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Archive - May 2016
BY JIM OSTROWSKI This may come as a shock but I have a slightly different take on the corruption scandal that led to the indictment and conviction of former...
Straight from the pockets of commuters and tourists, the Grand Island tolls bring in $18 million a year for the NYS Thruway Authority.
If we could ever put the interests of institutional advancement over the prissy sensibilities of cynics, we may be able to make something spectacular of the...
This newspaper has learned at press time that all cases currently assigned to State Supreme Court Justice John Michalek are being reassigned to other judges in...
The great U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis an early advocate of transparency in government once stated “sunlight is said to be the best of...
Erie County Sheriff Timothy B. Howard, once again, is reminding motorists that the nanny state ‘Click It or Ticket’ revenue generator will be in effect between...
The Story of Anthony I was a parts delivery driver for 3 years. 2480 Autos was one of my frequent stops. I’d stop in and check out their projects and talk to...
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the coming weeks I'd love you to learn more about how to heal your own pain and wash your own brain and right your own wrongs and...
BY W. DALTON WEIR I could smell the seasons in your hair; see the inexperience of time left plain on the fair milky white moment where your neck flutters...
I cried while reading this story, and I have no clue why. Seriously, I can’t fully wrap my head around this story, and yet something about this made me...
This was one of those “feel good homestands” at Coca Cola Field in downtown Buffalo this past weekend, as the Buffalo Bisons paid homage to their parent club...
The Buffalo Bandits went farther this past weekend than they have in the last eight years. After a 20-15 win over the New England Black Wolves on Saturday...
When you’re trying to plug your new movie at the Cannes Film Festival and your young wife’s “wardrobe malfunction” grabs all the headlines, it’s never a good...
The 26th Annual Artie Awards, celebrating excellence in Buffalo theater, will be presented on Monday, June 6, 2016 at 710 Main at 8 p.m. Career Achievement...
AN IDEAL HUSBAND, comedy by Oscar Wilde presented by The Irish Classical Theatre Company, directed by David Oliver, starring Steve Jakiel, Ben Michael Moran...
On Friday May 27 at 7pm the Camerata di Sant’Antonio will present an all-Slavic concert featuring works by Polish, Czech and Bulgarian composers at Corpus...
On June 5th the spectacularly colorful Gay Pride Parade will usher in summer with a celebration so joyful even Ebenezer Scrooge would be compelled to smile.
BY CHUCK SHEPHERD Lead Story Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced they had recently (a first, they claimed) transmitted high...
Maggie Cassella is an actor, writer, director and producer. She has performed on stage, on screen, and on the air, and she can do it all brilliantly. Maggie a...
The Artie Award Nominations for 2016: OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY City of Conversation, Kavinoky Theatre Daniel’s Husband, Buffalo United Artists...
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI When nationally renowned education expert Dr. Steve Perry came to town last week to speak with parents about education reform, Buffalo...
Early in 2007 I decided to sell my 1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse and open an auto shop. I had about $2500 to start, a small tool box and a moderate amount of car...
Imagine a few weeks from now, a website selling a “million dollar painting” for just a thousand bucks – which has been infringed upon/pirated by cyber...
Cheektowaga lost one of the lions of government and politics today. Ken Meyers, former Cheektowaga Councilman and Supervisor, civic leader, Town Democratic...
In the upcoming election, the position of District Attorney will be on the ballot in Erie and Niagara county. Through a back room deal with political party...
“It has really been hard on him but he is more optimistic now,” said Daniels now that his center has been reopened and the many patients who have suffered...
The war on human beings who use, sell or possess drugs (private property), is, from the perspective of reason or morality, dead.
“It needs to go away,” Thompson said after Sunday’s launch of the “Home Free” campaign to once again try to remove the Grand Island tolls and to complete the...
Apparently, Democrat Poloncarz and Republican Quinn still have not met yet on the new budget adopted by ECC and it is hard to tell when that meeting might take...
BY ROB BREZSNY ARIES (March 21-April 19): “An oar moves a boat by entering what lies outside it,” writes poet Jane Hirshfield. You can’t use the paddle inside...
