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6 • • Thursday, September 17, 2026 ‘Igniting Hope: City transitions to ParkMobile,
Turning Community updates parking payment info
Voices into Action’
he City of Buffalo
takes place Sept. 19 Toutlined Monday its
phased transition from
at the Jacobs School
Buffalo Roam to Park-
Igniting Hope 2026, focused Mobile for mobile park-
on “Turning Community Voices ing payments. Drivers
into Action” will be held this can continue using either
weekend at the Jacobs School of service while new parking signs play kiosks while evaluating a
Medicine and Biomedical Scienc- are installed throughout the City’s broader plan to upgrade and
es at the University at Buffalo.
The Elaine M. Panty Branch on the 1 , 3 and 5 Fridays of Community day, which fea- metered parking areas. replace the equipment. Restoring
th
rd
st
Library, 820 Tonawanda Street, The ParkMobile app is these machines is part of the
each month. Stop by to purchase tures food trucks, games and live
Buffalo, NY 14207 - 716-875- already active in Buffalo and al- City’s effort to maintain multiple
fresh, healthy, affordable, and lo- music, precedes the conference,
0562 lows drivers to pay for individual payment options for residents and
cally grown produce! They accept and takes place from 5-7:30 p.m.
Branch Hours: parking sessions without loading visitors.
cash, debit/credit, tap to pay & on Friday, Sept. 18, at Buffalo
Monday: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. money into a prepaid Drivers should continue to fol-
SNAP/EBT (50% off). From United Charter School, 325 Man-
Tuesday, Thursday, and wallet. The City is installing new low posted parking hours, time
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. hattan Ave.
Saturday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. 18. The annual free conference, ParkMobile signs across metered limits, and restrictions regardless
Friday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. parking areas, prioritizing down- of which payment method they
which is open to the public, takes town, followed by Elmwood Ave- use.
Sunday and Wednesday:
Second Generation Theater place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
CLOSED nue, Hertel Avenue, and the Quick Facts for Drivers:
will be hosting FREE theater Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Jacobs
For Adults: classes for ages 6-12 starting on School, 955 Main St., Buffalo. It remaining metered areas. This ��You can use ParkMobile
work includes updating accompa- now. Follow the instructions on
Sept. 28 at 4 p.m. Registration is is a partnership between UB’s
nying signs that detail parking the ParkMobile sign at your park-
required. Visit: https://second Community Health Equity Re- hours and time limits. ing location and confirm the cor-
generationtheatre.com/library- search Institute, the Buffalo Cen- The Buffalo Roam app rect zone before paying.
classes/ ter for Health Equity, and the Erie
currently remains available as an ��You can still use Buffalo
County Office of Health Equity. option to pay for parking but will Roam. Drivers may continue pay-
We are still welcoming book Registration for community
The monthly No-Pressure be gradually phased out with a ing through Buffalo Roam during
donations. All ages, all genres – in day and the conference is avail-
Book Club will next meet on good condition. We do not take able online using this QR code. final date of service still to the transition, including in areas
Monday, Sept. 28 from 12:15 be determined. The transition is with new ParkMobile signs.
encyclopedias, dictionaries, or
p.m. until 1:30 p.m. textbooks. If you have questions, intended to give drivers time to ��Payments through either
Calling all book lovers! adjust and continue using money system are recognized. Parking
call the branch at 716-875-0562.
We are a social group that takes Thank you for thinking of us! already loaded into their Buffalo enforcement officers can verify
the pressure out of a formal book Roam wallets. When Buffalo parking sessions purchased
club. Here, we never have re- Roam is no longer supported, through both Buffalo Roam and
quired reading. We get together the City will provide instructions ParkMobile.
and share what we have read to the public on how to obtain a �� You can continue using
lately, what we loved (or did not), refund of any outstanding wallet your Buffalo Roam balance.
what we are looking forward to balances. Money already loaded into your
reading next, and share any book- Following the expiration of the wallet remains available to pay for
ish news and events happening City’s previous mobile parking parking through Buffalo Roam
around the area. Now in its ninth year, the con- payment contract, ParkMobile during the transition.
Our $1 bag sale is still going ference has become a crucial way
If you are a lover of books, on. Bring your own reusable tote for community members, faculty, was selected in 2024 through a �� An app is not the only
then please join us and bring a competitive request for proposals way to pay. Drivers can use avail-
bag (standard paper bag size, staff, students and trainees to
friend. please) or get a bag from us, and come together to address Buffa- and determined by able street meters and pay-and-
For all ages: the previous administration to of- display kiosks. ParkMobile also
fill it up for only $1. Multiple bags lo’s social determinants of health.
