🌱 ☕ 🏈 Starbucks Strike Updates + Gas Prices + Parent Transportation Plan

Hi all! I’m back in your inbox with all the most important things happening in our community today. Keep scrolling for the scoop.

• ☕ Starbucks strike
• ⛽ Gas price updates
• 🚌 New information about school bus shortage
• 🐶 🏈 Today’s Buffalo Chatter is pretty much all about Bills-sporting animals

🌞 First, today's weather: Partly sunny. High: 75. Low: 58.

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Here are the top stories in Buffalo today:

1.) The Starbucks workers at the downtown Delaware-Chippewa location remain on strike over unfair retaliation they are receiving from the company about unionization. They are also demanding first aid training after a customer of the store overdosed in their store last week.

Read WGRZ for more information.

2.) As gas prices continue to drop, Western New York drivers are currently paying an average of $3.89 for a gallon of regular unleaded gas. This aligns with the average price for New York State, but remains 50 cents higher than it was a year ago and above the national average, which currently is $3.68.

Learn more at WKBW 7.

3.) The program to pay parents in Buffalo schools to transport their kids to school, now named the Parent Transportation Reimbursement Pilot Program, is estimated to cost $800,000. The proposal calculating this cost based it upon 1,500 parents (a number received by a survey asking qualifying parents to indicate their interest), an average of 6 miles total traveled to and from school per day, 144 potential school days per year (which is an 80% attendance rate).

Visit WKBW 7 for more information.

4.) In a significant downsize, The Buffalo News is moving its offices to the Larkin District. Their new space, where they will move to this fall, is 20,000 square feet of space in the Larkin at Exchange building. Their old headquarters, the 160,000 square foot building on Scott street, is being taken over by Uniland Development Company.

Read more via Buffalo Rising.

5.) The Buffalo Fire Department Chief, Mark Hillery, died unexpectedly last Wednesday. This news was just announced to the public this past weekend, with a cause of death not yet released. Chief Hillery had been working for the fire department since 1989, and as the chief since 2008.

Learn more at WKBW 7.

Today in Buffalo:

• Out of the Cauldron: Fall Ropes Series! Central Rock Buffalo. September 20th, 4:00 P.M. - 11:45 P.M. Details!
• Craig Ferguson: The Fancy Rascal Tour! Bears Den at Seneca Niagara Casino. September 20th, 8:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. Details!
• 311 Concert! The Rapids Theater. September 20th, 8:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. Details!

Buffalo Chatter:

• Bills Meme: "Merry MNF to you and yours!!" (Step Out Buffalo via Instagram)
• Bills Polar Bear: "Sakari is ready for some Monday Night Football! #GoBills 💙🏈❤️" (The Buffalo Zoo via Instagram)
• Bills Pup: "COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF 🏈 With all these PAWesome fans from: 🌎 Austin, TX @ellie.in.atx Tampa, FL @nalani_dog Olympia, WA @juno_sky2019 Chicago, IL @cc983 Portland, OR @jd3419 San Diego, CA @__baileygirl__ Monterey, CA @billsbackersmp AD..." (Dogs Of Buffalo via Instagram)
• Bills Dogs: "Our boys are ready for tonight’s home opener!!! They’d love to have a home to watch the next one with you in though! 💙🐕🤍🐾❤️ . . #gobills #adoptme #mafiamutts #buffalove #shelterdog #cbasproud Goose: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/goos..." (City of Buffalo Animal Shelter via Facebook)
• Mulberry Italian Ristorante"It’s getting to be that time of year and this is @mulberryristorante version - short rib based and decadent. Do yourself a solid tomorrow and celebrate a @buffalobills win with a crock of this and a nice plate of fresh made pasta. Much l..." (Buffalo Eats via Instagram)

Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Tuesday! I'll see you soon.