Good morning, Buffalo.

The 5/14 Memorial Foundation is advancing plans for a healing center after raising half of its $25M goal.

Its board met on Tuesday to review property acquisitions on Jefferson Avenue and set a 90-day fundraising plan while accepting applications for a part-time executive assistant until Sept. 18.

A Buffalo shelter’s viral social media appeal reunited Lexi Ziccardi with Lloyd, a one-year-old pit bull mix that arrived as a stray on Aug.

20; after another family withdrew interest, she adopted him yesterday, and the post garnered 220,000+ likes.

AAA Western and Central New York & the Bills announced the new AAA Bills MVP Membership that provides 24/7 roadside assistance, travel planning and exclusive game perks throughout the upcoming season, available online and at local AAA offices.

Buffalo attorney Terrance Flynn recalled the tragic events of Sept.

11 when he saw people jump from a burning tower (World Trade Center), a memory he said he cannot erase.

Buffalo State is hosting its fifth annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebration with free events including poetry, dance, a documentary screening, a council meeting and a gala.

Events run Sept. 17 to Oct. 15 at Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall and Ciminelli Recital Hall (Faculty-Student Association funding).

West Seneca native Sydney Sterlace, a former finalist on The Voice, is starting college at Nazareth University in Rochester (studying music business) while pursuing her singing career; she will perform at The Caz in South Buffalo on Oct.

11.

OLV Elementary principal Mary Szlosek announced plans to merge Catholic Academy with OLV Elementary (a move to streamline academic programs) to benefit local families, with the consolidation set to begin in the coming academic year.

FeedMore WNY sends healthy food kits home every Friday to elementary students identified by schools as needing extra nutrition + Buffalo Public School District supports the program to ease weekend food insecurity.

Golisano Children's Hospital in Buffalo reported an increase in e-bike injuries among youth from 10 in 2024 to 114 this year.

Assemblyman Pat Burke, whose son was injured, is proposing stronger helmet rules + clearer safety warnings to protect young riders.

The former Market Bar on Gibson St. has been vacant since a 2017 fire; new owner AmeriRoss LLC is redeveloping it into apartments and a community art space called the Gibson Piano Bar.

The project is part of a neighborhood investment expected to finish by this time next year.

On Tuesday, the Bills named six players as captains — Josh Allen and Terrel Bernard keep their C patches under new coach Joe Brady while Dawson Knox, Bradley Chubb, Reid Ferguson and Sam Franklin, Jr. join them; the team will open Sunday, Sept.

13 against the Houston Texans.