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Candlemas Celebration Saturday @ Adam Mickiewicz Library
Candlemas Celebration Saturday, January 31, 2015 7:00 PM. Celebrate the beginnings of Spring with food, our ever present Polish and European beer selection and candles. Known by most as Groundhog Day, our ancestors believed this was the time when the…
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Just a Blonde in Buffalo: The Broadway Market
(By Beth P.) Growing up on Fillmore Ave, the Broadway Market has been a permanent staple in my life since I was a child. While it was more of a “booming” neighborhood when I was younger, now it is only a…
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Help add Fillmore to the National Registry for Buffalo’s Olmsted Park System
(By Carl Skompinski) Funding has been obtained to prepare the paperwork to have Fillmore Avenue from Best St. to Seneca St. added the National Registry for Buffalo’s Olmsted Park System. The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy is leading this effort. To…
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Polish Heritage Dancers 18th Annual Pączki Day Celebration
On Sunday, February 15, 2015, the Polish Heritage Dancers of Western New York will be holding there 18th annual Pączki Day celebration from 1:00 to 7:00pm. This is a great way to support one of the area’s Polish heritage organizations and…
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Hope Inspires a Different Type of #Buffalove
Sometimes seeing a news story can inspire and move people into action and help others. After Kristen Rice, a local photographer, saw a story on WIVB about Buffalo’s homeless and the Matt Urban Hope Center, it inspired her to reach out to the center…
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Bulletins 01/18/2015 – Saint John Kanty, Corpus Christi and Saint Stan’s
Here are the latest bulletins from Saint Stan’s, Saint John Kanty and Corpus Christi churches. Each bulletin is in PDF format and click on the church’s name below to view. Saint Saint Stan’s—> http://ststansbuffalo.com/ Saint John Kanty—> http://stjohnkantychurchbuffalo.wordpress.com/ Corpus Christi…
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Buffalo Business First: Sale price dropped on vacant 950 Broadway
(By James Fink – Buffalo Business First) In an effort to land a buyer, the price tag on the former Eckhardt’s/Kobacker’s Department Store — a real estate anchor in the Broadway-Fillmore District — has been reduced. The owners of the…
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Video: Old Urban Funeral Home at 188 Clark Street Demolished Last Night
Post by Bison Distillery. One of the owners of the new Bison Distillery on Lombard Street shot a quick video last night of the old Urban Funeral Home at 188 Clark Street being demolished at night. It is weird that this…
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Photos: Skating Returns to Martin Luther King, Jr. Park
(click on images for full view) I wrote this on Facebook Saturday after going to the official grand opening celebration of the MLK, Jr. Park Ice Rink: Kudos X 10 to the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy…with the inclusion of public…
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Photos & Video: Polka, Piwo and Pierogi at the Broadway Market
(click on images for full view) This past Saturday was the Broadway Market’s annual Polka, Piwo and Pierogi event. The day is the Market’s way of celebrating National Polka Month. The event featured music by the Docenko Family and the…
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