Buff State student-athletes kick off week-long community service event at Delaware Park
BUFFALO — Over 150 Buffalo State student-athletes will head across the street to Delaware Park to help clean up fallen leaves in the park and along Lincoln Parkway throughout this…
Buffalo State expert provides tips to prevent teen drug use
BUFFALO — More than 30 years after listening to customers at her family’s chocolate shop confide their problems, Carolyn Hilarski, professor of social work, is still offering advice. It’s packed…
Garbage trucks to be added to ‘Move Over Law’
New York State’s “Move Over Law” will expand as of Tuesday to now include garbage trucks. It’s already law that drivers must — whenever possible — change lanes to allow…
New York Attorney General offers tips on comparing health care plans
NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today issued an updated brochure offering tips to New Yorkers buying health insurance coverage for 2017. The pamphlet, titled “Shopping For Health…
ALERT: BPD SWAT responds to incident on Saranac Ave.
BUFFALO — Buffalo Police Department’s SWAT is on scene at a home on Saranac Avenue where they say a man was making threats inside. Police say the situation may force…
RIT gets grant from Gates Foundation for vaccine market study
ROCHESTER — Rochester Institute of Technology received a three-year, $374,949 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for faculty-researcher Rubén Proaño to study and help design a coordinated decision-support…
Town of Tonawanda temporarily extends on-street parking
TOWN OF TONAWANDA — Residents and visitors to the Town of Tonawanda can park on streets overnight through Nov. 15. The town which has an ordinance prohibiting on-street parking between…
Police cracking down on drunk drivers this weekend
New York State Police and local law enforcement agencies will increase patrols to crack down on drunk and impaired driving this Halloween weekend. The special traffic enforcement detail, which is…