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• Locally-owned retail shops are little nervous, as much of Erie County enters the Covid-19 yellow zone

  10-11-2020 23:55 via wivb.com
  
  Like many small local retail shops, Sunshine and Bluebirds was closed during much of the pandemic shutdown. Now that they’ve reopened, the idea of closing again due to rising covid numbers in the county is something they just don't want to happen, especially during the holiday shopping season. “I definitely think that it would affect [...]
  
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• County officials receiving reports over crowding in stores; Wegmans and Tops respond

  10-11-2020 23:36 via wivb.com
  
  "We have certainly not taken our foot off the gas in any measure in terms of safety in our stores," said Michele Mehaffy, a Wegmans spokesperson.
  
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• County officials receiving reports over crowding in stores

  10-11-2020 23:36 via wivb.com
  
  "We have certainly not taken our foot off the gas in any measure in terms of safety in our stores," said Michele Mehaffy, a Wegmans spokesperson.
  
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• County officials receiving complaints over crowding in stores

  10-11-2020 23:36 via wivb.com
  
  "We have certainly not taken our foot off the gas in any measure in terms of safety in our stores," said Michele Mehaffy, a Wegmans spokesperson.
  
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• Erie County Board of Elections has received 84,548 absentee ballots

  10-11-2020 23:16 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) - The Erie County Board of Elections has received 84,548 absentee ballots as of one week after Election Day, the board announced in a press release Tuesday. Currently, there are 9,351 absentee ballots outstanding. Here's a breakdown for significant contested elections in Erie County or districts that include portions of Erie County: · In [...]
  
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• Bills Mafia raises more than $400,000 in honor of Josh Allen's grandmother

  10-11-2020 22:53 via wivb.com
  
  UPDATE: 4:37 p.m. Nov. 12: The total raised is now $405,076. To make a donation, click or tap here. UPDATE: 10:39 a.m. Nov. 12: The total raised for Oishei Children's Hospital is now $384,398. To make a donation, click or tap here. UPDATE: 7:24 a.m. Nov. 12: The total raised for Oishei Children's Hospital is [...]
  
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• Bills Mafia raises more than $350,000 in honor of Josh Allen's grandmother

  10-11-2020 22:53 via wivb.com
  
  UPDATE: 7:24 a.m. Nov. 12: The total raised for Oishei Children's Hospital is now $358,149. To make a donation, click or tap here. UPDATE: 2:54 p.m. Nov. 11: The total raised for Oishei Children's Hospital is now $310,953. To make a donation, click or tap here. UPDATE: 7:19 a.m. Nov. 11: The total raised for [...]
  
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• Bills Mafia raises more than $300,000 in honor of Josh Allen's grandmother

  10-11-2020 22:53 via wivb.com
  
  UPDATE: 7:19 a.m. Nov. 11: The total raised for Oishei Children's Hospital is now $300,612. UPDATE: 7:19 a.m. Nov. 11: The total raised for Oishei Children's Hospital is now $291,117. UPDATE: 6:07 p.m. Nov. 10: The total raised for Oishei Children's Hospital is now $258,650. (WIVB) - In just 48 hours, Bills Mafia has raised [...]
  
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• Bills Mafia raises more than $291,000 in honor of Josh Allen's grandmother

  10-11-2020 22:53 via wivb.com
  
  UPDATE: 7:19 a.m. Nov. 11: The total raised for Oishei Children's Hospital is now $291,117. UPDATE: 6:07 p.m. Nov. 10: The total raised for Oishei Children's Hospital is now $258,650. (WIVB) - In just 48 hours, Bills Mafia has raised $250,000 for Oishei Children's Hospital in honor of Josh Allen's late grandmother. Over 13,000 donors [...]
  
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• Bills Mafia raises $250,000 in 48 hours in honor of Josh Allen's grandmother

  10-11-2020 22:53 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) - In just 48 hours, Bills Mafia has raised $250,000 for Oishei Children's Hospital in honor of Josh Allen's late grandmother. Over 13,000 donors made $17 donations- "17" for Allen's jersey number- in honor of the quarterback's grandmother Patricia Allen who died on Saturday night. “Early on in his career with the Buffalo Bills [...]
  
