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BY JOE GENCO A Short Take on Today’s News: –It’s Pearl Harbor day. May we never forget. –In the wake of President Trump’s dismissal of a report on climate change, federal environmental regulations continue to be rolled back. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46471447 –The Trump

BY NORBERT RUG My name is Norb and I’m a gambler. (Muted response, Hi Norb.) I don’t bet on the ponies or play poker. I don’t play the over/under on sports games but I gamble every day. When my alarm

BY JOE GENCO A Short Take on Today’s News: –National Republican Congressional Committee emails were hacked earlier in 2018 and the leadership didn’t find out until contacted by a journalist. https://www.politico.com/…/exclusive-emails-of-top-nrcc-off… –Our President thinks tariffs are fees paid by foreign

BY JOE GENCO A Short Take on Today’s News: –So that whole Peanut Roll thing didn’t work out. Showed up ready to ride, but ugh, fat tires and mountain bikes and mud and me. I tried. Made it 1.5 miles

BY JOE GENCO Journeyed to 9th Ward at Babeville for Davey O’s Food Bank of WNY fundraiser. Paul Lamont reminds me of John Prine. I never put my finger on it until last night. Tina Marie Williams has a wicked emotional register. I

BY NORBERT RUG Be sure to protect yourself from credit card crooks. Our lives are a series of credit card swipes for purchases. We swipe for gas, we swipe for groceries, and we swipe for our morning Triple, Venti, Half

BY JOE GENCO A short take on today’s news… –Hey! It’s Small Business Saturday. Take a walk around Clarence Center and spend some money on Main Street –Took a drive to Lockport with Beth and walked the trails in the Nature Center

BY NORBERT RUG They start early in the morning. A sound wakes me up from a sound sleep and I’m still in a fog. I don’t remember setting my alarm clock for this early in the morning and I slap

BY NORBERT RUG I value the traditions we have around the end of the year but some traditions are set in stone and some are a bit more fluid. We have burgers and fireworks for the Fourth of July, a

BY NORBERT RUG Buffalo winters could destroy your budget, because as the temperature goes down, it becomes more costly to heat your home. The good news is that you can reduce the monetary effect of cold weather by making a

BY NORBERT RUG Hire a veteran, it’s good for everyone. That person behind the counter or clerk you meet in the aisle of a store that you encounter today just might be a veteran. Veterans and reservists help staff and

In the course of every election cycle emerges a question — often from younger voters — that flusters a candidate, sometimes projecting an awkwardness that alienates him from a potentially critical swath of voters.  The political junkie quickly recalls George

Republican activists are asking Congressman Chris Collins to step down his reelection effort following an indictment by the Southern District of New York for insider trading and providing false information to a federal agent. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is

A spate of recent articles in The Buffalo News detailing celebrity superstar Vanessa Williams‘ affection for Buffalo has sparked widespread speculation among local political operatives that she is contemplating a run for Congress in New York’s 26th district.  The local political

Manhattan real estate tycoon Howard Milstein owns development rights to a 140-acre parcel of property in downtown Niagara Falls, and has contemplated redevelopment options for the tract of land since the late 1990s, through his interest in Niagara Falls Redevelopment,

The Catholic Dioceses of Buffalo has been in decline for six decades. It was once a mighty institution and the cornerstone of so many of Buffalo’s ethnic communities.  The Dioceses’ ornate churches struggle with dwindling congregations and increasing maintenance and

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Andrew Cuomo hasn’t made it completely clear that he intends to run for reelection.  He is widely expected to be a key witness in the upcoming public corruption trial of his chief lieutenant and political

In an interview on Hardline with Dave Debo, on WBEN NewsRadio 930 AM, County Legislator Betty Jean Grant said she intends to enter the race for Mayor of Buffalo in a formal announcement later this week. Grant says that conditions of the