BY FRANK PARLATO A number of revelations emerged this week as Artvoice continues its series on the New York State Attorney General’s case against political...
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BY MATT RICCHIAZZI If you’re younger than 45 or 50 years old, you probably don’t remember the time that Al Coppola refused to take a $10,000 pay raise that the...
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI Energetic and personable, 60th District Democrat Amber Small is focused on three core issues in her campaign for the 60thdistrict State...
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI There is much reverence and esteem for Chris Jacobs inside New York State’s Republican Party. In many ways Jacobs’ stature inside the Party...
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI Kevin Stocker is the consummate outsider – proud to bark at the heels of a local party that he sees engulfed in corruption and bossism...
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI The New York State’s 60th Senate District is a case study in gerrymandering, political self-interest, and high-politics at the crux of the...
BY JIM OSTROWSKI For years, I have advised GOP candidates, to seek the votes of African Americans by campaigning in blighted urban minority neighborhoods...
OPENING DINNER WITH FRIENDS, play by Donald Margulies, directed by Katie Mallinson, starring Kelly Meg Brennan, Dave Hayes, Lisa Vitrano, Phil Farugia. Sep 9...
By Mike Grell (Author and Illustrator) DC Comics (Publisher) Review by Jack Dumpert. Green Arrow, DC Comics’ iconic emerald archer, started out as a Batman...
BY JOHN DUKE Q: Tell us something the voters might not know about you? A: Until recently I lived within walking distance of the once wonderful Hoyt Lake...
BY JOHN DUKE Q: Tell us something the voters might not know about you? Did you grow up in Buffalo? A: Yep, I grew up right here in the City. Q: Then you lived...
BY FRANK PARLATO Mark Sacha, the former Erie County Deputy District Attorney who is credited for launching the investigation into alleged election law...
OPENING GYPSY, musical by Styne, Sondheim & Laurents, directed by Chris Kelly, starring Jonas Barranca, Allison Barsi, Charmagne Chi, Doug Crane, Arianne...
BY TONY FARINA Knox Farm State Park, a 633-acre state park adjacent to the Village of East Aurora with 400 acres of grasslands and 100 acres of woodlands...
BY ANDREW KULYK A few bright spots. The home schedule ended on Thursday. Another packed house for Fan Appreciation Days. Tons of giveaways tossed into the...
all day you brazenly sunbathe you cajole me to do so i am shy, i avoid many naps feed me many stars whisper it’s time it’s time come out, pale one...
by Tony Farina Jack Quinn’s strong political connections helped land him the job as president of Erie Community College back in 2008 even though he...
By Frank Parlato; Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper will host a fund raising event, September 1st, to aid efforts to clean up Scajaquada Creek. The event will be...
by Mike Hudson Driver crashes cop car An Erie County sheriff’s deputy was driving on Niagara Street near the intersection of Austin Street over the weekend...
by Robin “Moose” Scott Jr. The Lewiston Jazz Festival kicks off its 15th year with a bang. Drawing over 40,000 people annually Lewiston’s Jazz Fest is one of...
presented by SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS BETSY CARMICHAEL’S BINGO PALACE, interactive comedy by Joey Bucheker and Mary Kate O’Connell, presented by Cocktails and...
BY FRANK PARLATO; A recent report conducted by the Hamburg Natural History Society (HNHS) which estimates the economic impact on the local economy of a fossil...
By Jim Ostrowski; I am not unsympathetic to the Trump Movement as I too am a populist. That said, Trump is wrong about trade. Trump is the latest and loudest...
BY ELIZABETH SIEMATKOWSKI; Friday August 26th at 8pm you best get yourself to the first inaugural launching of BabeFest at Babeville, (Asbury Hall, 341...
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI; Buffalo Comptroller Mark Schroeder is being heralded by good government activists for launching Open Book Buffalo, the database that makes...
BY TONY FARINA It appears there will be no bipartisan endorsements for the now two open State Supreme Court seats that will be on the ballot in November in the...
BY TONY FARINA Buffalo City Comptroller Mark Schroeder has not yet fully committed to running for mayor next year, but he is certainly acting like a candidate...
BY ANDREW KULYK AND PETER FERRELL When it was announced that Chris Colabello was returning to the Buffalo Bisons back in mid July, the news offered up hope to...
The General Pulaski Association will honor 19 Western New Yorkers of Polish descent who work in the health care field on Sunday, September 11, 2016. The public...
