Investigative Post: VA Limits Benefits for Gold Star Families
Different departments within VA haven’t agreed on guidelines, new directive limits benefits for some families.
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Controversial Officers to Receive Awards
Three officers involved in violent incidents with the public to receive award from security firm.
Video: St. Nick Almost Missed Buffalo
A Buffalo Christmas Carol performed by Chris “Pepper” Jones and the Peppertown Five, a.k.a. the Community Beer Works brewing team.
Investigative Post: Buffalo Billion Criminals Get Off Easy
Hold up a gas station and you’re looking at a minimum of five years in prison. Rig a bid on a public contract?
Politics and Stuff: The City of Buffalo’s Fiscal Crisis
The City of Buffalo has for many years managed its finances reasonably well. Those days may be over for now.
Looking Backward: Connecting Terminal Elevator, circa 1955
The Connecting Terminal Elevator, 32 Fuhrmann Boulevard, has been prominently visible on the Buffalo skyline since 1915.
Centerfold: Juan Luis Quintana's Buffalo Icons
JUAN LUIS QUINTANA is a native of Barcelona, Spain, currently residing in Buffalo and working on a series of artworks capturing iconic symbols of Buffalo. See more of his work at juanluisquintana.com.
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The Favourite
Will the moviegoing public ever get sick of British royalty? It seems unlikely.
Last-Minute Gift Ideas for Last-Minute Shoppers
You think you’ve got plenty of time—two weeks!—but you don’t. Here are six destinations that’ll get you to the finish line.
At the Movies
A selective guide to what’s opening and what’s playing in local moviehouses and other venues.
Ups and Downs, Week of December 12
Fun and games in the Erie County Legislature; Marijuana policy failure in Niagara Falls.
Burning Books Winter Open House
Give the gift that says: We buy too many things, and it’s killing the planet, but you need this calendar.
East Aurora Carolcade
It’s absurdly pictureseque, the annual East Aurora Carolcade, and it draws thousands to the village’s downtown.
Stay Gold: A Community Art Party
The Burchfield Penney’s anniversary celebration features music and new installations by more than a dozen artists.
Comfort and Joy from Yesterday
How government money and pensions—deferred ages from our previous manufacturing company—keep Western New York afloat.
Free Beer, Free Press
[HAPPY HOUR] Investigative Post’s monthly open house continues.
Hotel Henry: Corridors
[ART] New show opening in the new-old corridors of Hotel Henry.
Quixote: The Privileges of George H. W. Bush
The man who put Clarence Thomas on the US Supreme Court on the cover of this week’s TIME magazine.
Letter: Public Resources for Private Gain, Ever Upward in the Empire State
We are not paying Amazon to hire 25,000 people. We are paying Amazon to effectively lay off hundreds of thousands more.
Build a real firewall between consulting and lobbying
We’re crucifying Trump’s allies for what’s business as usual in Albany. Will the incoming state legislature change that?