A crowd of almost 1000 fans filed the practice arena adjacent to the SAP Arena in Mannheim to watch the Buffao Sabres play a practice scrimmage. It was the place to be as a hardy group of Buffalonians, mixed in with a good local contingent, gave their visitors a big cheer as the team went [...]

’57 Buick Special, Niagara Falls USA This past summer we showed you a ’57 Buick found in a Niagara Falls lot on Pine Avenue. Well, later on this 1957 Buick Special two-door sedan showed up in the back of the same lot. This one looks to be in better shape, body-wise at least, with most [...]

Fiat 500 car cover From the “What’s Old Is New Again Dept.” Fiat is selling a car cover in its accessories catalog for the new Fiat 500. It makes your new 2012 500 look like an old 500 from the 1950s. I’d like to see Cadillac try that! — Jim Corbran, You Auto Know

1956 Dodge Custom Royal, Brockton, N.Y. Took a drive along the Chautauqua Wine Trail yesterday (in the rain), and spotted this 1956 Dodge Custom Royal along the way in Brockton. Love the three-toned paint job; not too crazy about the black-painted hubcaps though (but, I do like the spinners!). — Jim Corbran, You Auto Know

“Charles Rand Penney never thought his life was extraordinary until he began interviewing for [this] book. He had taken for granted that he grew up on ‘Millionaires Row’ in Buffalo. He thought he was just like everyone else who studies and strives to learn.” Those are the words of Avis Townsend, who will be signing [...]

A free self-guided tour tomorrow (Oct 1) will take you to over 35 different innovative “green” buildings and homes across Western New York. From 10am to 4pm you can join over 1500 people learning about geothermal and solar energy, historic energy efficient buildings and straw bale. The event is sponsored by the Western New York [...]

In an editorial published Thursday, the Buffalo News takes to task the Erie County Industrial Development Agency for approving $49,000 in tax breaks for the construction of a Family Dollar store on a Seneca Street site that requires environmental remediation. They are right to do so, and I agree with their objection to the use [...]

September 15:  A sunny, but chilly, early fall evening. Huge, puffy white clouds dominated the sky downtown where I stood at the corner of Franklin and Mohawk, peering through the window blinds at a renovated space where the longtime gay bar, Buddies, went to die. There was a very different clientele in the house that [...]

I mean literally: not for nothing. I’m sure that former Channel 4 News reporter Lori Schultz will perform admirably as a writer of press releases, speeches, and marketing collateral for the mayor. Presumably, at $80,971 per year, she brings to the team skills to that the mayor’s chief spokesman, Michael DeGeorge, cannot provide at the [...]

1941 Cadillac Series 62, Tonawanda, N.Y. So here’s that 1941 Cadillac that I found down by the river in the Town of Tonawanda last week. It’s either a Series 61 or (I’m guessing) Series 62. Couldn’t find a brochure, but you can view a bunch of old ads here, or bone up on 1941 Cadillac [...]

Yesterday the Daily Kos printed this long portrait of Erie County Executive Chris Collins, with the intention of rallying Democrats across the country to support the campaign of his challenger this fall, Erie County Comptroller Mark Poloncarz. Here’s the preamble: Imagine if you could transport yourself back in time to the moment when Perry, Boehner, [...]

Yesterday the Daily Kos printed this long portrait of Erie County Executive Chris Collins, with the intention of rallying Democrats across the country to support the campaign of his challenger this fall, Erie County Comptroller Mark Poloncarz. Here’s the preamble: Imagine if you could transport yourself back in time to the moment when Perry, Boehner, [...]

Yesterday the Daily Kos printed this long portrait of Erie County Executive Chris Collins, with the intention of rallying Democrats across the country to support the campaign of his challenger this fall, Erie County Comptroller Mark Poloncarz. Here’s the preamble: Imagine if you could transport yourself back in time to the moment when Perry, Boehner, [...]

1967 Dodge Charger, Ransomville, N.Y. Passed by this sophomore year 1967 Dodge Charger the other day in Ransomville. It was a mid-sized full-fastback — a body style which for Dodge was much more successful than American Motors’ Marlin. Although, even the Charger abandoned the fastback for a blockbuster 1968 model which is still considered to [...]