Concerns follow cut in water protections
President Donald Trump’s repeal of the 2015 Clean Water Act brings ambiguity to current water protections regarding the Niagara River watershed and other bodies of water across New York. The changes in regulation leave a grey area for organizations like the Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper working to protect the environment. Amendments through the repeal will leave the complex issue a matter of litigation and referral to decisions of past court cases going forward. Margaux Valenti, legal and programs adviser for Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper, discusses the potential implications.
By Tommy Corsi and Ryan Williams
Compass House to celebrate Thanksgiving
Compass House, a shelter for runaway and homeless youth, will be hosting a Thanksgiving dinner tonight for its residents and clients. They will also be donating boxed Thanksgiving dinners to families in its programs. The resource center is located at 1451 Main St., and the emergency shelter is located at 370 Linwood Ave.
It’s time to Gather & Game on Grant Street
When walking into Gather & Game by Westside Stories, don’t expect to see ordinary games like “Monopoly” and “Sorry” but instead games you may have never heard of. Games like “Ticket to Ride” “King of Toyko” and many more you will find at Gather & Game.
Located at 212 Grant St., Gather & Game is attracting gamers from the West Side and elsewhere. Owner Joe Petri, who also owns Westside Stories across the street, has been creating a fun gaming atmosphere for many to enjoy.
Gather & Game has been open for about eight months, but Petri said he has seen good progress with the new store. He sees many new and old faces that come in every week.
Gather & Game features over 200 games throughout the store and wants to bring in more. The store carries many older games and a lot of new games as well and runs gaming tournaments. T-shirts, gaming cards and board games are available for sale.
Full Feature: http://bscbengalnews.blogspot.com/2019/11/its-time-to-gather-game-on-grant-street.html
Canisius educating young men for 150 years
When he looks back at it, Tom Coppola’s decision of what to do for high school didn’t have much to do with where he wanted to go.
It was about who he wanted to be.
In the summer between his seventh and eighth grade year, Coppola attended Canisius High School’s Higher Achievement Program and quickly become enamored with the teachers of the program, realizing he wanted to be just like them.
“It was immediate that I felt connected to the place, I felt like this was beyond just a school but a community that I wanted to be part of,” Coppola said. “All of the teachers were alums and they were all guys who I wanted to become. They went to cool colleges and projected to do these great things in the world and then they were just gentlemen. It gave me an idea of that’s what I wanted to be.”
Coppola, ’01, later returned as a teacher and is now the Dean of Students at Canisius.
He has also been running the summer program for the past eight years as well, introducing that same culture to middle school boys.
It’s a cycle that has been going on for the past 150 years, since the Jesuits started Canisius on Ellicott Street back in 1870. It ash been at its current location at 1180 Delaware Ave. since the 1940s.
Full Feature: http://bscbengalnews.blogspot.com/2019/11/canisius-educating-young-men-for-150.html
G&L puts carpets under feet for 75 years
Paul Murphy, third generation owner of G&L Flooring located at 200 Grant St., says the family has managed to compete with bigger businesses for 75 years through good customer service and quality products. They plan on keeping the same mentality and providing for the people of the West Side.
By Christian Gaffney & John Propis
