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Love is a crime at Buffalo Museum of Science
For the romantically inclined, Valentine’s Day might conjure images of red roses, heart-shaped boxes of candy and candle-lit dinners. Those at the Buffalo Museum of Science, however, hope some blood, guts and a little bit of disaster might set the mood for some couples.

February 6, 2012 1 Photo
Little pitchers have big ears ... and big mouths
We’ve been lucky, so far. Although both their parents have done time in newspaper newsrooms ... which aren’t the most, shall we say, polite workplaces in terms of language heard and used ... we’ve managed to keep our kids from picking up any truly impolite words.

February 6, 2012 1 Photo
Have no fear with Shakespeare’s ‘Dream’
Looking for a love story this Valentine’s day? One that will push you a little further than another Nicholas Sparks novel, or gives more hardy laughs than Danielle Steel’s latest? Why not check out Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream?”

February 6, 2012 1 Photo 1 Link
Wurlitzer: A symbol of industry

One could say the creation and evolution of the Wurlitzer complex is reflective of the history of North Tonawanda itself.
The city’s historic exports — lumber and carousels — begat a new purpose for its third famous contribution, the Wurlitzer organ, which came to provide the sound track that made all those go-rounds so merry.

February 6, 2012 15 Photos
Little minds are sponges for new information
I couldn’t believe my ears. Standing in the Buffalo Museum of Science, I didn’t actually expect Penny to care when I told her that mummies are from Egypt.
But she did. And then she asked where Egypt is.

January 30, 2012 1 Photo
HAYNES: Just like the rest of us
It’s a curious relationship we have with celebrities these days, what with social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. Sure, most of us aren’t really “friends” with Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) or Sabres forward Derek Roy (@Roy9ner), but we now know what they had for breakfast, what they think about the latest blockbuster in theaters ... oh, and we know if they can’t spell worth a darn now, too.

January 30, 2012 1 Photo
Even zombies get the blues sometimes
When features editor Danielle Haynes asked me to review a book called “Stop Bullying Me! I’m a Zombie. So What?” I said … “What?”

January 30, 2012 1 Photo
Owners of new Tonawanda store say hydroponics not what you expect
Justin and Claire Holler, the husband/wife owners of Big Bloom Hydroponics, would like people to know there’s more to hydroponics than what you think you may know. Say the word “hydroponics” and images of incense, peace signs and tie-dye might come to mind, but for the Hollers it’s about science, healthy eating and year-round gardening.

January 23, 2012 3 Photos
Graffiti covers the walls at Buffalo cafe
Some might say Angelo Ashker, owner of Ashker’s Juice Bar & Cafe, had a bit of a situation on his hands Jan. 10 when about five graffiti artists took over his restaurant and started spray-painting one of the walls of his establishment.

January 23, 2012 1 Photo
‘Little angels,’ other myths of parenthood
My kids can be sweet.
Oh, they can be sweet. They can absolutely charm their grandparents and their teachers and random strangers met at the mall or grocery store. They smile, they chatter and I swear that sometimes they actually bat their eyelashes. (My sons have totally unfair eyelashes for little boys.)

January 23, 2012 1 Photo
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