Did you know that @eriecounty.bsky.social owns nearly 3,000 acres of forestland? We do, most of which dates back nearly 100 years, and with our new Forestry Management Plan we are outlining the vision for our forests for another century. Learn more about the Plan: buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

Famous Doughnuts is closing after 87 years. The 99-year-old D&L Bakery and 68-year-old German Wolter’s Bakery also closed this year. What does the community lose when its oldest bakeries close? buffalonews.com/life-enterta...

When you donate a matted & framed work on paper (drawing, print, map) to a repository, the matte & frame are often discarded. Framed works are space hogs, challenging to store. The matte might be acidic and/or concealing mold, mildew, or dirt, or was improperly taped to the work on paper.

BREAKING: Neighbors, we need you on Elmwood at 4:30 today! There was an ICE raid this morning. #Buffalo @buffalolos.bsky.social @buffalonews.com @7news-wkbw.bsky.social @btpmnpr.bsky.social

Novelist. My publisher has had me sign hundreds of kg of books for bookshops. Happy to. But I now think the true rarity is the unsigned novel.

Starbucks workers are striking at more than 65 stores today, but none of those stores are in Buffalo. They're looking to settle terms on pay, staffing and what the National Labor Relations Board has deemed unfair labor practices. buffalonews.com/news/local/b...

When do archivists wear white cotton gloves? ✅ When handling photographs because the acids & oils on your skin can damage the emulsion (surface layer) of photographs. ❌ Not when handling all other kinds of paper because you lose dexterity and are more likely fumble and tear a page.

A small group of Western New York restaurateurs are getting more comfortable with wearing their political hearts on their sleeves. buffalonews.com/life-enterta...

Your Public Library can Change it All… Just ask @wolfblitzercnn.bsky.social, Ashleigh Carter, @sulliview.bsky.social, Emily Reynolds & Nando-Alvarez Perez! Swipe through to check out a few of the works that served as the catalyst for stories of transformation with these influential Buffalonians.

Your Public Library can Change it All… Just ask Chef Darian Bryan, Kate Glaser, @adamzyglis.bsky.social & Christian Benford! Swipe through to check out a few of the works that served as the catalyst for stories of transformation with these influential Buffalonians.

Your Public Library can Change it All… Just ask @anidifrancomusic.bsky.social, David Boreanaz, Yuki Numata Resnick & Donny Kutzbach! Swipe through to check out a few of the works that served as the catalyst for stories of transformation with these influential Buffalonians.

Your Public Library can Change it All… Just ask @coryarcangel.com, Dorinda Darden, Phil Machemer & Paul Guminski! Swipe through to check out a few of the works that served as the catalyst for stories of transformation with these influential Buffalonians.

Take a look at some favorite projects from The Buffalo News' award-winning photography staff.

#OtD 12 Nov 1954 Ellis Island closed as an immigration processing centre to the United States. Since 1892, it processed 12 million mostly working-class migrants, and 40% of the US population are descendents of people who travelled through Ellis Island stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8430...

“These are my roots,” said the former CBS news anchor and Town of Tonawanda native. “Ultimately everything started there. There's stories from childhood, they all involve books or stories. I'm Buffalo and Buffalo is me no matter where I live.” buffalonews.com/life-enterta...

Will Starbucks workers strike in Buffalo Thursday? via @samchristmann.bsky.social buffalonews.com/news/local/b...

Donation of collectibles, personal papers, etc. is a voluntary process. No one is required to turn their stuff over to a museum, library, or historical society. In turn, repositories are not required to house & care for everything they are offered. Curation means saying yes *and* no. 📚 🗃️ 📜

Buffalonians like to quote Ada Louise Huxtable, who supposedly pronounced a view in downtown Buffalo, NY as "the greatest urban vista in America." But she never said this. We figured out who did. #Buffalo #ArchitecturalHistory 🗃️

Water droplets on a car mirror refract the headlights of passing cars on Main Street in today's #EveryDayAPhoto by Libby March: buffalonews.com/multimedia/c...

While Erie County announced this week that 96% of those eligible will receive their November SNAP benefits, the future remains uncertain for the program hobbled by the federal government shutdown. buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

Yesterday, I joined others at the Buffalo Harbor Lighthouse for a remembrance ceremony on the 50th anniversary of the loss of S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald. While not a Buffalo based freighter, it docked here often. Here is to the 29 men lost on that fateful day "when the gales of November came early."

Bruce Beyer, who died in 2019 at age 70, was one of Buffalo's best-known draft resisters of the Vietnam War era. He didn't learn that his birth father was once a big-league ballplayer until he took a DNA test in 2016. buffalonews.com/news/local/c...

Mourning the loss of Dr. Lorna Peterson, my advisor in grad school and subsequent friend and mentor, who died one year ago today, much too young. alise.org/news/698408/...

