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• Mayor announces next steps to improve Niagara Street

  25-06-2016 22:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Crews began paving Niagara Street Saturday as part of an ongoing $28.7 million redevelopment project.
  “The Niagara Streetscape Project: Niagara Square to Ontario”, began last year to improve a 4.5 mile stretch of Niagara Street. Paving is part of the first phase of improvements.
  “Niagara Street serves as the gateway to the city center and to the nation for our Canadian visitors,” Congressman Higgins said. “Combined, these infrastruc
  
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• Ride For Roswell brings together thousands of WNY bikers; raises $4.5 million for cancer research

  25-06-2016 19:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Weather was a welcome sight for those of you who participated in the 2016 Rise for Roswell. Last year, the 20th anniversary event came with soggy weather. This year riders had to beat the heat while biking to beat cancer.
  President and CEO of Roswell Park, Dr. Candace Johnson, said, ‘People come out from all over Western New York to ride in this ride,and what it tells everyone is, cancer sucks!”
  And that’s why Johnson said more then ten th
  
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• Sunflower kernel recall impacts Nature Valley bars

  25-06-2016 16:44 via wivb.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA (WIVB) — General Mills announced a voluntary recall of various Nature Valley bars following a recall of SunOpta sunflower kernels.
  SunOpta has issued an ongoing national recall of sunflower kernels due to a possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes. While General Mills has received no reports of confirmed illnesses, the following bars containing sunflower kernels have been recalled:
  Nature Valley Protein Chewy Bar -Honey, Peanut & Almond with Pumpkin
  
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• Sabres select Nylander with 8th pick

  25-06-2016 02:24 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  “Buffalo selects Alex Nylander.” With just four words Sabres’ General Manager Tim Murray sent the crowd at First Niagara Center into cheers. Adding Alex with with the 8th overall pick gives the Sabres another talented young forward.  “I had a feeling it would be Buffalo,” Alex said at a press conference minutes after the selection. “Best moment of my life.”Nylander is the brother of Toronto prospect Willi
  
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• Thousands arrive in town as Buffalo is playing host for NHL Draft

  25-06-2016 01:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Thousands of people from all over the globe arrived in Buffalo this week and on Friday, they gathered at Canalside ahead of the NHL Draft for the FanFest.
  “With the draft we’ve noticed an influx of pepole coming into town,” said Kevin Glovak, the Food and Beverage Director for Pearl Street Brewery.
  Around 16,000 fans are expected to go to First Niagara Center to watch the draft unfold.  Add on the players, coaches and owners and the city t
  
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• Mission Impossible-style thefts at Best Buys

  25-06-2016 00:47 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Best Buy in Amherst could be part of a series of Mission Impossible-type thefts that date back to 2013.
  In each case, tens of thousands of dollars in electronics were stolen, including the most recent locally where $90,000 in iPads, boxes of them, were ripped off overnight Thursday.
  Amherst Police said someone broke into the Best Buy on Niagara Falls Boulevard after it closed Thursday.
  Police said someone cut through nearly five inches of rubber, insulation and c
  
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• Feds: Ramos a suspect in Anchor Bar shooting

  25-06-2016 00:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As he was being pursued by law enforcement during high speed chase in May, Gregory Ramos threw drugs and a gun out his car window, federal prosecutors said Friday.
  In fact, a bag of cocaine “exploded” on the windshield of one officer’s cruiser, and the handgun cracked another’s windshield, prosecutors said.
  Ramos, 24, appeared in federal court Friday on two counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in f
  
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• New York pharmacies to dispose of unwanted drugs

  25-06-2016 00:19 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Pharmacies in New York are now allowed to collect and dispose of unwanted medication so consumers won’t pollute waterways by flushing drugs down the toilet.
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently signed legislation that will facilitate drug collection and safe disposal. State regulators are encouraging all pharmacies to become authorized collectors of unused, expired and unwanted drugs under federal controlled substances disposal rules.
  In the past, consumers were told to flu
  
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