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