Here Is What’s Happening Around WNY: Wednesday Edition

Here is what's happening around Western New York for your Wednesday.

1 –The warm weather is set to continue today across Western New York. We are looking at mostly sunny skies today with a high near 82. There is a slight chance of some scattered rain showers mainly in the southern part of Western New York, but most of the region will see another dry day. The next chance for rain for the majority of Western New York will be early next week. So you will have to continue to water your lawn this weekend.

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2 –Several non-profits in Western New York will be getting millions of dollars in Donations this year. Tom Golisano, who is the former owner of the Buffalo Sabres and Buffalo Bandits announced he would be donating $360 million dollars to local non-profits across New York State. Some of the non-profits that will benefit here in Western New York are Oishei Children’s Hospital, People Inc, The ARC of Erie County, and several SPCAs in Western New York.

3 – The Buffalo Bills have started the season 2-0 but there could be a big change coming to the team’s roster. It has been reported that the Bills brought in two veteran free-agent kickers this week. The team is looking at possibly replacing Tyler Bass who has been inconsistent over the past several games. His biggest miss was in the Bills playoff loss to Kanas City last season. The Bills are back in action Monday night as they host Jacksonville. You can watch that game locally on Channel 4.

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4 – Heinrich Chevrolet in Lockport will be hosting their “End of Summer” car show tonight. There will be classic cars, modified cars, trucks, and motorcycles all on display. The car show will start at 5 pm and a portion of the concessions and 50/50 raffle will benefit the St. Mary's School for the Deaf.

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5 – Soon you will be seeing a lot fewer Amazon boxes sitting on your front porch. The giant online retail company has kicked off a new program that aims to reduce the amount of boxes sent to buyer's homes. Amazon announced that they will no longer be boxing up products that can be safely delivered without a box. That includes bags of pet food, items that are already in a box, and smaller items that can be shipped in an envelope. The goal of this new policy it reduce the amount of cardboard waste.

6 – Check those Mega Millions tickets this morning. The New York State Lottery announced that there were two “Big Money” winning tickets sold in New York from last night’s drawing. Each one of those tickets matched four out of five numbers and had the Mega Ball. One ticket won $10,000 while the other ticket had the Megaplier which was 3 times the prize amount so they won $30,000.

7 – This week you can double dip with our “We Are Buffalo” deals because we have two that will be going on sale this Friday morning. First off, you can get $50 worth of gift cards for only $25 to Babcia's Pierogis at the Broadway Market. Then you can take advantage of a buy one get one free deal to get tickets to the Haunted Forest at the Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence. Both those deals go on sale this Friday at 9 am.