From Buffalo Rising
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Stitch Buffalo and Water Buffalo Club 716 to celebrate World Day of Cultural Diversity
Stitch Buffalo and Water Buffalo Club 716 will be celebrating World Day of Cultural Diversity on Tuesday, May 21, from 1pm to 4pm at Stitch Buffalo. The celebration will also []
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“We Claim Victory Over Hate”
Unity. Hope. Prayer. Love. “We Claim Victory Over Hate” Those were the common themes Monday afternoon as hundreds of people, including political and business leaders, media, community activists, and neighbors []
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A Matter of Sound: Reflecting on the broadcast legacy of Jim Santella
Jim Santella, a longtime Buffalo broadcaster and radio innovator, died last week. He was 86. Since his passing, more than once people have asked if I knew him. I did. []
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Darnel Davila: 17 Year Old Drummer with Dreams of Dispensing Puerto Rican Culture Throughout Buffalo and Beyond
Have you met Buffalo’s next generation of leaders? Buffalo Rising’s Young, Gifted, and Buffalo (YGB) profiles talented individuals making a positive impact on our community. Get to know them and []
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No Fluoride in Buffalo Drinking Water Harms Public Health and Public Trust
Sometimes, two seemingly totally unrelated events come together to show a larger, more important story that needs to be told. Recently, settlements were made in the Flint water contamination case. []
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The Latest and Greatest @ The Monroe, including Saffron Kitchen and West Side Bazaar
Developers Richard Rogers and Travis Gordon of Urban Vantage, Derek King and Michael Puma of Preservation Studios, and Jason Yots of Common Bond Real Estate have announced that they are []
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Infilling: Citywide Sites Eyed for Affordable Housing
The City of Buffalo has identified 46 vacant properties where 47 affordable, single-family homes are to be constructed. The sites are to be sold to the Buffalo Erie Niagara Land []
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Angelee Pabón: Paving Paths and Positively Promoting Puerto Rican Culture in Buffalo at 17 Years Old
Have you met Buffalo’s next generation of leaders? Buffalo Rising’s Young, Gifted, and Buffalo (YGB) profiles talented individuals making a positive impact on our community. Get to know them and []
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Leading by Example – Omega Mentoring
Early Monday evening, on the eve of the second anniversary of the 5.14 racially motivated massacre by a white supremacist on Jefferson Avenue, I had every intention to participate in []
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CROSSING DELANCEY at Jewish Repertory Theatre is as sweet a rom-com as it comes
THE BASICS: CROSSING DELANCEY, the 1985 play by Susan Sandler, directed by Steve Vaughan, presented by The Jewish Repertory Theatre of WNY, starring Arin Lee Dandes, Darleen Pickering Hummert, Tina []
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5/14 Memorial Design Unveiled
Governor Kathy Hochul, Mayor Byron Brown, and the 5/14 Memorial Commission, along with the families of those lost and injured and other community stakeholders unveiled the final design of a []
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Construction Watch: The Lawrence
Work on The Lawrence, a Fruit Belt apartment building, is underway. Symphony Property Management is building the 132-unit apartment project on a site that fronts both Michigan Avenue and Maple []