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Free concerts are back at Buffalo River Fest Park
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo River Fest concert series returns this summer happening on every Wednesday from July 31 to September 4. The park asks that concert goers bring their own chairs and a jacket. Food and drinks will be sold at the park. Next Wednesdays concert features 45...
Massive DRUG Alert For All Of New York State
If you have listened to radio, watched television or payed attention to online advertisements recently, there is a good chance you have noticed a growing concern about cocaine use in New York State. We are in the second half of the year and there has been an astonishing number of...
Date is set for Disability Pride Festival in Buffalo
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo's Disability Pride Festival kicks off on Friday. On July 26 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Canalside, the City of Buffalo is celebrating the month of Disability Pride in July and the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The festival will...
Wrecking Buffalo: 1291 Main Street
Just what Main Street doesn’t need- another demolished building. That’s what Health Sciences Charter School is proposing for 1291 Main Street. The school had planned to convert the 28,000 sq.ft. building into a gymnasium but has determined the cost of the project to be prohibitive. The school has owned the property since 2013.
Erie County assistant district attorney removed following investigation
After roughly five weeks on the job, De'Lenci Shannon-Brown has been removed from his role as Erie County assistant district attorney following an investigation into official misconduct after allegedly sharing confidential information with a convicted felon, according to the DA's office. Acting Erie County District Attorney Mike Keane says Shannon-Brown,...
'A problem we can solve:' More affordable housing is coming to Buffalo
NEW YORK — More high-quality, affordable housing is coming to Buffalo. State Senator Sean Ryan announced the first step of ‘The City of Good Neighborhoods’ plan to build safe and affordable rental units statewide. $40 million in the state budget was established in New York’s Vacant Rental Improvement Program to create more affordable rental properties for low-income families, notes the Senator’s Office.
New Foods Available At The Erie County Fair
The "12 Best Days Of Summer" is nearly here in Western New York and this year you will have a chance to enjoy some new foods at the Erie County Fair. Officials with the Fair released the new foods that will be available this year at the Fair on Thursday and there is something for everyone.
Common councilman pushes for progress on Heritage Point
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A summer day at Canalside shows just how far the area has come in the last 15 years. But just across the road is where the progress stalls. Six years ago, a promise was made to add new buildings to Canalside known as Heritage Point, containing apartments and commercial spaces with the hopes of further revitalizing the waterfront.
New happenings, eats at 2024 Erie County Fair
Gates will open at 11 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Aug. 7 at the Hamburg Fairgrounds for the 184th Erie County Fair. This year’s fair will feature plenty of new foods, attractions and full days of fun for all ages through Sunday, Aug. 18. More from WBEN:
Construction Lull: Nowakowski seeks answers from Sinatra
Fillmore District Council Member Mitch Nowakowski is seeking an update from developer Nick Sinatra, CEO of Sinatra and Company, per the hold up of the Heritage Point Development project at Canalside. Work remains at a standstill, which has become worrisome for the City, as well as for neighbors of the development, or lack thereof.
Construction Watch: The City Club
Larkin Development is wrapping up renovations to the former Larkin Men’s Club building at 696 Seneca Street into “The City Club.” The building will include ten apartments, eight one-bedroom and two two-bedroom units, and a small ground floor commercial space fronting Seneca Street. The brick building fronts...
Christmas Music Returns To Western New York
We are only 5 months away from Christmas and to celebrate "Christmas In July" We brought back Christmas music to Western New York. You already know that The New 96.1 is Buffalo's official Christmas Station and we will be going to our All-Christmas format on Friday, November 1st at 7 am.
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