Buffalo Staff

Everyone knows that scoring a job can be a difficult and tedious process. You call all of your contacts, go to several job fairs, search through dozens of search engines and fill out numerous online applications, all asking for the same information — then it happens! You get a call for an interview and realize this could be your big moment.

Preparing for a job interview is nerve-wracking enough without the unsettling sense that an interviewer might ask a question you aren’t prepared to answer. It’s those unusual, hard-to-prepare-for questions that we all dread.

This year marks the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America. Here is a list of memorial events around Western New York in remembrance of those who lost their lives on that tragic day.

This weekend (Saturday, September 1-Sunday, September 2), Buffalo showcased what we’re all about: chicken wings and charity. The 11th annual National Buffalo Wing Festival at Coca-Cola Field was a major success, once again.

If you ever look around your house and think “How did I accumulate so much stuff?!” it might be time to clean out your garage and have a yard sale. You have to sell your old junk before you can buy new junk, after all! In order to bring in the big bucks, check out these five tips to help make your yard sale a success.

Labor Day this year is on Monday, September 3. That means it’s a long weekend for the workforce. To help make the most of this free day, here is a full list of what’s going on and what’s open and closed in Buffalo on Labor Day. Whether you want to sit around and lounge for the day or go out and do something, make it worthwhile for yourself!

Preparing for a job interview is nerve-wracking enough without the unsettling sense that an interviewer might ask a question you aren’t prepared to answer. It’s those unusual, hard-to-prepare-for questions that we all dread.

All of the political advertisements on the radio and television mean that Election Day is fast approaching. Open elections are a right that we have as Americans, and it’s important that we exercise that privilege we have. Here is some important information concerning the elections coming up and where you can go to vote.

Some people seem to think that Buffalo is a place on the map that is under one big, dark, gloomy cloud. Others see Buffalo as being a bright, vibrant, creative city. A perfect example of the latter is the Garden Walk of Buffalo, being held this weekend. The self-guided tour includes more than 370 Buffalo gardens.

Concert-goers attending shows at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center will soon be required to park in Darien Lake’s free on-site lots, the venue announced today (Thursday, July 26) in a press release. The park’s management organization is taking this step to ensure the safety of its guests.

For three full days, it was balloons galore in Wellsville. A balloon bonanza, if you will — and not the balloons you can get at a restaurant after dinner or a “Happy Birthday” balloon you can find just anywhere. We’re talking about hot air balloons, brightly colored and patterned, floating through the sky with grace.

Pierogi and polka and polish sausage, oh my! That can only mean one thing: The 34th Annual Polish-American Arts Festival in Cheektowaga. Four full days (Thursday, July 19-Sunday, July 22) of everything Polish filled the air at Cheektowaga Town Park, including authentic Polish food, beer, music and even Polish heritage dancers.