The U.S. Flag Code states the proper way to retire unusable flags is through burning in a dignified manner. The public is invited to bring their old flags and join the Boy Scouts of America: Greater Niagara Frontier Council; Girl Scouts of Western New York; City of Buffalo Fire Department; Erie County American Legion; Rotary Club of Buffalo and Forest Lawn for this reverent and respectful ceremony, to be held near the gravesite of Buffalo school teacher and Flag Day co-founder Sara Hinson in Forest Lawn on Saturday, June 8 beginning at 2:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Do you wish to retire a flag belonging to a veteran or first responder? Bring it to the ceremony and complete a Service Record Card at the drop-off table; the names on these cards will be read off during the ceremony.

For more information, visit www.forest-lawn.com.

  The most significant figure in Buffalo's waterfront history, next to Samuel Wilkeson, has gone missing! Joseph Dart, inventor of the worlds first commercial Grain Elevator has disappeared! On the Commercial Slip Bridge, historical signage about Joseph Dart and the Grain Elevator he invented, was mysteriously replaced with a "REBIRTH & RENEWAL" sign talking about the "fight for rebuilding Commercial Slip" and how it came to be!

BUFFALO, NY - He was the leader of a local bank on the move.  John Koemel led First Niagara to substantial growth in Western New York over a relatively short time.  But while the public saw the bank properties grow, shareholders saw the stock price decline ... rapidly. So what went wrong?  

Buffalo News reporters Bob McCarthy and Jonathan Epstein have been looking to it, and Friday they sat down with 2 On Your Side's Maryalice Demler to talk a little bit about what they discovered.

You can read Bob and Jonathan's full analysis of the paradoxical rise of First Niagara and fall of its CEO in Sunday morning's Buffalo News.