Murphy Calls for Corwin Last week, I asked Green Party candidate Ian Murphy what his plans were for the weekend, and he sort of shrugged. Evidently, he had this up his sleeve. He posed as an eager young Republican volunteer, waltzed into Corwin HQ and started making calls. I actually spoke with roughly 100 people, [...]

[ May 28, 2011; ]

Memorial Day Ceremony to honor war heroes past & present at historic Concordia Cemetery, 438 Walden Avenue, Buffalo NY 14211.

Noon – 1 pm Saturday May 28.

http://www.concordiabuffalo.com/

Riter Radio Weekdays 3-6 pm. Today’s Guests: WIVB’s Paul Peck Hour One How much sympathy should one receive when they’re struck by a train? It shouldn’t be much, plus a story from the Riter household; The rapture did not happen, and it’s even noticed by Family Radio; A professional cyclist is killed by his car [...]

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Thanks to the great parishioners at Saint John Kanty church, BFA will now post their weekly bulletin on these pages!
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With warmer weather on the way, Buffalo Police are again stepping up their patrols in certain parts of the city.

Family members are mourning the loss of a 65-year-old Orleans County man, who died in a car crash Friday evening. The family set up a memorial in his honor this past weekend.

Glenn, Rob and Allison from PRONE hit up the Edge of the Unknown to talk about their investigations in and around the Western New York area. Lots of fun – they will certainly be back! No hour three because I’m an idiot and deleted it by accident. www.pro-ne.org Download: Edge of the Unknown – PRONE [...]

Listen to Nick Mendola live on weekdays from noon-3 p.m. Hour One: Nick talks about the 26th Congressional District special election that takes place tomorrow, the investigation in Los Angeles surrounding the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan and how dumb the NFL lockout is. Download audio file (052311nick01.mp3)5/23/11 Nick Mendola Hour One Hour [...]

Tomorrow marks the beginning of the Homeless Alliance of WNY’s Poverty Challenge.  The Poverty Challenge is a 3 day active poverty simulation designed to raise awareness about poverty, the root cause of homelessness.  This year’s challenge will take place May 24-26.    The Homeless Alliance Budget/Reflection Guide contains all the information need to participate, Homeless Alliance [...]

With the special election for the 26th Congressional District tomorrow, Bill gives his take on the race as well as the infidelities of IMF head Dominique Strauss-Khan. Hour One:Download audio file (052311billohr01.mp3)5/23/11 Bill O’Loughlin Hour One Hour Two:Download audio file (052311billohr02.mp3)5/23/11 Bill O’Loughlin Hour Two Hour Three: Download audio file (052311billohr03.mp3) 5/23/11 Bill O’Loughlin Hour [...]

  You don’t need to be a banker or hold an economics degree, to completely understand tonight’s HBO 9 p.m. movie “Too Big to Fail.” But it would help. Revolving around the 2008 financial crisis, “Fail” gets a better than passing grade because of a cast led by William Hurt (see above) as Treasury Secretary [...]

Enter for your chance to win two rounds of golf, a card, and bucket of balls for the driving range at Seneca Hickory Stick Golf Course in Lewiston, NY.

Both the Siena and PPP Polls show a tight race. Although Hochul has momentum and is better liked than her adversaries, it’s still a pretty red district that’s been inundated with remunerated Republican operatives. If you have any time at all to help make sure that Hochul’s vote turns out, please contact her campaign at (716) [...]

Is Phil Corwin Pissed? That’s the claim being made in this blog post that was emailed to me yesterday. While the facts are a bit sloppy (e.g., the Channel 2 debate was held at 9am, not 12pm), it wouldn’t at all surprise me if the Corwins were caught unawares by the dirty trickery of the [...]