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Jeff Schober
Jan 311 min read
Talking Leaves Books turns 50!
Business model that ‘began as a lark’ has become a Buffalo icon January 3, 2025: Jonathon Welch, co-founder of Talking Leaves Books,...
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Jeff Schober
Nov 14, 202414 min read
What if your dad was nominated to be vice president?
Sisters Libby Miller Fitzgerald and Mary James recall 1964, when their father represented Lockport on the national stage October 15,...
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Jeff Schober
Oct 12, 20249 min read
Being a hockey referee is challenging… especially if you’re only 17
High school senior already has three years of experience making calls Josh Fletcher expects to get yelled at. It’s simply part of the...
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Jeff Schober
Sep 2, 202410 min read
Local innovation strengthens the Great Lakes ecosystem
Project connects emerald shiners between the Niagara River and Lake Erie Lake Erie offers one of the best freshwater fisheries in the...
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Jeff Schober
May 15, 20249 min read
Buffalo, Books & Beer expands the region’s hip literary culture
What happens when two local writers meet for a beer? If this sounds like the beginning of a barroom joke, that’s by design. The full...
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Jeff Schober
Mar 17, 20247 min read
The New Angola Theater's renovation may revitalize a Southern village
Now 100 years old, owners seek to modernize while celebrating the past A plan to reimagine the New Angola Theater, a 410-seat venue...
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Jeff Schober
Nov 1, 202310 min read
The Assassin Hunter of West Seneca
Christian Ulrich, buried at Trinity Lutheran Church cemetery, helped capture John Wilkes Booth after Lincoln’s murder A 23-year-old West...
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Jeff Schober
Sep 18, 20237 min read
“The 12th Man Misfitz Manor” opens in the shadow of Highmark Stadium
Superfans envision a location for family-friendly tailgating September is the time of year when the Buffalo Bills hold sway over an...
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Jeff Schober
Jul 17, 202310 min read
‘One of the most influential Buffalonians that most people have never heard of’
Amherst resident Don Haas educates the public about weather extremes Because he is a trained scientist, Dr. Don Haas is concerned about...
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Steven D. Desmond
Jun 19, 20231 min read
Headliners 2023!
Our photographer shares images from local stages since the start of the year Buffalo Tales has given us the opportunity to make new...
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Jeff Schober
May 15, 20239 min read
Teen strikes balance between old and new — with talent to spare
Vintage machinery in a Southtowns bowling alley allows ‘Joe the Pro’ to build a YouTube following Joey Dayer was only five years old when...
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Jenna Manney
Apr 15, 20238 min read
For Tonawanda artist George Palmer, age is just a number
His portraits can be found all around Western New York and beyond — including displays at Shea's Performing Arts Center When George...
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Jeff Schober
Mar 15, 202319 min read
True Crime: the Unsolved Case of a Missing Michigan Girl (part 2)
Anjanette’s abandoned car is discovered in South Buffalo, and the suspect is interviewed again in Kentucky. Editor’s note: This is second...
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Jeff Schober
Feb 15, 202316 min read
True Crime: the Unsolved Case of a Missing Michigan Girl (part 1)
In Hamburg, a 21-year-old disappeared after Sweetest Day weekend in 1994. No body was ever found, and the prime suspect is dead. What...
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Jeff Schober
Jan 17, 202310 min read
‘She’s little but mighty’
Candace Vogel, nicknamed ‘The Fraud Broad,’ closes 36 years of chasing criminals with the Erie County District Attorney’s office When...
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Jeff Schober
Dec 11, 202212 min read
Job training and opportunity intersect to help workers move into the middle class
On Buffalo's East Side, placement and retention fuel Northland’s success In October, we published a story about steelworkers and a...
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Steven D. Desmond
Nov 15, 20222 min read
Views from the Back Patio
Our photographer comes full circle from a story published 30 years ago Thirty years ago, I was a twentysomething photojournalist who...
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Jeff Schober
Oct 15, 202215 min read
When Steel was King
Retired workers from Bethlehem and Republic Steel keep local history alive at Buffalo's Steel Plant Museum Nearly four decades have...
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Jeff Schober
Sep 15, 202212 min read
Curses!
Are Buffalo sports franchises cursed? If so, is this the year it ends? Hope tastes as sweet as a crisp autumn apple, and fall is the...
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Jenna Manney
Aug 21, 20225 min read
Treading the path of a “long goodbye”
Kenmore native discusses personal struggles with Alzheimer’s Disease David Gonlag thought memory loss was just part of getting old. He...
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