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Local GreenWatch Sunday: Water We live in a time when earth’s ecological systems are stressed beyond breaking.	Local DiPietro to Hold SAFE Act Forum—In His Church Assemblyman David DiPietro has invited three opponents of the SAFE Act to discuss gun control at East Aurora Wesleyan Church.
Local Looking Backward: Manhattan Hotel, 1910 The Manhattan Hotel, 466 Michigan Street, was reportedly Buffalo’s first African-American hotel.	Photo by Max Anderson. Local Fruit Belt Moves Closer to Land Trust Neighbors and organizers are cautiously optimistic that Buffalo’s Fruit Belt could be the beneficiary of the city’s first land trust.
(Ian Manka, Wikimedia Commons) Commentary What If We All Owned Tops? Instead of just bailing Tops out, what if New York State purchased the foundering grocery chain outright and ran it as a public enterprise?	A rally last weekend to call out Buffalo police and media for transphobia in recording and reporting the murder of Tonya “Kita” Harvey. Photo by Harper Bishop. Local Ups and Downs, Week of February 28 Kudos to LGBTQ activists for shining a light on the murder of Tonya “Kita” Harvey.
Commentary On the Ethics Code: It's Not the Sabres Tickets, Folks… Erie County Ethics Code chatter masks real problem: political contributions.	Commentary Listen to Higgins on Light Rail Higgins says focus public transportation dollars on the core. He’s right.

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