Philadelphia, like most American cities, suffers from blight and abandonment. Many theories have been tested in efforts to combat blight in cities and in today’s New York Times there is an Op-Ed by Diana Lind, the editor at large for … Continue reading →

The city and Buffalo Niagara Partnership are forming a team to research ways to revamp downtown storefronts and buildings.

Revenge finally came six years later for Reggie Witherspoon and the UB Bulls basketball program.
Certainly the stakes weren’t nearly as high, but the unforgettable overtime loss in the 2005 MAC Championship game to Ohio — where the Bulls blew a 19-…

Tommunisms’ Consumer Retorts returns with a question: does mystery meat count as beef? A lawsuit against Taco Bell says it amounts to false advertising.

Mo Hassan is a sick fuck. Yesterday, I spent my lunch hour watching Mo Hassan conduct his first-ever cross-examination of a witness in his own murder trial.  Earlier in the day, Hassan and Jeremy Schwartz, his attorney, renewed their motions to relieve Schwartz of his duties.  Monday morning, however, Judge Franczyk reluctantly granted the motion. [...]

Image via Wikipedia The way the Time Warner feature On Demand works isn’t very funny. At least it isn’t very funny to local fans of some of the top-rated comedies in America and Western New York. One blog reader noted that he missed an episode of ABC’s “Modern Family” because a speech by  President Obama [...]

By now, most if not all Western New Yorkers know the James Starks story.  The rookie running back from Niagara Falls High School and the University at Buffalo college gets drafted by the Green Bay Packers and comes out of nowhere to help lead the Pack…

St. Bonaventure’s Matthew Wright and Duquesne’s T.J. McConnell were honored as Co-Rookies of the Week as announced by the league office on Monday.
Wright upped his career-high scoring total in back-to-back games pouring in 10 and 18 against…

The Minnesota Swarm today announced that the time of their Sunday, March 27 home game against the Buffalo Bandits has been changed from 5 p.m. EST to 2 p.m. EST to allow for a live telecast of the game on VERSUS.
The game will be one of nine NLL games …

I was shocked — but not surprised — to hear Friday night that Keith Olbermann and MSNBC were parting ways. That is to say that I couldn’t believe that MSNBC would let the most dynamic host they had slip through their fingers. But in all honesty, I had no trouble believing it at all. I [...]

Discussions about ethics reform continue at the state Capitol. It’s a key topic in Governor Andrew Cuomo’s agenda to overhaul Albany. Erin Billups reports.

Buffalo Common Councilman Darius Pridgen held his first community meeting since being elected to the Ellicott District seat. YNN’s Ryan Burgess tells us about the surprising announcement Pridgen made at the meeting Monday, on how he intends to use his …

Testimony in the murder trial of Muzzammil Hassan continued Monday after yet another twist in the case. YNN’s Kaitlyn Lionti tells us about the latest developments in the trial’s fourth day of testimony.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined advocates against gun violence on Monday to call for changes to the nation’s background check system. Josh Robin reports.

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