IN FLANDERS FIELDS
John McCrae, 1915.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up [...]

This 1978 Buick Century Sport Coupe is still sitting out by the road in the town of Freedom, N.Y., even though I took this photo last December. This was GM’s first year for its down-sized intermediates, and Buick (as well as Oldsmobile) featured this fastback styling in both two- and four-door versions. Buick had four [...]

Two hard luck losses by the Bisons this weekend against the Toledo Mud Hens left the teams splitting the four game series, as the Bisons dropped a slugfest to Toledo, 8-7, before a sundrenched crowd at Coca Cola Field this afternoon.
Starter Dylan Owen got into trouble in the second inning, surrendering back to back solo [...]

There’s a story going around on the internet today that Ford Motor Company may be winding down the Mercury brand. Bloomberg.com is reporting that top Ford executives are putting together a plan to phase out the Mercury nameplate, started by Henry Ford’s son Edsel in 1939, and that the plan will be presented to company [...]

One of many car dealers located along the Lancaster-Depew corridor on Broadway, Cerullo Motors, at 4955 Broadway in Depew, N.Y., sold Lincoln and Mercurys, including the compact Comet which was featured in this Buffalo Evening News ad from October 26, 1964. I remember the Comet well; when I was a paperboy one of my customers [...]

Late 1960s Toyota Land Cruiser, Ellicottville, N.Y.

Toyota’s first Land Cruiser went on sale for the 1951 model year, and it was more Jeep-like than today’s Land Cruisers. This Series FJ55 model was Toyota’s first of the “station-wagon-like” LCs, a body style which was in production from 1967-1980. This week’s in-the-grass find is an FJ55 recently [...]

Since the moment he was installed into his position by Mayor Byron Brown, Henry Littles has been under fire as manager of the Marine Drive Apartments, the BMHA-owned public housing complex on Buffalo’s waterfront.
Now he’s resigned. Details on the reason for his resignation are forthcoming (we’re waiting for an okay from a party to the [...]

The New York Post is reporting that a statewide Siena poll released this morning shows Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy – despite backing from Cox and two months of open campaigning – has actually fallen behind Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino in Republican primary for governor.
The survey found Levy would draw 14 percent of the vote [...]

Theatre of Youth is casting several roles for children in the 2010-2011 Season.
Auditions are on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 beginning at 6 PM at The Allendale Theatre, 203 Allen Street, Buffalo.
AN APPOINTMENT IS REQUIRED.
Seeking boys 11-13 years old and girls 10 – 13 years old.
Acting experience / training is a must.
Audition appointments can [...]

The New York Times online today published this article on Buffalonians who live in the New York City area but maintain an affection for their home town. I’m sure the writer thinks that she is saluting the spirit of Gotham’s poor relation to the west, but it’s an awfully condescending piece filled with thoughtless cliches. [...]

Knuckle City Films is starting new MAJOR MUSIC VIDEO/SHORT FILM in June and are looking for actors and extras who are looking for exposure.
CALL: 1-866-280-08599 FOR DETAILS

Used to be a time you could buy a new car on Main Street in Buffalo — just about every make was represented somewhere, starting from downtown right on up through Amherst and Williamsville. Now there’s not a new car dealer anywhere within the city limits. On any street. Pity. At the corner of Main [...]

Out in the hills of the Town of Yorkshire , N.Y. sit these two 1958 Chrysler New Yorker four-door hardtops, both with plates — but I can’t say they looked like they’ve moved in a while.
For their age, and for late-50s Chrysler products, they don’t look too rusty (at least, not from my vantage point [...]