One of my hardest tasks, each December, is going through 12 months of columns and choosing a handful of striking quotes from hundreds of memorable conversations to create a collection for year's end. Here it is, assembled from a tumultuous 2021, with this note:
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"There's daddy!" - Andrea Bruzgul and her children - George and Reagan, both 6, Sadie, 4 and Gordon, 2 - view a billboard put up to honor dad and husband J.B. Bruzgul.
Every December, Sean Kirst sifts through 12 months of columns to pull out a few memorable quotes from the past year.
Marcos Vazquez, 21, reacts after being informed that an anonymous donor gave him $4,000 to help him secure a car for work. He is with Amy Betros, right, president and director of St. Luke's Mission of Mercy.
As 2017 nears its close, News columnist Sean Kirst shares some favorite quotes from a year’s worth of columns, “part of the gift of hearing the great stories of Buffalo and Upstate New
Joseph Surdyk, left, and Betty Rost keep take of the orders and collect the money at the St. Bernard's fish fry.
Owen Chase, 6, on his family ice rink on McKinley Parkway in South Buffalo.
Here are just a few examples of memorable quotes from men and women whose paths columnist Sean Kirst was lucky enough to cross in
The Buffalo community comes together to sing for the people of Burma/Myanmar at the Bidwell Parkway on March 27th, 2021.
On February 1st, 2021, the Myanmar Tatmadaw seized the power illegitimately; and have turned into terrorist regime. The People of Myanmar has taken up the streets to protest the military coup d'état. Protesters have employed nonviolent resistance that includes acts of civil disobedience, labor strikes, a military boycott campaign, a pot-banging movement, a red ribbon campaign, and public protests. The terrorist military has violently cracked down the peaceful protesters; and created reign of terrors on civilians day and night. Police and soldiers have turned into thugs; and violently killed the peaceful protesters. As of 31st March 2021, at least 520 civilians, including 40 children, are killed by military and police forces, and at least 3,070 people are detained.
There are thousands of people from Burma/Myanmar residing here in Buffalo, NY, because of decades long terrors and attacks imposed on ethnic minorities and civilians who simply want democracy and peace. All ethnic Myanmar people residing here in Buffalo are in solidarity with the people of Myanmar. We are standing in solidarity with the people of Myanmar against the military coup d'état.
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After getting vaccinated, Sister Ursuline Helinski is presented a bouquet of flowers for her birthday by John Beyer, the CEO of Catholic Health's LIFE Program for seniors.
The names of Jerry Toomey and Ralph Blainey, written on a concrete beam while they were doing some plumbing in the basement of Buffalo's old Statler Hotel in Buffalo in 1935.
Enjoy these memorable quotes, gleaned from a year’s worth of tales involving joy, whimsy, hardship and passage throughout Buffalo and the wider
Clyde Terry was honored for his 90th birthday by Shea's Performing Arts Center for his decades of service as a volunteer.
Stephanie Geter of the Restore Our Community Coalition: For years, she has argued that reviving the larger community demands healing the damage done by the Kensington Expressway to neighborhood fabric in Buffalo.
Jusuf Mulahmetovic, completes the final small section of Terracotta paint on the historic Seneca One Tower project on Washington Street in Buffalo on Friday, June 11, 2021.
The Buffalo Niagara group representatives in white from left, Dennis Wittmeyer (Vietnam), Edward Piniarski (Korea) and Don Saville (WWII) laid a wreath with the help of Army guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery.
Charlie Torres, president of the Puerto Rican and Hispanic Day Parade of WNY, left, joined with Michele Agosto and other artists from Los Artistas Del Barrio Buffalo to helped Efrain Burgos create a new mural of his hero, Roberto Clemente, on the wall of Burgos' hair salon on Niagara Street.
