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Annie Taylor and “The Great Blondin” were only the best known of the many who dared to take on Niagara’s might.

A tragic accident leads to an outpouring of kindness for a stranger in a Southern Tier city.

One of Western New York's ubiquitous historical markers provide the impetus for a unique student investigation.

The tragic blizzard of 2022 provides an opportunity to recall the early days of weather forecasting.

The 1893 Model City prospectus described a “green city” powered by clean energy and centered around nature and beauty.

The Erie Canal opened the West-- but getting there could be a deadly gamble, as this 1841 tragedy demonstrated.

Though living in Western New York since 1956, Alberta Deinhart still vividly remembers that Sunday morning in December 1941.

We examine the environmental efforts of this unassuming Buffalo jeweler to reclaim the waterfront of the city he loved.

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