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Fort Niagara fights again

YOUNGSTOWN — Grown men played war Friday at Old Fort Niagara.

With 30-foot sailing ships anchored in the river, cannon blasts shook the ground and some 2,500 volunteers refought one of the key battles of the French and Indian War.

Bill Snow, 60, said he did it for history. “You’re representing an actual time and an actual place,” said Snow, who commanded four French cannons Friday as British ships attacked one o...

 (06:49 AM)

Despite tough act, Paterson’s support slipping

ALBANY –If Gov. David A. Paterson was hoping his tough-guy approach to feuding state senators would give his dismal poll ratings a big bump, voters so far have not been moved.  (06:49 AM)

Reformer Rosa Gibson dies at 78

When a series of assaults and burglaries in Buffalo’s Masten Park neighborhood in 1982 sparked safety concerns, Rosa Gibson responded. From the kitchen of her Best Street home, she helped organize a Crime Watch program that grew to include 50 members who conducted twice-a-week, night-to-dawn patrols.  (06:49 AM)

Actors portraying French soldiers and their Native American allies prepare for the Siege of Fort Niagara during the commemoration of the battle’s 250th anniversary Friday. Related photos on the Picture Page, D10.
Charles Lewis/Buffalo News

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Sports

This Day in Buffalo Sports History: Bisons start a tradition

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Wayne's most memorable at-bat

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Life & Arts

Z plays Z, absolutely free!

Dweezil Zappa started bringing to Buffalo his Zappa Plays Zappa - a repertory ensemble dedicated to preserving and…

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Turn up the music

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Event Listings

Sports

Bisons can't lower the boom, get beaten by Rochester on BPO night

The biggest crowd of the season and major leaguer Oliver Perez on the mound did nothing to change the Bisons' season-long woes Friday night. The Herd fell meekly to the Rochester Red Wings, 6-2, before a near-sellout throng of 17,380 on hand to see the annual Independence Eve celebration with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. (Updated: 11:12 PM)

Business

RM Headlee plans move to bigger property

Orchard Park distributor RM Headlee is moving to a larger facility further up California Road, buying a foreclosed property previously occupied by a direct- mail producer while turning its own former building over to a medical services neighbor. (06:50 AM)

World & Nation

Palin resigns as Alaska’s governor

WASILLA, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she will resign from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican Party but left open the possibility she would run for the White House in 2012. (06:49 AM)

Opinion

Celebrating independence

Need a lesson in democracy this Fourth of July? Just look at the brutal crackdown during demonstrations over a disputed presidential election in Iran, and the peaceful transfers of power that mark governance in this nation should jump into much clearer focus. (06:49 AM)

Life

Boiling breuwpaski

Bill Koch walks toward the stove and peers intently into the steaming pot, first checking the temperature gauge before determining this batch of brew has a ways to go. (06:50 AM)

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