Mike Desmond
Multimedia ReporterMike Desmond is one of Western New York’s most experienced reporters, having spent nearly a half-century covering the region for newspapers, television stations and public radio. He has been with WBFO and its predecessor, WNED-AM, since 1988. As a reporter for WBFO, he has covered literally thousands of stories involving education, science, business, the environment and many other issues. Mike has been a long-time theater reviewer for a variety of publications and was formerly a part-time reporter for The New York Times.
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Myles Carter is a well-known Buffalo activist. He was surrounded Sunday at a news conference in Macedonia Missionary Baptist by people who say they need help they aren't getting enough help from the Buffalo 5/14 Survivors Fund. That's why he's starting a GoFundMe page to help them.'
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Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke at the Institution Sunday about her long family ties to the landmark center for thought an the arts. Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin who speaks there today compared the intellectual intolerance of the assassination attempt on Salman Rushdie to Texas banning one of his books at removing them from the state's schools.
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Often people who use home test kits don't report a COVID-19 positivity, making official database numbers less reliable than when all testing was reported. Testing sewer wastewater is giving numbers for the virus and for medications used to treat COVID.
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Arts & CultureIt's not clear how many people were walking the streets of much of the city for the 2022 Garden Walk Buffalo, but there were a lot of them. They wanted to see what homeowners could do with front, side and backyards to show off plants, bushes, flowers and even fish swimming in water features.
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Under early changes in New York State's criminal justice system, prosecutors were told they had to get evidence to defense lawyers within 15 days, what's called discovery. For Erie County District Attorney John Flynn, that means spending millions to add 25 staffers.
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GoNetspeed is putting up the wires on those electric poles in Depew, Lancaster and Cheektowaga. It's also putting the paperwork together to put fiber lines on poles in the Lockport area. It's very high speed with fiber to the homes, potentially thousands of them.
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The first stage to becoming a deputy is taking the test and going on the Civil Service hiring list. Then, when there are openings, those with the top scores are called in to go through the procedural hurdles. The next test is in September, with the application deadline on Wednesday.
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Albany says there is a major shortage of chargers on the roadside for electric cars and whole areas where the only car that can be charged is a Tesla.
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Doctors can settle where they want to live and practice. There is a national shortage of obstetricians and gynecologists and serious issues in women's health in many places. The OBGYN chair at the Jacobs School of Medicine worries new doctors in the field may avoid many states where they are desperately needed but where there are restrictions on what they can do.
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Buffalo 5/14 Survivors Fund organizers are proposing to make survivors suffering psychological trauma eligible for compensation, but survivors say they should receive similar compensation to the families of the deceased and the survivors who were physically injured.