08/25/10 Samuel M. Leadley, Ph.D., P.A.S., Calf & Heifer Management Specialist and a member of the Gold Standards Committee will discuss the importance of the Gold Standards II and how producers can use them to set goals for their operations.
08/24/10 The Albany Times Union has resurfaced October 2009 comments made by New York gubernatorial hopeful Republican Carl Paladino, in which he endorsed comments comparing New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D), who is an Orthodox Jew, to "Hitler" or an "Antichrist."
08/24/10 We're going to start out mostly sunny today , the National Weather Service informs us, but then the clouds are supposed to roll in. Temperatures should be pleasant for a while -- mid to upper 70s -- and winds should be light.
08/18/10 Imagine that you love the racy situations and over-the-top characters of Southern Gothic drama, but at the same time you feel it's ripe for parody. What do you do? You create "Alligator Summer," Dylan Lamb's attempt to celebrate the Tennessee Williams/William Faulkner vibe while mocking it.
08/05/10 Yogi Bear lives! Yes, you'll find Yogi and Boo Boo at the western New York campground, Jellystone Park in North java, just south of Attica, N.Y.
07/29/10 Yoko Ono has once again opposed the release of Mark David Chapman who is up for parole for the sixth time.
07/28/10 Yoko Ono will again oppose the release of the man who killed John Lennon nearly 30 years ago, and who comes up for parole next month.
07/27/10 Yoko Ono plans to again oppose the release of the man who nearly 30 years ago killed her husband, John Lennon.
07/27/10 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yoko Ono will again oppose the release of the man who nearly 30 years ago killed her husband, former Beatle John Lennon, and who comes up for parole next month, her lawyer said. Ono has consistently opposed parole for Mark David Chapman and has again sent a letter to the parole board, her lawyer, Peter Shukat, told the Daily News. "Her position has not changed," Shukat said ...
07/27/10 Mark David Chapman, convicted of shooting John Lennon nearly 30 years ago, is eligible for parole again.
07/11/10 When you walk into the showroom of Baker's Frontier Kitchens, you step into an upscale, well-appointed kitchen. The wood cabinetry is beautiful and functional, the granite countertops gleam, you imagine how wonderful it would be if this was your kitchen. Look to your left, and there is another fantasy kitchen with dark wood, a laminate countertop, an eye-catching faucet and next to that, another ...
07/07/10 This weekend was give and take for racing fans as Sprint Car driver Charlie Holben was released from the hospital and Scott Bonnell was severely injured.
06/30/10 Good news if you like syrup on your pancakes or waffles. You can now buy New York State maple syrup at Wegmans...
06/30/10 Wegmans has started selling bottles and jugs of maple syrup made exclusively in New York state, giving local maple producers a boost in their efforts to quadruple sales.
06/26/10 Literary awards have been one of the last bastions of high culture, but in the week when the crime writer Peter Temple took Australia's top literary prize, the Miles Franklin award, Alison Flood examines whether a detective novel could ever win the Booker When the Australian crime novelist Peter Temple heard that one of his detective novels, The Broken Shore, had been longlisted for the 2006 ...
06/26/10 When the young Harper Lee published To Kill a Mockingbird on 11 July 1960, she didn't seem to see it as historically important. "I never expected any sort of success with it," she said much later. "I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement..."
06/24/10 John Coombs, president of the Vulcan Society, the organization of black firefighters, says "racism is alive and well in America and the Fire Department is evidence of that" ("President's image defaced at firehouse," June 22).
06/11/10 This year marks Williamsville's seventh straight year atop Business First's standings of the top school districts in WNY.
06/10/10 The faculty at Nardin Academy High School has good reason to feel satisfied with its work. But Rebecca Reeder insists the all-girls Catholic school has no intention of resting on its laurels.
06/09/10 Nardin Academy once again holds first place in Business First's annual rankings of Western New York's high schools. |