’50 Ford Tudor, Niagara Falls, USA Other than the cool “blue dot” taillight lenses, this 1950 Ford Tudor seems pretty much untouched. Unusual, as these cars were favorites with hod rodders and customizers over the years. This one was seen parked recently in a Niagara Falls front yard. — Jim Corbran, You Auto Know

USPS Grumman LLV You see them every day, but do you know what they are?  Yes, they’re mail trucks, and they’re made by Grumman.The Grumman LLV to be exact. LLV stands for Long Life Vehicle, and the plan was for them to have a life-span of at least 24 years. Grumman built over 99,000 of [...]

In solidarity with struggling Americans everywhere, members of the local honky tonk community are praising this Saturday’s (10/15, 9:30pm) performance by the Steam Donkeys at the Sportsmen’s Tavern as an opportunity to create real, meaningful change. “It’s been a slow train coming, but fans are beginning to realize that when they buy a drink at [...]

Our man on the ground, Aaron Lowinger, sent in this dispatch last night about the debate between Mark Poloncarz and Chris Collins: The warm night was sharply countered by A/C on full blast inside WNED studios, where the stage was set for the first of two debates between incumbent Erie County Executive Chris Collins and [...]

Chevy Big Wheel, Niagara Falls USA I’m betting that the owner of this mid-to-late 1980s Chevy owned a Big Wheel as a child. — Jim Corbran, You Auto Know

This week I followed up on a story broken by UB student newspaper the Spectrum on Wednesday. To recap, UB Foundation Activities, a 501c3 not-for-profit appeared as a donor to Collins for Our Future—County Executive Chris Collins’s campaign organization—to the tune of $2,560. Since such a donation would be a clear violation of IRS rules [...]

There’s a lot of talk about Mark Poloncarz’s first campaign commercial. Meantime, candidates further down the ballot are trying to be heard, too. Here’s the first commercial from Gillian Brown, who’s running for Buffalo City Court on the Working Families Party line:

How ’bout this nice 1960 Chrysler Windsor two-door hardtop, spotted last week in Lewiston? Maybe the most graceful tailfins of the era — and they held a set of taillights which were very popular with customizers of the time. Seeing a 1960-anything with a two-tone paint job isn’t unusual; seeing one with a black top is. [...]

This afternoon at First Niagara Center, members of the media were invited to get a first peek at the interior renovations to the arena’s locker room and player facilities. The improvements are magnificent. There are new players lounges, expanded training and workout facilities, a workshop for equipment repair, modern medical room, a “wow” factor elliptical [...]

Tonight (Oct 12) at 7pm in the Burchfield Penney Art Center Auditorium (1300 Elmwood Ave.) the Modern and Classical Languages Department at Buffalo State College will present the second of their five part French film series. The film, De Dieux Et Des Hommes (Of Gods and Men) (2010) is a sublime tale of faith and [...]

2012 Chevy Colorado, Thailand While Ford has announced it’s throwing in the towel on the domestic smaller pickup market, GM has unveiled that the new 2012 Chevy Colorado, which went into production last week in Thailand, will also be produced for the North American market. GM isn’t yet saying where it will be built, or [...]

Click here to check out the office expenditure rankings for NYS legislators. Disgraced Bronx politician Pedro Espada ($792,253) ran away with the number one spot. Locally, George Maziarz ($357,180) ranked 17th among state senators. Robin Schimminger ($314,479) finished just out of the medal running at number four among the state assembly. Visit SeeThroughNY to search [...]

Singer/songwriter and native of Buffalo, Peter Case, is an immortal. After two decades of songwriting the 57 year old from Hamburg has kicked it into overdrive, releasing two albums since the begining of the 2010 as well as starring in a documentary about his own life called Troubador Blues. “Is there a place in our [...]

2012 Ford Ranger, South Africa The mid-sized Ford Ranger pickup is soon going away in North America, as production will finish up at Ford’s St. Louis plant in December, with plans to end sales sometime early in 2012. That’s not the case for the rest of the world, though. The new 2012 Ford Ranger pickup [...]