The Basil 'Vehicles for Vets' has started! WYRK and Basil Family Dealerships are partnering up to give one Western New York veteran or active service member a NEW CAR!
The final giveaway will be on August 14th at the Erie County Fair, also Veterans Day at the Fair, which means free admission to all those who are serving and have served...
I’m always amazed at the impact this area had on American history. Most of the worst battles of the War of 1812 happened right here. The villages of Lewiston, Youngstown and Black Rock were destroyed. The village of Buffalo was burned to the ground by the British.
It was the 18th Amendment in 1919 that banned the manufacture, sale and distribution of alcohol. It was known as Prohibition, but lasted just over a decade because it killed the economy. Breweries, taverns and restaurants were forced to close, thousands of people lost their jobs and it led to other problems. The biggest of those problems was organized crime specializing in illegal liquor served at