Category: Western NY

Kyle Semmel is known locally as the communications manager for the Western New York Land Conservancy. He’s also the translator of more than a dozen Danish novels. This month, he joined the ranks of published authors under the pen name “K.E. Semmel” with “The Book of Losman,” a novel based loosely on his own life.…

You might have to look twice when examining the animal-shaped piece of butter at Western New York grocers the next few weeks. No, that’s not a butter lamb, the beloved Easter dinner tradition embraced locally for six decades that will again have its time in the spotlight in the spring. This one has a wattle.…

Half the patients in Dr. Pratibha Bansal’s office didn’t make it through their first appointment during the last years opioid prescription drugs were considered the gold standard for pain treatment. They had to agree to a plan designed to wean them off the medications – mostly by doing stretching exercises. Many left, determined to find…

More than 600 asylum-seekers were bused from New York to the Buffalo region in the summer of 2023, generating immense controversy and headlines after being housed in area hotels. But now, it appears that many of them are going to be taking the bus back to the Big Apple by the end of the year.…

The water was roaring, the trees were vibrant autumn hues and a rainbow periodically shined over the Bridal Veil Falls as family, friends, public officials and LGBTQ+ allies gathered Friday morning in Niagara Falls State Park to commemorate the marriage of Kitty and Cheryle Lambert-Rudd. The couple was married in a nearby spot at the…

Goodwill finding You never know what treasures might surface on Goodwill of Western New York’s auction website. Recently, it was a video game released decades ago that touched off a bidding frenzy. Goodwill reported that a “Little Samson” cartridge for the Nintendo Entertainment System fetched a winning auction bid of $5,001. Goodwill said the game…

More construction will be coming to the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, this time to the roadway leading to and from the terminal. After taking a big nosedive in 2020, the number of passengers flying out of Buffalo Niagara International Airport is finally soaring higher than the totals from before the Covid-19 pandemic. The airport received…

Canisius University faculty will hold a picket and teach-in Friday morning to protest the administration’s plan to cut $15 million from the university’s operating budget for next year. Members of Canisius’ chapter of the American Association of University Professors say they are concerned that slashing that amount by the spring will harm university programs and…

A Buffalo man was accused of striking another man and swinging a knife during a noontime incident on Wednesday along Niagara Street. Buffalo Police said they charged Renier Uranta, 35, on Friday with third-degree assault; second-degree menacing; and second-degree harassment. In responding to a knife call, officers found a man swinging a knife and trying…

ALBANY – Niagara University and St. Bonaventure University are on a list of 20 four-year colleges that continue to lack nearby voting locations for students despite a state law requiring it, a coalition of government watchdog groups said Monday. In April 2022, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law a requirement that colleges with 300 or…