Author: KEhnes

Recycling, conserving energy, and buying eco-friendly products will all make you feel better about doing your part to save the environment, but thanks to hair stylist Brandon Kline, Buffalo now offers a way to feel instant gratification! Kline is the founder of Relle, the first organic salon to open its doors in Buffalo. The salon, located at 798 Elmwood Avenue at the corner of Auburn, uses Organic Color Systems, a luxury line of color and hair care products that are USDA-certified organic, paraben-free, ammonia-free, and formaldehyde-free, making it better not just for you but also for Mother Nature! Consumers are often…

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The YWCA of Western New York is changing things up this summer. In response to a demand for more summer programming and activities for girls, especially during the summer months, they are offering their first, and hopefully annual, summer camp for girls, which will run for six weeks beginning July 12th. “All of our teen programs have [traditionally] come to an end at the end of the school year. Coupled with that and what we continually hear from the community– that services for girls are lacking– we wanted to focus on doing something for the girls,” said Deborah Lynn Williams,…

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Are you bored with your current workout routine or just plain tired of exercise feeling like work? Perhaps it’s time to spice things up with a fun, low-impact workout that torches up to 700 calories an hour and leaves you feeling not only fit, but beautiful, confident and powerful as well. It requires no prior experience and can be done by anyone, anywhere, no matter what your age or fitness level. Any guesses? Okay, I’ll just tell you – it’s bellydancing!Though bellydancing is often misinterpreted as a dance of seduction, it is actually one of the world’s earliest fitness regimens…

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Tomorrow, Saturday the 1st the North Park Community Association will be participating in the Great American Cleanup by hosting its first (hopefully annual) Hertel Avenue street cleanup. The heart of North Park is Hertel’s commercial strip. Spring is finally here so it is time for the community to get together, put winter behind us, and spruce up our commercial street for the warm weather. We want our commercial street to be in tip-top shape to support and attract new visitors and patrons for its businesses. This is one way that we can start the year off on the right foot.We…

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Today, for the eighth year running, the mayors of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Ft. Erie met in the middle of the Peace Bridge and dropped the big red “boom ball” to kick off the opening of Boom Days. This year, I had a unique vantage point: from the water. Buffalo’s landmark (and working) fireboat, the Edward M. Cotter, was the water-level piece of the celebration. Heading from its dock, nestled near the Michigan Street lift bridge (and the Swannie House), down the Buffalo River and into the Black Rock Channel, the Cotter gave its passengers an outstanding view of Buffalo’s…

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Regular readers of Buffalo Rising have seen articles from time to time about efforts underway to improve the Niagara Street corridor from Busti Avenue up to Black Rock and Riverside. From upgrades to Broderick Park, to efforts to improve the waterfront and Riverwalk, to business development ideas, to revitalizing the outstanding concentration of historic building stock in Black Rock, there is great potential in this corridor which knits together Buffalo’s waterfront communities. In large part, these efforts have tackled the need to overcome a number of challenges that the corridor has faced in the last half-century or so, such as…

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Erie County Legislator Betty Jean Grant is sponsoring a community-based panel discussion this evening at the Merriweather Library, to talk about County-level issues and initiatives that are impacting the community. The presenters and presentations will include: -The Erie County Holding Center – the Erie County Prisoners’ Rights Coalition -Daycare subsidies – 6th District Legislator Maria Whyte -Downsizing of the Erie County Legislature – Board of Elections Commissioner Dennis Ward -The Jessie Nash & Dr. Matt Gajewski Health Clinics – Megan Connolly of the Partnership for the Public Good -Reduced funding for inner-city cultural organizations – Erie County Legislature’s Community Enrichment…

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