In summer of 2012, the Partnership for a Healthier America and their honorary chair Michelle Obama announced a national Play Streets program to target growing obesity trends and the growing lack of physical activity among youth. Dozens of cities applied to be part of the program and Buffalo was one of the 10 cities selected [...]

Image from one of Community Charter’s advertising campaigns to save their school.   COMMUNITY Charter School Officials Bitterly Disappointed With Vote by New York State Regents to Not Grant Charter Renewal BUFFALO, N.Y.,– The Board of Trustees and leadership of COMMUNITY Charter School reacted with bitter disappointment to a vote by the New York State [...]

In recent weeks, the characteristic mud slinging during our school board election campaigns has heightened.  For Central District challenger Bryon McIntyre, it’s reached the lowest of lows, as powerful organizations have converged to sully his name in unspeakable ways.  Reportedly, Phil Rumore, who heads the local teachers union and the leadership of the state teachers [...]

Tuskegee University recently commemorated the 16th anniversary of former President Bill Clinton’s apology for the U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study. Dr. M. Joycelyn Elders, 15th U.S. Surgeon General, delivered the keynote address at the commemoration luncheon April 5.    For 40 years, from 1932 to 1972, 399 African-American males were denied treatment for syphilis [...]

Did you know it takes 121 muscles to shimmy your hips for belly dancing? The movement burns 450 calories per hour, leaving no muscle group untouched. The Habibi Dancers of the Nile got residents at Kenwell, a DePaul Senior Living Community in Kenmore, on their feet for a lesson in cultural dance in April. Activities [...]