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Anthony Swinnich

Christmas may not be until December 25th, but it came early for the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night in a 2-1 victory against the Buffalo Sabres. They gave the Leafs an early present of 2 points with such generosity that they might as well have wrapped them in a box with a bow on top.

This is the first time the Sabres met their bitter rivals this season, and things started out great. Toni Lydman's first goal of the season was a thing of beauty, and looked like it was going to set the tone of the game. It started back behind the Buffalo net, when Henrik Tallinder cleared the puck up to Derek Roy, who was at the blue line. Roy shot up the wall and into Toronto territory, but turned and headed across the ice instead of toward the net. Roy passed the puck past Tomas Kaberle and a flat-footed Nik Antropov, who failed to pick up Lydman while he was streaking up the ice to join…

RaChaCha

After the recent announcement of the formation of Preservation Buffalo Niagara, Buffalo Rising sat down with Jay DiLorenzo, President of the Preservation League of New York State.

BR: Tell us about your Buffalo connections. JD: I spent six years in Buffalo, where I studied Political Science at UB. Afterward, I went to Albany to take a fundraising position with the United Way. While there, I studied preservation at RPI, and that eventually led to a fundraising position with the Preservation League. Later, I had the opportunity to become president.

BR: How do you balance Upstate vs. Downstate at the League? JD: We get most of our funding from private sources, which in New York means a high proportion of downstate-based foundations and donors. Yet the foundation people who support us—and our board members from downstate—hav…

queenseyes

Not being a cook, sometimes the small, but essential, gourmet production facility escapes my radar. It was not until just a few days ago that my girlfriend told me that she was heading to Gondola to pick up some pasta. I told her that I was somewhat familiar with the name of the business, but for the life of me I could not place where it was. So we took a drive over to Niagara Street to see exactly where it was located. Once I saw the corner house, I knew that I had been aware of the business though I had never stepped inside.

It was Maria Insalaco who greeted us - she was busy working behind the counter, though you could tell right away that she was accustomed to wearing many hats. I asked her how long Gondola had been around and she explained that her parents, Guido and Maria Colla, had started the business back in 1963 on Potomac Avenue. As she spoke, a steady stream of custo…

Thomas Tarapacki

If you’re looking for a T-shirt that's attractive, unique, and let's everyone know how much you love Buffalo, visit CityLove at 830 Elmwood Avenue. Tony Maggiotto has a clothing shop that reflects the owner’s love for everything Buffalo.

It seems that everyone in WNY likes a Buffalo T-shirt, and CityLove certainly has those. Whether you want to show your support for a local sports team, offer an opinion on a community issue, or simply express your pride in being a Buffalonian, the collection at CityLove is for you. The T-shirts have innovative designs that proclaim things like, “I LEFT MY HEART ON ELMWOOD,” “I Believe in Main Street,” and “Peace Bridge Planning Committee.” The designs at the shop are not only from CityLove, but also from “Feel The Buffalove” and “Buffalo Sports Tees.”

buffalorising

We're working on building a new buffalorising.com and we anticipate we'll be ready to launch it before the holidays. It's been nearly 2 years since we launched the current site and it's time for a change. And we're hoping it's change all of our users can believe in.

Why The Change? The current site is built on a Movable Type publishing platform with a number of proprietary add-ons. With current traffic levels, the site's infrastructure is too slow and cumbersome for users so it needed to be changed. Yes, we've heard your feedback.

Beyond technology, however, we also wanted to change the site to allow for more content in more categories. With the new site, we'll be moving to a different channel structure. Instead of City, Events, Arts & Leisure and Yum, we'll have an expanded list of channels including City, Regional, Dining, Entertainment and Real Est…