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Bennett wins Class AA football championship

AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Bennett Tigers got a star effort from senior running back Dontre Hampton to claim their sixth sectional title. Hampton rushed for 304 yards and four touchdowns to lead Bennett in a 48-31 win against Lancaster in the Section VI Class AA football championship Friday night at UB’s Broadview Stadium. Surpassing […]

Buffalo, NY · 1d

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Get To Know Anthony Martis

For a quarterback, every game brings a new challenge. Whether it’s adjusting to an unexpected situation or keeping his composure under pressure, the position requires more than just athletic ability. For Williamsville East senior Anthony Martis, years of dedication to football prepared him to take on that responsibility as the team’s starting quarterback.

Williamsville, NY · 16h

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The rise and fall of Seneca Mall in West Seneca near Buffalo, NY, and the long wait over the land it left behind

Through 1968, Hengerer's went up at the Ridge Road end of a 51-acre construction site in West Seneca, and JCPenney at the end nearer Orchard Park Road. The ground lay just east of the New York State Thruway, near Exit 55, closed in by Orchard Park Road, Ridge Road, Slade Avenue, and a railroad line.

Buffalo, NY · 16h

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Buffalo man admits to fatal Bailey Avenue shooting

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man has admitted to shooting and killing a man on Bailey Avenue in November 2025, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. Kwincie McCullough, 20, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter. McCullough shot 22-year-old Marshawn Small during an argument on Bailey Avenue near Schreck Avenue around 12:30 p.m. on […]

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Jesuits priests relocating from Canisius to Lafayette Avenue

Jesuit order pays $1.145 million for Buffalo house

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National Grid providing more than $2 million in economic development grant funding to bolster projects, foster growth across Western New York

Through its various economic development grant programs, National Grid supports the transformation of commercial districts, and long-underused properties in cities and towns across its service areas. And in recent months, the company awarded economic development grants totaling more than $2 million to six projects in Erie, Niagara and Chautauqua counties.

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Watch: Fire sets sailboat ablaze at Buffalo marina

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Crews with the Buffalo Fire Department responded to a boat fire Thursday night involving a 36-foot-long sailboat. Officials responded to the scene at a marina near 79 Fuhrmann Blvd. around 9:30 p.m. The fire started in the vessel’s interior. Officials said one person on the boat was taken to a hospital […]

Buffalo, NY · 1d

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16 Places Offering Fully Prepared Thanksgiving Dinners In Western New York

Take a little stress off and let them do the cooking for you this year

New York · 2d

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Best Places to Meet Singles in Buffalo, NY, Without Using Dating Apps

It is a Saturday morning in June and you are standing on Bidwell Parkway with a bag of peaches, comparing notes on bread with the person at the next stall. 10 minutes earlier you had never spoken. The conversation lasts long enough for a second one to be easy the following week, because the market is there every Saturday and so are most of the same people. Buffalo has recurring public events in every season, from summer markets and food nights to a winter ice rink and monthly museum evenings, and each one puts strangers within talking distance of one another for an hour or more.

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Another Critical Traffic Change for This Busy Western New York Road?

Where is the roundabout going in WNY?

Orchard Park, NY · 2d

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Wegmans, Tops Friendly Markets announce bundle deals for Thanksgiving

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, Tops Friendly Markets and Wegmans are offering low-cost meals for families.

Buffalo, NY · 1d

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New York Thanksgiving: 'Micro Blizzards' Could Hit Buffalo, NY

Sudden snow squalls can turn I-90, I-81 and I-87 into dangerous travel corridors within minutes.

New York · 1d

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Zoé Restaurant gets a refresh

Zoé Restaurant, the classic Greek/American restaurant on Transit Road in East Amherst, has completed a $250,000 renovation designed by Raven Vanguard Design Studio. Owner Alexander Pozantidis says the project, planned over six months before construction began, improved the space while retaining its comfortability and familiarity. “We wanted to modernize Zoé without losing the warmth and familiarity that our longtime customers know and love,” he says.

East Amherst, NY · 2d

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Realty Group hosts annual turkey giveaway

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Cars lined up at the Mount Olive Baptist Church on East Delevan Street on Saturday, as the Mootry Murphy Burgin Realty Group hosted its sixth annual turkey giveaway. The business said that the event allows its partners to give back to the community. “We want to give back; we are so […]

Buffalo, NY · 18h

Law & Crime

Dad who chased kids around house zapping them with electric cattle prod as punishment for not putting away their laundry is heading to prison

An Ohio father is headed to prison after using an electric cattle prod to zap his young children and stepchildren as a form of punishment. His lawyer claims the discipline was "not with a weapon." The post Dad who chased kids around house zapping them with electric cattle prod as punishment for not putting away their laundry is heading to prison first appeared on Law & Crime .

Erie County, NY · 2d

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Wayfair Plans 2028 Store At Amherst's Former Boulevard Mall

Wayfair plans to open a roughly 96,000-square-foot store at the former Boulevard Mall in Amherst, with the shop expected in 2028. It is being described as the company's 12th store for in-person shopping. The address carries the longer story. In a November 10, 2025 report, BTPM described a mall that...

Amherst, NY · 2d

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Amherst Dispensary Finally Opens After Years of Delay, Joins Growing Market

2353 Millersport Hwy. — Approximate Site of Dispensary Opening. A new cannabis dispensary has settled into Getzville. Northtowns Cannabis, located at 2353 Millersport Highway, is a licensed adult-use dispensary. The shop's arrival lands amid a statewide cannabis market that keeps expanding even as some of its earliest hopefuls are still stuck waiting for approval.

Amherst, NY · 1d

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Revised Plans Submitted for Towne Gardens Plaza Replacement

BFC Partners has reworked redevelopment plans for the Towne Gardens Plaza site at William and Jefferson Avenue on the near East Side. The previously-approved two phase project with 310 residential units and 30,000 square feet of commercial and community space featuring a seven-story building. BFC is now proposing for a first phase of 149 units in a five-story building replacing the existing retail building on the site and an undefined second phase that would be built along the Jefferson Avenue frontage. A McDonald’s at the William/Jefferson corner under separate ownership will remain.

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Tops shooter's federal death penalty case inches towards trial date

Jury pool continues to be vetted by lawyers and presiding judge