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Summer fun drops student reading scores

Students board a school bus outside of Buffalo’s Waterfront Elementary. Photo by Garrett Looker. Educators call it the “summer slide.” In the spring of 2023, almost...

Infographic: Fatal crashes in Buffalo-Niagara

For a while, traffic fatalies were dropping – locally and nationally. Then came the pandemic. Traffic deaths went up. In some communities, including Erie...

City pulls back on “amusements” fee

The Town Ballroom on Main Street. Photo by Garrett Looker. The City of Buffalo has backed off from a plan to tax music and other...

Judge orders ‘House from Hell’ demolished

149 Arkansas St., slated for demolition. Photo by I’Jaz Ja’ciel. The “House from Hell” will soon be a pile of rubble. Following years of neighborhood complaints,...

DOT plays gotcha on the Scajaquada Expressway

The Scajaquada Expressway isn’t a toll road. Not technically.  But the state Department of Transportation has turned it into a moneymaker by surreptitiously installing speed...

City Hall targets music clubs with costly tax

Junkman’s Choir performs at Sportsmen’s Tavern. Photo by Garrett Looker. The City of Buffalo, facing projected budget shortfalls and desperate for revenue, is turning to...

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