Just when you think you’ve seen it all, this pops up. Doing a Google search of the Chinese auto manufacturer Shuanghuan Auto, who’ve been sued for ripping off Daimler’s smart fortwo (ya think?), I find that there’s a dealership in Des Moines, Iowa (supposedly) selling this stuff. The cars are marketed under the Noble nameplate; [...]

Ward Cleaver in his ’57 Ford Custom 300 From season one, episode 17 of Leave It to Beaver, entitled “The Paper Route,” here’s Ward’s 1957 Ford Custom 300. This episode first aired on January 31, 1958. My Dad had a white Ford just like this, except it was a Tudor (as Ford called them back [...]

Hockey fans heading down the street towards the First Niagara Center might have been a bit surprised tonight, when at approximately 6:54 PM, the dazzling new marquees of the First Niagara Center were lit up for the very first time high atop the arena. The Sabres made the most of it, offering a short lighting [...]

’62 Ford Falcon, Ransomville, N.Y. Something tells me from the looks of the rear tires on this 1962 Ford Falcon that it’s not somebody’s winter car. Spotted in Niagara County just yesterday. — Jim Corbran, You Auto Know

On Wednesday, for the second year in a row, Hallwalls is taking bingo out of the church basement and putting it right in the (former) hall of worship: It’s the Bingo Bizarre, from which lucky winners walk away with gift certificates and honest-to-goodness art. Bingo cards are $5, special game boards are $3, and there’s [...]

Erie County zLegislator Dan Kozub is pushing for legislation that would ban hydrofracking throughout Erie County. In a press release, Kozub says, “I have heard a number of experts testify that the potential for the risk to our fresh water supply is too great for the small reward of extracting natural gas. Our fresh water [...]

’71 Lincoln Continental Mark III, Niagara Falls USA In 1968 Lincoln introduced a new personal luxury coupe; they saw a market and grabbed it. They probably also saw the fact that the un-Mark Continental two-door hardtop was just too big of a car to look good as a two-door (even though it hung on anyway [...]

2012 Ford Focus Coupé-Cabriolet — U.K. From the “Nice, But You Can’t Buy One Here Dept.” the 2012 Ford Focus Coupé-Cabriolet. Yes, a Ford Focus convertible with a retractable hard top. Available in Great Britain starting at £22,419.89 — see the details here. — Jim Corbran, You Auto Know

VW Vanagon Westfalia camper, Niagara Falls USA So, when it came time for VW to design the third generation of its venerable bus, they cut no corners. No, literally, I mean they left all of the corners on! You’ve gotta admit, this 1980-ish Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia is pretty square. But then again, in the ’80s [...]

A free opportunity to meet face-to-face with banks and mortgage servicers about payment programs is scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 29 from 10 am to 2 pm. The event, sponsored by Senator Mark Grisanti, will take place at Bennett High School, located at 2885 Main Street in the City of Buffalo. Co-sponsors of [...]

Unless you are a politician running for County Executive this year, you faced a Media Blackout. The television stations have refused to put your issues out there or even mention your name. Unless of course you pay them. To the average voter the question becomes; “Who’s on first and what’s on second?” At this week’s [...]

Tired of overthrowing dictators? Need a break from assassinating terrorists? Too cold out to occupy Buffalo during October? Then head up to the Falls! This evening (Friday October 21 at 9:30 pm) Dave Nolf and crew plan to occupy Club 101 in the Seneca Niagara Casino. Enjoy the sounds of Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, [...]

Review: Best of Buffalo 2011 compilation With all the talented artists inhabiting Buffalo’s burgeoning music scene, putting all the best on one CD would be an impossible tasks. Still, Vergetone Records has done an admirable job of compiling some of the Queen City’s most talented artists on the new Best of Buffalo 2011 compilation album. [...]

Big Night continues its run of throwing literary parties with booze, food, and poets who don’t suck with this Saturday, October 22, with poet Kent Johnson and musical guests Clandestina y la Raza Cósmica! Kent Johnson entered the literary scene in the 1990s when he emerged as the possible author of a bounty of poems [...]

Yesterday, at the St. Joe’s debate between county executive candidates Mark Poloncarz and Chris Collins, one of the students asked Collins the same question Buffalo News reporter Bob McCarthy asked last week, but more pointedly: Didn’t Collins think that the massive contributions to his campaign by the Harris Beach law firm, and that firm subsequently [...]