What happens when you review a graphic novel that you last read when you were ten? You hope to God that you don’t weep over your undeveloped brain’s idea of a...
The event was every bit as successful as Campanaro believed it would be, but eventually she decided ASI wasn’t a good fit for her industrious temperament.
BY FEATHERS SCOTT Sometimes when i’m asleep i hear whispers. ghosts of all the men i let decimate my sanctuary thinking they came to worship. the men who...
BY CHUCK SHEPHERD Lead Story Google filed a U.S. Patent Office application on April 28th for a vision-improvement device in liquid form that, once inserted (i...
In keeping with the group’s mission of educational outreach, Harmonia will host Sametz for a brief residency, as he leads a choral workshop on Friday May 20...
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, musical by Jason Robert Brown, presented by Batavia Players, directed by Amanda Melissa Taylor and Drew Stebbins-Williams. May 19-21 at...
Kevin Bacon is one of those actors who’s always so good, and has appeared in so many now classic films, that it’s easy to take him for granted.
This year fans’ hopes are high – if not a bit impatient - following their outstanding winning streak - as the Bandits seek to raise another championship flag ...
Thus far in her career, ArmCandy stands as Jessica’s most noteworthy footprint into the artistic community of Buffalo. In fact, it has almost become...
The Echo Fair ran May 13-15th, 2016 at OSC Manufacturing & Equipment Services on Buffalo’s East Side. These photos by Cheryl Gorski are from the preview...
by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Russian writer Anton Chekhov was renowned for the crisp, succinct style of his short stories and plays. As he...
She in her fleshy assed sweat pants and shirt saves the time she doesn’t spend needling with the ex Now she straightens now she cleans parts of her house that...
REBELS: A WELL-REGULATED MILITIA Brian Wood (Author) Andrea Mutti, Matthew Woodson, Ariela Kristantina, Tristan Jones (Illustrator) Dark Horse Comics...
The final concert in this season’s “A Musical Feast” series will take place in the Tower Auditorium of the Burchfield Penny Art Center on the Elmwood side of...
DIAL M FOR MURDER, thriller by Frederick Knott presented by Western Door Playhouse, directed by Linda Silvestri, starring Drew Krause, Jaclyn Tronolone, Phil...
Broadway legend, lyricist Sheldon Harnick (pictured above) will receive a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement at this year’s ceremony. Harnick, who...
He is a “switch pitcher”, capable of throwing from either the left or the right hand. And in fact, to hone his craft, over the years he has had a specially...
Among her complaints: "turning pale" in the "harsh light"; lack of "Guerlain's moisturizer"; inability to look at herself for months (because glass mirrors are...
There are many reasons why you would add some artistic elements to your home. Whether you live in a contemporary, traditional or non traditional home, one or...
An anonymous North American buyer was the high bidder, but the sale immediately raised concerns with the British Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of...
It is truly amazing how much time and effort it takes to obtain basic information and how unresponsive many government officials are.
As expected, the board adopted a tuition increase of $138 a year for students, a number in the range of what we reported last week was likely, and also cut 50...
Jurors in this state and throughout the United States are firmly told by judges they must follow the judge’s instructions “on the law,” but in so doing, are...
In the wake of the closure of Dr. Eugene Gosy’s practice, patients in need of pain management treatment are advised to proceed as follows: ·Seek care from your...
In the past, Mascia has criticized the Brown Administration’s management of the BMHA during Mascia’s five terms as an elected commissioner lodging claims of...
Every plant that is in the farm was started in Anders home in Allentown from seeds. “We have 40 or 50 flats of various different plants growing in my living...
By Tony Farina The race for Erie County district attorney will become a little clearer tonight (May 12) when the Conservative Party’s Executive Committee...
The Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo is celebrating its 50th year with a series of events that take place May – June, 2016. May’s events include:...
2480Autos fully restored this 1950s Porche kit – by replacing just about everything “The full nine yards,” as Anthony put it. When it was...