Buffalo developer Carl Paladino has officially tossed his hat into the ring for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. He says he’ll bring change to state government. Paladino has the support of the local Tea Party movement, and enters the GOP field alongside former Long Island Congressman Rick Lazio and Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy.
A Williamsville teenager will spend three years behind bars for severely beating a classmate. 18-year-old Curtis Byers previously admitted to the brutal assault in the Williamsville South High School cafeteria in March of 2009. Byers pleaded guilty to second-degree assault. He has a history of run-ins with the law, having set fire to a vacant Buffalo home in which a firefighter nearly died and also a shooting during an armed robbery.
Two adult clubs which had their liquor licenses suspended are awaiting a judge’s ruling on their appeals. The judge hearing the case against Rick’s Tally-Ho in Cheektowaga says he will rule in a day or so on if the club can sell liquor again. However, the judge hearing the case involving 24KT Gold in Hamburg did not say when a ruling would be announced and refused to allow the club to sell alcohol in the meantime. Last month, the State Liquor Authority suspended the licenses after raiding the establishments. More than two dozen employees face federal indictments.
It was supposed to be a quick trip to a restaurant and a park for an employee and an autistic patient over the weekend. But the two men left the People Inc. residence in Amherst Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. and were not found until Monday morning in Buffalo. Police are questioning the employee, 40-year-old Michel Donnelly, to find out what happened. Investigators say the autistic man is 38-years-old who communicates only through sign language. Both were located in good health.
A Town of Elma man is behind bars on charges that he assaulted his own brother. 30-year-old John Lawson allegedly became violent after a dispute late Sunday night at a home on Transit Road. Erie County Sheriff’s deputies say the victim suffered significant injuries. Lawson has been charged with second-degree assault and menacing. He remains in the Erie County Holding Center.
Rescuers and firefighters cleared the scene of a downtown Fredonia fire last night. Officials say the blaze started in the bedroom of a building near the M&T Bank on East Main Street. No injuries have been reported yet and the amount of damage caused has yet to be determined.
A local church property is being sold to the University of Buffalo to expand the school’s downtown presence. UB purchased 15-acres of land from St. John Baptist Church for 15-million dollars. The land is located within the High Street medical corridor, and the university is planning on using the site to increase the size of its medical school . St. John’s Church wants to use the money from UB to jump start plans for a 500-million-dollar revitalization of the adjacent Fruit Belt neighborhood.
- Image of Central Terminal
Buffalo’s Polish community, as well as the Polish-for-a-day, were out in full force on a beautiful Dyngus Day yesterday. Near-perfect weather marked big celebrations around the area, including a parade past the historic Central Terminal in Buffalo, and a dance at the Hearthstone Manor. Tradition has it that Dyngus Day was created in Buffalo, and that our area has the biggest Dyngus Day celebrations in the country.
Plans for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s 75th Anniversary Season have been announced. Sixteen programs will be performed by BPO from October through June. The BPO gave its first-ever performance on November 7th, of 1935 at the Elmwood Music Hall.
- Neil Young via last.fm
Ol’ Weird Neil is coming back to Buffalo. Neil Young will perform a solo-acoustic show on May 19th at Shea’s, one of 14-dates on his just-announced “Twisted Road” tour.
