Good morning, Buffalo.

Dozens of Franklin and Hoover middle school students toured the new Highmark Stadium Tuesday, guided by Buffalo Bills rookies who answered questions, showed the locker room and met fans; many said it was their first time inside and the visit aimed to inspire them.

The Salvation Army of Buffalo has completed construction of its new Family Emergency Shelter, the first phase of the three-phase project (Hope on Main), on its campus.

A meat raffle to raise funds for Ken-Ton Blessings in a Backpack (KBIB) will be held on Nov.

21 to support a nutrition program for needy families in the Kenmore Tonawanda school district.

The City of Buffalo will host an in-season rally to harness Buffalo Bills excitement and draw more people downtown, and officials will roll out game-day activations + street-level programming to keep visitors coming on home-game weekends.

F.W. Webb Company has opened a 140,000 sqft store and warehouse in Amherst as it expands its Western New York presence and ramps up local hiring.

Costco Wholesale opens today in Amherst, offering membership shopping to the Northtowns.

General manager J.B. Swiger says members will seek $1.50 hot dogs + $4.99 rotisserie chickens, and Costco is also exploring a future site at the old Seneca Mall.

The state-led New York Innovation Summit runs Tuesday and today at the Buffalo Convention Center, bringing high-tech firms, investors, and state programs together and hosting a commercialization contest with a $150,000 top prize; winners will be announced this afternoon.

The city will expand its Scrap It curbside compost program to serve up to 10,000 households to collect food waste and keep more trash out of landfills, up from a 2023 curbside pilot that served 2,000 households after a 2018 drop-off pilot.

Niagara Falls residents and advocates gathered Tuesday at Frontier Firehall to demand truth and justice over radioactivity and toxic seepage on private properties, and they say state soil test results were delayed until after Election Day with answers now expected the first week of November.

Starting Nov. 1, Erie County will lease the former Buffalo Creek Academy at 514 to 528 South Park Ave. to open a 200-bed winter shelter (Code Blue); a Buffalo councilmember has asked the county to pause the plan pending meetings over safety concerns.

A personalized mRNA vaccine from Merck and Moderna cut melanoma's risk of returning or causing death by 42% in a late-stage trial revealed this past weekend in Europe, and Roswell Park doctors say FDA review and insurer decisions mean it could reach patients in (six to nine months).

During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Buffalo Public Schools interim superintendent Dr. Ebony Prohet Bullock revealed she was diagnosed in June 2023, underwent surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, and had her cancer upgraded to stage 3 after surgery.

Her cancer is now undetectable and she is urging residents to get screened and keep up regular follow-up care.

The New York State Department of Health issued a boil-water order for the Village of Fredonia on Tuesday after high organic material in the reservoir strained treatment filters, and all customers must boil water for drinking, cooking, ice, coffee, and brushing teeth until further notice (bring to a rolling boil for one minute).