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Mayor Byron W. Brown today announced the formation of a summer youth program aimed at promoting the city's new recycling outreach project.

These are the first words a group of 40 French-speaking Belgian, Swiss and French nationals heard Monday morning when they entered Buffalo City Hall, where they met Mayor Byron W. Brown and toured the landmark municipal building.

In apparent violation of the City Charter and perhaps also the Code of Ethics, a City Hall department head has e-mailed many of her employees, expressing her expectation that they will work on the re-election campaign of Mayor Byron W. Brown.

A portion of Memorial Auditorium's southwest corner was ceremoniously pulled down Tuesday, leaving only skeletal remains to be demolished over the next several days.

The city of Buffalo faces a potential civil rights lawsuit. The man who filed the suit this week claims police officers arrested him for no reason.

It's going to a wet Tuesday with occasional showers and possibly a thunderstorm, according to the National Weather Service.

A court battle next week pits local and state officials of the Independence Party against each other over who controls endorsements for the often-influential line.

His oversized mouth drooling in anticipation, Cassius couldn't wait for the speeches to end.

An ambitious graduate student from Buffalo will not be getting much rest this weekend.

G. Steven Pigeon's central role in last week's Republican coup in the State Senate is coming back to haunt the Democratic operative on the home front.

I received one of the weirdest assignments of my life during my junior year of high school, when my world studies teacher asked every member of our class to bring in a picture of someone who exemplified physical beauty, and explain our decision.

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Republican control of Genesee County government appears to be safe for at least another two years with only two challenges to 10 incumbents seeking re-election. Hollis D. Upson, vice chairman of the County Legislature and longtime representative of city Wards 2 and 3, is being opposed by a newcomer, Christopher Charvella.

Byron W. Brown on Saturday received the endorsement of the Western New York Chapter of the Working Families Party for his re-election as Mayor of Buffalo.

TOWN MEETING:Western New York Independent Living is hosting a town meeting with Mayor Byron W. Brown for citizens with disabilities from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. next Thursday in its Job Club Room, 3108 Main St.

Ribbon-cutting ceremonies were held today in an East Side neighborhood where 28 new homes have been built.

Buffalo residents will now be able to view crime stats from their neighborhoods.

BUFFALO IN BLOOM! Volunteers with a green thumb are meeting at Niagara Square in Buffalo today.

Buffalo Police have made an arrest in the murder of Javon Jackson. At an afternoon news conference, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said DaMario Cordelius, 20, Amherst, is charged in Jackson's murder.

Across America, someone is injured every seven seconds in an accident involving a red light runner.