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• Canalside reveals free summer concert series lineup

  03-05-2016 23:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Following up on a successful summer concert season in 2015, Canalside organizers announced their lineup of 12 artists visiting the stage this summer.
  Featuring artists the likes of Public Enemy and Shakey Graves, the summer season — Thursdays from June 9 through Aug. 25 — is guaranteed to be jamming at Canalside.
  The free series attracted tens of thousands last year, and locals even saw celebrities get in on the mix in the VIP section, tickets f
  
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• Suing on social media: What you need to know before you post

  03-05-2016 23:30 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) –  Think before you post: It’s a warning you’ve likely heard before in this social media era. But can what you post land you in serious trouble with the law?
  It’s no secret, people seem to be more gutsy with what they say online. Internet trolls take it to the extreme. But many of you could even be guilty of posting a snarky comment or embarrassing photo of a friend somewhere on the internet.
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• Fiat Chrysler, Google to cooperate on autonomous minivans

  03-05-2016 23:00 via wivb.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler and Google will work together to more than double the size of Google’s self-driving vehicle fleet by adding 100 Chrysler Pacifica minivans.
  The companies announced the agreement on Tuesday, saying that Chrysler engineers would work with Google to install sensors and software so the vans can drive themselves.
  The added vehicles are needed as Google expands real-world testing. Google says it will own the gas-electric hybrid vans, and it’s not licensin
  
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• Fire in meth lab leads police to bust WNY man

  03-05-2016 22:53 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — After fighting a blaze in an apartment building in Jamestown, firefighters tipped off police that they saw multiple items in the home which may be linked to meth production, leading to the arrest of a local man.
  Officials say they investigated the floor on which the fire started, locating items commonly found in a meth lab. Jamestown Police say they then arrested the occupant of the apartment, 36-year-old Richard Brown.
  Brown faces charges of third-degree felo
  
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• Drivers urged to take caution on the road ahead of 100 deadliest days period

  03-05-2016 22:48 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Through 3-D simulators Buffalo drivers got to test drive how dangerous taking your eyes off the road can be, and how the worst case scenario could play out.
  “It was definitely scary. My phone will be going in the glove compartment. I mean I have a blue tooth but even a blue tooth can be distracting,” said Helena Gray-Beathley of Buffalo.
  A recent study by the Triple A Foundation for Traffic Research found that 70 percent of drivers admit to using their
  
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• Buffalo Police could soon be armed with new tool- iPads

  03-05-2016 22:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — About 705 officers make up the Buffalo Police department, and Mayor Byron Brown is hoping to get an iPad in the hands of every single one of them.
  In the general budget for the city of Buffalo Mayor Brown requested $500,000 to get every officer an iPad. Buffalo Police Lieutenant Jeff Rinaldo says it will make officers more efficient in the long run and eventually eliminate the need for written reports. He says it will also help reduce the expense of equipment that cu
  
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• Rotund Challengers return home to WNY

  03-05-2016 20:44 via wivb.com
  
  DEPEW, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo’s Rotund Challengers are finally home, after almost a year.
  Jason Rogers, Joe Cooke and Chris Cooke hoofed it for 2,700 miles and braved an 80+ hour train ride back home to Western New York Tuesday morning.
  “They started by walking around the block. Then they started walking, you know, five, six miles a day,” said Chris and Joe’s Aunt, Cherrie Lovett.
  Those walks around the block turned into something much bigger: The Rotund Challenge.
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• Man accused of shooting at Genesee Co. deputy pleads not guilty

  03-05-2016 19:47 via wivb.com
  
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man accused of shooting at a Genesee County Sheriff’s deputy in Byron nearly two months ago says he is not guilty of the charges placed against him.
  Authorities say Deputy Andrew Hale was writing a ticket for a driver at the Byron Arrow Mart when his cruiser’s back window was shattered from a bullet.
  Just after the rifle’s .22 caliber round pierced through the vehicle, another deputy at the scene, Joseph Corona, blocked Hale from the shooter
  
