716 Spotlight Stories
The families, the history, and the businesses that make the 716 what it is
Local Business Spotlights
October 23, 2026
Vidler's 5 & 10 Is Up for Sale After 96 Years in the Family. It Started With a Spool of Thread and a Bet It Wouldn't Last Six Weeks.
Vidler's in East Aurora is up for sale after 96 years in the family, and the story of how it started is one you'll want to hear.
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Sports
October 23, 2026
The Bills Are 5-1 and Nobody in Orchard Park Is Relaxed. Here's What the Bye Week Is Really About.
The Bills are 5-1 and lead the NFL in scoring. So why can't anybody in the 716 relax about this defense?
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Local News
October 23, 2026
Buffalo's New Snow Plan Is Built for the Side Streets That Got Stuck Last Winter
Buffalo's new snow plan has little tractors for narrow streets, nearly five times the money for hauling snow away, and one big question about plows.
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Sports
October 23, 2026
Alex Tuch Thought He'd Be a Sabre for Life. On Saturday Night in Washington, He Faces Them for the First Time.
Alex Tuch grew up cheering for the Sabres, helped end the 14-year drought, and on Saturday night he faces them for the first time.
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Sports
October 18, 2026
Five Bills Are Questionable, an Old Friend Is Waiting in Vegas, and Josh Allen Says This Week Felt Like Training Camp
The Bills spent all week practicing at UC Irvine, five guys are questionable, and an old friend from the 2018 draft class is waiting in Vegas.
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716 History
October 17, 2026
125 Years Ago, a 63-Year-Old Schoolteacher Climbed Into a Barrel Above the Falls and Came Out Alive
She tested the barrel with a cat, wore a blue skirt for the ride, and went over the Horseshoe Falls on her 63rd birthday.
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716 History
October 17, 2026
Eighty-Nine Years Ago, 32,524 People Filled a Brand-New Stadium on Dodge Street. Buffalo Would Come to Call It the Rockpile.
The Rockpile's biggest crowd ever didn't come for the Bills or the Bisons, it came for two Buffalo high schools.
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716 History
October 15, 2026
Eighty-Six Years Ago, Buffalo Threw a Parade for a Building. The Aud Earned Every Bit of It.
Eighty-six years ago this week, Buffalo threw a parade for a building, and if you ever climbed up to the oranges, you already know why.
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716 History
October 13, 2026
Twenty Years Ago, Two Feet of Snow Fell on Buffalo Before the Leaves Even Dropped. We Still Call It the October Surprise.
Twenty years ago this week, a freak storm dumped two feet of snow on Buffalo while the leaves were still on the trees. Here's the night we'll never forget.
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