Bills cornerback Terrence McGee longs to make big plays, but he has to stay on the field first.

Nearly every volunteer fire company in Niagara County responded to scene.

Federal Reserve says it has discussed policy moves it can make to spur economy; Wall Street rallies.

Local product productive for the Bills at a crowded position.

Officials believe Sheryl Rucci may have been killed on night before she was to testify against her boyfriend before grand jury.

According to a sports radio station in Arizona, the Cards have an interest in Bills wide-out Lee Evans. The 30-year-old receiver had a disappointing 2010 and in my humble opinion mailed it in for a considerable portion of the season, but possesses a skill set unlike many in the league, surely better than 37 catches.

With Evans’ big salary, it wouldn’t be a surprise for the Bills to take salary on in return or a deal that looks lopsided because of the cap space it saves. Where are some positions to monitor?

1) Offensive line — Not to say the Cards are super deep — they are not — but they have players with starting experience on their bench. Could veteran guards Floyd Womack or Red Hadnot be part of a deal? Maybe the Bills would bet on convincing Deuce Lutui to lay off the Snickers omelets.

2) Linebacker — Would Buddy Nix and company be interested in TCU product Daryl Washington, a second-pick of the Cardinals in 2010? Is Paris Lenon, a vet coming off a career season, available? In Arizona’s case, they just acquired Stewart Bradley from the Eagles and the former Philly backer is considered a strong bet for one of the aforementioned backers starting spots.

3) Running back — Bills assistant head coach Dave Wannstedt recruited and coached 2009 Cards pick LaRod Stephens-Howling at Pitt and Arizona has 2010 second round pick Ryan Williams of Va Tech and 2009 first-round pick Beanie Wells in the fold.

4) Draft picks — Arizona lost their second-rounder for 2011 in the Kevin Kolb trade. They have two sixes in 2011, according to the radio report.

Just some quick reactions to a small report: nick@fcbuffalo.org

Those who loved husband, father from Lake View seek to honor his memory by keeping alive restaurant business he was building when he died.

Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper is being awarded a $167,000 grant in federal funding through the work of Congressman Brian Higgins. The grant comes from the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration which will help fund Phase II of the Buffalo Riverbend project. Riverkeeper was also awarded $657,245 through the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative last year for the Riverbend project.

The project site is located adjacent to the Riverbend Commerce Park, a former brownfield site being converted to a sustainable and green business park. Contamination has affected both land and water throughout the industrial past of the site, which is currently being resolved. The Riverbend project is a part of the South Buffalo Brownfield Opportunity Act (BOA) which is remediating and developing about 2,000 acres on the shores of Lake Erie and the Buffalo River.

The money will go towards designing and engineering the specifications to restore over 1,500 feet of shoreline along the Buffalo River which has been listed as an Area of Concern (AOC). In addition to the shoreline design, 3.5 acres of habitat will also be studied for restoration.

"These federal funds will continue our efforts to preserve and enhance the water's edge," said Congressman Higgins, a member of the Congressional Great Lakes Task Force.  "Beyond the clear environmental benefits this work will continue the transformation of Buffalo's old and industrial image to one that is new, exciting and welcoming to the public and innovative economic development."

Jill Jedlicka, Director of Ecological Programs for Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper added, "Riverkeeper is thrilled to be able to continue our work in the transformation of a former industrial brownfield that will provide improved riverfront access for the South Buffalo community. We have been very pleased to bring federal investment and restoration jobs into Buffalo in recent years and we are fully committed to the continued ecological and economic revitalization of the Buffalo River."

The Buffalo Board of Education is meeting to consider whether the tenure of Superintendent James A. Williams ought to be cut short. The meeting is currently in executive session. The News will resume live audio coverage when the public portion of the meeting resumes.

With a company based in Buffalo that sells 2000 products in 100 countries, Bob Rich is doing a lot more than publishing books on fishing and the Queen City on the Lake. In this week's interview with FOX News, Bob plugs Buffalo, Rich Products, buying American, his sponsored soccer team and his new book.

In the interview, Bob talks about sales overseas and how his privately held food company has managed to diversify, and continues to diversify in a tough economy.

Sales of 3 billion dollars is more than impressive for a company with roots in the dairy business. The company is still garnering new accounts along with new jobs - after all, as Bob puts it, no matter how bad the economy is, people still have to eat and may even indulge themselves on occasion. Going full speed after foreign markets has proved especially advantageous.

Here's the video:

Former Angola resident Matthew Kreiger, 25, is in stable condition with bullet lodged in brain.

