You have permission to edit this article.© 2022 Lee EnterprisesShare ThisAbout 175,000 NY residents to lose trusted traveler access this yearShare thisWASHINGTON – About 175,000 New York residents will be cut off from federal trusted traveler programs by the end of 2020 thanks to a new federal policy enacted in reaction to a new state law allowing undocumented immigrants to get drivers licenses, a senior Trump administration official said Thursday.Those New Yorkers are due to renew their memberships in programs such as NEXUS and Global Entry, which are intended to speed the processing of...…You have permission to edit this article.© 2022 Lee EnterprisesShare ThisAbout 175,000 NY residents to lose trusted traveler access this yearShare thisWASHINGTON – About 175,000 New York residents will be cut off from federal trusted traveler programs by the end of 2020 thanks to a new federal policy enacted in reaction to a new state law allowing undocumented immigrants to get drivers licenses, a senior Trump administration official said Thursday.Those New Yorkers are due to renew their memberships in programs such as NEXUS and Global Entry, which are intended to speed the processing of...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.© 2022 Lee EnterprisesShare ThisLactalis ships 15,000 pounds of mozzarella to Long Island food bankShare thisLactalis American Group has trucked 15,000 pounds of mozzarella products made at its South Buffalo plant to a food bank on Long Island.The shipment was delivered as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $25 million Nourish New York initiative, which provides funding to food banks to purchase surplus agricultural products in New York state and deliver them to people in need. The majority of the program's funding will be used to purchase dairy...…You have permission to edit this article.© 2022 Lee EnterprisesShare ThisLactalis ships 15,000 pounds of mozzarella to Long Island food bankShare thisLactalis American Group has trucked 15,000 pounds of mozzarella products made at its South Buffalo plant to a food bank on Long Island.The shipment was delivered as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $25 million Nourish New York initiative, which provides funding to food banks to purchase surplus agricultural products in New York state and deliver them to people in need. The majority of the program's funding will be used to purchase dairy...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.© 2022 Lee EnterprisesShare ThisCanadian border closure to be extended into JulyShare thisWASHINGTON – At least the first half of summer won't quite feel like summer in metro Buffalo or southern Ontario. And it's all because the coronavirus will continue to stand in the way of travel between those two regions well into July.U.S. and Canadian officials are finalizing a plan to extend the closure of the border between the two countries, which was scheduled to end June 22, sources said Wednesday.The pending but all-but-certain decision – which the...…You have permission to edit this article.© 2022 Lee EnterprisesShare ThisCanadian border closure to be extended into JulyShare thisWASHINGTON – At least the first half of summer won't quite feel like summer in metro Buffalo or southern Ontario. And it's all because the coronavirus will continue to stand in the way of travel between those two regions well into July.U.S. and Canadian officials are finalizing a plan to extend the closure of the border between the two countries, which was scheduled to end June 22, sources said Wednesday.The pending but all-but-certain decision – which the...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.© 2022 Lee EnterprisesShare ThisFinding true safety and refuge to build a life in BuffaloShare thisKuresha Noor’s life appeared to be in a good place.She had a job working with refugees, and she could relate to their aspirations and fears, because she, too, had come to Buffalo to seek refuge. After a long journey here, fleeing her home country of Somalia and spending several years in a Ugandan refugee camp, Noor had a career, a home, a direction. She spoke with a sense of resolve and carried herself with a sturdy...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.© 2022 Lee EnterprisesShare ThisFinding true safety and refuge to build a life in BuffaloShare thisKuresha Noor’s life appeared to be in a good place.She had a job working with refugees, and she could relate to their aspirations and fears, because she, too, had come to Buffalo to seek refuge. After a long journey here, fleeing her home country of Somalia and spending several years in a Ugandan refugee camp, Noor had a career, a home, a direction. She spoke with a sense of resolve and carried herself with a sturdy...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.© 2022 Lee EnterprisesShare ThisWith much higher turnout than 2016, Erie County went big for BidenShare thisJoe Biden and Kamala Harris colored Erie County an even darker shade of blue on Election Day, posting significant gains over 2016 totals in the election for president/vice president and reaffirming the area as solid Democratic turf.According to the official, certified results of the Nov. 3 election finally released Saturday by the Erie County Board of Elections, Biden/Harris beat the Republican ticket of Donald...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.© 2022 Lee EnterprisesShare ThisWith much higher turnout than 2016, Erie County went big for BidenShare thisJoe Biden and Kamala Harris colored Erie County an even darker shade of blue on Election Day, posting significant gains over 2016 totals in the election for president/vice president and reaffirming the area as solid Democratic turf.According to the official, certified results of the Nov. 3 election finally released Saturday by the Erie County Board of Elections, Biden/Harris beat the Republican ticket of Donald...WW…

