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Stephen Watson

Buffalo

Staff Reporter at Buffalo News

@TheBuffaloNews Amherst/Clarence/Tonawanda/Grand Island reporter. @BuffaloGuild vice president. I tweet about news, sports, food and Buffalo.

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  • 2 days ago | buffalonews.com | Stephen Watson

    The Town of Tonawanda is getting closer to reaching a settlement with the union that represents town police over Tonawanda's claim that dozens of officers engaged in an illegal strike last winter, Supervisor Joseph Emminger said Monday. However, Emminger said he couldn't get into specifics on the status and timeline of the town's negotiations with the Town of Tonawanda Police Club.

  • 3 days ago | buffalonews.com | Stephen Watson

    Republican Christopher W. McMaster easily won the GOP and Conservative party primaries for Amherst town justice on Tuesday. McMaster defeated incumbent Jeffrey E. Marion for the two ballot lines in absentee, early voting and primary day ballots. McMaster won by 74.2% to 25.3% in the Republican primary, and by 63.1% to 36.9% in the Conservative primary, according to the Erie County Board of Elections.

  • 3 days ago | buffalonews.com | Stephen Watson

    It’s primary day 2025, and there are several high-profile races on the ballot here. None is bigger than the Democratic Party primary for Buffalo mayor. The five candidates are Chris Scanlon, who became acting mayor upon former Mayor Byron Brown’s departure last fall; State Sen. Sean Ryan; former Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield Jr.; University Council Member Rasheed Wyatt; and Anthony Tyson-Thompson, former aide to Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes.

  • 6 days ago | buffalonews.com | Stephen Watson

    Residents on Shepard Avenue have great seats for the concerts at one of Kenmore’s most popular summertime drinking spots. This isn’t music to their ears. Fattey Beer Co. opened its Kenmore location three years ago in a former hair salon on Delaware Avenue at the edge of a residential street. Neighbors say the noise from concerts held on the bar’s patio can shake their homes and rattle their windows.

  • 6 days ago | buffalonews.com | Stephen Watson

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Stephen T Watson
Stephen T Watson @buffaloscribe
10 Jun 25

New tonight: Following a nearly 3-hour public hearing, Tonawanda Town Board voted down a proposed "road diet" that would have shrunk driving lanes, restricted parking and added bike lanes on Colvin Blvd. Back to drawing board now, officials said. https://t.co/mHiuXQ9je8

Stephen T Watson
Stephen T Watson @buffaloscribe
29 May 25

We have CNN on a TV screen in our office, muted, to keep an eye on the big news of the day. Sometimes, that news hits close to home. Today, we learned, Buffalo's own @wolfblitzer eats his wings with a fork and knife! https://t.co/5B3hx0Rahw

Stephen T Watson
Stephen T Watson @buffaloscribe
21 May 25

RT @Tsuj10: Live results: Handful of Erie and Niagara county districts are already in, including a tight race for North Tonawanda School Bo…