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"We’re the type of company where you have to be able to look at different types of real estate development and be able to pivot and explore," said Uniland CEO Michael Montante, who took over the company started by his father, Carl Montante Sr., in 2020.
Many of the chains that have left Buffalo, such as Friendly’s, Ruby Tuesday and Pizza Hut, have filed for bankruptcy within the last few years.
The Bills used their final draft pick on Penn State’s Daequan Hardy, who could get a chance to win the punt returning position.
Family circumstances kept Austin Carter from working with classmates last month to build a cardboard boat for a Clarence High School competition. Instead, he leaned on hard work and genetics to build one on his own, and won the contest.
A Lee Enterprises and Press of Atlantic City investigation into the Hammonton Center found years’ worth of safety concerns and questionable payments to companies controlled by the Hammonton Center’s owners.
Longtime Orchard Park resident Eric Matwijow now has one of the best seats in the house to watch the construction of the new stadium, without being on the site itself. His popular tailgate spot Hammer’s Lot on Abbott Road encroaches the project to the south at the backend of the new stadium,…
Independent Health is putting one of its buildings on its Amherst campus up for sale as the insurer evaluates its long-term office space needs.
Legendary NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski headlines the 2024 class of inductees into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame.
In Buffalo, the number of shooting incidents is down by 15% in 2024, compared to the same time period in 2023. The number of victims wounded is down by 12%.
Micah Hyde has narrowed his options down to two. The veteran safety will either retire or return to the Buffalo Bills for an eighth season. As for when that decision comes, Hyde said Thursday that he’s not in any rush.
The Buffalo Bandits were 5-6 in early March. They are now two wins away from repeating as NLL champions.
“It’s been like a quiet secret,” said the Rev. Earl Perrin Jr., pastor of DeLaine Waring AME Church. “Buffalo has this direct connection to an event that changed the course of American history.”
One group trying to lay the groundwork for a second Donald Trump administration is out with a new policy book that aims to articulate an "America First" national security agenda.
In Florida and across the nation, young voters could prove pivotal in the 2024 election, from the presidency to ballot amendments and down ballot races that will determine who controls Congress.
An active jet stream pattern in the western half of the country means that the first half of May will favor more tornadoes in the Great Plains.
The practice of sedating people detained by police is quietly spreading across the nation, illustrating an often-hidden way fatal police encounters end: not by gunfire but with the silent use of a medical syringe.
A top concern for local election workers throughout the country this year is their own safety. A group formed after the 2020 presidential election is traveling the country helping them prepare for what could lie ahead.
The Supreme Court will consider a straightforward but legally untested question: whether a former president is immune from federal prosecution for official acts.
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republicans insisted the ruling would mostly impact those seeking abortions to end unwanted pregnancies. But that hasn’t been the case.
Millions across North America witnessed the moon block out the sun during a total solar eclipse Monday.
Before the total eclipse of 2017, the last one to cover this much American territory was in 1970. And it will not happen again until 2045.
College basketball statistician Ken Pomeroy (aka KenPom) comes on the podcast to talk about his wildly popular basketball analytics website and his time as a meteorologist.
The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year.
In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws’ exceptions are dangerously unclear.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have clinched their parties' presidential nominations with decisive victories in a slate of low-profile primaries, setting up a general election rematch that many voters do not want.
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Most upstate metro areas still haven't recovered the jobs that disappeared during the pandemic.
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Trocaire College is nearing completion of a $5 million renovation to its former hospitality school on Transit Road into its new Veterinary Science Department
The Buffalo News will keep track of players who commit to the Big 4’s men’s and women’s basketball programs as part of the incoming 2024 class.
Pioneer defeated Williamsville East in an A2 semifinal flag football game on Thursday. Here are photos from the game.
“Why wouldn’t you want your name in a video game?” UB Bulls offensive lineman Tyler Doty said. “I feel like that’s every kid’s dream. That was my dream, in seeing the NFL guys and then the college guys in there, when I was younger. That’s sick.”
The St. Mary's Lancers defeated the Nichols Vikings 13-12 to win their first Monsignor Martin Athletic Association girls lacrosse championship in team history.
Teen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of high chile consumption and had a heart defect, autopsy says
An autopsy of a Massachusetts teen who died after participating in a spicy tortilla chip challenge says his death was caused by eating a large quantity of chile pepper extract.
Lainey Wilson took home female artist of the year and the top prize of entertainer of the year at the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards.
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