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The Editorial Board: Local giving is key as Catholic Charities deals with government cuts

Workers prepare an order at the Catholic Charities of Buffalo Russell J. Salvatore Food Pantry. As Appeal 2026 works toward its goal, the agency...

15.03.2026 9

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The Editorial Board: Upward bound: A new East Side market, Comedy Center award and rural health care

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06.03.2026 7

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The Editorial Board: Burchfield Penney gets a new chief curator, youth sports surge and East Side's on the rise

Related to this story WHERE YOUR STORY LIVES - TBN A curator at AKG wants to raise the museum's global profile Andrea Alvarez, a curator at...

13.02.2026 9

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The Editorial Board: Help is on the way for wildlife, farmers and families burdened by medical debt

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25.01.2026 10

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The Editorial Board: If Wegmans is using high-tech surveillance, it should at least tell customers

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14.01.2026 10

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The Editorial Board: Local doctors agree that it's not too late to get a flu vaccine

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26.12.2025 7

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The Editorial Board: Bill allowing journalists access to police communications must become law

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29.10.2025 9

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Jerry Zremski: Looking back on 42 years of reporting for The News – and looking ahead

Where Your Story Lives In 1981, as Burmese troops burned his village, a boy took the first step in a three-decade journey that would bring him to...

24.10.2025 10

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The Editorial Board: With student success at stake, Buffalo schools must increase teacher diversity

Pascal Mubenga speaks after being appointed superintendent of Buffalo Public Schools by the Buffalo School Board at Buffalo Academy for Visual…...

16.10.2025 10

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The Editorial Board: Jemal should leave off finger-pointing and focus on remaining projects

An aerial view of the mixed-use development at Elmwood-Bidwell which has resumed again after a pause in construction. Buildings do not die quickly in...

14.10.2025 8

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The Editorial Board: Strategic Niagara Falls plan is a smart way to guide development

Niagara Falls Mayor Robert Restaino talks about redevelopment and revitalization plans for 38 properties in the city

10.10.2025 10

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The Editorial Board: Gallagher, Redford and 43 North put Buffalo in the spotlight

Oscar-winning actor and director Robert Redford has died at 89. The Hollywood icon’s six-decade career spanned classics like The Sting and Ord…...

27.09.2025 10

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The Editorial Board: Shocking fish die-off in Ischua Creek suggests better oversight needed

State regulators still aren't offering any details about what Great Lakes Cheese may have accidentally discharged into Ischua Creek, killing t… A...

19.09.2025 9

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The Editorial Board: School transportation solutions should be based on equitable dialogue

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23.07.2025 10

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Elizabeth Licata: When plants attack, look for the man-made reasons

Erie County forester Josh Konovitz details how chestnut blight has killed American chestnut trees throughout Chestnut Ridge Park and the North…...

15.07.2025 8

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The Editorial Board: WNY law enforcement agencies seem addicted to covering up misconduct

Erie County Sheriff John Garcia's response on March 11, 2025, at an unrelated news conference, about revelations that Chief of Narcotics D.J. …...

30.06.2025 8

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The Editorial Board: New York's paramedics should be allowed to administer withdrawal management drugs

The US saw a historic drop in drug overdose deaths in 2024, reaching the lowest levels in five years, according to new CDC data.

12.06.2025 10

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The Editorial Board: Disadvantages of the unbanked can and must be alleviated

Emma Smalley, CEO of Good Neighbors Credit Union, speaks at a Bank On Buffalo-Niagara coalition panel discussion on April 28, 2025.

23.05.2025 10

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The Editorial Board: In troubled times, people rely on agencies like Catholic Charities

“There is no weather forecast that’s produced in this country that isn’t dependent on NOAA, none.” That’s according to Mary Glackin, a...

20.05.2025 10

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The Editorial Board: Smart, generous and hardworking, John J. LaFalce will be missed

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18.04.2025 9

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The Editorial Board: After years of brazen neglect, Dobucki deserves punishment and properties need repair

Bernice Radle of Preservation Buffalo Niagara discusses the exciting repurpose of some of Buffalo's grain silos. Put neglected properties into the...

16.04.2025 10

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The Editorial Board: Falletta and Fernandez direct the eyes of the nation and world to Buffalo

Ryan Fernandez defines his West Side restaurant as "Tex-ish," a blend of Texas barbecue and South Indian flavors, reflecting Fernandez’s multi…

12.04.2025 10

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The Editorial Board: Patience is needed with Boulevard Mall's eminent domain process

The Town of Amherst intends to create an urban renewal area covering the Boulevard Mall, and a wide swath of the neighboring commercial distri… This...

07.04.2025 10

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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 10

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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 10

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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 10

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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 8

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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 9

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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 10

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