Disappearing from the streets
Black Rock Assumption Boys and Girls Club, an after-school program, provides members with an educational escape from the streets of Buffalo.
Buffalo State College partners with Asarese-Matters Community Center
Buffalo State College is lending a helping hand to a neighborhood community center to help improve the center’s appearance and create more activities and programs for neighborhood youth.
Ralph Hernandez ‘Non-traditional success’
Ralph Hernandez has devoted his time to volunteering and improving the Westside community. He has been on the West District of Buffalo’s Board of Education since May of 2004. He spoke of how proud he was to volunteer on a local little league football team: “I had a chance to interact with the students and the parents at the same time.
Waterfront teaching pavilion complete for Buffalo State College students
In October 2004, former New York State Assembly Member Richard A.Smith of Hamburg obtained $100,000 in funds to build a community teaching pavilion at the Great Lakes Center for Environmental Research and Education on the waterfront.
From eye sore to eye candy
Gardens are growing on many West Side streets. Several lots on streets like West Utica that were vacant are now filled with flowers and bushes.
Midnight Mass is a rolling party
Bicyclists gather at the Essex Street Pub in Buffalo’s West Side every Sunday night for a mass bike ride.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute needs your blood
The Roswell Park Cancer Institute needs blood and platelet donations from dedicated donors.
HOOP: new organization on Buff State’s campus
HOOP is a new organization that is developing at Buffalo State to get students involved in community services and get experience in their field.
The wheels are moving, but no one rides the bus
They circle the campus and beyond, but nobody seems to know what they do. Every student pays a mandatory fee for their service, but only 1.9 use them per trip.
Successful alumnus opens store
It’s not a secret. If you have a degree and some good old fashion ambition you can make a living doing what you like.
Fighting crime, one block at a time
Home to drug houses, absentee landlords, and a gang rivalry that has resulted in at least a dozen murders since January, the West Side of Buffalo often gets stereotyped as a hopelessly dangerous, drug-riddled area.
Western New York architecture encounters ghosts
Mason Winfield’s Ghost Walks are winding down at the end of October. The Ghost Walks run from June through October, and cover a variety of places in Western New York.
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