Author: EB_Blue

Patricia Krzesinski, chairwoman of the ECC Board of Trustees, announced in a Buffalo News editorial today that she will push to close ECC’s City Campus in downtown Buffalo.Lashing out against criticism recently heaped on the board for its proposal to build a $30 million Health Sciences Center for Excellence at its North Campus in Amherst, Krzesinski writes:I will, at the next scheduled meeting of the board, ask the trustees to begin the task of considering the plausibility of closing the most costly campus to operate. That, of course, would be our City Campus. It is the least efficient to run…

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Bernice Radle, chair of Young Citizens for ECC, today made her case to shift the college’s allied health programs to downtown Buffalo directly to the ECC Board of Trustees. The young professionals advocacy group, formed in April in response to ECC’s plan to build a $30 million Health Sciences Center for Excellence in Amherst, is keeping the heat on high.Radle’s pitch to the Board of Trustees comes after her group’s successful effort to convince members of Western New York’s state delegation to support a change in ECC’s plans. Young Citizens for ECC points to the college’s 2007 proposal, which would…

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Young Citizens for ECC, a regional advocacy group for Erie Community College, is bringing a message to ECC President Jack Quinn and County Executive Chris Collins: Build downtown!The group addressed the Buffalo Common Council on Tuesday to develop support for constructing ECC’s proposed $30 million Health Sciences Center for Excellence at the college’s City Campus, not at its isolated Amherst campus as currently planned.”We think it’s absolutely ridiculous,” said Bernice Radle, chair of Young Citizens for ECC. “It deserves to be downtown where all the opportunities are, and where there’s plenty of space and plenty of opportunity to build.”President Jack…

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Today, we’re going to talk about fried chicken. I love fried chicken with mac and cheese, corn, sweet potatoes, cornbread– and the list goes on. When I’m craving fried chicken, I normally turn to one of three places– Freddy J’s BBQ, Fat Bob’s Smokehouse, and Shango. Freddy J’s BBQ is my favorite fried chicken joint for lunch. For under ten dollars, the meal comes with a chicken leg with 2 sides and a salad. I love the seasoning and marinade on the chicken. I also love the fact that it’s cooked for a couple of hours in the oven and then battered…

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I’m on a journey to find the best fried chicken in Buffalo. While I’m still making the rounds, I think Freddy J’s BBQ on Massachusetts deserves its own mention. My friend Rasheeda and I stopped by for lunch the other day; the place is very small but it’s perfect for Freddy’s vision of a family restaurant. We sat down at the kitchen counter, where Freddy laid out placemats and wine glasses for our sodas. As we talked, he picked various vegetables out of a bowl on the counter and started cutting them for our salads and our meal. He…

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As someone who’s traveled and lived in Hawaii, Denmark, Denver, Toronto, and California, she has decided to settle down for a little while in the Queen City she calls home. Originally from Williamsville, 32 year-old Sarah Hooper is now teaching salsa classes all over our region after trekking across the globe pursuing various dance opportunities. “I decided this is my time,” said Hooper. “This is the time to start my business and follow my ambition of creating Salsa for the Soul.” Salsa for the Soul was created by Hooper in 2008, after successfully recruiting several people from the area to…

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Kenneth Payne, head of the sculpture department at Buffalo State College, along with assistant professor Elena Lourenco conceived the idea to host an iron pour event at the college serving as a fundraiser for Haiti.”We were affected by the earthquake and what has happened to all those people,” said Payne. “We wanted to do something to help out and we thought it was a really good idea to get the students involved in that effort as well.” Known for its iron casting program, the department holds two major iron pours per year. People from all over the nation come to…

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The Cowboy Junkies, a Canadian quartet formed in 1985, comprised of three siblings Michael, Margo, and Peter Timmins, along with longtime friend Alan Anton, have known each other since Kindergarten.”When you’ve known somebody that long it’s kind of hard to pretend you’re someone else,” said Alan Anton. “It’s kept everyone in check over the years. The family dynamic makes us a lot tighter.”As full-time artists, they have consistently been releasing music from the start up until now, hardly taking any breaks. They have grown together and progressed, transforming into their sounds, expanding their ranges and exploring new comfort zones, but…

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