Category: Western NY

Thousands more hospital staffing complaints are on the way from Western New York to state Health Department officials in Albany. Communications Workers of America District 1 on Tuesday said it has reported about 2,700 staffing complaints to the Health Department on behalf of union health care workers who work at Catholic Health System’s hospitals. The…

WASHINGTON – Buffalo area residents can still get help from what once was the office of Rep. Brian Higgins, who resigned Feb. 2 after 19 years in Congress. But Higgins’ absence in Washington has already been felt. While several former Higgins employees remain employed by the House of Representatives and can still help constituents with…

As one door closes, another opens. Two more properties neighboring the new Buffalo Bills stadium are on sale for at least a million dollars and these have the potential for commercial development before the Town of Orchard Park makes any zoning changes in the area. With SUNY Erie Community College looking to move out of…

O say, can you sing? The Buffalo Bisons are looking for vocalists to perform the national anthem during the upcoming baseball season. Auditions are March 16 at Sahlen Field.  Auditions are open to the public and will be held from 10 a.m. to noon. No try-out times will be scheduled in advance. Applicants should enter…

A Buffalo man pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless driving for severely injuring a Depew man, Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn said in a press release. He entered his plea before Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio one day before jury selection was to begin for a trial.  Timothy M. Wagner, 29, was…

There could be another trail in the Town of Hamburg.  This one would connect Old East Eden and Gowanda State roads through land owned by New York State. The Greater Buffalo Niagara Regional Transportation Council selected the Town of Hamburg for a feasibility study as part of the council’s regional bicycle master plan implementation program.…

WGRZ-TV (Channel 2) anchor-reporter Heather Ly joined the exodus of on-air talent leaving the station after her final broadcast of the Saturday edition of the morning program “Daybreak.” A Chicago native who arrived at the station more than 17 years ago on the day of the October 2006 surprise ice storm, Ly joined a wave…

Preservationist Tim Tielman has made his share of enemies over the past 40 years. But it is undeniable that no one over that period has done more to save Buffalo’s history from the wrecking ball. The Richardson Olmsted Campus. Buffalo Central Terminal. The Webb Building. The Squire Mansion. The Metzger Building. White’s Livery Stable. All…

Salvatore Coniglio witnessed the 2017 total solar eclipse in Wyoming, an experience he described as “primordial.” So when he learned that his hometown of Niagara Falls would be in the path of totality for the upcoming April 8 eclipse, Coniglio said it was a “no-brainer” that he would travel from Los Angeles to experience it…

Sunya Afrasiabi was 14 when she decided she wanted to do something about the trials and triumphs of the immigrant experience in Buffalo. “My dad’s from Iran. My mom’s from China. The fact that my parents came from different cultures showed me that it was possible for people from different cultures to come together and…