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...
Author - Frank Parlato
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...
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...
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:...
by Rob Breszny ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Silence is not silence, but a limit of hearing,” writes Jane Hirshfield in her poem “Everything Has Two Endings.”...
Rick and Morty: Volume One is based on the funny and entertaining [adult swim] show “Rick and Morty.” Created by Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, the adult...
occupied as we were reinterring kings the bears of spring ...
OPENING BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL- 31st edition of festival featuring a week-long showcase of feature films. Dipson Amherst CAPTAIN AMERICA:...
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, comedy classic by Joseph Kesselring presented by The Alden Christian Theatre Society, starring Lynn Errington, Sue Kubick, Bob Aquila...
“Mozart was like a god to Mahler” says BPO music director JoAnn Falletta. “When you hear the music of Mozart and Mahler, it’s almost like listening to the...
The event features 20 beers by WNY breweries and showcases WNY farmers, maltsters, and hop farmers like Niagara Malt, NY Craft Malt, East Prairie Hops and...
Ali Macgraw and Ryan O’Neal are one of the most celebrated movie couples in the history of Hollywood. As stars of the mega hit, Love Story, during the 1970s...
As the number of patients qualifying to purchase medical cannabis under New York’s program slowly rises, many are complaining about the high price of the...
There are growing signs that Erie Community College’s fiscal crisis may get worse in the near future and could turn into a political struggle as college...
With numerous politicians being convicted in Albany, there has been a lot of focus on the need for ethics reform in the New York State Legislature. Similar...
Congressman Brian Higgins is urging the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority to spend $43 million to redevelop the DL&W Terminal on South Park along the...
Eventually, we should move away from expressways inside the city limits and toward arterials with a higher speed limit than 30 mph. Concerns about traffic flow...
We have learned that State Atty. Gen. Eric Schneiderman is expected to impanel a special grand jury in Buffalo on Monday (May 9) with the sole purpose of...
High priced flood insurance, erosion that eats up your back yard and government inaction are just a few of the joys associated with creekside living in...
National Fuel supplies natural gas to over 730,000 residential and corporate customers throughout Western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania. The...
I was seduced by the fact that the book was originally a webcomic on DeviantArt, and I freaking love DeviantArt.
> by Brian Campbell Pilsners come in all shapes and sizes. From the soft and floral bitterness of Czech (Bohemian) styles to the spicy hop flavors of classic...
Periods like Bullet Holes by Benjamin Brindise I bought a notebook on the day another gunman opened fire in San Bernardino, California It called to me from the...
by Chuck Shepherd The Internet’s Promise Fulfilled (for Men, Anyway) • Japan’s Tenga toy company appears to be first on the market with a virtual reality...
“I believe I have the right skill set to be mayor,” said Schroeder during a wide ranging interview this week in his 12th floor City Hall office citing his 25...
If a Martian came to earth and watched what the state does when it “regulates,” she might scientifically report that the government just mugged a guy who was...
Every 10 years a Charter Revision Commission is formed by the Erie County Legislature to review and propose changes to the Erie County Charter. It consists of...
Since this publication broke that story last month, BMHA Chairman Mike Seaman has come under fire for an alleged conflict of interest.
Republican County Clerk Chris Jacobs has released a video promoting his candidacy for the State Senate, distributed on his Facebook page and via YouTube.
OPENING THE AMERICAN SIDE- Independent film shot partially in Buffalo about a low-rent detective searching for a long-lost design by enigmatic genius Nikolai...
Anthony Chase Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990) was one of the great entertainers of the 20th century. If you are of a certain age, and the 1960s, ‘70s, or ‘80s...