Good morning, Buffalo.

The 5/14 Memorial Foundation said it received $12 million in state funding to develop the 514 Living Memorial & Healing Center, a community memorial and healing space planned along Jefferson Avenue (work will begin in coming months).

New York State awarded more than $580,000 in grants to three Western New York food banks to expand refrigerated storage and improve distribution across the region, funding that officials say will strengthen the state's emergency food network.

The City of Buffalo and Visit Buffalo will host a Buffalo Bills rally in Niagara Square on Thursday, Oct.

29 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., with giveaways, food trucks, Billy Buffalo and BFLO Cheerleaders, plus music and a light show finale at the Statler (rain date Friday, Oct. 30).

Crews are sealing cracked concrete at the Buffalo-Depew Amtrak station after a passenger who fell in September raised safety concerns, and a CSX flagger is now on site so work can proceed and make the platform safer for travelers.

The Peanut Line Trail in Amherst secured an extra $3.8 million, bringing total funding to $10.8 million and allowing the project to enter design with public engagement; town leaders expect the paved, multi-use trail to open in late 2029.

Neighbors are fundraising to repair an Orchard Park Navy veteran's badly damaged home so he can shelter his housebound wife, with volunteers donating labor and some materials and organizers hoping to finish repairs by Veterans Day (Nov.

11).

SUNY announced Buffalo State will receive an Outdoors for All grant of up to $8,000 as one of 14 campus awards to launch Bengals Biking Buffalo, which will provide bike loans, safety lessons, and group rides to make cycling more accessible for students around campus and nearby parks and trails.

An oily sheen was spotted on the Buffalo River and, more than two weeks after the spill was reported, investigators say they still have not identified the substance or traced its source (testing is ongoing).

Buffalo is expanding its scrap-it curbside composting program to serve about 10,000 residents over the next five years, up from a 2,000-household pilot that diverted 1.7 million pounds; pickup will remain weekly and voluntary with a first-come, first-served waitlist.