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Only certainty in Iowa caucuses Monday night is the forecast for snow

WASHINGTON – A few hundred thousand Iowans will cast the first votes in the race to choose the next leader of the free world Monday night, and any pundit who tells you that he or she knows... Read More

 

Family faces pregnant mom's brain cancer fight

Kim and Phil Vaillancourt celebrated two days before Christmas when their adoption of three sisters was finalized in Erie County Family Court.The judge asked the couple whether they would always... Read More

 

WNY veteran recalls Vietnam combat that brought him medal for valor in ‘Big Red One’

John M. Washington, 72
Hometown: LackawannaResidence: WheatfieldBranch: ArmyRank: E-4War zone: VietnamYears of service: 1967-68Most prominent honors: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Army... Read More

 

Nevergold challenges tie of tests, takeovers

A Buffalo School Board member has started an online petition premised on a fundamental question: If state assessment tests are not valid enough to evaluate teachers and students, how can they be... Read More

 

Honor Roll for Feb. 1

West Buffalo Charter School named Cynthia Baird Stark and Lee Pearce board of trustees members. Stark is an experienced volunteer, educator and community leader. After volunteering for two years at ... Read More

 

Reporters’ Notebook

OLAF FUB SEZ: According to Anglican archbishop of Dublin Richard Whately, born on this date in 1787, “Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.” ...I... Read More

 

Special election set to fill vacant seats in State Legislature

ALBANY – April 19 has been set as the date for a special election to fill four vacancies in the State Legislature, including seats left empty when Sheldon Silver, the former Assembly speaker,... Read More

 

After joy of adopting three, Tonawanda family of seven jolted by advanced cancer diagnosis for pregnant mother

Kim and Phil Vaillancourt celebrated two days before Christmas when their adoption of three sisters was finalized in Erie County Family Court.The judge asked the couple whether they would always... Read More

 

Petition by Buffalo board member questions use of state tests to determine schools for receivership

A Buffalo School Board member has started an online petition premised on a fundamental question: If state assessment tests are not valid enough to evaluate teachers and students, how can they be... Read More

 

Clinton, Bush, Rubio lead in Western New York campaign fundraising

The political pundits say Jeb Bush doesn’t have much chance in the Iowa caucuses, but the former Florida governor is doing pretty well raising money in Western New York.So is Hillary Clinton,... Read More

 

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