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• Buffalo Fly Co offering peaceful retreat from COVID

  10-11-2020 22:41 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB)--Thanks to Taylor Tobias, the owner of Buffalo Fly Co, you can now add fly fishing to that exciting list of things to try while staying covid safe. "It's a great- great quarantine activity or social distancing activity. It's also just a great way to decompress- be out in nature. You know, if you take [...]
  
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• Village of Kenmore delays start of winter parking ban to Dec. 1

  10-11-2020 22:39 via wivb.com
  
  KENMORE, N.Y. (WIVB) - The Village of Kenmore will delay the start of the winter parking ban to Dec. 1. The village is able to put parking restrictions back into place before Dec. 1 if there is significant snowfall. The village's parking restriction runs Nov. 15 to March 15 and prohibits parking on the streets [...]
  
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• Gov. Cuomo: COVID-19 positivity rate for Erie County's yellow-zone was 7.47 percent on Monday

  10-11-2020 22:33 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) - Western New York's COVID-19 positivity rate for Monday was 5.7 percent, according to information from Gov. Cuomo's office. The rolling average is 4.2 percent. In Erie County's "yellow-zone" focus area, that number was 7.47 percent. The seven-day rolling average for the yellow zone is 6.22 percent. For all of Erie County, the daily [...]
  
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• Chautauqua County Health Department monitoring COVID-19 cluster linked to social clubs

  10-11-2020 22:17 via wivb.com
  
  CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (WIVB) - The Chautauqua County Health Department is monitoring a COVID-19 cluster linked to social clubs in the northern end of the county. According to a press release from the health department, there are currently eight active cases linked to the Beaver Club in Fredonia. In addition, there have been 20 cases linked [...]
  
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• Lockport car dealership donates $5,000 to Niagara County SPCA

  10-11-2020 21:57 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB) - A Niagara County car dealership has donated $5,000 to the Niagara County SPCA. Basil Volkswagen and Toyota in Lockport pledged to make a donation for every car sold throughout the month of October- and they presented the check to the shelter on Tuesday. “We are incredibly grateful to the Basil [...]
  
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• Buffalo Common Council votes to change name of Columbus Park back to original name, Prospect Park

  10-11-2020 21:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - The Buffalo Common Council has unanimously voted to revert Columbus Park to its original name, Prospect Park. The resolution now goes before Mayor Byron Brown, and if it's not signed in ten days, it goes into effect. According to the resolution, the park is one of the oldest in Buffalo. In [...]
  
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• Up to $2,500 being offered for information after vehicle is damaged by manure

  10-11-2020 20:13 via wivb.com
  
  According to Crime Stoppers, a vehicle was heavily damaged by manure.
  
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• President-elect Biden pledges to protect Affordable Care Act as Supreme Court considers its fate

  10-11-2020 19:39 via wivb.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden pledged to protect and expand the Affordable Care Act Tuesday, just hours after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over the health care law's future
  
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• LIVE: President-elect Biden to speak on Affordable Care Act as Supreme Court considers its fate

  10-11-2020 19:39 via wivb.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden is expected to speak on the Affordable Care Act Tuesday, just hours after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over the health care law's future.
  
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• LIVE: President-elect Biden speaks on Affordable Care Act as Supreme Court considers its fate

  10-11-2020 19:39 via wivb.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden is expected to speak on the Affordable Care Act Tuesday, just hours after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over the health care law's future.
  
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• Veterans Day 2020 freebies: Where to get free food (and more)

  10-11-2020 18:33 via wivb.com
  
  Several restaurants are showing thanks to Veterans by offering free items and meals. Veterans Day is celebrated on Wednesday, Nov. 11, this year.
  
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• DA: Man who reported racist, political graffiti on car put it there himself

  10-11-2020 17:57 via wivb.com
  
  Video evidence and interviews with relatives and neighbors support the District Attorney's belief that Clifton Eutsey vandalized the vehicle.
  