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• Uber poll shows support for upstate expansion; cabs hit back

  03-05-2016 19:31 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Uber and its opponents in the cab industry are ratcheting up their fight over Uber’s proposed expansion in New York state.
  The app-based ride-hailing service on Tuesday is releasing a survey it commissioned which found broad support for its plans to operate outside of New York City. It says 75 percent of those surveyed said they support the expansion, and most said Uber would help the economy by creating jobs.
  Meanwhile, a group of cab owners began a new online ca
  
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• “Girls Day Out” event will be full of fitness and fun

  03-05-2016 18:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Mother’s Day is days away, and an organization aimed at promoting life skills and confidence in girls is hoping Western New Yorkers celebrate at their “Girls Day Out” event.
  Empower Girls Buffalo is an interactive program that helps young women learn skills related to healthy living, exercise, and developing a positive perspective. They will host an event that celebrates their mission on Saturday, May 7th from 10am – 4pm at Buffalo Riverworks.
  
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• Original Pizza Logs company breaks ground on new local plant

  03-05-2016 18:28 via wivb.com
  
  WHEATFIELD, N.Y. (WIVB) – Over the decades, Original Pizza Logs have become a Western New York snack sensation, and now the company is moving forward with plans to expand in Niagara County.
  The family that owns the company joined with local leaders Tuesday morning to break ground on a new 30,000 square foot state-of-the-art factory in the Niagara County-operated Vantage Point Industrial Park. The new Original Pizza Logs plant will be basically the final piece needed to fill that park.
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• Local behavioral health organizations plan to merge

  03-05-2016 17:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two local behavioral health organizations have announced their plans to come together via a merger.
  The Board of Directors for Lake Shore Behavioral Health and Child & Adolescent Treatment Services plan to become one company, employing 525 people.
  The new organization would be one of western New York’s largest community-based behavioral health organizations to serve people of any age.
  “Today, we celebrate what started as a formal affiliation
  
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• ‘Hamilton’ leads Tony nods, sets record with 16 nominations

  03-05-2016 17:27 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The megahit musical “Hamilton” has grabbed a record-breaking 16 Tony Award nominations, the biggest haul in Broadway history and another step in the show’s march into theatrical history.
  Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop-flavored biography about the first U.S. treasury secretary on Tuesday broke the 15-nominations record held by “The Producers” and “Billy Elliot.” ”Hamilton” was nominated in virtually every category it
  
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• Buffalo prostitution ring leaders face 7 years in jail following guilty pleas

  03-05-2016 17:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two people accused of managing a prostitution ring have admitted to it after an investigation by authorities in Buffalo.
  Prosecutors say “an extensive paper trail” helped lead to the arrests of Tempestt Finch, 29, and Christopher Jones, 30.
  Finch pleaded guilty to one count of promoting prostitution after operating a business from her Andover Ave. apartment.
  Finch was connected to a multitude of online advertisements soliciting pr
  
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• Driver in fatal duck boat crash cited 10 times for speeding, no charges filed

  03-05-2016 16:43 via wivb.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The driver of an amphibious sightseeing vehicle that collided with a scooter in Boston, killing a woman, has a history of driving violations.
  According to records released by the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, the driver has been cited for speeding 10 times, was found at fault in a 2003 accident and was cited for several other infractions.
  The Boston Herald reports that the records don’t indicate which vehicle the driver was operating when he was cited.
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• Fredonia homeowner who shot alleged invader will not face charges

  03-05-2016 16:35 via wivb.com
  
  MAYVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Fredonia man will not face charges after he shot an apparent home invader in April.
  In the early hours of April 23, a homeowner on Liberty Street said a man and woman woke him up by pounding on his door.
  As the homeowner approached the door, with a .45 caliber handgun at the ready, the two invaders pushed their way into the building, prosecutors say.
  Prosecutors say the homeowner then showed his weapon, leading the trespassers to leave his home.
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• Virginia woman says neighborhood sewage ‘exploded’ in her home

