The Buffalo music festival scene is doing better than ever. One of the newer, and more entertaining festivals to hit a homer is the Old First Ward Arts & Heritage Festival. Held on Saturday September ...

Is the Old First Ward Buffalo’s next hot neighborhood? The stage is being set. The neighborhood, in the shadows of downtown and waterfront adjacent, is generally bound by Ohio Street on the west, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo's Shamrock Run is returning this weekend, kicking off St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the Old First Ward. The annual race is now in its 48th year, bringing thousands of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Runners lined up along Hamburg Street in the City of Buffalo for one of the first organized races of the spring season. The 48th annual Shamrock Run brought thousands to the Old First ...

Four Buffalo breweries are teaming up for a good cause. The collaborative, called "4 the Ward," will support the Old First Ward Community Center. Resurgence Brewing, Frequentem Brewing, BriarBrothers ...

In 1991, the City of Buffalo demolished the Sullivan Park playground on Sidway Street in the Old First Ward neighborhood as it sold the land to make way for new houses.