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University at Buffalo student accused of making threats to have guns seized until at least May
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Merry Preetsmas
On the first day of Preetmas, my true love gave to me: a search warrant for Pigeon and Casey. Thursday, May 28 at midday, state police and FBI agents executed search warrants at the homes of three prominent political figures: lobbyist Steve Pigeon, former Buffalo Deputy Mayor Steve Casey, and Representative Chris Collins’s chief of staff, Chris Grant. All of this raises more questions
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One Lancaster
The controversy over Lancaster High School’s anachronistic, racist “Redskins” mascot was resolved by unanimous vote of that district’s school board. There was some outcry and protestation, and two of the most vocal opponents of the change were elected to the school board last week. The students, for their part, are in the process of selecting a new mascot via plebiscite. It’s
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Lancaster at a Crossroads
Who better to expound on whether “Redskins” is offensive to American Indians than two blonde non-Indians? The Buffalo News reports that Brenda Christopher and Kelly Depczynski are running for the Lancaster school board, and sort-of-possibly-but-maybe-not-but-really-yes advocating for the voters to fail the Lancaster school budget and a capital bond proposal, all to the detriment of the community and her students.
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Donn Esmonde’s School Vandals
When you wage war on the public schools, you’re attacking the mortar that holds the community together. You’re not a conservative, you’re a vandal. – Garrison Keillor Maybe Donn Esmonde is too busy with his new hobby of trying to be a retiree version of Bernice Radle, rehabbing dilapidated investment properties on the West Side of Buffalo, but his opinions and pronouncements
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Erie County Comptroller says county can’t afford to outfit new sheriff’s office helicopters
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