Today is the Democratic primary for mayor of Buffalo, with only 2 candidates in place for the overall election, Councilman Mickey Kearns and Mayor Byron Brown.  Besides having a political party and work address in common, both Brown and K…

The renovated residential building at 65 Whitney Place is for sale.  Developer Sunset Bay Park Inc. purchased the building in May 2007 and recently completed upgrades to the historic property.  The building contains six residential u…

That is
the name given to an upcoming public forum on the revitalization & reuse of
places of worship in WNY. The forum is the first in a series of events
sponsored by Preservation Buffalo Niagara, intended to generate discussion
ab…

Those of you listening to WBFO’s morning show this week have been treated to the voice of Bert Gambini, the new host of Morning Edition during NPR and local news.Though Gambini has hosted the WBFO morning jazz segment for years, with a wealth…

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Face promoter Live Nation and HSBC Arena are pleased to announce that the Billy
Joel & Elton John concert at HSBC Arena has been rescheduled for Friday,
December 4, 2009 at 7:30PM.  All tickets from the original date in …

On Saturday, September 26th, the Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP) will be holding the 2009 Buffalo Tour de Farms Ride, a community bike ride through Buffalo and Western New York which will visit some local farms.  All proceeds from the …

Buffalo Public Schools has recently welcomed the addition of a Medical Director to advise the District on important health policies to keep students healthy and prevent the spread of communicable diseases. Dr. Steven J. Lana’s extensive experi…

Buffalo developer Carl Paladino was on WBEN this morning for the Bauerle Show.  Bauerle wasn’t there himself today, either not feeling well or figuring Paladino didn’t really need anyone to ask questions anyway, being sort of a self-start…

In this week’s segment of the Buffalo Rising Roundtable (Podcast) with WBFO News Director Mark Scott, we talked about the mayoral race for the first 12 minutes, and then Newell made an endorsement for his choice of mayor. We also dis…

By Todd MitchellKanazawa, Japan, Buffalo’s sister city there, is a former castle
town founded over 400 years ago. I recently spent a week there. Despite being
half a world apart, Kanazawa and Buffalo share many similarities. Both are
mid-siz…

Unlike our own BRO mayoral poll that shows over 600 votes for Mickey Kearns, with just over 100 for Byron Brown, WGRZ’s Channel 2 poll shows Brown pulling a lead over Kearns.In last week’s WGRZ poll, Brown held 48 percent to Kearns’ …

As everyone knows, the Bills open the regular season tonight on the road against the New England Patriots.  We’ll have Bills contests each week during the regular season and, for the opening Monday night affair, if any reader predicts the…

Staff Review: Anne
Conable, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library

Cathy Marie Buchanan’s
debut novel, The Day the Falls Stood Still (Hyperion Books,
2009), is what I’d call “a delicious read.”  It is a
romance…

By Christa SeychewMore and more often, after clearing away the dust of
construction, new
restaurateurs end up waiting (and waiting) for the state liquor authority to
approve their license before opening the doors. 
Sometimes they mov…

A friend of BRO sits on the committee that is on the search for a new president for Buffalo State College, and they want to present the best of Buffalo to potential candidates for the job.  If anyone knows the highlights over stereotypes …