Honor Roll / Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers

05/29/11 Samuel J. Giordano III, a senior marketing major at St. Bonaventure University, received the 2010 Collegiate Sales Marketing award by the Buffalo Niagara Sales and Marketing Executive (BNSME) organization.

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NY-born twin friars die on same day at age 92

06/03/11 Identical twins Julian and Adrian Riester were born seconds apart 92 years ago. They died hours apart this week. The Buffalo-born brothers were also brothers in the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor. Professed friars for 65 years, they spent much of that time working together at St. Bonaventure University, doing carpentry work, gardening and driving visitors to and from the airport and around ...

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Adrian, Julian Riester, New York-born Twin Friars, Passed Away on the Same Day at Age 92

06/04/11 Adrian, Julian Riester Image Credit: St. Bonaventure University Beth Eberth Adrian and Julian Riester, the Buffalo-born twin friars died Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at St. Anthony Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida after living together for 92 years, according to reports by several international news sites. The identical twins both died of heart failure, Brother Julian [...]

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