  03-05-2016 15:43 via wivb.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A Richmond woman got a smelly surprise in her home Friday.This photo shows the aftermath of the ‘explosion.’ Pieces of toilet paper can be seen scattered across Adele Muhammad’s carpet.Adele Muhammad said Friday afternoon she wanted to wash her hands before getting something to eat. “And, when I walked in the bathroom my foot slipped and I grabbed the doorknob and I looked and I said, ‘what in the world is going on?’”she reca
  
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• Student invites mother to prom to give her night she never had

  03-05-2016 15:35 via wivb.com
  
  GAHANNA, OH (WCMH) — A Gahanna-Lincoln High School student surprised his mom by asking her to prom.
  Trey Potter said he wanted to show his mother, MelissaRoshan (MelRo) Potter how much he admires her after everything she’s been through in her life.
  “She never had that experience and she’s risked so much for throughout my life and made so many sacrifices I thought it would be the right thing to do,” Trey Potter said.
  MelRo Potter grew up living in 23 different foster
  
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• Ohio police to cover funeral costs for 5-year-old allegedly beaten to death by his mother

  03-05-2016 15:25 via wivb.com
  
  MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WDTN) — Middletown Police in Ohio are showing their support in a case that left them in tears.
  The police department will cover funeral costs for five-year-old Alex Stephens; he died after being beaten for hours allegedly by his own mother.
  He and his six-year-old brother Damyan were found at Parkway Inn Wednesday. Police said the two boys were tied up with blankets and beaten because they took food. Officers reported conditions were filthy with garbage and cats in the ro
  
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• Defense Secretary Carter: American killed in combat in Iraq

  03-05-2016 14:21 via wivb.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Tuesday that an American serviceman has been killed in Iraq, describing it as a “combat death.”
  The defense secretary, who spoke to reporters in Stuttgart, Germany, where he has been consulting with European allies this week on fighting the Islamic State group, provided no other details.
  It was not immediately clear when the serviceman died but Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said he was killed near Mosul, Iraq’
  
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• Blaze causes $40,000 in damage to Niagara County home

  03-05-2016 14:05 via wivb.com
  
  RANSOMVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Niagara County resident was awakened by the smell of smoke from a fire early Tuesday morning.
  Authorities responded to the fire around 4 a.m. in Ransomville to find everyone safely out of the Youngstown-Lockport Road house.
  Officials subsequently began to inspect the home and found that the fire was coming from the roof area.
  After containing and extinguishing the blaze near the chimney, firefighters estimated the damage to have added up to $40,000.
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• PHOTOS: Clouds drift among pink WNY sunrise

  03-05-2016 13:48 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Western New Yorkers took a glimpse at the altocumulus clouds sitting among a pink sky Tuesday morning.
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• JetBlue passengers earn free round trip due to crying babies

  03-05-2016 13:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — JetBlue realizes that flying with a baby can be stressful, not only to parents, but to others around them.
  Instead of complaints or frustration, the airline gave people a reason to smile, and even applaud when babies cried on a recent flight from New York to Long Beach, California.
  In honor of Mother’s Day this Sunday, JetBlue told passengers on a particular flight that whenever a baby cried, they would receive 25% off of their next ticket.
  
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• Experts say fasting does not make a difference in cholesterol test results

  03-05-2016 12:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — You may not have to give up food the next time you go for a cholesterol test.
  Experts say their research shows fasting does not make a difference in the results.
  If you’ve had to do this before, you know that not eating for eight hours can be very difficult, especially if you have certain medical conditions.
  This new study shows cholesterol and triglyceride levels are similar whether the patients fasted or not.
  International experts issued this joint conse
  
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• Ex-NY Assembly speaker to be sentenced in corruption case

  03-05-2016 12:06 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will learn his fate following his November conviction in a $5 million corruption case.
  Judge Valerie Caproni is scheduled to sentence the Manhattan Democrat on Tuesday.
  The government has asked that he serve substantially more than a decade in prison. Prosecutors also want the judge to fine him $1 million. They cite the more than $2 million in assets he has and the fact that he will receive $70,000 in pension for the rest of h
  
