But there is other news on the horizon.
Talks over Bills Stadium in Orchard Park are likely to ramp up in earnest. New York State and the Seneca Nation must renegotiate the compact that authorizes the Seneca casinos. A downtown tech hub is poised to bring new life into the city s tallest building â if workers get back to the office.
There will be political intrigue, too. The offices of Erie County sheriff and comptroller are up for election, and eyes will be on whether or not Mayor Byron W. Brown seeks a record fifth term.
And plenty of uncertainty, too. Will schools get back to normal? Will nursing home residents get peace? Will vaccines free people to get back to business?
Dec. 28, 2020
Bradley Cooper leaves the Statler Hotel during the filming of Guillermo del Toro s Nightmare Alley. Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
An ice house, a bag ban, Bradley Cooper in Buffalo and other news you may have forgotten
We all know what the biggest story of the year was, and it overshadowed just about everything else in Western New York.
But 2020 cannot be remembered just for the Covid-19 pandemic. There were other things that occurred that, in a normal year, we would have had no trouble recalling.
Some of them had to do with the weather. Others affected what we do for fun, how we get from here to there or our attraction for moviemakers.
By Amy Hadachek
for The Fence Post
The dairy industry’s goals for sustainability received a big show of support in mid-November, when the checkoff-founded Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy said this step will allow the EPA to more deeply understand and support U.S. dairy farmers and their sustainability efforts.
This MOU was announced during the fall meeting of the Dairy Sustainability Alliance that was held Nov. 9-10.
“This MOU means we’re collaborating and working together with the EPA. Actually, we’ve been collaborating since 2012 to work with the EPA, and this MOU is more specifically about carbon sequestering,” said Nebraska dairy farmer Lowell Mueller of Vi-View Farm in Hooper on Nov. 14. “In early October, the Innovation Center announced a goal of net zero (carbon neutrality) by 2050. Some farms may meet that goal, others may get cl