Briefly, the Nation teamed up with the Sabres, Savarino Company and HSBC to form the "Cobblestone District Connector Initiative" to transform Perry street between Buffalo Creek Casino and the First Niagara Center into a signature, gateway corridor, including complete redesign of the street with new lighting, new sidewalks, landscaping, etc.

Our team was just awarded about $250,000 from Mayor Brown's Buffalo Building Reuse Fund to complete the design for the street, as part of $1.25 million awarded to our project, Genesee Street and Chippewa Street (see article link below).

As reported in the Buffalo News on March 14, 2013.

We are in the middle of March Madness, which means when a horn goes off at the end of a postseason basketball game, things get crazy. In a way similar to college conference title games, high school playoff victories at this time of year mean that you will reach another level of the state tournament, that your season will continue while your opponent's will end.

When that horn goes off, madness follows. Players run onto the court. Teammates sprint into each other's arms. There are hugs between coaches and players and managers. And it is far from quiet.

And then there's Zed Williams.

Williams is the senior leader of Silver Creek, one of the state's best lacrosse players who is outstanding on the basketball court as well. After the Black Knights clinched their first trip to Glens Falls for the state final four with a regional victory over Mynderse at Rochester's Blue Cross Arena, he walked to the bench, …

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CATTARAUGUS/ALLEGANY TERRITORIES - FirstEnergy, the operator of the Seneca Pumped Storage Project near the Kinzua Dam in northwestern Pennsylvania, lacks the necessary property rights to successfully operate the Project, the Seneca Nation of Indians asserted in an official submission filed on Monday with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).  The Seneca Nation made this submission in connection with the relicensing proceedings before the federal agency for the hydropower generation project.  The Seneca Nation and FirstEnergy are both competing for the federal license to run the facility.

 "FirstEnergy does not have and has never had the Seneca Nation's consent to use our sovereign tribal lands for power generation, " said Seneca Nation President Barry E. Snyder, Sr. "It's just another example of outsiders taking Indian property rights and using them for personal gain…

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As part of my presidential agenda, the Seneca Nation is taking some very positive steps in creating a healthier community for our people. I am very encouraged and excited about the new Healthy First Nations, "Food is our Medicine" Garden Program that is being launched. And now I'm even more pleased to talk about the amazing progress taking shape for our people through the Seneca Nation Weight Loss Challenge, an eight-week healthy living program with the goal to lose one ton of weight.

Similar to the popular Biggest Looser, 56, five-man teams from both Cattaraugus and Allegany, have been working to develop healthy eating habits and introduce a healthy approach to exercise into their daily lives. Each team member had to sign a waiver to be in the program requiring them to follow healthy-living decisions and not try and lose weight through drastic or trendy weight loss programs.

To date and in just two weeks, the teams have lost a collective total of 2,164 lbs.,…

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Today's Buffalo News story including quotes by Seneca Nation Social Services Commissioner Dr. Lesley Farrell.