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ICE Detentions in New York County Jails Have Exploded So far this year, the state's county jails have held six times more people for federal immigration authorities than they did in all of 2024.

New York has just one federal immigration detention center. But county jails are increasingly lending bed space to ICE– for a price.
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Band of Horses play on the main stage during Borderland Music + Arts Festival at Knox Farm State Park in East Aurora, Sept. 13, 2025. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

Kevin McLellan dances with Danielle Torres during Borderland Music + Arts Festival at Knox Farm State Park in East Aurora, Sept. 13, 2025. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

Children are silhouetted in golden hour sunlight as they play frisbee during Borderland Music + Arts Festival at Knox Farm State Park in East Aurora, Sept. 13, 2025. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

The Heavy Heavy play during Borderland Music + Arts Festival at Knox Farm State Park in East Aurora, Sept. 13, 2025. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

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People fly through the sky on the “Wave Swinger” ride on the first day of the Erie County Fair at the Hamburg Fairgrounds in Hamburg, August 6, 2025. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

Garrett Hill, 11, balances on a stall fence between rounds of helping his dad, Derek Hill, hang name tag signs for their cows before the official opening of the Erie County Fair at the Hamburg Fairgrounds in Hamburg, August 5, 2025. The Hills have come up to the fair from Hills Valley Farm in Cattaraugus. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

The Nya:Weh Village dancers perform a dance during the Erie County Fair at the Hamburg Fairgrounds in Hamburg, August 7, 2025. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

Cap, an 18-year-old Percheron, relaxes in the embrace of Jude Ball in the Horse Headquarters during the Erie County Fair at the Hamburg Fairgrounds in Hamburg, August 7, 2025. Ball, who is originally from the Western New York area, said she returns to the fair from California every year to see Cap. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

The Erie County Fair is back for its 185th year! Tap in to see the
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People wade and splash in the flow of Wiscoy Falls in Portageville in today's #EveryDayAPhoto by @libbymarch.bsky.social.

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As the nations lag on climate action, cities across the world step up A new report documents how local communities are becoming more livable and sustainable.

Ten years after the Paris Agreement, nations are still falling short of their commitments to reduce emissions and mitigate climate change.

More than that, they haven’t shown enough follow-through on the goals they set. Instead, it’s been cities and local governments that have taken the lead.

If This Summer is Anything Like the Last If this summer is anything like the last, the climate crisis will destroy more norms, we will gasp, then forget, and photographers will continue to skewer our denial.

Trump has erased the climate crisis from federal discourse & action, so disasters grow more extreme but get less attention. Our warning from last summer's start feels prophetic as we face another season of denial.

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2) Shakenya has had some help, but she still needs the following for the event THIS SATURDAY-

- A DJ
- Paper products, napkins, flatware, cups
- Hamburger and hot dog buns
- Custom t-shirts for the family

Please DM me if you'd like to help and I'll connect you with her.

#buffalo #MutualAid

YouTube video by The Buffalo News Remembering Ramone "Red" Luckie Carter

1) Shakenya Griffin lost her toddler, Ramone "Red" Luckie Carter, to gun violence last summer. She's hosting a celebration of his life on the anniversary of his death this Saturday, June 21, and needs help to get the event together >>

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#Buffalo #wny #MutualAid

London Rainer, 5, center, eyes her brother Rayquan Whedon, 8, left, as Jesse Harris Jr. 7, chases after her with a balloon tower, making the most of their balloon adornments during the Juneteenth celebration in Buffalo, June 14, 2025. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

Deja Ferguson, 18, dances with the Dynasty All Stars in the Juneteenth parade in Buffalo, June 14, 2025. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

Janice Fayson wears kente cloth and intricate makeup, sitting for a portrait as she watches the Juneteenth parade in Buffalo, June 14, 2025. Fayson said she got the inspiration for her makeup online. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

Demetrius Mims grins as he hugs Kim Geiger before they ride The Arc’s float in the Juneteenth parade in Buffalo, June 14, 2025. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

Happy early Juneteenth! See more moments from Buffalo's parade and festival over the weekend on @buffalonews.com -

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ICYMI: Niagara Square was flooded by peaceful demonstrators for a "No Kings" pro-democracy rally on the 79th birthday of President Trump on Saturday. See more images on @thebuffalonews -
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#nokings #Buffalo

#NoKings
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'We cannot afford to stand by': Thousands protest Trump administration in Niagara Square A crowd of all ages packed the square, carrying protest signs that took aim at President Trump and his administration's policies. The crowd chanted, listened to speakers and, for parts of the roughly ...

