There is a romantic figure in our collective imaginations, an image that dates back to the earliest days of our country that has evolved over time and distance: the solitary man whose rugged freedom and guileless self-knowledge are counterbalanced by a troubled sense of emptiness and loss. The frontiersman, the pioneer, the railroad tramp, the hitchhiker, the folk singer—tough…

We’ve all had that next big business idea that’s going to take the nation by storm—but for some reason, we’re all still working for someone else. Well, almost all of us.

Some people get discouraged at the thought of failure. Others think they lack the necessary skills to start their venture. You may think to yourself, “I have this million-dollar idea, but how do I even get…

Delaware Park's Hoyt Lake was the site of the 21st Annual AIDS Walk Buffalo on Saturday morning -- a crowd of hundreds of volunteers, participants and sponsors enjoyed another day of amazing weather as they walked together for the fight against HIV and AIDS. The event started with the traditional flower launch on Hoyt Lake, followed by a walking route through the surrounding…

Just a quick jaunt up the QEW, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is probably shaking in his boots—partly due to the earthquake that hit earlier today, and also because there’s reportedly video of the Canadian mayor smoking a crack pipe.

Gawker contributor John Cook broke the story Thursday night, claiming to have watched the video, himself, and was offered the chance to purchase the video…

A proposed study that would examine border-crossing fees has been nixed.

In April, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced plans to find funds for a study about a cross-border fee for foreigners entering America from the north—or, in our case, west—and south, but that study proposal has been squashed.

“This is a huge victory for Western New York and other…

All those cartoon clips are pretty accurate, it seems. Mail carriers across the country have to fend against aggressive dogs, and Buffalo’s no exception to the stereotypical image.

When it comes to cities with angry dogs on the loose, Buffalo narrowly escapes top-ten status, according to a United States Postal Service news release that ranks cities by reported dog attacks on USPS…

Four fuzzy falcon chicks have joined the Statler City family.

The banquet facility and event center announced this morning on Facebook that four peregrine falcons have hatched, and the chicks are being watched by their attentive parents.

The falcons hatched over the course of the past week at Statler City, located at 107 Delaware Ave. in Buffalo.

Another area peregrine falcon…

Join the National Association of Women Business Owners WNY for their annual fundraiser to benefit NAWBO’s leadership training for women entrepreneurs and women’s scholarship fund.

The “Picnic in the Park” will take place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. tonight at Park Country Club in Williamsville.

According to their website, “The NAWBO Buffalo Niagara Chapter has been helping women…

Do you know what brown has done for Buffalo? They brought us a polar bear cub!

Enduring the 14-hour flight on a UPS jet from Alaska to Buffalo—do polar bear cubs get jet-lag, by the way?—orphaned polar bear cub Kali has arrived safely at the Buffalo Zoo.

The cub was found after Alaskan hunter James Tazruk shot its mother—but then realized the mother was nursing, so he was able…

Seven public electric vehicle charging stations dwell in a 15-mile radius of Buffalo’s city center, which—to me—seems like a large number, but over 700 exist in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore metropolitan area.

Buffalo certainly is not an alt-energy powerhouse like Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Atlanta or Minneapolis, but there’s a local grassroots movement that firmly…