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A lanky second grader munches apple slices while circling sight words on a worksheet. A tutor arrives to help his brother make sense of math. Upstairs, two tweens trade middle

Like many food pantries, sturdy wire shelves at Provisions 139 present immaculate rows of canned soup, boxed starches, bottled juice and bagged grains. Upright coolers with gleaming glass fronts are

Few other meals are preceded by the anticipation (and pressure) that builds around dishes made especially for fall and winter holidays. Days of planning, shopping and table setting. Hours of

Brandon Parker learned to play chess as a 12-year-old at an afterschool job sweeping up hair from the floors of his neighborhood barbershop in Ocean City, N.Y. The barber taught

The grand, grassy parkways of Buffalo are lined with older, stately homes, many of which carry the torch of tradition through dark woodwork, heavy draperies and ghosts of past aristocratic

Tiny muscari, like up-ended clusters of pale purple grapes. Moody, plum-colored Lenten roses, ancient and revered. Crimson sprigs of crabapple blossoms. Feathers of fern leaves, blushing tulips, whisps of frilly

Like many high schoolers, Gretchen Meyers was crafty. She liked to make things, specifically jewelry. But unlike most ’90s adolescents, Gretchen’s teenage pastime eventually became her grownup job.

The Pythagorean theorem. The periodic table. Past participles. Presidential pardons. Important lessons to learn? Yes. But what can history tell us about current events, and how do we help young

There’s an undercurrent of urgency to summers in Buffalo. A low, humming frequency that propels us into perpetual motion to fit it all in while we can. That Mother Nature