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The owners of the former bank at Main St. and Harris Hill Rd. in Clarence want to repurpose the building into a Tim Hortons. Some in the community are saying this would be a problem. One of those opposed to the idea, Herb Guenther, joins the show to explain why.

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Brandon Galligan of Yelp Buffalo joins the show to talk some local business and fillus in on the events going on this November for Yelp, which will include a whole lot of nachos, their top 25 best eats in Buffalo list, and more.

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Today, we are joined by Dr. Julia Devonish, Assistant Professor of Oncology in the Department of Cancer Prevention and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center faculty member since 2022, to talk breast cancer, the importance of screenings and early detection, and following that, we take your calls as well on how cancer has touched you. Also, we are joined by Assemblyman Jon Rivera to discuss the unionizing efforts going on at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo, and we take your thoughts on that as well.

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Today, we follow up on the story we discussed yesterday about Hyatt Regency Workers United calling for a boycott of the hotel as they fight for a new contract for the workers. This boycott has been supported by some local leaders, including Assemblyman Jon Rivera, who joins the show to give us his thoughts on the issue.

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Dr. Julia Devonish, Assistant Professor of Oncology in the Department of Cancer Prevention and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center faculty member since 2022, joins the show to talk breast cancer, as October is breast cancer awareness month, to talk the importance of getting screened, and the disturbing rise in young people being diagnosed with cancer.

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On the show today, we begin with the Amazon Web Services outage that took out multiple apps and web services, including but not limited to Alexa, Ring, Reddit, Snapchat, and many more, even Wordle, impacting users worldwide. This outage as of the posting of this episode isn't even 24 hours old. That got Joe thinking. If there were a large scale internet outage, and you were without it for, a week, let's say, what would you do? Also, we talk about the ongoing labor dispute between unionized workers at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo and the hotel.

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WBEN's own traffic man Trevor 'Rush Hour' Hauer fills in for Joe Beamer and in keeping with his roots as the traffic man, we discuss your biggest pet peeves while on the road, and what do you do to keep yourself entertained while driving, any go to playlists, podcasts, or anything of that sort?

Continued discussion on development in Buffalo, and what would bring you back into the city? The Joe Beamer show on demand from NewsRadio 930 WBEN!

Addressing the Erie County budget announcement earlier this week, Westwood Country Club project in the Town of Amherst, and the latest on the government shutdown. The Joe Beamer show on demand from NewsRadio 930 WBEN!

Discussing the current state of the real estate market. The Joe Beamer show on demand from NewsRadio 930 WBEN!