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by Buck Quigley
Raymond Wierzbec is a salt-of-the earth hard working farmer with strong, calloused hands. Though short, he has broad shoulders that invoke expressions like “built like a tank.” Raymond, 53, his wife Bernice, 51, their son Brian, 25, and daughter Angelene, 29, farm several acres of land in South Wales in the Town of Aurora.
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by Dan Telvock, Investigative Post
Young children in Erie County, mostly from Buffalo’s inner city, are testing positive for lead poisoning at more than triple the state average.
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by Alan Oberst
Taken aback by a rebellion against its fast-track plans for the northern Outer Harbor, Empire State Development’s relentless march toward a pre-election groundbreaking suffered a surprising setback this fall. But, as in popcorn moviedom, there is always a sequel in the works.
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by Paul Wolf, Esq.
As usual incumbent politicians across New York State in the Senate and Assembly won re-election. The fact is that incumbents almost always win because running for public office is a rigged game. More state legislators have left office due to criminal charges over the past few years than due to losing an election.
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by Dave Staba
The Buffalo Bills’ annual visit to South Florida also serves as the team’s lone scheduled prime-time appearance of 2014, a Thursday-night affair that sets up a conundrum for your friendly sports columnist.
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by Andrew Kulyk and Peter Farrell
For anyone really paying attention, last Friday an interesting convergence occurred on the NHL game schedule. Had this been the case on the last weekend of the regular season, observers would have been paying as close attention to these matchups as they would be the jockeying for playoff positions in the standings.
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by Jack Foran
Henri Matisse famously said that art should be like an easy chair. He didn’t say you should fall asleep in it. Artist Erin Hurson’s installation at Squeaky Wheel—complete with a couch and a blanket—and despite the name, Hypnagogic, literally meaning sleep-inducing, actually seems more like meditation-inducing.
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by Anthony Chase
I know it’s being promoted as a football drama, but Lombardi, would more accurately be described as the story of a marriage.
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by Jan Jezioro
The season-opening “A Musical Feast” concert on Friday, November14 at 8pm in the Burchfield Penny Art Center on the Buffalo State Campus, will feature a pair of mainstream works for violin and piano by Beethoven and Szymanowski, performed by violinist David Colwell and pianist Dmitri Novgorodsky, and more contemporary works for two alto saxophones, performed by Wildy Zumwalt and Diane Hunger, as well as a work for vibraphone, performed by Tom Kolor.
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by Jordan Canahai
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by Jordan Canahai
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Artvoice's weekly round-up of featured events, including our editor's pick for the week: The Swellers 'Call it a Night' Tour, performing at The Studio Waiting Room, Thursday, November 13.
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by Emil J. Novak Sr.
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by Michael Hoffert Jr.
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by Carolyn Marcille
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by Michele F. Marconi, Amherst
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by Tori Pockzalski, Buffalo
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by Chuck Shepherd
Angry taxpayers and retail customers sometimes protest their debt by paying the bill with containers of coins (especially pennies), but what if a company did that to a customer?
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by Rob Brezsny
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Sex is like pizza,” said comedian Mel Brooks. “Even when it’s bad, it’s still pretty good.”
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