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For Buffalo’s Future, Western New Yorkers Look to Canadian Connection
Hopes emerge that Bills playing in Toronto will help Ontario change the game for region
By Karen Zraick
By Karen Zraick
The Buffalo Bills will play their first regular season home
game in Toronto this month, marking
a new chapter in a long history of links between the economies of Western
New York and Ontario.
To observers, the team’s efforts to build a fan base in a city so close and
prosperous is smart business—as it stands, Canadians make up 15 to 20 percent
of the crowd at home games. And since Toronto
is a regional ...
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Anatomy of a Senate Renegade
Carl Kruger explains his rebellion, and himself
By Andrew J. Hawkins
For someone who is causing such a big commotion, State Sen. Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn) occupies a very small office. The room is roughly eight by eight feet. There is a picture on a bookshelf of Kruger smiling with Bill Clinton, a bust of John F. Kennedy, various letters scattered across his computer-less desk, two purple chairs for visitors and room for little else except Kruger’s stockiness.While talking about the roots of his insurrection ...
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