Jay Tokasz
Reporter at Buffalo News
@TheBuffaloNews reporter; part of Watchdog Team
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1 week ago |
buffalonews.com | Jay Tokasz
Volunteer firefighters in Clarence battled a blaze early Sunday morning that caused $460,000 in damages to a home under construction. Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack | All Of Our Podcasts A neighbor reported fire on the roof of a house at 4710 Boncrest Drive West at 1:34 a.m. Firefighters from Harris Hill Fire Department arrived on scene and confirmed a working fire.
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1 week ago |
buffalonews.com | Jay Tokasz
Parishioners in Chautauqua County are asking if the doors of a small rural church will reopen now that the Vatican has agreed to examine their appeal of Buffalo Bishop Michael W. Fisher’s decision to shutter it. Members of St. Rose of Lima in Forestville celebrated a final Mass in January, and the small clapboard church has been closed ever since.
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2 weeks ago |
buffalonews.com | Jay Tokasz
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church parishioners meet weekly in a nearby hall in Olean to plot strategies for saving their church. An open house inside the garage of a longtime Our Lady of Peace church member helped generate 330 signatures on a formal petition to the Vatican requesting that the parish be kept intact.
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3 weeks ago |
buffalonews.com | Jay Tokasz
A Muslim group that runs a school in rented space on Fillmore Avenue has agreed to purchase the former St. Bernard Catholic Church property in Buffalo’s Kaisertown neighborhood for $815,000. Madinatul Uloom Buffalo plans to use the former parish school building, which has been closed for years, to house its growing educational programs for students in grades three through 12.
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3 weeks ago |
buffalonews.com | Jay Tokasz
DUNKIRK – Nicholas Braunscheidel thought he purchased a bargain home here in 2021, large enough to accommodate his young family, with decent schools and city property taxes that were a fraction of what he probably would pay in Buffalo or its suburbs. But after city officials adopted a whopping 84% tax levy increase for 2025, Braunscheidel now wonders if he still got a good deal. Tax bills being sent out this month will be due May 7, and residents are bracing for the jolt to their wallets.
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At least 30 groups persist in opposing Catholic parish mergers, church closings https://t.co/baFLKQ3dAK via @TheBuffaloNews
Muslim group to pay $815,000 for former St. Bernard property https://t.co/TdT21kz7pQ via @TheBuffaloNews
Staggering tax increase in Dunkirk prompts talk of control board, investigation of treasury office https://t.co/Kua98b2o0D via @TheBuffaloNews