‘Unnecessary Driving’ Banned in Buffalo

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Photo: Mike Groll/Associated Press via The New York Times

BUFFALO, N.Y., Oct. 13, 2006 (AP) — A rare early October snowstorm left parts of western New York blanketed with 2 feet of snow Friday morning. … Unnecessary driving was banned in Buffalo and suburbs Amherst, Blasdell, Orchard Park and Hamburg.

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