You are the owner of this article.© 2020 Lee EnterprisesCanadians who get health care in Buffalo see border as a barrierShare thisMedical appointments in Buffalo never used to be much of a problem for Diane and Terry Dick of Fort Erie and countless other Canadians.But with the border closed to all but essential traffic amid the Covid-19 pandemic, what once was routine is now trouble – both coming and going.The Dicks learned that the hard way on June 24. After they crossed the Peace Bridge into Buffalo, a U.S. Customs agent gave them a hard time because they didn't have written proof of...…You are the owner of this article.© 2020 Lee EnterprisesCanadians who get health care in Buffalo see border as a barrierShare thisMedical appointments in Buffalo never used to be much of a problem for Diane and Terry Dick of Fort Erie and countless other Canadians.But with the border closed to all but essential traffic amid the Covid-19 pandemic, what once was routine is now trouble – both coming and going.The Dicks learned that the hard way on June 24. After they crossed the Peace Bridge into Buffalo, a U.S. Customs agent gave them a hard time because they didn't have written proof of...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.© 2022 Lee EnterprisesShare ThisIs Trump support withering in NY-27, state's most Republican district?Share thisRepublicans in the 27th Congressional District are reluctant to even ponder such an unspeakable topic.But following Republican Christopher L. Jacobs' surprisingly close victory in the June 23 special election, the GOP must suddenly ask if President Trump – considered its most valuable asset throughout the recent campaign – has worn out his welcome in New York's reddest congressional district."People are...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.© 2022 Lee EnterprisesShare ThisIs Trump support withering in NY-27, state's most Republican district?Share thisRepublicans in the 27th Congressional District are reluctant to even ponder such an unspeakable topic.But following Republican Christopher L. Jacobs' surprisingly close victory in the June 23 special election, the GOP must suddenly ask if President Trump – considered its most valuable asset throughout the recent campaign – has worn out his welcome in New York's reddest congressional district."People are...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.© 2022 Lee EnterprisesShare ThisMore hatchets, more hops: Popular ax-throwing bar will expandShare thisIf you like drinking beer and throwing axes, you'll soon have another place to do both indoors.Hatchets & Hops will open a second Buffalo location at 68 Tonawanda St. next month, in the Frizlen Group Architects' Black Rock Freight House. The project has 35 residential units in the former New York Central Freight House rail depot.The bar has a hatchet throwing range where customers can take ax-throwing lessons, then compete against each other in...…You have permission to edit this article.© 2022 Lee EnterprisesShare ThisMore hatchets, more hops: Popular ax-throwing bar will expandShare thisIf you like drinking beer and throwing axes, you'll soon have another place to do both indoors.Hatchets & Hops will open a second Buffalo location at 68 Tonawanda St. next month, in the Frizlen Group Architects' Black Rock Freight House. The project has 35 residential units in the former New York Central Freight House rail depot.The bar has a hatchet throwing range where customers can take ax-throwing lessons, then compete against each other in...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.© 2022 Lee EnterprisesShare ThisThe Editorial Board: It's time for Caputo to goShare thisWe generally approve of Western New York having an influential voice in Washington, but Michael Caputo’s is no longer needed.It’s hard to decide which is more outrageous – that Caputo and a top aide run Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports through a political vetting process, or that Caputo sees nothing wrong with that.Politico reported over the weekend that Caputo, the East Aurora political consultant and chief spokesman for the U.S. Department of...…You have permission to edit this article.© 2022 Lee EnterprisesShare ThisThe Editorial Board: It's time for Caputo to goShare thisWe generally approve of Western New York having an influential voice in Washington, but Michael Caputo’s is no longer needed.It’s hard to decide which is more outrageous – that Caputo and a top aide run Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports through a political vetting process, or that Caputo sees nothing wrong with that.Politico reported over the weekend that Caputo, the East Aurora political consultant and chief spokesman for the U.S. Department of...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.© 2022 Lee EnterprisesShare ThisSabres hire Seth Appert as Amerks head coachShare thisKevyn Adams has picked Chris Taylor’s replacement as head coach of the Rochester Americans.The Sabres’ general manager hired Seth Appert, formerly of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program, to become head coach of the Amerks, multiple sources told The Buffalo News on Friday. The Sabres officially announced the move Tuesday morning.A source told The News that former NHL player Alex Tanguay, now an assistant coach with the...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.© 2022 Lee EnterprisesShare ThisSabres hire Seth Appert as Amerks head coachShare thisKevyn Adams has picked Chris Taylor’s replacement as head coach of the Rochester Americans.The Sabres’ general manager hired Seth Appert, formerly of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program, to become head coach of the Amerks, multiple sources told The Buffalo News on Friday. The Sabres officially announced the move Tuesday morning.A source told The News that former NHL player Alex Tanguay, now an assistant coach with the...WW…