At Flying Bison, the beer was a reason to gather − an incentive to hang out. The taproom is closing, but another local brewery will continue to brew its beer. buffalonews.com/life-enterta...

It’s Canandaigua Treaty Commemoration Day today!

Colorful autumn leaves on trees stand out amid snowfall near Ellicott Creek in Amherst in today's #EveryDayAPhoto by Joshua Bessex: buffalonews.com/multimedia/c...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation sometimes takes years to review air pollution permits, leaving communities at risk of harm, advocates say. buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

Ada Louise Huxtable, Buffalo, and the Greatest Urban Vista Buffalonians like to quote Ada Louise Huxtable, who pronounced a view in downtown Buffalo, NY as "the greatest urban vista in America." But she never said this. We figured out who did. https://buffaloresearch.com/ada-louise-huxtable/

Ada Louise Huxtable, Buffalo, and the Greatest Urban Vista https://buffaloresearch.com/ada-louise-huxtable/

From Tablets to Papyrus: When Was Paper Invented? The invention of paper as a medium for writing was a revolutionary breakthrough that altered the course of human culture. by Matt Whittaker www.thecollector.com/when-was-the... Papyrus at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc... #books #culture

Today at 3 PM, members of the Erie County Historical Commission, Buffalo Maritime Center and U.S. Lighthouse Society will hold a remembrance program on the 50th anniversary of the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald. While the ship was not based in Buffalo, it docked in local facilities often.

Earlier today I emailed my undergraduate dissertation students about the annotated bibliographies I’m asking them to produce. This is the mock example I offered. Probably my best work as a lecturer 🗃️

Take a look back at the career of Buffalo's own Goo Goo Dolls.

I've often wondered by there are so many "Grover Cleveland used to visit/live at [whatever #Buffalo address]" urban legends. For the record, his Buffalo addresses are pretty well documented, as are the few times & places he visited Buffalo after being elected governor & president:

Currently doing some marking. A reminder to everyone involved in archives and collections: digitisation is not preservation. If I digitise a box of records and put the files on a USB stick I haven't preserved a thing. It's all about what you do with the files post-digitisation. #archives #digipres

Fall leaves stand out against the blanket of fresh snow near Ellicott Creek in today's #EveryDayAPhoto by Joshua Bessex. buffalonews.com/multimedia/c...

On this day exactly 50 years ago, 29 men perished when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, "The Mighty Fitz," sank in Lake Superior during a terrible November gale. I am re-releasimg Ep. 33 of Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs to commemorate this milestone. shipwrecksandseadogs.com/fitz50 #edmundfitzgerald #history

Today's #Buffalo Book of the Week is "Get on the Job and Organize," a memoir and how-to guide written by Jaz Brisack, one of the leaders of the Starbucks unionization campaign on Elmwood Avenue. bookshop.org/a/10994/9781...

First snowfall of the season in #Buffalo!

#OnThisDay, 5 Nov 1872, suffragists Susan B Anthony and 13 other women illegally vote in the US Presidential election. Nine of the voters were initially reported as a "minor topic". #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #WotesForWomen 🗃️ 1/2

Holiday movie viewers will have the chance to see the first Buffalo-made holiday film to premiere as part of the slate of programming made here by Great American Media this year. “Christmas of Giving” will premiere at 8 p.m. Nov. 9 on Great American Family.

Buffalo middleweight boxer Joey Giambra will be one of four athletes to be inducted posthumously in the veteran categories during ceremonies Tuesday in the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center.

Pretty much like Gates Circle in #Buffalo.

A cabbage farm in upstate NY. Cabbage is one of the hardest crops to pick. Huge crates are pulled by a tractor, workers have to rush to keep up and fill them. Picking cabbage requires long hours of bending over and cutting the plant and is done in all sorts of weather. #WeFeedYou

Introducing the #Buffalo Book of the Week. Every Monday morning I'll post an affiliate Bookshop.org link to a Buffalo book that I like, mostly nonfiction with some novels thrown in for variety. Proceeds benefit indie booksellers and BuffaloResearch.com

Due to the ongoing federal government shutdown, programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) are on hold. If you are in immediate need of food or home heating supports, call 211 Western New York at 2-1-1.

The setting sun lights up clouds behind Hoyt Lake as the Buffalo History Museum rises through the autumn trees in today's #EveryDayAPhoto by Joed Viera: buffalonews.com/multimedia/c...

When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.

Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry

If you're into collecting stuff made in #Buffalo, check out the Buffalo Digital Library. Scroll down to: 👉Product Catalogs You'll get almost 300 full-text trade catalogs from Buffalo manufacturers, including Larkin, Pierce-Arrow, and a bunch you've never heard of. buffaloresearch.com/fulltext/