Here Is What's Happening In WNY: Friday Edition

Here are today's top headlines in Western New York.

1 –Our streak of 80 degrees or warmer will continue today in Western New York. We have had 8 straight days of temps above 80 and today’s high is expected to reach 83. It looks like today will be the last day for the streak as a weather front will bring some rain and cooler temperatures this weekend. We could see rain on and off tomorrow, Sunday, and Monday ahead of the Bills game, so get out and enjoy the nice day today if you can.

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3 – It is Friday and the weekend is here and there are plenty of things going on. Tomorrow is National Sponge Candy Day and Fowlers Chocolates have teamed up with FeedMore WNY for a donation drive. Catherine Shick from FeedMore said you can pick up a sweet treat from Fowlers tomorrow. Also on tap this weekend, Celino Plumbing is looking for members of Bills Mafia to be part of a TV commercial. You need to wear red and blue colors, nothing with a Bills logo, and head out to the Mafia House on Sunday from Noon-2 pm and then Prohibition 2020 from 2-4 pm and it is back, Free Bar Bingo at Bloomfield’s tonight during their Happy Hour. Join me as I host and you can win lots of great prizes like movie passes, free car washes, and tickets to the EverHaunt Haunted House in Angola. Bar Bingo is free to play and goes from 5-7 at Bloomfield’s pub in Depew.

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4 – The National Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester recently announced the 2024 Hall of Fame Finalist. They include Apples to Apples, Choose Your Own Adventure Gamebooks, My Little Pony, Phase 10, Pokémon Trading Card Game, Remote-Controlled Vehicles, Trampolines, Transformers, and more. One of the most controversial picks is the balloon, which many people argue is not a toy. The final inductees will be announced in November.

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5 – Officials with the New York State DEC are warning residents of increase deer activity over the next several months. Deer are more active in the month of September and October and could be near roads as they look for food. Deer are also most active at dusk and dawn so make sure when you are driving you are away so that you can see more deer on the side of the roads.
6 – Well it looks like the weather for the Bills game could be a little wet. Early forecasts for the game have temperatures in the mid to upper 60s with scattered rain showers. If you are headed out to the game, make sure you have some rain gear, and don’t forget to stop by the “We Are Buffalo” tailgate. We are out before every home game at Prohibition 2020 with live music from Hair Nation.

7 – This week you can double dip with our “We Are Buffalo” deals because we have two that will be going on sale this 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 morning at 9 am.

All For the Love of Bacon: 15 Upstate New York Restaurants in the Bacon Spotlight

At the end of August we celebrate National Bacon Day and the beginning of National Bacon Month in September. The ways to produce fanciful bacon products is limited only by your imagination. Here are 15 items found in Upstate New York that test that imagination. Here are some of the tastiest and weirdest bacon items we could find on restaurant menus and in stores across Upstate New York. A bacon clothesline appetizer? Perhaps the most mouthwatering item in this gallery. Wow, take a look at it. Count me in!

Gallery Credit: Chuck D'Imperio

Where is the Oldest Chinese Restaurant in Upstate New York? Take a Look!!

When it comes to lists of "the oldest in Upstate New York," there is not a shortage of places to list. We will try to give you a sense of that list with these dozen points of interest.

In this gallery you will find these "oldest in Upstate New York" places: the oldest Chinese restaurant, church, fireboat, miniature golf, state park, municipal cemetery, drive-in movie, ferry service, five and dime store, bowling alley, and the oldest family farm in Upstate New York. Whew!

Of course we could go on and on with this list. It is fun, after all. So watch for more "oldest" lists in the future!

Gallery Credit: Chuck D'Imperio