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• 97-year-old Niagara County nursing home resident dies from COVID-19

  10-11-2020 17:41 via wivb.com
  
  More than 136,000 tests have taken place in Niagara County.
  
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• Record temperature for November 10 broken

  10-11-2020 17:33 via wivb.com
  
  The previous record was set 45 years ago.
  
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• WATCH: Erie County unveils Phase II of Back to Business grant program

  10-11-2020 17:04 via wivb.com
  
  Those who spoke encouraged people to do their holiday shopping at local businesses and support local merchants through the Shop 716 eGift Card Program.
  
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• WATCH: Fly fishing with Buffalo Fly Co.

  10-11-2020 16:48 via wivb.com
  
  There's a special opportunity if you're looking to try your hand at fly fishing.
  
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• Experts say no need to cancel Thanksgiving, but you really need to play it safe

  10-11-2020 16:24 via wivb.com
  
  A safe Thanksgiving during a pandemic is possible, but health experts know their advice is as tough to swallow as dry turkey: Stay home. Don’t travel. If you must gather, do it outdoors.
  
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• More cases of COVID-19 found in Lancaster CSD

  10-11-2020 16:08 via wivb.com
  
  Five more cases of COVID-19 in the Lancaster Central School District were announced on Monday.
  
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• WATCH: Amanda Brinkman discusses premiere "Small Business Revolution" season in Fredonia

  10-11-2020 15:45 via wivb.com
  
  She discussed Tuesday night's premiere of the new season, which was shot in Fredonia.
  
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• Veterans Day Toiletry Drive at Explore & More

  10-11-2020 15:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- This Veterans Day, Explore & More Children's Museum is helping our troops feel a little #Buffalove! Its teamed up with the Buffalo Naval Park for a toiletry drive, tomorrow! These donations will be mailed to military troops being deployed overseas from the Niagara Falls Air Base. NEEDED: Soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, baby [...]
  
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• Town of Niagara police looking for missing teen

  10-11-2020 13:50 via wivb.com
  
  Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call (716) 438-3393.
  
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• Several Niagara County legislators have been exposed to COVID-19

  10-11-2020 05:31 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) - Several legislators in Niagara County have been exposed to COVID-19. Becky Wydysh, chairperson of the county legislature, says several Republican lawmakers were together in a room with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus. Those lawmakers are being quarantined right now. "I'm hopeful that the protocols we were following will prevent anyone else [...]
  
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• D'Youville College partners with Amazon to offer courses in "cloud computing"

  10-11-2020 05:29 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) - D'Youville College is partnering with a tech giant for a new program. The college is going to start offering courses in cloud computing from Amazon. D'Youville is offering 20 spots for the first class, which starts in January. The college says the Amazon courses are open to everyone. It's $800 to enroll.
  
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• D'Youville College parners with Amazon to offer courses in "cloud computing"

  10-11-2020 05:29 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) - D'Youville College is partnering with a tech giant for a new program. The college is going to start offering courses in cloud computing from Amazon. D'Youville is offering 20 spots for the first class, which starts in January. The college says the Amazon courses are open to everyone. It's $800 to enroll.
  
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• State approves major improvement plan for Buffalo's Outer Harbor

  10-11-2020 05:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Buffalo's Outer Harbor is set to receive a major makeover. The state approved a new $150 million improvement plan on Monday- it will be completed in phases over the next 20 years. The plan calls for more open spaces, more access to the water, and the creation of an aquatic habitat. [...]
  
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• Business owners in Erie County worry about another possible shutdown as coronavirus cases rise

  10-11-2020 04:23 via wivb.com
  
  ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB) - Erie county has two weeks to reverse its trend of rising COVID-19 cases before businesses are forced to shut down. "It could be scary. Could be devastating. I mean businesses have been closing everywhere. We've been around since 1972 and I don't want to shut down yet," said The Lion's [...]
  
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• Business owners in Erie County worry about another possible shutdown

  10-11-2020 04:23 via wivb.com
  
  ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB) - Erie county has two weeks to reverse its trend of rising COVID-19 cases before businesses are forced to shut down. "It could be scary. Could be devastating. I mean businesses have been closing everywhere. We've been around since 1972 and I don't want to shut down yet," said The Lion's [...]
  
