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Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market Lists Events for June 18

Monday, June 13th, 2011, 1:57pm

Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market Lists Events for June 18

The Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market, a Western New York tradition featuring more than 30 vendors selling fresh, seasonal and local products, is open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday, rain or shine. Providing the entertainment at the open-air venue this week will be violinist Griffin Saiia from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Chef Avi Altman of Obviously Avi Catering will also be stopping by the market for the season’s first cooking demonstration.

The market also welcomes several community groups this week, including the Lexington Cooperative Market, KidBiz and the Buffalo Animal Shelter. Schulze Vineyards & Winery and Liberty Vineyards & Winery will offer wine-tasting.

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Buffalo City Mission Receives Supportive Housing Grant

Submitted by Katie Riznyk, WGRZ Channel 2 Intern

Monday, June 13th, 2011, 11:36am

Buffalo City Mission Receives Supportive Housing Grant

From a Statement Released By The Buffalo City Mission:

WHAT: Buffalo City Mission’s Women and Children’s Shelter – Cornerstone Manor receives a $1Million Plus Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development to help support women who are ready for the next step towards maintaining permanent housing on their own but still need on-site assistance.

“This population is in need of assistance to gain self-sufficiency to reintegrate back into the community successfully,” said Executive Director Stuart Harper. “This program design will help fill the gaps women face when transitioning into permanent housing by offering a continuous support system while further decreasing the likelihood of recidivism for women and their children in the WNY area.”

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Thousands Attend Allentown Art Festival

Submitted by WGRZ Web Staff

Sunday, June 12th, 2011, 9:32pm

BUFFALO, NY - Art was celebrated once again this year at the 54th Annual Allentown Art Festival.

Tens of thousands of artists and spectators swarmed to the historic streets of Allentown to view thousands of works of art, crafts, and enjoy the artistic atmosphere.

Some art work on showcase featured clay sculptures, drawing, paintings, jewelry, glass-work, crafts, clothes and photography.

Exhibitors were carefully chosen from over 700 applicants for this years festival. Aproximately 450 artists were chosen from all over the United States and Canada to show their work.

Over 41 cash prizes, totaling $19,900, will be award on Saturday to the "Best of Show," "Purchase Award,", and other mixed media categories.

The festival will run Saturday June 11 and Sunday June 12 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Buffalo Public Schools "Closed Door" Meeting

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Friday, June 10th, 2011, 10:35pm

BUFFALO, N.Y. - District leaders, union representatives, school board members, and parent leaders met Friday to discuss problems facing Buffalo Public Schools.

Low test scores, poor attendance, and failing schools are among the issues discussed during the closed-door session at the M&T Center downtown.

19 city stakeholders, including the mayor, schools superintendent and teachers union president got together to discuss the issues they face and things that can be done to help fix the problems.

Currently, the graduation rate for the Buffalo City School District is right around 50-percent.

This meeting was suggested by state education commissioner John B. King, Jr. He was not in attendance, but state representatives are at the meeting.

Those in attendance say this is the start of a dialogue between stakeholders in the district and a chance to begin to develop a plan to fix the school system.

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Four Library Branches to Delay Opening Saturday

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Friday, June 10th, 2011, 8:04pm

Four locations of the Buffalo and Erie County Library will delay thier opening until 1 PM so staff can attend a forum with candidates for the new Library System director.

The four are the Central library at Lafayette Square, the Dudley branch of South Park Avenue, the East Delavan branch and the Niagara branch at 280 Porter Avenue.

Each will still close at their regularly scheduled time. All other libraries in the system will maintain their regular hours.

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TRAFFIC TRACKER 2: Saturday Road Closures

Submitted by Jackie Lewandowski, Community Web Producer

Friday, June 10th, 2011, 10:30am

TRAFFIC TRACKER 2: Saturday Road Closures

BUFFALO, NY - The Downtown Buffalo and Elmwood/Allentown neighborhoods will experience road closures Saturday, June 11th to accommodate the Susan G.

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Tanning Salons Targeted for Allowing Underage Teens to Tan

Submitted by WGRZ Web Staff

Thursday, June 9th, 2011, 1:51pm

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The local advocacy director the American Cancer Society conducted an experiment to see if underage teens would be allowed in local tanning salons, in an effort to highlight the importance of raising the legal age to tan.

Hillary Clarke took four 14-and15-year-olds to 16 different tanning salons to see if they could buy a tanning package, despite their age. Clarke says, of the 15 salons they went to, teens gained access to a tanning session 3 times -- all of which were at "Tanning Bed" salons.

Clarke says she went to 6 independent salons, three Total Tan salons and six "Tanning Bed" salons. Clarke says when the underage girl was able to buy a tanning session in a Southtowns "Tanning Bed" location, she then wanted to see if it would happen again, and went back the next day, with a new student volunteer, to a Northtowns "Tanning Bed" store.

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