Author: Buffalo News

It’s been more than a year since the Christmas week blizzard in 2022 that killed 47 people. Since then, government leaders at all levels have spoken out about the need for outside assistance to cover the local costs associated with major winter storm emergencies. But little has changed. Meanwhile, extreme snowstorms like the two, back-to-back…

People didn’t used to talk about the effect on survivors of the tragic Cleveland Hill School fire 70 years ago Sunday. “I just think things were dealt with differently in the ’50s,” Superintendent Jon MacSwan said. “The tragedy, the pain, the hurt that maybe people wanted to discuss and bring forward, I don’t think it…

Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday that New York State government agencies are prepared for the total eclipse of the sun that will pass through the heart of the state in about two weeks. Hochul, who was in the capital working on the 2024-2025 state budget as the April 1 deadline looms, left the dissemination of…

So as not to bury a possible lead, there is no measurable snow in this week’s forecast. Last week’s 6 inches at the airport brought Buffalo up to 70.8 inches, 20.2 inches below average to this date. Even so, that makes Buffalo the 3rd snowiest U.S. city, behind Anchorage, Alaska, and Boulder, Colo. As is…

As a child in the 1960s, Jerry Jacobs Jr.’s summers were filled with visits to baseball stadiums, thanks to the concession stands run by Delaware North, the company his family owns. The sensory overload is still familiar. The smell of the grass. The sight of the stands filled with men in fedoras and trench coats.…

A settlement has been reached in a Child Victims Act lawsuit against a former Buffalo Public Schools teacher accused of having sexual contact with a preteen student. The case against retired teacher Mary Boblak was settled before a trial that was scheduled to begin March 14 in State Supreme Court. A former Buffalo Public Schools…

Boating may not be the first thing you think of when you think of April in Western New York, but when it comes to the total solar eclipse on April 8 – there’s no other place some people would rather be than on a boat in our local waterways. “We’re expecting a flotilla of boats…

Solar eclipse watchers who wanted to witness the once-in-a-lifetime celestial event from the hallowed grounds of Buffalo’s Forest Lawn on April 8 will need to make other plans. The Forest Lawn Group has announced that the historic city cemetery, along with Lakeside Cemetery in Hamburg, will be closed to visitors that day. Only funeral processions…

Reconstruction work has been completed on the Dunkirk Harbor fishing platform in Chautauqua County, the State Department of Environmental Conservation announced. The $156,201 project replaced a previous platform damaged by a storm surge on Lake Erie in 2020. It features a slip-resistant deck, two benches, solar-powered lighting and parking for eight vehicles. The platform on…