Welcome to our good friend, Michele Johnson, to the blogosphere! Her new blog, News From A Broad, will surely be interesting reading as she details her daily dealings from the East Side (and more).
Amanda’s Aunt Fran has written a lot of music in her years, but none of it has ever been recorded. We acquired a folder with several of her pieces and picked a song to record for her. Her sheet music consisted of the melody and lyrics, so I spent a few nights working out the…
Amanda and I had the opportunity to go with Chris Byrd and Mike Miller of Broadway-Fillmore Alive to visit the former Sears building on that corner. Here’s a series of photos of the Broadway/Fillmore area taken from the roof. Keep an eye on BFA’s site to see some photos of the Sears building itself. BFA…
Tonight, Amanda and I attended the Town of Hamburg’s first public meeting on the update of it’s Comprehensive Plan. This plan, adopted in 1997, is the long term “master plan” for the town. The plan was meant to be revisited every five to ten years, and the Hamburg Town Board initiated this review to address…
The New York Times says… administration officials are counting on a lift this summer from the $168 billion economic stimulus package that Congress passed last week and from the Federal Reserve’s recent decisions to reduce short-term interest rates….[CEA Chair Edward Lazear] predicted that the stimulus package would create an additional 500,000 jobs this year. Economics…
I’ve posted all the other Terminal events for October… except for this one – Doors Open Niagara 2006. The Terminal will be participating again this year both days – Saturday 10/14 and Sunday 10/15 from 10am-5pm. The Terminal is even the… ahem… poster child for this year’s event.
In case you were getting depressed by statistics about Buffalo, like population loss, tax rates, and politician approval ratings, here’s one to rejoice: Buffalo now has it’s first Fortune 500 company. M&T Bank moved it’s way up into slot number 496 of the Fortune 500, moving up from 519th place in 2006’s more expansive Fortune…
thank you :o)