Cataract Surgeons, Dr. Kenneth D. Anthone, Dr. Amar Atwal and Dr. Ephraim Atwal, will provide cataract surgery at “no charge on Friday, October 7, to people of...
The Rival Sons from Long Beach, California formed in 2009. The band is often compared to British blues-rock bands like Cream, led Zeppelin, and Free. Their...
BY JACOB JAY The Buffalo jazz ensemble, Star People will perform the music of trumpeter Miles Davis at PAUSA Art House on Wadsworth Street this Friday from 8...
BY TONY FARINA The 60th District State Senate race has it all: what appears to be a serious GOP primary challenge from Kevin Stocker to the endorsed...
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI In the days after Artvoice and The Buffalo Chronicle published a story detailing the rampant open-air drug trade and prostitution economy...
John Ciampoli is the Nassau County Attorney who signed off on the Ab Tech deal that was designed to enrich Adam Skelos, the son of the former Senate Majority...
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI The retired State Senator and widely respected elder statesman of local politics, Al Coppola is seeking the Democratic Party nomination for...
By Frank Parlato Last week Artvoice reported on claims that The Narcotics Division of the Buffalo Police Department shot two pit bulls while conducting...
by Kelsey Sandra Ables It’s easy to assume lawyers spend their nights flipping through pale yellow legal pads, filing cabinets and manila folders packed with...
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI City Comptroller Mark Schroeder said if he is elected mayor in 2017, he will reverse the controversial new Hertel Avenue metered parking...
By Tony Farina I wrote a story in this space last week that reported I had received nine responses from the state’s Empire State Development Agency, none...
It didn’t turn out the way he planned it. David Dole, 34, of Buffalo recently applied for a Sheriff’s Deputy position within the Jail Management Division and...
Leading Economic Indicators ■ Ronnie Music Jr., 45, won a scratch-off lottery prize last year of $3 million in Waycross, Georgia, and must surely have thought...
OPENING THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, comedy by William Shakespeare presented by Chautauqua Theater Company, directed by Andrew Borba. Aug 12-19. Bratton Theater...
By Tony Farina Even as the date approaches for the long-delayed groundbreaking of the STEM building at the Erie Community College North campus, now scheduled...
BY JIM OSTROWSKI My election predictions are not primarily based on the polls. When I picked John Kerry to win the Democratic nomination in 2004, he was I...
Drake and Future Fri 8/12; 6:30 pm First Niagara Center Tickets start at $120 Canadian superstar Drake will be coming to Buffalo fresh off four sold out...
BY FRANK PARLATO Former Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (BMHA) Commissioner, Joe Mascia, 71, who was removed by Mayor Byron Brown from office in May, is...
BY TONY FARINA The battle for the job of Erie County district attorney is turning into a war of words between Acting DA Michael Flaherty and his opponent in...
BY KELSEY SANDRA ABLES After a rejuvenating retreat to the Adirondack Mountains, environmentalist David Kowalski came back to reality: a severe drought in...
BY FRANK PARLATO Former Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) featherweight champion, Michael Thomas “Mike” Brown will conduct a seminar on Thursday, Aug. 11...
BY ANDREW KULYK & PETER FARRELL June 30 was a happy day at Coca Cola Field as the Buffalo Bisons were unpacking their things after returning from a perfect...
BY JIM OSTROWSKI This is an excerpt from the brand new book, The Impeachment of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for High Crimes in Syria and Libya, by...
ONGOING THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, comedy by William Shakespeare presented by Shakespeare in Delaware Park, directed by Steve Vaughan, starring Bonnie Jean...
Everyone had at least one brush with Pigeon By Frank Parlato A POLITICAL QUESTION The question of whether politics was a motive for New York State...
By Jim Ostrowski This week, my brother Mike and I published “The Impeachment of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for High Crimes in Syria and Libya.” Here is...
By Frank Parlato The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) agreed last week to spend an unspecified sum of taxpayer money on a full and formal...
In an attempt to eradicate the invasive aquatic plant hydrilla in the Erie Canal, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, will be treating the...
By W. Dalton Weir Why not Buffalo? Why can’t we have a comic convention in the Nickel City?” That was the question that rang out in the minds of John Grimaldi...
By Tony Farina Flaherty Camp Slams Dem Party Boss for ‘Hypocrisy’ The race for Erie County District Attorney is a real political donnybrook as we all...
OPENING BUFFALO CAR PLAYS 2016, world premiere short plays by Donna Hoke, Bella Poynton, Darryl Schneider, Winifred Storms & Jon Elston, presented by...