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• St. Louis jury awards $55M in Johnson & Johnson cancer suit

  03-05-2016 12:03 via wivb.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A jury in St. Louis has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $55 million to a South Dakota woman who claimed the company’s talcum powder caused her to develop ovarian cancer.
  Court records show the jury returned the verdict in favor of plaintiff Gloria Ristesund on Monday. It comes after a St. Louis jury in February awarded $72 million to the family of an Alabama woman who sued Johnson & Johnson over ovarian cancer she said was caused by using
  
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• Jamaica police seek motive in killing of 2 US missionaries

  03-05-2016 11:45 via wivb.com
  
  KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaican police said Monday they are trying to determine the motive in the weekend slayings of two American missionaries in the north coast area where they lived and worked.
  A team of officers is interviewing residents of St. Mary parish in northern Jamaica where the bodies of Randy Hentzel, 48, and western New York native Harold Nichols, 53, were found in bushes along a rural road where they were traveling on motorbikes. They appeared to have been shot, accor
  
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• Common Council to consider special zoning district for Gates Circle development

  03-05-2016 06:05 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Construction is underway on a Canterbury Woods Retirement community where the old Millard Fillmore Hospital at Gates Circle once stood. Neighbors are concerned about what else could go up on the property.
  “They don’t want a big box store,” said Common Council Member Joel Feroleto.
  Feroleto said he and Council President Darius Pridgen have been working with neighbors to create a special zoning district to limit the commercial space allowed.
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• Draft Wrap: Shaq Lawson breakdown

  03-05-2016 05:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — He’s the newest star of the Buffalo Bills defense, and he could have an impact right away.
  Shaq Lawson was a projected top-fifteen pick, yet he dropped to the Bills at the nineteenth pick in the first round. Now with Mario Williams out of the Buffalo equation, it’s Lawson who is expected to fill the void opposite Jerry Hughes.
  News 4 Sports’ Josh Reed and Tom Martin discuss how Lawson will fit in Buffalo, with guests Tyler Dunne and Chris Trapa
  
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• Mom dies trying to save toddler son during hiking fall

  03-05-2016 04:31 via wivb.com
  
  CORBETT, Ore. (KOIN) – A mother of 4 died in a fall at Horsetail Falls Trail when she jumped to rescue her 3-year-old son who fell down an embankment.
  Stephanie Cohen was hiking in the Columbia River Gorge with her family and friends Sunday afternoon when her young son fell. When she went to rescue the boy she fell and suffered fatal injuries.Horsetail Falls in the Columbia Gorge. (KOIN)The 37-year-old Portland woman and her son each fell about 60 feet, then another 20 to 30 feet on a stee
  
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• PSU study finds drugs, toxins in Oregon oysters

  03-05-2016 04:29 via wivb.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oyster lovers beware: A new Portland State University study revealed oysters native to the Pacific Northwest contain a cocktail of pharmaceuticals and other potentially harmful chemicals.
  The study looked at native Olympia oysters in Coos and Netarts Bay. It found a variety of pain relievers, antibiotics, antihistamines, PCBs, mercury and pesticides in the shellfish, but the presence of chemicals appeared to shift with the seasons.Dr. Elise Granek and PSU
  
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• National Museum of African American Music to open in Nashville

  03-05-2016 04:25 via wivb.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Plans are moving forward for Music City’s newest museum.
  On Monday, musicians Darius Rucker, CeCe Winans, India Arie and Keb Moe were all announced as national chairs of the new National Museum of African American Music.Darius Rucker (Photo: WKRN)The well-loved performers will help raise money for the project, which will be located in the heart of Lower Broadway.
  “It’s called Music City – that’s what it’s called all over the cou
  
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• Buffalo man convicted by jury in fatal 2014 shooting

