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Chinese cooks from Brazil bring flaky, buttery pies to Clarence

One of the most unusual fast-serve restaurant concepts to show up recently has emerged in the food court at the Eastern Hills Mall in Clarence. ¶ If I said it was Chinese cooks who grew up in Brazil,...

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Temperature may rise to double digits, but winds will be bone-chilling

The thermometer once again hit zero overnight for Buffalo - even lower in areas away from metro area - prompting the closings of dozens of schools for another day on Wednesday.And though the...

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Toys R Us murder suspect wants statements to police suppressed

The accused killer of a Hamburg Toys R Us assistant manager wants to prevent prosecutors from using his statements to police at trial.Frank Housh, the defense lawyer for Bernard T. “Bernie” Grucza,...

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Skyway still closed as wind, lake-effect snow make evening commute difficult

Getting home hasn’t been easy for Buffalo area commuters this evening.Anyone headed for the Southtowns has found police cars barricading the Skyway at Church Street. Anyone coming to downtown Buffalo...

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Orchard Park Garden Club to meet next week

The Orchard Park Garden Club will hold its regular membership meeting Feb. 6 in the Orchard Park Presbyterian Church, 4369 S. Buffalo St., Orchard Park.Sign-ups are at 11:30 a.m. Lunch at noon....

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John W. Coleman, editor and publisher of Orchard Park Suburban Press

March 25, 1926 – Jan. 22, 2014John W. Coleman, the feisty editor and publisher of the Orchard Park Suburban Press, died Jan. 22 in Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital, Wellsboro, Pa. He was 87.Mr....

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Higgins asks state to prioritize replacement of West Seneca bridge

The state Department of Transportation is being asked to move up the planned replacement of the Harlem Road bridge over Buffalo Creek in West Seneca, where an ice jam and flooding earlier this month...

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Skyway reopens as wind, lake-effect snow diminish

The Buffalo Skyway, closed for nearly 10 hours by the weather, reopened about 11 p.m. Wednesday.The elevated highway along the waterfront and four miles of Route 5 to Ridge Road in Lackawanna were...

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Prospectus Premiere event takes on an upbeat tone

Sounding a very upbeat tone among more than 300 of the area’s business leaders, the CEO of Western New York’s leading business organization Wednesday night said the region is finally seeing a...

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An angel of mercy delivers Meals on Wheels in bitterest cold

Meals on Wheels for Western New York volunteer Judy Marine’s warm greeting cut through the bone-chilling cold Wednesday as she went about her West Side delivery route.The meals that were handed out...

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Coyote Cafe’s beef matchatka plate is Buffalo-Mexican fusion favorite

If you learned that the owner of a Mexican restaurant was named Jeff Giovino, would you hold his name against him?Even if his grandmother’s name was Mora?“Grandma Mora’s on Hertel? That was my...

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VA interfaith service to honor 4 heroic chaplains

VA Western New York Healthcare System will hold its annual interfaith service at 2 p.m. Sunday in memory of four chaplains who died after performing an extraordinary act of compassion during World War...

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West Seneca School District treasurer retiring; will serve in part-time...

The treasurer for the West Seneca School District was sent into retirement with plenty of warm wishes Wednesday night, but there was no need to actually say goodbye.Brian L. Schulz, who has worked for...

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Buffalo high in the 20s? Seems like forever

Seems like forever since the temperature was in the 20s, like it will be today.Turns out the last time it was this warm was – Monday.“We have short memories,” agreed National Weather Meteorologist Tom...

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Hamburg man charged in beer bottle attack

A 27-year-old man has been charged with a felony count of assault stemming from an altercation earlier this month in an Orchard Park bar, police reported today.Shawn Gretzler of Hamburg was arrested...

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Area lawmakers hit shortfall in NFTA funding

ALBANY – The Cuomo administration’s transportation commissioner Thursday defended the governor’s state aid to the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority.Transit officials and lawmakers say the aid...

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Soup ’n’ Bowl party in Hamburg honors food, friendship, the...

Who needs football when you have bowling? The Retirees Bowling League held its Soup ’n’ Bowl party Thursday at Legion Lanes in Hamburg. It was at least the 10th time the senior bowling league met on...

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Arrest of 2 men by Cheektowaga police may solve armed robbery spree in area

Cheektowaga police say they may have put an end to a string of as many as 21 related armed robberies across the area with the arrest of two men early Thursday morning.Anderson A. Arroyo, 29, of...

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Casino opposition on agenda of Genesee lawmakers

BATAVIA – The Genesee County Legislature next month will add its voice to the growing chorus of counties opposing another Seneca Nation casino in the Rochester suburb of Henrietta.The resolution says...

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Six local deaths prompt warning about sleeping with infants

Six infants have died this month – three in just the past week – in Erie County because of unsafe sleeping arrangements, prompting Erie County Health Commissioner Gale R. Burstein to warn adults...

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