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Region Adds 4,900 Jobs During Past Year

Oct-21-2011 — Regional job growth on the rise

Cleveland BioLabs to test drug to fight radiation sickness

Oct-21-2011 — Cleveland BioLabs is gearing up for the first trial of its Protectan anti-radiation sickness drug in advanced cancer patients at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, the Buffalo biotechnology company said Wednesday.

City of Hidden Treasures

Oct-17-2011 — Quality of life has been a surprise deal-maker for many transplants to the region … cost of living, sense of community, shorter commute times and impressive cultural institutions have all played roles in winning them over.

Area works for working moms

Oct-17-2011 — Working mothers across Western New York, take a second out of your hectic day of schlepping kids to and from school, removing spit-up from blazers, answering voice mail, eating lunch at your desk, fixing dinner, helping with homework and brushing teeth to give thanks that this is where you live.

Alpina Foods Breaks Ground in Batavia

Oct-14-2011 — The Colombia, South America-based Alpina is constructing a 40,000-square-foot yogurt-making facility on 10 acres in the Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park in the town of Batavia. More than 100 people attended ground-breaking for the $15 million project, which will create 50 jobs.

USAir Slows at BNIA; NF Air Traffic Keeps Rising

Oct-11-2011 — Hurricane Irene and flooding conditions downstate and across portions of the East Coast are being blamed for a drop in people flying out of Buffalo Niagara International Airport last month.

Bassmasters Casting in Buffalo this Weekend

Oct-11-2011 — The lure of fishing on Lake Erie played a key role in the Buffalo Niagara region hosting hundreds of top anglers for the 2011 Bassmaster Weekend Series.

Hortons Buys Land for New Alden Store

Oct-11-2011 — Tim Hortons Cafe & Bake Shop, which has a kiosk operation in a Tops Markets' store in Alden, is about to welcome a new neighbor — itself.

Border-Crossing Issues Under Study

Oct-07-2011 — Border-crossing issues remain more than two years after the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative-mandated changes took hold and the impact appears to be more on the local, leisure traveler than business or those from outside the immediate region.

Wi-Fi Service Lands at Buffalo Airport

Oct-07-2011 — In response to passengers using Buffalo Niagara International Airport, the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority will soon be adding a free high-speed, Internet service option for travelers using the busy airport.

Verizon Wireless Launching 4G LTE Service in Buffalo Niagara

Oct-07-2011 — Verizon Wireless announced today it will launch its 4G LTE high-speed data network in the Buffalo/Niagara area on October 20. Residents, businesses and visitors to the area will be able to use their 4G LTE smartphones, tablets, notebooks, laptop modems and hotspots to take advantage of speeds up to 10 times faster than the company's 3G network

UB mourns death of Wilson Greatbatch

Oct-06-2011 — The UB community is mourning the loss of Wilson Greatbatch, a UB alumnus, former engineering faculty member and inventor of the implantable cardiac pacemaker who died on Tuesday at age 92.

Bringing jobs and a source of nourishment to Fruit Belt

Oct-06-2011 — Church leaders Wednesday unveiled a $1.5 million plan to construct a two-story market at High and Mulberry streets that will offer fresh fruit and vegetables, a wellness center and a dental office.

NYS Consolidated Funding Application

Oct-06-2011 — On July 20, 2011, as part of a historic initiative to transform New York State’s model for economic development and job creation, Governor Cuomo announced that up to $1 billion in economic development funding would be made available through a Consolidated Application Process (CFA).

JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY PUBLISHES STUDY OF CLEVELAND BIOLABS’ DRUG CBLB502 IN ACUTE RENAL ISCHEMIC FAILURE

Oct-06-2011 — Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. announced that a study demonstrating CBLB502’s ability to inhibit acute renal ischemic failure was published in the October 1, 2011 issue of The Journal of Immunology

Ford-UAW Deal Doubles Hamburg Work Force

Oct-06-2011 — Ford Motor Co.'s Buffalo Stamping Plant in Hamburg would receive $136 million in new investment and add 400 new jobs under a tentative deal between the automaker and the United Auto Workers.

Year After Low, Home Sales 'Fabulous'

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Building a better brain surgeon

Oct-04-2011 — A young doctor is working inside the brain of a middle-aged man, fixing a bulge in an artery, when Nick Hopkins strolls into the operating room in Millard Fillmore Hospital.

His flight pattern: Missions of mercy

Oct-04-2011 — Joseph DeMarco, 51, must have flown 1,000 flights since he started Wings Flights of Hope seven years ago. He ran a construction business before he provided air transportation for those in need of medical care.