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• How 2020's residential election compares to the race in 2000

  10-11-2020 03:06 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB)--In the aftermath of the 2020 election, there were sighs of relief and rejoicing in the streets for some. But many disappointed supporters of President Trump harkened their hopes back to the 2000 election that ended in a reversal by the Supreme Court. We spoke with Peter Yacobucci, an associate professor of Political Science at [...]
  
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• How 2020's presidential election compares to the race in 2000

  10-11-2020 03:06 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB)--In the aftermath of the 2020 election, there were sighs of relief and rejoicing in the streets for some. But many disappointed supporters of President Trump harkened their hopes back to the 2000 election that ended in a reversal by the Supreme Court. We spoke with Peter Yacobucci, an associate professor of Political Science at [...]
  
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• "Fairgrounds Festival of Lights" will flip the switch on Dec. 1

  10-11-2020 02:49 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) - The annual "Fairgrounds Festival of Lights" will flip the switch on more than 1 million twinkling lights next month- but things will be different because of the pandemic. This year, the festival will be a drive-through, which means you will have to stay in your car the whole time. You'll also [...]
  
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• Ribbon cut on Athol Springs project site

  10-11-2020 02:41 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) - The ribbon is cut on the Athol Springs project site. It's located near Hoak's Restaurant off of Route 5 in Hamburg. The $8.2 million project to fix up the Lake Erie seawall will protect Route 5 in Hamburg from the water splashing onto it. On Monday, $150 million of new waterfront [...]
  
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• Feedmore WNY launches new "container farm" to grow produce year-round

  10-11-2020 02:32 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) - Feedmore WNY is making sure families in our area have access to healthy food all year round. The non-profit is partnering with the New York Power Authority and the Electric Power Research Institute to launch a new "container farm". It will allow them to grow food indoors- even when the weather gets bad. [...]
  
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• Franklinville man charged with threatening Hertel Avenue protesters with knife arrested on warrant

  10-11-2020 02:12 via wivb.com
  
  FRANKLINVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) - A Franklinville man who had an active arrest warrant after skipping his court date for reportedly threatening protesters with a knife on Hertel Avenue has been arrested. State Police took 48-year-old Michael Cremen into custody on Sunday while responding to a verbal argument on E. Hill Road in the Town of [...]
  
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• A local bar/restaurant owner weighs in on new COVID-19 restrictions in Erie County's Yellow Zone

  10-11-2020 01:47 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) - The new COVID-19 regulations imposed on bars and restaurants in Erie County's "Yellow Zone" limit customers to 50 percent capacity- only four customers per table- and those establishments must close by midnight. The food and drink sector has already gotten squeezed by novel coronavirus restrictions, but many of those businesses have found novel [...]
  
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• State police warning of "grandparent scam"

  10-11-2020 01:23 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) - State police say a scam call targeting grandparents is back- and they want to make sure you don't become a victim. Troopers say some of the fraudsters are claiming to be a relative with an illness, or who was just arrested- and that the scammers will push for you to help without trying [...]
  
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• New "Buffalo Presidential Center" unveiled at downtown's Central Library

  10-11-2020 01:18 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) - The Central Library in downtown Buffalo has plenty of books about our nation's presidents- but now it has even more ways to learn about the history of the commanders-in-chief. The library now houses the "Buffalo Presidential Center", containing more than 10,000 artifacts. The exhibit tells the history of the occupants of the Oval [...]
  
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• UB study: Krabbe disease treatment should start earlier

  10-11-2020 01:10 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) - UB researchers have found that doctors need to work faster to treat infants who are diagnosed with Krabbe disease. The research team published its paper in "Nature Communications". They say the treatment can prolong patients' lives by as long as a few years. The disease destroys the protective coating of nerve cells in [...]
  
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• WATCH: News 4 Weather Team's Winter Weather Outlook

  10-11-2020 01:03 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) - Monday had a new record high temperature for Nov. 9- but winter weather is still on the way! The News 4 Weather Team gave their predictions for what you can expect this season in their Winter Weather Outlook.
  
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