The spawn of Andy Rudnick experienced the tax cuts he is always proponing first hand when Niagara County decided they had better things to do with the $50,000 a year they were paying to be members of the Buffalo Niagara Enterprise. Apparently, even republicans in …

From Jan. 9 through Feb. 29, “Waterfront Glimpses,” an exhibit of photographs by Gene Witkowski, will be on display in the Buffalo Niagara Visitors Center Gallery, located within the Market Arcade Building at 617 Main St. in Buffalo. Gene Witkowski is a self-taught photographer who …

BPS Community School #53 is holding a fundraiser on January 14, 2011 to support 5th & 6th Grade honor students going to Washington, DC June 6-9. We need your support for this to be successful. Tickets to this event are $20 per person! This is …

Sale of City Owned Property—The Council approved the sale of the following City owned properties: Ellicott District 476 Riley Street was sold to Mr. Edward Motley and Ms. Vernetta Harvin for $2,100 Appointments The Council approved the appointment of the following individual to a position …

A new prescription drug law, recently signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, is being praised by New York’s pharmacists, who say it enhances competition, fairness and public health, by giving consumers more choice in filling their prescriptions. Among them is Middleport pharmacist Stephen Giroux of the …

Erie County Executive-elect Mark C. Poloncarz announced his appointees for the senior positions of Commissioners of Health, Emergency Services and Environment and Planning, Director of Budget and Management, and County Attorney. The appointees are: · Gale R. Burstein, MD, MPH, FAAP, FSAHM, Commissioner of Health …

Did you know that New York State Law specifically exempts the governor from any obligation to keep records except “as are deemed by him of sufficient value for preservation” ? As Michael Keller at the New York World (an accountability journalism project covering city and state …

Over the summer, there were those who ridiculed me for thinking the Bills could make a run at .500. I didn’t quite go that crazy, but I did predict a 7-9 season for our Buffalo Bills. Even if the Bills don’t defeat New England, I will be still be a winner. For you see, I [...]

Many local Time Warner Cable subscribers may not care whether New York Knicks games are carried here on MSG, but Carmelo Anthony’s team may be the key to how long the verbal battle between TWC and the sports network that carries Buffalo Sabres games continues as a Jan. 1 contract deadline nears. Today’s New York [...]

On a regular basis polling shows the American public has very little trust/faith in the ability of government. G. Edward DeSeve has a great post on Governing.com expressing his thoughts on six factors that are important for the public to regain trust in government. Excerpts …

It didn’t take scrolling far down my Twitter feed over the weekend to realize the majority of Buffalo Bills fans were unpleasantly surprised they knocked off the Denver Broncos Saturday in rather dominant fashion, 40-14.  To a portion of fans, the win was really a …

From all of us at WNYmedia.net, we hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday season. Refresh to Update: @Enimsaj_Love: RT @SpaceJamXI: I got more texts wishing me a happy Thanksgiving on Thanksgiving than telling me "Merry Christmas" on Christmas lol. about 13 hours …

As of post time, the Bills could draft no higher than 7th and no lower than 16th (haha). I’m not claiming this to be infallible — see Joe B. of WGR (he has an Excel sheet regarding strength of schedule) for that — but some things to consider regarding Bills draft order: *1. Indy (2-13) – at Jacksonville *2. [...]

Good afternoon, everybody. I know you’re all looking forward to spending time with their families over the holidays, but we did have one last piece of business to finish up. I said it was critical for Congress not to go home without preventing a tax …

Good afternoon, everybody. I know you’re all looking forward to spending time with their families over the holidays, but we did have one last piece of business to finish up. I said it was critical for Congress not to go home without preventing a tax …