Michael Petro
Business Reporter at Buffalo News
Business reporter for @TheBuffaloNews. An occasional WNY sports writer, so I think I know more about sports than I actually do, and former editor at The Sun.
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1 week ago |
buffalonews.com | Michael Petro
The transformation of the Resource Council of WNY has been a priority for the Buffalo Sabres Foundation. The foundation has given more than $1.5 million over the last decade to support the council's East Buffalo community center that now provides services for more than 7,000 people each year. The former YMCA building at 347 E. Ferry St., once owned by Gateway-Longview Services, provides programming, recreation, classes and community space for children, adults, families and seniors.
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1 week ago |
buffalonews.com | Michael Petro
The Buffalo Bisons are still seeking to reimagine their Ballpark Plaza at Sahlen Field, but it won’t happen this season, and it won’t include an 8-foot fenced in area. A fence that would have closed off space for a fan gathering area in front of the ballpark was denied last month by the Buffalo Zoning Board of Appeals. It has the Bisons rethinking what they may do to create a private area for parties and gatherings that occur outside the ballpark during some home games.
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1 week ago |
buffalonews.com | Michael Petro
D’Youville University has a location for its proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine. The university has chosen to lease 285 Delaware Ave. as the site where it hopes to bring hundreds of new students downtown to study in the healthcare field. After halting construction in spring 2024 on a $175 million project to construct an osteopathic medical school on Buffalo’s West Side, D’Youville scrapped those plans and began looking elsewhere for a site.
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1 week ago |
buffalonews.com | Michael Petro
Eight months ago, Orchard Park adopted new zoning rules that allow buildings up to four stories high to be built in an area near the new Buffalo Bills stadium − a key change that supporters said would be helpful in bringing hotels and other development to the site.
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2 weeks ago |
buffalonews.com | Michael Petro
A Sudanese citizen lawfully living in the U.S. who is facing first-degree murder charges in Virginia was detained Friday in Buffalo by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers. Salim Ball, 29, was stopped at the Peace Bridge border crossing while trying to enter the U.S. from Canada, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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RT @TheBuffaloNews: Price of new Buffalo Bills stadium jumps to $2.1 billion – 50% more than first estimate https://t.co/wWlhdDFpmd
The 5 winners of $1 million in the #43North competition are CoverRight of Brooklyn, Heron AI of Cambridge, Mass, Rarebird of San Francisco, https://t.co/p4aVfd1EQ4 of Brookline, Mass. and Buffalo’s Food Nerd. People’s Choice Award went to Food Nerd.
The storm system that wreaked havoc last week on parts of Western New York also resulted in one of the six tall cranes being used to construct the Buffalo #Bills new stadium being struck by lightning. https://t.co/Wz5SoKBPmt
