Sean Kirst
The Buffalo News
Syracuse, NY, United States
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Sean Kirst: 'Like our ancestors came out to listen': In the Old First Ward, reigniting native roots
"To embrace the Haudenosaunee heritage is good for Buffalo." → Read More
Wounds of hate, flashes of hope, year's end in 'devil's snow': In Buffalo, 12 fateful months in quotes
From 2022, here is the year in Western New York, in your own words. → Read More
Sean Kirst: For Henry Wesley, the greatest Christmas gift: Family he never knew
For this Yuletide, he finally has the knowledge that can "heal me in some way." → Read More
Sean Kirst: On Cherry Street, what 'Kat' would want – a Fruit Belt Christmas
If ever a community needed the Yuletide, here it was. → Read More
Sean Kirst: As memories fade, life-or-death sacrifices gain power over generations
A tragedy on Lake Ontario held aching elements of another point of shared experience: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a day that brought massive change in the arc of American history. → Read More
Sean Kirst: On a stormy skyline, the lights are back on at Buffalo's Rand building
For the first time in decades at Lafayette Square, the brick peak of the Rand Building is revealed by light. → Read More
Sean Kirst: After Rushdie stabbing, close witness seeks hope in deep roots of Chautauqua
Chautauqua "is a place," Bestor Cram said, "where we feel like we're coming home." → Read More
Sean Kirst: Dennis Crawley sets new goals after year with ALS: 'Amazing to see what he's done'
“What’s happened since?” Crawley said last week of his ALS diagnosis. “No way. I wouldn’t have believed it.” → Read More
Sean Kirst: For mother and son, a two-month journey to travel a few blocks to Tops
For Anna Smith and her son Malik Stubbs, the reopening of Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue marked a meaningful moment of healing. → Read More
Sean Kirst: With Bruce Smith as ally, retired officers vow that Aaron Salter's sacrifice is never forgotten
When retired Buffalo police officers Earl Perrin, Bradford Pitts and Nate Goldsmith announced their plans for a scholarship in honor and memory of their close friend, Aaron Salter Jr., they → Read More
Sean Kirst: A pivotal moment, a beloved teacher – and a request for all of us
As we move from another school year into the hot days of July, Alexander Burgos has a story that is really a suggestion: If there are teachers who changed your → Read More
Sean Kirst: Roy Kinyon turned down the Bisons once. This time, he couldn't say no.
On the Fourth of July, Roy Kinyon will sign his name to the roar of a crowd that knows a true baseball phenom when it sees one, as he becomes → Read More
Sean Kirst: 'Skywalker Way' pays tribute to three workers who died building Skyway
Beneath a moody Lake Erie sky Wednesday, Skyway traffic bumped and rumbled above a gathering honoring Mitchell LeClair, Gatlin White and Daniel Smith, three ironworkers who died in separate falls → Read More
Sean Kirst: At 35, mom's only chance was a heart transplant: 'If I die, tell the kids I love them'
After a heart transplant saved her life, Brendalis Vega finds herself grateful just for days out in her yard. → Read More
A precious Father's Day: Sisters succeed in dreams of tribute to lost 'Skywalkers'
A quest to honor the men who died building the Skyway will culminate Wednesday. Officials plan to raise a sign at the intersection of Main and Perry streets. Travelers at → Read More
Sean Kirst: A founder of Buffalo's Juneteenth has message of resilience for wounded community
Judson Price, 91, who knows a things or two about hurt and healing, will be at the Frank E. Merriweather Library as his granddaughter reads from and signs her new → Read More
Sean Kirst: From stroller, 2-year-old leads way in Buffalo Marathon
Lucas McAneney won last Sunday's marathon, though technically he was a couple of feet behind his son who was in a running stroller. → Read More
Sean Kirst: In Buffalo, to finish speech he started, retired officer will speak of Memorial Day's Black roots
Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter will be the speaker at the annual Memorial Day service at 10 a.m. Monday at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park. → Read More
Sean Kirst: On Memorial Day, a tolling bell and 10 names read as a promise from Buffalo
Amid collective shock from mass murder by an accused white supremacist on Jefferson Avenue – the aching question is where does an entire grieving community, facing such loss, go from → Read More
Sean Kirst: How do you carry on Aaron Salter's legacy? Through life
Three friends of Aaron Salter, the retired police officer killed in the Tops Markets massacre on May 14, are at the center of a scholarship at Hutchinson Central Technical High → Read More