St. John Fisher College hosted “Discover at Fisher Day” for 50 local elementary–aged students during the Buffalo Bills Verizon Wireless Training Camp on August 8, 2011. The area youth participated...

County legislator says plan to downsize Legislature from 15 to 11 seats left him "without a district."

Our dreams of lighting a few of the grain elevators and bridges along the Buffalo River might be one step closer to reality. Lighting Design Innovations (LDI) has been testing a few concepts at RiverFest Park that have proved to not only work, but to be practical and feasible as well. People have been talking about lighting up these industrial landmarks for years, but just recently RiverFest Park supporters have been doing more than just research. They've been experimenting with the real deal in order to attract additional support for the project. Fortunately, supporters for this project, such as Peg Overdorf, have already proved that they have what it takes to get these types of large-scale projects done. From Paul Mercier, Principal at LDI:

Our company, Lighting Design Innovations (LDI), helps a lot of cities establish master plan objectives for lighting the urban environment.  Compared to many other cities, Buffalo is extremely fortunate that our urban environment envelops historic and interesting features to celebrate - like our grain elevators and historic bridges, our historic buildings and heritage parks.
 
Our company was engaged by Peg Overdorf to create the lighting design for the Riverfest Park.  We are an independent lighting design firm that does not represent manufacturers and does not buy and sell product. That means we have the ability to be completely loyal to our projects and create lighting solutions that are beneficial to the public and private communities we serve.


 
While doing the design of the park for Peg, we had some discussion about lighting the grain elevators and Michigan Street Bridge - as lighting these features has the ability to enhance both the view and operation of the community park. The night time lighting of these features will visually extend the park boundaries to include these large, vertical historic structures and celebrates the history of the river and the area.  This illumination will create a great back drop for the river activities in the area.  Furthermore, this lighting will also provide an identification to pedestrians and vehicular traffic that the site is active at night,  drawing people down to the waterfront.
 
LDI volunteered to do a computer based design to verify the ability to light the features from the top of structures being proposed for construction in the Riverfest Park.  Peg's goal, and ours, is to light the structures in a way that provides a three-dimensional image of both; the mass of the grain elevators and the vertical towers of the bridge.


 
After confirming that the lighting could be accomplished from Riverfest Park, we arranged to have sample fixtures with the correct light distribution and energy efficiency delivered to us so we could perform a live test. Seeing is believing to most people, so we felt this was essential to the process.
 
The light fixtures are an engineered product with a white light source called Ceramic Metal Halide which presently exceed the efficiency of LED lighting especially for this application. We tested the light fixtures and found that we are able to light the elevators and the bridge with less light than required to light the average residential kitchen. The utility costs would be about $225.00 per year, or about 60 cents a day.

Lighting Design Innovations
2804 West Main Street Rd                
Batavia, NY 14020                            
585-418-4080   

Last week, we held the first Buffalo Cash Mob at the City Wine Merchant. You may have read about it here, on Twitter, Facebook or seen the story in The Buffalo News. Here’s a recap of last week’s event.

Last week, we brought about 60 people into City Wine Merchant and they spent a little over $2,000. So, we made a big difference for a valued member of our local small business community. Want to do it again? Maybe bigger and better this time? Before we get to that, let me give the backstory for the new readers.

Do you want to make a difference in your community? Do you like social media? Are you someone who digs doing cool stuff with cool people? Do you love supporting local small business? Well, welcome to the hastily formed #BuffCashMob! This is a tough economy and many small businesses in Buffalo and WNY are looking for ways to increase cash flow.

That’s where we, the organized social media denizens of Western New York, come in. Rather than do the slacktivist thing, posting links to businesses we like and writing on their Facebook pages, let’s get out, en masse, and show them some straight up cash love. Buy their goods, pay for their services, patronize their establishments. And have a great fucking time doing it! The goal will be to get 100 people to “flash mob” a local establishment to spend $10-$20 each on the goods and services offered. No discounts, no coupons, no special deals. Just spend $10 in their business.

We’ll take nominations for businesses who will get a visit from the #BuffCashMob on the WNYMedia website . We’ll also keep our eyes on Twitter to check for other nominations there as well, but make sure you use the #BuffCashMob hashtag so we’ll know to look for it. Your nomination should tell us something about the business, what they sell and why they deserve some #BuffCashMob love. Lets show local businesses that social media isn’t just about nerds talking about “branding”, that it’s about bringing people in the door to spend some cash.