Category: Western NY

Sept. 13, 1916 — Feb. 7, 2024 Marion Ahles, believed to be the oldest resident of Erie County, declared when she was 104 that she took no prescription medications. The secret to her longevity, she told Buffalo News Refresh editor Scott Scanlon in 2021, included exercising with light weights, walking, keeping up with current events…

In wrestling there are times when you just have to take a shot, and Keith Stoerr took his a few months ago. With interest in girls wrestling skyrocketing in Western New York, the Clarence High School wrestling coach was looking to draw that kind of passion to his program. So he asked Cael Vesper, a…

Jonathan Sanger is the kind of Hollywood filmmaker that Buffalo always wanted – and is getting. He’s a producer from New York City who is now based in Los Angeles, but is charmed – and enticed – by the idea of making movies in Western New York. Sanger, an Academy Award winner, has made two feature…

With the City of Buffalo headed toward steep budget challenges, the Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority – known as the Control Board – considered recommending the mayor institute a hiring freeze. “What would make most sense is that there’s a general hiring freeze, but there needs to be an override, so to speak, built into the…

For the second time in less than a week, corrections officers arrested a person suspected of trying to smuggle drugs into Chautauqua County Jail. Debbie Hires is accused of passing a package containing methamphetamine to an inmate during a visit March 7 at the jail. Corrections officers say they saw Hires passing an object to…

With hundreds of thousands of visitors expected to converge on the Buffalo area to view the solar eclipse on April 8, city officials are getting prepared. And they’re asking residents to be prepared as well. Mayor Byron W. Brown and members of the City’s Eclipse Task Force are encouraging Buffalo residents to “take this event…

The Buffalo Sabres will be supporting the law enforcement community during their home game on Tuesday. For every ticket sold to the Sabres and Detroit Red Wings game that night, the team will provide a $10 donation to go toward the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund to support the programs and services that the…

Catholic Health will present a panel discussion focusing on the achievements of women in healthcare March 15 in honor of Women’s Month. The livestream event, “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Healthcare” is scheduled to take place from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. from Seneca One tower. WGRZ-TV anchor and reporter Claudine Ewing…

Buffalo residents can get tips on how to be financially empowered through the Buffalo Common Council’s free financial literacy event on March 30. The Buffalo Money Mastery Financial Literacy Workshop partners with financial institutions and community organizations to equip individuals with the knowledge necessary to achieve financial success, according to Council members. The event offers…

Harold McNeil ,  Jonathan D. Epstein FeedMore WNY, the nonprofit regional food bank and meal-delivery service formed in a merger five years ago, is advancing its efforts to build a new consolidated headquarters and distribution center in Hamburg, as it received a $3 million federal grant on Thursday while it asks an affiliate of the…