Rockin' Opener De La Soul has the audience rockin' at Baird Point Saturday during Fall Fest. Crowd-pleasing headliners at the annual festival included Beenie Man and Cypress Hill.

Politics fostered tentative UUP pact
Union had six-week 'window of opportunity' to bargain, Scheuerman tells UB chapter
Tentative agreement between the state and United University Professions on a new contract emerged this summer after two years of talks only because Gov. Pataki felt he was going to have a formidable challenge in his re-election bid from state Comptroller Carl McCall, the union's statewide president said on Thursday.