School # 57 closed in 2004, and there are plans to convert it into apartments. When I was growing up I attended Corpus Christi, a Polish Catholic grammar school that used to be located on Clark St. It ...

With a summer opening planned, Glen Garrow and his wife, Tracy, have announced their plans for Koban’s 2.0 House of Embers at 3045 Niagara St., Niagara Falls, NY where Kobans closed in 2022 after 42 ...

They used to say that there were so many taverns on Buffalo’s Polish East Side that there was one on every corner and two in between. Am-Pol Eagle columnist Tom Tarapacki has written about some of ...

If you thought Polska’s claim-to-fame scene in the ever-popular Christmastime film favorite, Home Alone, was just another Hollywood holiday flick, let the truth be told. If you saw the film, you’ll ...

My wife and I recently relocated from Western New York to Western South Carolina. We traded Louie's Texas Red Hots and Schwabl's Restaurant for Chick-Fil-A and Waffle House. While they don’t have ...

With the Central Terminal in the background, above, the steam locomotive Big Boy rolled into Buffalo last week. Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, was ...

Despite the spike in gas prices as a consequence of the war in Iraq, spring and summer are high driving seasons, a time when Western New Yorkers embark on the great American road trip. I’ve been a ...

NY Assemblyman Patrick Chludzinski, (R,C – Cheektowaga) was inducted into the John F. Kennedy High School Alumni Wall of Fame this past week. Chludzinski, who was born and raised in the Village of ...

The American Center for Polish Culture announced that applications for the Harriet Irsay and The Lennox Family Award for Excellence Scholarships are open until June 30, 2026. These scholarships are ...

Maximilian Marzec, an 18-year-old senior at Alden Central High School (home of the Bulldogs), is preparing to graduate this year with an impressive record of academic achievement, athletic strength, ...

One of the Buffalo Sabres’ all-time greats was defenseman Jerry Korab, a two-time All-Star who helped the team to its first-ever Stanley Cup Finals appearance in 1975. Nicknamed "King Kong," Korab ...

The Kosciuszko Foundation’s Exchange Program to the U.S. offers Polish scholars, researchers, and artists the opportunity to conduct research, complete artistic residencies, or teach at leading ...