The Buffalo Chronicle
The Buffalo Chronicle
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Kurt Vile, Robert Cray and Alter Bridge make it a guitar-heavy week in Buffalo
Corrosion of Conformity and Kurt Vile start tours in Buffalo this week, Robert Cray plays Rockwell Hall and Alter Bridge closes things out at RiverWorks, with the Goo Goo Dolls’ FeedMore benefit…
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The Anchor Bar at 91: the wing’s birthplace still sells history first
Ninety-one years in, the Main Street original that gave the world the buffalo wing is pricier and more touristy than locals would like, but it remains the one place that can sell…
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Kenmore’s old Presbyterian church has a demolition permit and a Shake Shack plan, but no start date
The former Kenmore Presbyterian Church on Delaware Avenue is cleared for demolition to make way for a Shake Shack and apartments, but the village says it has no start date, and a…
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Aurora highway crew pickets as contract talks stall over raises and health insurance
Ten months without a contract, Aurora’s highway workers want 5% raises and relief on insurance costs. The town has offered 4% and a $500 bonus, and the supervisor says he has no…
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Repairs finally start on the crumbling Depew Amtrak platform, but how far will they go?
A crew is sealing cracks at the Buffalo-Depew Amtrak station after a CSX flagger finally arrived. The rider who fell there wants the platform rebuilt, and Amtrak has not said whether this…
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Bills come off the bye with a safety suspended, Lamar Jackson back and a fourth-quarter problem to solve
The 5-1 Bills host Baltimore today with C.J. Gardner-Johnson suspended, Damar Hamlin stepping in and Lamar Jackson expected back. After giving up 30 fourth-quarter points in their last two wins, the question…
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Jessica Pegula, Buffalo’s own ‘JPEG,’ takes her clean tennis look to the WTA Finals once more
Buffalo-born Jessica Pegula heads to her fifth straight WTA Finals after a 50-win season, with a style she calls “the tennis look” and a hometown cheering her on.
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Buffalo should publish a plow report card after every storm
Buffalo’s new snow plan promises a plow on every residential street within 24 hours after a storm ends. The Common Council should require the city to publish, district by district, whether it…
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Property tax relief means little unless Buffalo and Erie County say what they will stop paying for
A Reason Foundation commentary warns that property tax cuts without spending cuts only move the cost to other taxes, fees or debt. Buffalo’s 19% levy increase and Erie County’s lower rate on…
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Niagara Falls sewage plant fix now costs $338 million, and the water board’s engineers call it unaffordable
A state order forces Niagara Falls to convert its sewage plant to biological treatment. The estimate has climbed to $338.2 million, and the board’s engineers say ratepayers can’t carry it without more…
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Albany’s $9 billion surplus cuts next year’s budget gap to $2.9 billion, two days before voters pick who spends it
The state’s Mid-Year Update raises tax revenue by $8.1 billion and cuts next year’s gap from $6.4 billion to $2.9 billion. What it means for the governor’s race, the watchdogs’ warnings, and…
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Haldimand Tract trial breaks until Nov. 9 as the court weighs Six Nations oral history
The Six Nations land-rights trial adjourned Oct. 28 and resumes Nov. 9 in Ontario Superior Court. Here is where the case stands.
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Champagne opens budget week as Poilievre presses Carney on debt interest
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne speaks in Toronto and Ottawa Monday before tabling the budget Nov. 5. The Conservatives’ bid to make Carney testify on deficits failed 153 to 170.
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Buffalo picks a former police precinct in the Old First Ward for its new animal shelter
Mayor Sean Ryan says the city will turn the former police station at 294 Louisiana St. into a modern animal shelter, replacing the cramped Oak Street building.
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Baskin runs on her record as Szymanski tries to unseat her in the 63rd Senate District
First-term state Sen. April Baskin faces former Lackawanna Mayor Geoffrey Szymanski on Tuesday in a district covering much of Buffalo’s East Side, Cheektowaga and Lackawanna.
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Justice Department asks appeals court to lift order barring pressure on election officials over noncitizen ballots
A federal judge barred the Justice and Homeland Security departments from pressuring election officials to set aside ballots. The administration has asked the 9th Circuit to lift the order.
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Lockport Common Council votes to take down the city’s Flock license plate cameras
The Common Council voted 5-1 to revoke permission for all eight Flock Safety cameras in the city.
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Albany installs a deli-counter ticket machine for its $9 billion surplus, and Western New York pulls No. 4,117
Satire: New York finds $9 billion it didn’t expect, and the line for it runs down State Street. Buffalo, as usual, is near the back.
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Erie County early vote passes 80,000, already above the 2022 nine-day total
Erie County’s early vote has topped 80,000 ballots with two days left, about 14% above the full 2022 total.
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Haldimand trial week three: Canada and Ontario challenge Six Nations oral history
Canada and Ontario objected to Six Nations’ oral history evidence as the land-rights trial entered its third week.
