The Diederich Family Carousel has been called "the heart of the zoo" and is popular with zoo visitors and even birthday party and wedding guests. But when it came to a halt this summer, the zoo had to get creative amid "sizeable revenue losses."
Auto museum brings Jurassic world alive with new exhibit After more than a year of closure, Volo Auto Museum is reopened. This towering T-Rex greets visitors to the all-new Jurassic Gardens adventure at the museum. Courtesy of Cynthia Wolf, Wolf Wordsmithing
Updated 5/27/2021 12:18 PM
Once past the towering T-Rex at the entryway, visitors to the new Jurassic Gardens at Volo Auto Museum walk into a green-fronded world thick with the pounding footfalls and piercing cries of dimetrodons, pterodactyls and triceratops.
Dozens of iguanodons, ceratosauruses and velociraptors dot the gloam-lit landscape.
With the background sounds, the lighting, the foliage, the movement, it pulls you into dinosaur times, said Brian Grams, director of the Volo Auto Museum, now also home to Jurassic Gardens.
Expanding learning opportunities at Nativity Miguel Middle School during the pandemic
Schools in WNY have it tough this year, but one school in Buffalo is not letting the pandemic limit learning opportunities.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â Schools in WNY have it tough this year, but one school in Buffalo is not letting the pandemic limit learning opportunities.
âWeâre all a sisterhood, itâs really nice what we have here, said Iyana O Neal, 7th grader at Nativity Miguel Middle School of Buffalo.
Students at Nativity Miguel s all girls St. Monica campus in Buffalo meet in small groups, socially distant. Like most classrooms in WNY, theyâve spent the past year making adjustments to the learning process.