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Buffalo Rising’s sneak peak into new benches for the Old First Ward
Some mighty cool benches are coming to the Old First Ward. Thanks to the continued creative vision of professor Brad Wales at the University at Buffalo, this city will once again benefit…
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Trump has not ‘Enabled Hate,’ but the media often has
The far Left has, often with the unfortunate aid of the national news media, transformed overnight from the party of “love trumps hate” into the party of “fear trumps truth.” via No, Trump…
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Village Voice: ‘Why do we have to go to Buffalo to see a retrospective of one of NYC’s most brilliant pop artists? ‘
Rosalyn Drexler has painted some of the best Pop art you’ve never seen. She’s also written three Obie award–winning plays and won an Emmy (with co-writers including Lorne Michaels and Richard Pryor)…
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Pot smokers feel ‘cheated’ by Prime Minister Justice Trudeau
Recreational marijuana users who worked hard to elect Prime Minister Justin Trudeau now feel “cheated” by his support of a police crackdown on storefront dispensaries, a cannabis industry spokesperson says. via Pot smokers…
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10 heartwarming photos of the celebration at Standing Rock
The US Army Corps of Engineers announced they will no longer allow the DAPL to cross under a river near the Standing Rock reservation. via 10 Heartwarming Photos of the Celebration at Standing…
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Scott Belsky on crafting the first mile of product
“How do you build a product that engages a user quickly enough to get them to The Zone and keep them over time?” Entrepreneur and Behance co-founder Scott Belsky explores building a…
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Activist who filed complaint against Christie plans to run for governor
The activist and former firefighter who filed a citizen’s official misconduct complaint against Gov. Chris Christie over the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal plans to run for New Jersey governor in 2017.…
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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are moving the family to DC
Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, are planning to move to Washington, DC, according to a new report. The power couple, who have been credited with steering Donald Trump’s presidential campaign…
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SPCA report contradicts police version of shootings that killed pit bulls in drug raids
BY FRANK PARLATO Buffalo NY – Necropsies by the Erie County SPCA on a pair of pit bulls shot and killed during ‘No Knock’ raids last summer contradict ‘Use of Force’ reports of…
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The speech that got JFK assassinated
President John F. Kennedy Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City April 27, 1961 Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen: I appreciate very much your generous invitation to be here tonight. You bear heavy responsibilities…
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Chris Jacobs saves county 100k pens
Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs issued a press release this week announcing he saved county taxpayers $45,000 in pens. He reports that after becoming County Clerk in 2013, he learned the office…
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Grant Ferry prostitution eases following Artvoice-Chronicle investigation
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI In the days after Artvoice and The Buffalo Chronicle published a story detailing the rampant open-air drug trade and prostitution economy that has engulfed the Grant Ferry section of the Upper…
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Attorney General found guilty of perjury, obstruction, abuse of power
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI Barely four years after winning a landslide election as Pennsylvania’s first female Attorney General, Kathleen Kane was convicted Monday of perjury, obstruction, criminal conspiracy, and other crimes relating to an…
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Ciampoli, a Skelos apparatchik, in town to kick Stocker off ballot
John Ciampoli is the Nassau County Attorney who signed off on the Ab Tech deal that was designed to enrich Adam Skelos, the son of the former Senate Majority Leader who was convicted…
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Schroeder says he will reverse Hertel Avenue meter plan, if elected mayor
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI City Comptroller Mark Schroeder said if he is elected mayor in 2017, he will reverse the controversial new Hertel Avenue metered parking plan set to go in effect this…
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Matt Albert seeks charges against Buffalo Police in dog ‘shooting spree’
The Buffalo Police Department reported their Narcotics Division executed a series of search warrants during the week of July 25-29, arresting several individuals and announcing they seized small quantities of drugs, mostly…
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Flynn fires back at Flaherty camp in battle for DA
BY TONY FARINA The battle for the job of Erie County district attorney is turning into a war of words between Acting DA Michael Flaherty and his opponent in the Democratic primary,…
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Mascia takes city to court to overturn Brown’s removal of him based on ‘illegal speech’
BY FRANK PARLATO Former Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (BMHA) Commissioner, Joe Mascia, 71, who was removed by Mayor Byron Brown from office in May, is suing BMHA and The City of Buffalo…
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War is the health of the State: an argument for the impeachment of Obama and Hillary
BY JIM OSTROWSKI “War is the health of the state,” said Randolph Bourne. “War is hell,” said General Sherman. The war criminal Sherman was an expert in the subjects of hell and…
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Michalek’s famous lawyer paid well to take guilty plea
BY TONY FARINA Carrie Cohen was a big-time prosecutor with corruption-fighting U. S. Attorney Preet Bharara in the Southern District of New York and before that, with the State Attorney General’s office. …
