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9:21 am
Wed May 16, 2012

Builders are setting the stage for Shakespeare

Organizers say stage construction will be complete for the start of Shakespeare at Delaware Park.
mike desmond/wbfo news

In five weeks Shakespeare in Delaware Park will open with Richard III, the playwright's legendary look at power corruption and violence in medieval England.

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4:57 am
Wed May 16, 2012

Voters reject school budgets in four districts

Despite New York's new property tax cap, four area school districts failed to pass budgets on Tuesday.

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4:50 am
Wed May 16, 2012

Primary Day pushed back to September 13th

The state’s September primary is going to be delayed by two days, now that the legislature has agreed to move the date from Tuesday September 11th to Thursday September 13th.

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5:43 pm
Tue May 15, 2012

Senate confirms Howard Zemsky to lead NFTA

Buffalo businessman Howard Zemsky has been confirmed as the new chairman of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority.

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5:39 pm
Tue May 15, 2012

Sabres paying to green waterfront land

Mayor Byron Brown says three city-owner parcels will be "greened."
Mark Leitner/WBFO

The Buffalo Sabres organization is contributing $120,000 toward the beautification of some downtown waterfront property.

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10:41 am
Tue May 15, 2012

School district voting underway

West Seneca school students
WBFO News file photo

Residents are voting on budgets in suburban and rural school districts across the state Tuesday.

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8:18 am
Tue May 15, 2012

Groups bring funding pleas to Council chambers

Monday's Common Council budget hearings attracted small crowds.
mike desmond/wbfo news

The local cultural community and the school board told separate Common Council budget hearings last night they need more funding.

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7:57 am
Tue May 15, 2012

Chairman wants NFTA off the waterfront

Acting NFTA Chairman Henry Sloma agrees with Congressman Brian Higgins that it's time for the transportation authority to surrender its Outer Harbor property.

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7:53 am
Tue May 15, 2012

Control board expected to reduce role

Buffalo's control board appears ready to relinquish much of its power over the finances of City Hall and the Buffalo School District.

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9:37 am
Mon May 14, 2012

Schools scrambling to stay under tax cap

To the delight of Governor Cuomo, hundreds of New York Public School districts are living within their means; abiding by the constraints of the two percent property tax cap.

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9:11 am
Mon May 14, 2012

Officials respond to park shootings

Buffalo police are hoping someone will come forward and identify the man who walked up to a birthday party Saturday night in Martin Luther King Park and fired multiple rounds into people leaving the party.

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9:00 am
Mon May 14, 2012

Press Pass: Looking to preserve a former synagogue

Oldest synagogue buildings on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo
Photo provided by Buffalo Spree

A former synagogue, one of the oldest synagogue buildings in Buffalo, was recently spared from demolition.

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