Of course, I’d never get the chance, even if I lived in Niagara County. All a prosecutor would have to ask me is, “Do you promise to follow the law?” and I’d be out quicker than Cherry could fire 15 rounds at a burglar’s car instead of at his head.
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Rod Watson: Broadening definition of unfit parent: Rod Watson

Updated: 01/28/10 7:20 AM; If tougher criminal penalties haven’t scared drunks who drive their kids around—and apparently they haven’t—maybe they would fear one charge that could have even greater consequences: child endangerment.
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Rod Watson: Where would Collins do the least harm?: Rod Watson

Updated: 01/21/10 7:53 AM; Old definition of mixed emotions: Watching your in-laws drive over the cliff in your brand-new Cadillac.
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Trivia Quiz: By Donald Saltz

Updated: 02/09/10 6:40 AM; 1. The first two children of Adam and Eve were Cain and Abel. Name the third son.
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The Grammar Guru /By Ellie Grossman: Updated: 02/08/10 6:44 AM; “Don’t tell me I should be more open-minded,” the princess told the queen. “Have you ever kissed a frog?”
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Pets: By Steve Dale

Updated: 02/05/10 6:44 AM; Q: You’ve written about microchipping cats. However, I’m concerned about reactions to the chips, like vaccine responses in cats. Should I worry? —S. C.
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