Local Doctors Produce Major Feature Film

Submitted by Melissa Homes, Reporter

Saturday, May 11th, 2013, 2:23pm

BUFFALO, NY - Dr. Andrew Cappuccino is best known for saving the life of Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett during a game in 2007, but now he and his wife are adding "filmmaker" to their already impressive resumes. A feature film they produced opened in Buffalo today.

The movie, Arthur Newman, has already opened in major cities, but Friday it started its run locally. Orthopedic surgeon Andrew Cappuccino and his wife Helen, a Roswell Park surgical oncologist, are executive producers

"It's always been a great love of ours, even from the time we couldn't afford to rub two nickels together, we saw films together. It's our pastime," said Dr. Andrew Cappuccino.

While at a speaking engagement with Everett, the Cappuccinos met people from the film industry who encouraged them to break into the business. Fast forward several years and now they are walking the red carpet.

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Migration Takes Flight at Tifft Nature Preserve

Submitted by Tifft Nature Pr... on Saturday, May 11th, 10:34 am

You take flight. Only feathers, muscle, and air power your movement through the sky. The journey is long and dangerous but your survival, and the survival of your kind, depends on it. Green, brown, and a vastness of blue give way to concrete human habitats absent of food, water, or shelter. After thousands of miles of evading predation, formidable weather and countless other hazards, you arrive. Your journey has ended this Spring only to begin again in the Fall. This is the way of your species. This is bird migration.

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ECHDC Preparing to Break Ground on Ohio Street Project

Submitted by WGRZ Web Staff

Friday, May 10th, 2013, 4:54pm

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation held the second of three public meetings Thursday night to discuss the project to redesign Ohio Street.

The street will be reconstructed to connect Canalside with the Cobblestone District and the First Ward Neighborhood. Steve Ranalli, senior project manager, said construction will begin this fall with the removal of above-ground utility poles.

"We see Ohio Street as a significant waterfront corridor, linking downtown and the outer harbor, so to remove utility poles and overhead wires and put that all underground - that's good for the neighborhood, it's good for future development, it's good for the waterfront," Ranalli said.

The street will also be narrowed to provide more green space and new trails for biking and walking.

The project is expected to be completed by early 2015.

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Legislator Dixon Offers Free Boater Safety Course: May 20 & 21

Submitted by Jessica ONeil on Friday, May 10th, 11:05 am

Erie County Legislator Lynne Dixon announces a free Boater Safety Course will be held to provide attendees the necessary instruction to receive a New York State Boating Safety Certificate.

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South Park Jazz Band Travels To NYC

Submitted by Dooley O'Rourke

Friday, May 10th, 2013, 10:46am

BUFFALO, NY - Against all odds members of the South Park High School Jazz Band are headed to New York City.

The twenty five students will be guests of the Jazz at Lincoln Center music education and jazz heritage organization.

They will leave for the Big Apple on May 18th, and will attend a concert by the world renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra under the direction of Wynton Marsalis.

A visit to Times Square, the 9/11 memorial, and real New York style pizza will round out the trip.

Channel Two Photojournalist Dooley O'Rourke spent some time with the band as they rehearsed for their trip, and learned about the pride they have for their school.

Watch the story in the viewer above.

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Jacobs to Deliver Nearly $8 Million to Local Governments

Submitted by Mike Cecchini on Thursday, May 9th, 4:04 pm

Says Mortgage Tax Collections up 16.8% Over Same Period Last Year

Erie County, NY-Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs announced his office will soon distribute to local governments throughout the County their share of the Erie County Mortgage Tax collections based off of real estate transactions recorded in the Clerk’s Office. The total to be distributed on May 15th is $7,896,969.86 and covers the six month period October 1, 2012-March 31, 2013. This amount is 16.8% higher than the same period last year.

“Record low interest rates have fueled both refinancing and home purchases throughout Western New York. This is a positive development for Erie County’s municipal governments since mortgage tax distributions are a major source of revenue for many of the County’s cities, towns and villages,” stated County Clerk Jacobs.

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Jacobs to Sponsor Community Blood Drive at Erie County Auto Bureau

Submitted by Mike Cecchini on Thursday, May 9th, 3:28 pm

Erie County, NY – Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs will be hosting an open-to-the-public blood drive with Unyts, WNY’s only organ, eye, tissue and community blood center, on Saturday, May 11th from 9am-2pm at the Erie County Auto Bureau located at 2122 George Urban Blvd. in Cheektowaga.

“Giving the gift of life through a blood donation is critically important,” Jacobs said. “By giving blood, you are helping to make sure there is blood available for your friends and neighbors in their time of need. I would also like to encourage the community to enroll on the New York State Registry as an organ and tissue donor and help the more than 117,000 currently waiting for a transplant.”

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