We had a blast with summer fer the best value to the City. The offers a text-to-pay option listed
are allowed. From 8:30-9:30 a.m., during a
reading! Thank you for participat- working breakfast, the welcome Buffalo Common Council ap- on street signs.
ing. proved the original ParkMobile ��Parking tickets will not be
and opening remarks will be given. agreement on May 15, 2024 and delivered
September is Library Card From 9:30-11:30 a.m., break- through Park
Sign-up Month, so if you don’t an amendment simplifying the Mobile. Buffalo has not adopted
out sessions will cover housing, transaction fee on June 24, 2025.
have a card-stop in with your ID. access to primary care, access to this ParkMobile feature. Tickets
It’s FREE. Alongside the mobile payment will continue to be placed on vehi-
healthy foods, workforce develop- transition, the City is working to cles and handled through the
Join us for Junk Journaling ment, and education and literacy.
on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 11 a.m. repair out-of-service pay-and-dis- City’s Parking Violations Bureau.
The conference will conclude
The Hispanic Heritage Coun-
For a complete list of events with a call-to-action and a net-
cil will present: A Brief History of
happening at the branch, please working reception.
the Spanish Language on Sept. 21 stop by the branch to pick up a
at 6:30 p.m.
paper copy of the current month’s Bottle Collectors Assn.
For children and youth: calendar, visit our online calendar
at: https://tinyurl.com/Pan show & sale is Saturday
BranchPrograms, or by following The Greater Buffalo Bottle
Collectors Association’s 27th an-
us on Facebook: https://www.
facebook.com/bufffalolibrary.p nual show and sale will be held
Sunday, Sept. 20 from 9 a.m. to 2
an.
We are now on Instagram, too! p.m. at Polish Falcons Hall 445
Family Story Time is on Columbia Ave., Depew.
Tuesdays in September with Ms. Follow us at: elainempantylibrary The event will feature bottles,
Individuals in need of an ac-
Rachael from 11 - 11:30 a.m. stoneware, insulators, antiques,
commodation may contact the
For the community: advertising, breweriana and much
ADA Coordinator at access@
The Feedmore WNY Farm more.
Market Truck will be parked in buffalolib.org within 7 days of the Admission is $4. Children
program.
our parking lot off Prairie Street under 12 are free, Free appraisals
will be offered.
THEME: PHYSICS 101

ACROSS DOWN
1. Mediterranean island country 1. Catchall abbr.
6. Not Miss or Ms 2. ____ spumante
9. Contributions to the poor 3. Bear's den, e.g.
13. *Physicist of apple-related 4. Same as talcums
revelation fame 5. Opposite of potential
14. Bottle top 6. Med. sch. requirement
15. Be of use 7. *Path of light
16. Wilt "The ____" Chamberlain 8. Heard by Horton
17. Sailor's assent 9. Tel ____, city
18. Nincompoop 10. Bowling ball path
19. *Electric current path 11. Seductive one
21. *Like magnifying glass lens 12. Like a fox
23. Unhappy 15. Historical records
24. Southern stew staple 20. Some are bright
25. ____ Beta Kappa 22. Ball-shaped object
28. Harper and Bruce, e.g. 24. *Reverse one, in the kitchen
30. Type of jacket 25. *Rainbow-producing device
35. Nevada city 26. From this time on
37. "The Road Runner" corpora- 27. Relating to Quechuan people
tion 29. *Sound reverberation
39. Solemnly promised 31. Hole-punching tools
40. One twelfth of a foot 32. Coral polyp, e.g.
41. What blacksmith did to a horse 33. Eat away
43. Ice dancer's jump 34. *What similar magnetic poles
44. Phishing and such do
46. Nobel Peace Prize home 36. *Electrical resistance units
47. Either right or left 38. Mature elvers
48. Good guy 42. Sorrow
50. Same as island 45. "In the grand ____ of things"
52. Tierra ____ Fuego 49. Having Everything Revealed
53. Third-person possessive pro- singer-songwriter
noun 51. Related on mother's side
55. Yoko's last name 54. Plunder
57. *Electric current unit 56. Sheep-like
60. *It pulls things down 57. Grad
64. Doom's companion 58. a.k.a. kissing disease
65. Thomas Paine's "The ____ of 59. Pox mark
Reason" 60. Gentleman, informally
67. 10 percent to charity, e.g. 61. It will
68. Prevention measure 62. Not this
69. Sir George Ivan Morrison's 63. Certain coniferous trees
stage name 64. India's smallest state
70. Wife's dad, e.g. 66. *Not liquid or solid
71. In a frenzy
72. Three ahead of PST
73. Picts and Gauls

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