Ribbon cut on $62 million facility on Canadian side of bridge.
New plaza opens on Canadian side of bridge, expected to speed flow
on January 28th, 2011
Transit officer suspended for seized items
on January 28th, 2011
Admitted keeping more than 1,000 items security personnel confiscated.
Winterfest excitement heating up
on January 28th, 2011
Second annual Buffalo Winterfest & Powder Keg Festival set for Feb. 11-13.
YMCA’s new branch partners with Independent Health
on January 28th, 2011
New $23 million facility planned near ECC's North Campus will be bolstered by unusual partnership.
Hassan portrays himself as victim
on January 28th, 2011
Muzzammil "Mo" Hassan took the witness stand at his own trial Thursday and testified his wife, Aasiya, bullied and threatened him in rages.
Good Morning, Buffalo
on January 28th, 2011
A quick look at what's happening in Western New York.
BSD 34-Pick NFL Mock Draft
on January 28th, 2011
Mock drafts, especially this time of year, are about as reliable as Rafael Palmeiro’s testimony at a Congressional steroids hearing . Players will rise and fall at the combine, pro days and in interviews. I’ll bet anything at least one guy among my current top 34 falls into the third round while another not listed [...]
Short & Sweet & To Be Continued
on January 28th, 2011
How could we top last week’s delivery of our kettles? After all, they’re big and shiny and awesome. I’ve seen them myself: they are. Oh yes, my pretties.
Well, I believe that despite the overwhelming shinyness of last week, we’ve managed to outdo it already; or at least we will by tomorrow. Shortly after the post went up, our TTB (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau) application was mailed in. That’s huge: it’s the first of the two biggest hurdles we’ll be facing, with the second being the State Liquor Authority, or SLA (not to be confused with the Special Libraries Association, of which I was briefly a member). Ain’ no beer being brewed without a TTB license.
May not be entirely accurate
So yeah, that’s all well and good in an adult, delayed gratification sort of way. But what about now? Big. Shiny. Well, as of tomorrow we’ve got that covered too, as Chris from Psychobrew is going to be rolling in to personally deliver our single tier burner system. We’ve posted pictures of it before, but not our pictures. Not in our brewery. We haven’t been able to take photos of us in front of the setup, grinning foolishly.
I picture Chris as transporting it on the backs of elephants, like the Prince Ali song from Aladdin, or The Decemberists’ The Infanta. I don’t think this is the case. But then, I haven’t seen it, have I? Maybe there are a multitude of coronets. Time will tell.
Words With Friends soldiers on
The games continue to trickle in, with only three of the first round still being undecided. A second round game is done as well, though that’s to be explained by it having been a match between my wife and I, so we were more likely to come home after work and tell the other to ‘take [their] damn turn.’ When you’re not married you have to be somewhat more polite. She beat me, by the way. What? I didn’t say anything.
And then we’ve also had our first casualty, with Alex Placito having been eliminated by Dan Gigante. The irony here is that Alex’s co-conspirator, Eric, was given the bye and so hasn’t even started a game yet.
Until tomorrow, friends, when the five score pachyderm arrive.
Bonnies to honor Tom Stith on Saturday in New York
on January 28th, 2011
In memory of Tom Stith ‘61, the first All-American in St. Bonaventure basketball history, the Bonnies team will wear commemorative “TS #42″ patches on their jerseys during this Saturday’s game at Fordham University in the Bronx.
Stith, a New York City native, died last June after a battle with cancer at a hospice near his home [...]
Family recalls victim of serial killings
on January 27th, 2011
Victim's family details travails trying to launch police probe into young woman's disappearance.
Riter Radio & Hassan
on January 27th, 2011
In case you missed my talks with Brad Riter on WECK 1230-AM regarding the Hassan trial:
Download audio file (012411Bradhr2.mp3)
Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks at U.B. North
on January 27th, 2011
Former athlete, Hollywood star and Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger paid a visit to University at Buffalo’s North Campus Thursday night.
Community leaders work to save center for teens
on January 27th, 2011
Leaders of a Buffalo east side community are pushing the city to reopen a community center, after it was shut down for building code violations.
Sabres’ Gerbe tuning up his game
on January 27th, 2011
Nathan Gerbe is picking up the pace a bit.
Hassan tells jury about his relationship with Aasiya
on January 27th, 2011
For nearly five hours, Muzzamil Hassan testified as his own witness; telling the jury about the relationship between he and his wife Aasiya. The two met in 2000 through an online dating service, and were married that same year.