Pete Gallivan

Buffalo

Reporter and Anchor at WGRZ-TV (Buffalo, NY)

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Explore Buffalo's historic school evolution

2 weeks ago | wgrz.com | Pete Gallivan

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo has a very proud history of growth, from a small frontier village, to one of the largest cities in the country by the turn of the 20th century. It is also a history that can be traced, in many ways, through our schools. One Buffalo public school, in particular, that began as the original home of Buffalo State University.
Unknown Stories of WNY: Fort Niagara and the American Revolution

3 weeks ago | wgrz.com | Pete Gallivan

YOUNGSTOWN, N.Y. — This weekend marks a big anniversary for our country, 250 years since the shot heard round the world, starting the American Revolution. As we find in this Unknown Story of Western New York, it is an anniversary with a very strong local connection. Saturday, the nation commemorates the start of our independence. April 19th, 1775, British soldiers and Massachusetts militia clashed in the battles of Lexington and Concord.
Buffalo musicians record version of Bills' 4th quarter anthem

Jan 18, 2025 | msn.com | Sarah Russo |Pete Gallivan

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Diversity in hockey celebrated in mobile museum

Feb 9, 2024 | wgrz.com | Pete Gallivan

BUFFALO, N.Y. — For years the NHL pushed the slogan "Hockey is for Everyone", and a mobile exhibit that pulled into Alumni Plaza at Keybank Center Friday is the travelling manifestation of that slogan. It is called the United by Hockey Mobile Experience, a museum on wheels that celebrates the movers and shakers that have opened the sport to people of all walks of life and all races.
WNY landmark hopes to build on history with latest projects

Feb 7, 2024 | wgrz.com | Pete Gallivan

LANCASTER, N.Y. — The oldest fully restored stone dwelling in Erie County dates back in 1810. But while The Hull House in Lancaster has a colorful history, they are working right now to also build a vibrant future. The 214-year-old landmark reveals a rare glimpse into how people lived in the earliest days of Western New York and they keep adding to the original structure, to expand that glimpse. Case in point, says board president Gary Costello, the root cellar they recently rebuilt.
U.S. Rep. Higgins calls it a congressional career

Feb 2, 2024 | wgrz.com | Pete Gallivan

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — After nearly two decades in Washington, U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins is coming home. Friday was his last day as the representative of the 26th Congressional District. As he takes his last steps through the halls of Congress, he greets longtime coleagues, and is clearly proud of his time here and the leadership he was able to provide. "I'm filled with gratitude first and foremost to a community that had the confidence to send me to Washington after 9 elections," Higgins said.
Unknown Stories: Niagara's role in the fight against slavery

Feb 1, 2024 | wgrz.com | Pete Gallivan

QUEENSTON, Niagara-on-the-Lake — As we mark the start of Black History Month, we celebrate a major milestone in civil rights history. We know Niagara-on-the-Lake as a quaint little village, but it was also the center of one of the very first pieces of legislation that paved the way to the end of slavery. It is plain to see why the Niagara Parkway was once called "the prettiest Sunday drive in the world" by Winston Churchill.
Future dreams for Lockport train station

Dec 19, 2023 | wgrz.com | Pete Gallivan

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — When we talk about efforts to restore the New York Central Railroad terminal, more than likely you are thinking of the landmark in Buffalo's Polonia neighborhood, but Lockport is also home to a central terminal that is long past it's glory years. Like in Buffalo, there are those who dream of a brighter future. Property owner Mark Davidson fell in love with a piece of history. In the late 1880s Lockport was still a busy stop on the Erie Canal and a hub for train traffic.
Tonto's Western New York connection

Dec 12, 2023 | wgrz.com | Pete Gallivan

BUFFALO, N.Y. — As Banditland prepares for Saturday's home opener, we are celebrating a connection between Buffalo lacrosse history and an old west classic. You may remember him as "Tonto", the Lone Ranger's trusted companion, but Jay Silverheels travelled a long path to get to the silver screen. It was a path that began not far from here and ran right through Buffalo. Silverheels was born Harry J. Smith, on the Six Nations Grand River Territory about an hour and a half over the border.
Unknown Stories of WNY: Political firsts

Nov 7, 2023 | wgrz.com | Pete Gallivan

BUFFALO, N.Y. — As Americans head to the polls this election day, we are looking back on the Western New Yorkers who broke new ground on the political scene. In 1964, for example, the Republican candidate for Vice President was from Lockport. That candidate was William Miller, a former chair of the Republican National Committee, long-time congressman and a trailblazing candidate.