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Pedestrians only: Main Street in Williamsville to be closed to vehicles during festival next Satu...

Pedestrians only: Main Street in Williamsville to be closed to vehicles during festival next Satu...

After submitting plans to make Main Street a more walkable village core, it seems like the perfect time for W…

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Water mill becomes focus of Williamsville transformation

Water mill becomes focus of Williamsville transformation

Much has been made of Williamsville's recent efforts to calm traffic on Main Street. But perhaps just as exci…

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Amherst to study installing Maple Road crosswalk where girl died

Amherst to study installing Maple Road crosswalk where girl died

More than a year after a 13-year-old girl was killed crossing Maple Road, Amherst officials agreed Monday to …

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After six years, $326 million settlement for Diocese of Buffalo abuse survivors seems near

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By Charlie Specht
| Independent Reporter
Survivor Ann Marie Dempsey speaks at a news conference in Buffalo on Monday as members of the Unsecured Creditors’ Committee and their attorneys, Stacey Benson, Dan Chiacchia and Steve Boyd, look on.
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Charlie Specht - Buffalo Muckraker

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By Charlie Specht
| Independent Reporter
Writing about the Diocese of Buffalo and the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. Writing about the Diocese of Buffalo and the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church.
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Charlie Specht - Buffalo Muckraker

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By Charlie Specht
| Independent Reporter
I love New York for many reasons, especially its sidewalk cafes. Photo credit for this one goes to my brother, Nick. This weekend, I graduated from the Columbia Journalism School nonfiction book workshop in New York. It began in January and consisted of two three-day “residencies” on the historic campus in the Morningside Heights section of Manhattan.
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