The Buffalo Chronicle https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Buffalo Niagara added jobs again in September, but it’s the only peer region with fewer businesses than in 2020 Four years after it was announced, Tonawanda’s fix for Young Street bridge strikes gets final approval DOE touts West Valley cleanup progress, but the study behind its biggest decision still hasn’t been released Upstate Niagara’s West Seneca dairy expansion grows to $325 million, with $35 million for on-site power Erie County’s Legislature should write purchasing limits into law before it votes on the 2027 budget A fatal crash should trigger a quick look at the street, and Buffalo can build that habit now New York sues Interior to strip two Seneca parcels of sovereign status. The case turns on where the money came from Buffalo says it has 44 pieces of snow equipment and 3,000 tons of salt ready, as the first snow of the season nears The Bills stadium’s 6% surcharge has raised $2.88 million for Erie County in two months. None of it stays in the county Niagara County Republicans keep the Legislature at 12–3, but a 34-vote Democratic lead in District 5 is still being counted Trump and Carney say a trade deal is close, but a 50% tariff and the auto dispute remain The Feed: Seneca land lawsuits, New York’s ICE jail deadline, Canada’s immigration numbers and Stephen Miller’s appointment lead the week online The Kenney Field jet is nearly restored, and the crew found bullet holes under its old patches OLV Basilica’s copper dome is about 80% restored, with the scaffolding due down next August Alden’s ambulance switch is three weeks away, and residents still have questions about the Mercy Flight deal Sears-Paderewski Park is getting a $2.3 million rebuild. The public record is quieter on who will maintain it Buffalo’s $61.4 million heat network won approval. The state’s own math says heat pumps would cut carbon for less Congress returns with a Dec. 11 funding deadline, a stalled farm bill and a defense bill in doubt. Here is what Western New York has riding on it UB enrolls its 20 paused license-plate cameras in a seminar on how to be properly socialized Hamburg votes unanimously to pause data centers for a year, and officials say nothing is proposed Rachel Martinez wins Cheektowaga’s special Town Board election as voters also back term limits An Oscar winner’s film about the Amherst McDonald’s that sheltered blizzard strangers comes to HBO Nov. 24 Schwabl’s still treats beef on weck as Buffalo’s original specialty, and its owners want it left alone Buffalo’s school board should put its final closure plan in writing and vote on it Nov. 18 Workforce Pell can pay for fast job training. New York should start certifying programs Buffalo can use Langworthy, Tenney and Kennedy head back to a House that Democrats will run Abuse survivors approve the Buffalo Diocese’s $327 million settlement plan, with court approval still to come Haldimand Tract trial resumes Monday after a Six Nations witness described language loss and displacement UB pauses its Flock camera pilot indefinitely, and hands the decision to a committee that has met twice Erie County’s 2026 count isn’t finished. The 143rd Assembly race shows what is still left to tally Haldimand Tract trial breaks until Nov. 9 as the court weighs Six Nations oral history Wheatfield’s 2027 budget heads to a Nov. 2 hearing with a $13.70 tax increase for a typical home Fantasy Island is still for sale, and Grand Island is waiting to learn what comes next Erie County is right to open a 24/7 shelter. It should show the public the bill. Erie County’s helicopter deal shows how its purchasing office slipped past its own guardrails Election Day in Western New York: polls open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. after nearly 100,000 early votes in Erie County Buffalo’s school closure plan is headed for changes, with no new vote date yet West Seneca neighbors want a Thruway sound wall, but state rules leave little room for one Metro Rail’s newest station is closed while Main Street’s final rebuild runs late Wolf Blitzer, the Kenmore kid with the silver beard, brings his Situation Room cool home to Buffalo Station Twelve opens its first stores Thursday, 11 years after Amherst was promised a new Northtown Plaza State audits flag a $346,000 fire hall overrun in Lancaster, questioned meal spending in Le Roy and lapsed school door badges across WNY Herzog tells Israel’s leaders to ‘stop climbing trees’ as Arab parties line up behind Eisenkot Federal disaster loans open to Buffalo-area homeowners, renters and businesses hit by Sept. 3 floods Cheektowaga Central Middle School PTA named a National PTA School of Excellence Carney and Trump say a trade deal is back in reach, but Ottawa warns it is “not on the verge” before the midterms A vacant Swan Street corner is slated for housing. Tests found lead at 50 times the residential cleanup limit Buffalo asked in March to lead the Scajaquada makeover. The state’s timeline still puts it behind the 33 Current Breaking