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The Editorial Board: On the ice, in the stands and in the classrooms, there's progress

The Bills Mafia gets pumped up the way only Buffalo fans do, by jumping through a table while tailgating before the AFC Divisional Round game … The...

04.03.2025 2

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The Editorial Board: Transportation deal is costly, but Buffalo School Board has limited options

Sharon Belton-Cottman, Buffalo School Board president for the last two years, introduces Kathy Evans Brown, whom she nominated as her successo… Over...

28.02.2025 3

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The Editorial Board: James' lawsuit against vaping manufacturers is on target

Where Your Story Lives Ecto World LLC, which does business as Demand Vape, and its affiliate Magellan Technology Inc. were among the 13 companies...

27.02.2025 5

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The Editorial Board: Successful UB teacher training program should be the last to lose federal funding

Where Your Story Lives UB's Urban Teacher Residency has prepared more than 70 teachers to work in Buffalo district and charter schools, filling...

26.02.2025 4

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The Editorial Board: Successful UB teacher training program should be the last to lose federal funding

Where Your Story Lives UB's Urban Teacher Residency has prepared more than 70 teachers to work in Buffalo district and charter schools, filling...

26.02.2025 2

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The Editorial Board: Spectrum Health headquarters should get more funding to complete repairs

Related to this story Cindy Voelker, associate CEO of Spectrum Health, who shared in an interview what it's been like to work in the...

18.02.2025 3

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The Editorial Board: Yes, Virginia

25.12.2024 3

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The Editorial Board: Stinson properties require close monitoring and possible action

Harry Stinson, the owner of Buffalo Grand Hotel, talks about the overnight fire that destroyed the recently renovated ballrooms and kitchens a…...

13.12.2024 4

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The Editorial Board: Western New York uses its resources for good causes near and far

The nonprofit that operates one of only two emergency shelters in Erie County for families experiencing homelessness wants to build a second l…...

22.11.2024 4

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Sean Kirst: In memory of landmark marriage, an anniversary celebration in a voting booth

02.11.2024 5

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Viewpoints: Western New York's candidates for the New York State Legislature respond on the issues

Despite leading the league in QBR and having the least amount of interceptions, Josh Allen continues to have doubters and critics. Extremist,...

27.10.2024 1

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The Editorial Board: Good investments are being made in WNY's environment, health and safety

A former ski area in northern Cattaraugus County will become Western New York's first new state forest in more than 60 years, the State Depart… The...

04.10.2024 1

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The Editorial Board: Wetlands protection does not exclude development - it can even enhance it

While guiding a group from the Nature Camp on a canoe trip, naturalist Breton Sloan describes how beaver meadows become beaver ponds and the n… DEC...

29.09.2024 1

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The Editorial Board: Wrangling over Amherst Central Park is holding up a positive amenity for the town

Amherst Supervisor Brian Kulpa talks with Buffalo News reporter Stephen T. Watson about the Amherst Central Park plan for the old Westwood Cou…...

19.09.2024 1

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The Editorial Board: New York's system for choosing judicial candidates is, to say the least, problematic

Counting this year's election, 31 local Supreme Court judicial seats have appeared on the ballot over the last dozen years.Just seven have fea… Six...

10.09.2024 1

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The Editorial Board: City does right in attaching a lien to long-vacant AM&A's property

A new plan is in the works for the long-vacant AM&A's department store on Main Street. The southbound portion of Washington between Eagle and...

09.09.2024 1

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The Editorial Board: New York's Freedom of Information Law is more important than ever

Buffalo News reporter Aaron Besecker reads a statement at a hearing before the Amherst FOIL Board in June. The News often must appeal a denial, or...

03.09.2024 1

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The Editorial Board: WNY is long overdue for an additional federal judgeship

Luke Guetti’s tragic death underscores the urgent need for traffic-calming measures in Tonawanda to protect pedestrians and cyclists and preve… A...

07.08.2024 1

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The Editorial Board: Local bridge conditions have improved, but there is still cause for concern

04.08.2024 1

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