An earthquake just hit Buffalo. Here are the full details… Thousands of people evacuated buildings across Washington, D.C., and New York City on Tuesday after a moderate earthquake in Virginia that was also felt as far south as Chapel Hill, N.C. Parts of the Pentagon, White House and Capitol were among the areas [...]
Another Earthquake Hits Buffalo
on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Buffalo adds 7,300 New Jobs
on Friday, July 22nd, 2011
(From Buffalo News) The Buffalo Niagara job market is heating up with the weather. The region added jobs during June at the fastest annual rate in almost three years, as the warm weather led to a big jump in construction work, the state Labor Department said Thursday. The two-county region added 7,300 jobs over the [...]
Quality Analyst Jobs
on Saturday, July 9th, 2011
HotBuffalo is receiving pressure to help find more candidates that want to work in Western NY. This time we are looking for Quality Analysts. Brief Jobs Description Experience managing and leading the Test effort for software development projects. Experience using test automation tools, approaches and techniques preferred. Strong programming, analytical, debugging and diagnostic/problem solving skills [...]
Software Jobs–Apply Here in 10 seconds!
on Friday, July 8th, 2011
There is a HUGE demand for all sorts of software architects right now. Among those are… Business Intelligence (BI) Architects Software Architect Software/SharePoint Architect EDI Architect QA Architect Technical Architect The General Description is … Accountable for expertise in supporting their assigned systems, responsible for providing technical solutions to a variety of business problems, gathering [...]
WNY Resumes
on Friday, June 17th, 2011
Erie County currently has an unemployment rate of 7.4%. Compare that to the national rate of 9.1%. This means that Erie county is doing 18% better than the rest of the country. Do you buy that? We do! There are a lot of skilled people out there that are too afraid to submit a resume [...]
Good Things–Parks Mexican Casino ECC
on Friday, June 10th, 2011
I found a lot of great reads this morning. Ellicott Street Linear Park in construction. Note the intersection of Virginia, Oak and Ellicott – properly reconfigured! I was hoping they’d do that. http://www.buffalorising.com/2011/06/ellicott-park-work-underway.html#SlideFrame_1 Cantina LOCO!!!!!!!!! (Old Steel Crazy space going Mexican) http://www.buffalorising.com/2011/06/cantina-loco.html#SlideFrame_2 Seneca Casino update http://www.buffalonews.com/business/article450016.ece ECC downtown/Rocco Rocks!!!!!!!!!!! (The man has vision and the [...]
Buffalo Mayor Missing Something
on Friday, May 20th, 2011
QUESTION: But what’s wrong with this? … what’s missing here? ANSWER: The OFFICIAL City of Buffalo Mayoral Podium. Byron doesn’t leave City Hall without it! (Check’em all out.) I need to mail a letter,… better take my podium!
Discount Drug Car
on Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Ranking right up there with “Bubble Man”, “Crazy Alice”, “Shoeshine Randy” and the “Lady in White” we welcome "Discount Drug Car” to list of Hot Buffalo topics! Buffalo is one of the few places where you can just assume “716” (716.884.7980) is in the phone number for you out-of-towners looking to discount your drugs. From [...]
Sabres Playoff Beard
on Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Sabres Playoff hockey begins tonight! For those that want to go the extra step and support the Sabres, they are sponsoring a “PLAY OFF BEARDS” Also for those that can’t grow one, you can build one on site.
Cheapest Good Sabres Jersey
on Friday, April 8th, 2011
If you looking for a good quality Sabres Jersey for the least amount of money we have done the research for you. Below is the best jersey that our team could find online. Most jersey’s this price are usually the old “Yellow Slug”. This inexpensive jersey costs under $100 and comes in Blue, White and [...]
New Bisons Scoreboard
on Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
A new scoreboard at Pilot Field North Americare Park Duplop Field Coca-Cola Field has been needed at the Bisons’ home park for some time. It has been a long time coming but the Bisons now have the largest scoreboard in the minor leagues. This monster measures 80 by 33 feet and is 300% the size [...]
The First Brewery to Sell Beer
on Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
As a follow up to our post about Brew Year’s Eve we wanted to point out that the first brewery to serve beer after beer prohibition ended was none other that our nearly local brewery Utica Club. Here is a commercial from many years ago featuring the main 2 mascots of Utica Club. Schultz and [...]
Brew Year’s Eve
on Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
Thursday is a very special day in history. It marks the end of Prohibition. "Wait a minute?!? Didn’t Prohibition end on December 5th?" you ask. Well, not exactly. December 5th marks the appeal of the 18th Amendment, with the ratification of the 21st. A great Amendment. My personal favorite. But how is it that Prohibition [...]
Byron Brown Stepping Down
on Friday, April 1st, 2011
Later this afternoon or early Monday morning Buffalo Mayor, Byron Brown, is expected to resign. There is no inclination to details about why exactly this is happening. Is this a power play by little known Steven Casey? Is there a “Chris Lee” type scandal that is forcing this mustached mayor out of politics? Has Carl [...]
Buffalo Wine Festival
on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Reminder: The Buffalo Wine Festival is this weekend! The Wine festival is broken up into 2 sessions. 1pm-4pm: $25 presale/ $30 at the door 6pm-9pm: $30 presale/ $35 at the door. With the cold weather preventing us from enjoying the local wine tours, this is a great way to get out there and enjoy some [...]