  03-05-2016 04:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The family of a slain 24-year-old has justice after a jury convicted a Buffalo shooter of killing Denell Baker on North Street in December of 2014.
  The shooting on Peach Street, just three days after Christmas Day, left Baker dead. Buffalo Police investigated and soon after arrested 27-year-old DeShawn Harris, accusing him of pulling the trigger, hitting Baker eight times — twice in the head.
  Officers say Harris had an ankle monitor on which tracked him th
  
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• West Seneca Police arrest man for allegedly selling crack with baby in vehicle

  03-05-2016 03:42 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A western New York man faces multiple felony charges after allegedly selling drugs with a baby in the car.
  Officers say they witnessed 24-year-old Bruce Jefferson sell crack cocaine on Seneca Street and Kirkwood Drive in West Seneca with his six-month-old baby in the vehicle.
  Jefferson faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child, third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance.
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• Local post offices host dozens of passport events in May

  03-05-2016 02:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A host of local post offices will hold passport events to help locals prepare for international travel in the month of May.
  The large passport push comes just before a summer vacation rush, allowing those who pay for passports to get them before the summer has ended.
  In western New York, offices across several counties will hold events on May 7, May 21 and May 23. The list is below:
  May 7 – from 9 a.m. through 12 p.m.
  Amherst Branch on 5500 North Bailey Av
  
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• WNY man charged with drunken driving nearly 3 times over legal limit

  03-05-2016 02:19 via wivb.com
  
  BOLIVAR, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officers on patrol at the end of April say an accident led them to charge a local driver with drunken driving.
  New York State Police arrested Scott Bruner, 57, after responding to the scene of a one-vehicle crash in which he drove on State Route 417 in Bolivar. Officers say they noticed a smell of alcohol radiating from him, and transported him to headquarters for further evaluation.
  In further testing, police say he tested .21 percent blood alcohol content in a
  
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• New E-ZPass tag? Wrap up the old one

  03-05-2016 01:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – John Smith got a shock when he swapped out his old E-ZPass tag for a new one—a charge of more than $15.00 on his old tag that he had shipped off to E-ZPass’s Customer Service Center on Staten Island.
  Smith—not his real name to protect his account information—learned the transponders are always on until E-ZPass manually turns them off. That is how Smith got charged—his tag read all the toll barriers between Buffalo and Staten Island.
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• Treasure’s tragic story made her ‘everybody’s baby’

  03-05-2016 01:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It was the final page of a story that began 8 years ago, but was only introduced to the greater Buffalo community on a bitterly cold February morning.
  That’s when a two-story home on Humber Avenue went up in flames with Treasure Brighon and her family still inside.
  That blaze claimed two lives that day. On Monday morning at True Bethel Baptist Church, the fire’s third victim was laid to rest.
  More than 100 people came together to remember Brighon, 8, incl
  
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• BPS Board of Education elections: Candidates battle over 6 seats

  03-05-2016 00:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The main faces of the Buffalo Public School Board of Education may not be the same following an upcoming election, as contenders look to oust incumbents and ballot issues force multiple candidate’s names to be erased.
  Notably, School Board President James Sampson has been booted off the ballot, along with Collen Russell — each fell short of the required number of signatures to be a candidate. Another who nearly didn’t make the ballot, Austin Ha
  
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• Amherst Town Board to vote on Youngs Road extension

  03-05-2016 00:37 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) —  “The town board in 2015 on two occasions took it out of the plan and then confirmed it months later. So a new board took over January 1st and the first act that they did was try to put this back in,” said Jeffery Palumbo, Barclay Damon LLP Partner.
  The Youngs Road extension possibility has a long history in the town of Amherst. It’s been in comprehensive plans for the town since 1955 but never had the funding to move forward completely.
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• Buffalo Billion projects designed to spur investment and jobs

  03-05-2016 00:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  The Buffalo Billion investment plan is designed to boost the economy in the Western New York region.
  Here’s the idea:
  You take $1 billion and spread it out over several years with the hope of spurring private investment and creating jobs.
  It’s a long-term strategy that’s already underway.
  Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled the bold blueprint during his 2012 State of the State message.
  “We believe in Buffalo. Let’s put ou
  
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