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I love going to casinos. I have a favorite slot machine and I look for it everywhere I go. Let me tell you, I’m very superstitious and don’t want to jinx my luck.A day at the casino is fun. In fact, there are plenty of casinos here in New York that you can visit on a day trip. Some are in New York itself, others in nearby Connecticut and Pennsylvania.Best Casinos in and Around Hudson Valley, New YorkResorts World Hudson Valley via FacebookResorts World Hudson Valley via FacebookI think most trips to the casino involve food, drink and games. A…
Tim Wenger has taken on a new leadership role in the company that owns three of the city’s premier AM radio channels, 97 Rock has a new daytime host, and the local FM channel has a new format.It’s been a busy few weeks for local radio.Let’s start with news about Wenger from West New York.Wenger, a recent Buffalo Broadcaster Hall of Fame inductee, has been promoted to senior vice president and market manager for Ordersy Buffalo, which owns news and talk station WBEN-AM, sports station WGR-AM, The Bet Buffalo (WWKB-AM), FM stations 107.7 & 104.7 The Wolf (WLKK-FM), and Classic…
Buffalo’s newest and most unique music festival with an atmosphere of dance music, electronica and jams. The weekend of August 4-6, 2023, Campground Adventures near Ellicottville, NY is hosting an amazing musical adventure. The region’s latest music festival features some of the hottest artists including Notixx, Space Junk, Twist, Grub and more. “SOULAND is all about collective creative expression and an opportunity to bring together many of the great talents and creatives of the Buffalo area for a weekend of magic,” said Tom Burke, co-host of the infamous Wook, One Wheeler and managing DJ Notixx. “Together we create a fun,…
In press conferences over the past few months, Gov. Kathy Hochul has used the word “unprecedented” to describe weather phenomena such as heavy snowfalls in Buffalo, unhealthy air quality from wildfires in Canada and, most recently, flash floods. “These are unprecedented weather phenomena that hit us again and again,” the governor said at a July 10 briefing on the Hudson Valley flooding.Are they really “unprecedented” and is this our new normal?Andrew Vander Yacht, head of SUNY-ESF’s Applied Forestry and Ecology Laboratory, said all the signs and records point to these unprecedented events and that climate change is real. He said…
There’s a fight going on in downtown Buffalo right now to save Brae Miller Market. In the next few days, Buffalo’s Common Council will meet in the Council Chamber to decide the fate of downtown Bray Miller. Nine City Council Members Asked to Vote yes or no about whether Bray Miller (the only grocery store in downtown Buffalo) will receive the $500,000 (pandemic-related) federal funding previously allocated for small businesses in Buffalo. $1.2 million of this funding has already been distributed to all districts throughout the city. The program stopped allocating funds when there were no more eligible applicants. With…
Riley Desire has long wanted to be a pharmacist.He began his pharmacy internship while attending Irondecoy High School and after earning his PhD in Pharmacy from St. John Fisher College in 2015, he began working full-time in the field.He was on his way, but after a few years he began to question his choices.Just before the novel coronavirus arrived, Dessier traveled to Toronto. A longtime board game fan, he stopped by Snakes and Lattes, his board game bar and restaurant, which has three locations in the Ontario capital and five others across the United States.He envisioned a similar opening here.Then…
OLEAN — Terry Gray has learned a few things through his 30 years of high school football coaching. One of them is simplifying his game plan for the All-Star Contest.”If we beat the huddle and all five linemen turn around and look at the quarterbacks, we’re going to be in trouble,” said Gray, a retired Freysburg coach who will lead the New York team in the 49th renewal of the Big 30 All-Star Charity Classic.New York State began nine practices Monday night at Olean Intermediate Middle School in preparation for a game against Pennsylvania at Parkway Field in Bradford on…
Downtown New York prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the biggest concerts ever.An estimated 600,000 people attended a summer jam at Watkins Glen on July 28, 1973 featuring The Allman Brothers Band, The Grateful Dead and The Band. About 150,000 tickets were sold, but filling the small Finger Lakes venue and causing miles of traffic jams allowed an additional 450,000 fans to enter for free.Memorial concerts have been held in New York City, Vermont, Washington DC, and Florida, but the real party is here, near the original venue. And don’t you know that? You can choose from…
Last Friday, Lancaster, NY resident Sean Nye claimed his second feature win of the year and overall title worth $2,500 at the Race of Champions Sportsman Modified Series event at Spencer Speedway in Williamson, NY. Nye pulled back on the pole and used it to his advantage to win Game 2. “We had a good car all night and worked hard,” said Nye. “Competing in this series has been great for him and we are just grateful to be here.” Nye defeated Jake Lutz of Hamburg, NY and Eddie Hawkins of Marion, NY Tyler Catalano of Ontario, NY and Chris…
World War II ended in August 1945 with the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Instead of being seen as “the war to end all wars” called World War I, the end of World War II was embroiled in a geopolitical Cold War that lasted until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Throughout the 1950s, duck-and-cover training was common in schools, with fallout shelters (added after 1961) with emergency food cans waiting in the basement. Postwar tensions forced the Soviet Union to develop its own atomic bomb and the United States to stay ahead of the…