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Please DM me if you are interested in helping and I'll connect you with Shakenya

Shakenya hopes to host a community event in Red's memory on June 21. She still needs help with the following:
A dj
Custom t-shirts for the family
Tables & chairs
Hamburger/hotdog buns
Hot dogs &hamburgers
Paper plates, silverware, cups
Coolers
Ice
Water
Pop
Potluck dishes

#Buffalo #mutualaid

Shakenya Griffin, right, weeps in the embrace of loved ones during a celebration for the life of her son, Ramone “Red” Luckie Carter, two weeks after his death on what would have been his fourth birthday, at Griffin’s home in Buffalo, July 6, 2024. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

Ja’miya, daughter of Shakenya Griffin, stands for a portrait holding a baby photo of her little brother Ramone “Red” Luckie Carter in Buffalo, Jan. 23, 2025. Ja'miya and Ramone were playing outside with other children on June 21, 2024 when they were struck by gunfire. Ja'miya survived her injuries, but Ramone did not. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

Shakenya Griffin displays a customized necklace with a photo of her son, Ramone “Red” Luckie Carter, during a celebration for Ramone’s life on what would have been his fourth birthday, at her home in Buffalo, July 6, 2024. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

Wearing T-shirts memorializing Ramone “Red” Luckie Carter, children stand on the steps of Shakenya Griffin’s home, the site where her son Ramone and his older sister Ja'miya were struck by gunfire, during a celebration for the life of Ramone on what would have been his fourth birthday, at his mother’s home in Buffalo, July 6, 2024. Ja'miya survived her injuries, but Ramone was pronounced dead at Erie County Medical Center the night the two children were shot. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

1) Reminders are everywhere for Shakenya Griffin, her children, and their loved ones who lost 3-year-old Ramone "Red" Carter in a shooting in Buffalo last year.

Read from @justinsondel.bsky.social on the loss of Red and the ripple effects of gun violence:

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#gunviolence

Shakenya is planning a celebration of Red’s life on the anniversary of his death, June 21. She has already received donations to help throw the party, but asked me share the below list of things she still needs.

Red Carter's mother searches for peace, but reminders of toddler's death are everywhere Last June, 3-year-old Ramone “Red” Carter was shot and killed near his home, an inadvertent victim of a shooting targeting someone else. Now, a year later, his mother remains in the house as reminders...

ICYMI: This Sunday we ran a story that I have been working on for nearly a year on the struggles that Shakenya Griffin, who lost her 3-year-old son Red Carter in a shooting last June, continues to go through as she tries to find peace. buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

'There’s mad fashion shows here': Buffalo's fashion scene is underground, but bubbling up Buffalo's fashion scene is "underground," but bubbling up. Local designers are turning fashion into a full-time job − or trying to. They are carving out an industry by throwing runway

ICYMI: another wonderful collaboration from @chessabond.bsky.social and @libbymarch.bsky.social published over the weekend: buffalonews.com/life-enterta...

thanks for sharing, Justin!

Everything about this is a tragedy, every level, from cheated freelancers to authors obscured to readers who don’t get served either.

Photos: Buffalo community comes together to remember victims of 5/14 On the three-year anniversary of the Tops mass shooting, Buffalo came together to offer acts of service beautifying the community through the morning and early afternoon until the Tops memorial

Photos: Buffalo community comes together to remember victims of 5/14
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See more images from the 4-alarm fire on Buffalo's Church Street here on @buffalonews.com -
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Cherry blossom petals float on the surface of Mirror Lake in Forest Lawn Cemetery in today's #EveryDayAPhoto by Libby March:
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'Incredibly dangerous': Schumer, Flight 3407 families lambaste Trump FAA nominee President Trump's choice to head the Federal Aviation Administration is a longtime critic of a key Flight 3407 flight safety rule, and neither the Flight 3407 families nor Senate Minority Leader Charl...

President Trump's nominee to head the FAA "has been one of the most vocal and persistent advocates of rolling back and circumventing basic air safety standards,” @Schumer.Senate.gov said. buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

Magdalena Wetula, 6, closes her eyes as her mother, Ela Wetula, braids Magdalena’s hair, attending Dyngus Day festivities at the Pussy Willow Park tent in Buffalo, April 21, 2025. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

Sally Sanford, left, and her daughter-in-law Kyla Whitford wear pierogi hats and red capes with punny phrases as they walk to Corpus Christi Athletic Club, celebrating Dyngus Day in Buffalo, April 21, 2025. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

Dolly Handzlyk, center right, dances at the Happy Swallow, celebrating Dyngus Day on the bar's last day of operation in Buffalo, April 21, 2025. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

A man winds up to bowl at Corpus Christi Athletic Club as people celebrate Dyngus Day in Buffalo, April 21, 2025. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

Happy Dyngus Day, Buffalo!

#DyngusDay #EasterMonday #ŚmigusDyngus

Thank you, Sean. Your students and Syracuse community are lucky to have you!!

A final missive from our beloved @buffalonews.com columnist @seankirst.bsky.social, whose beautiful writing and kind presence we'll all deeply miss in @buffaloguild.bsky.social and in our newsroom. Best of luck in your next chapter, Sean!!

‘You wake up waiting for the bomb to drop’: Looming tariffs threaten local restaurants, food businesses Tariffs trickle from the government to consumers like a ball pinging down a Plinko board, hitting multiple businesses. Restaurants may be forced to change, raise prices or close.

ICYMI: Local restaurants, food stores grapple with tariffs cutting into already-thin profit margins. buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

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A water droplet hangs from a budding tree in Buffalo in today's #EveryDayAPhoto by @libbymarch.bsky.social.

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Affected − but not defined − by muscular dystrophy: ‘We’re all the same, even if we don’t look like it’ Suneel Ram is a spiritual seeker, sings in a band and was the subject of a comic novel two years ago about living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare genetic

ICYMI: @marksommers.bsky.social shares the story of Suneel Ram, a man living through the challenges of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. With incredibly moving photos and video from @libbymarch.bsky.social buffalonews.com/news/local/a...