Ashley Hirtzel
Reporter, Innovation Trail, Western New YorkAshley is a Buffalo native, and is in her second stint as reporter at WBFO. During her first tenure at the station, Ashley covered a variety of issues in the western New York region and earned an Associated Press award for team coverage on “Same Sex Marriage in New York.” Ashley has also worked as an anchor/reporter at WBEN in Buffalo and WBTA in Batavia.
Ashley earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Communications at Medaille College in Buffalo.
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Crossing the border into the United States may have gotten a little more convenient. U.S. Customs and Border Protection unveiled the Border Wait Time app… -
A major part of Common Core learning standards is a standardized testing system. A system that many have taken issue with.“I’m all for setting the bar… -
In classrooms across New York, students are being taught under the Common Core learning standards, requirements that specify what students should know in… -
The Common Core Learning Standards in New York state have caused a great deal of confusion and controversy. But where did Common Core come from and why…
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Special mouth guards and helmets marketed to help reduce concussions may not actually provide any additional protection for football players a new report… -
Wind power is saving New York state more than 800 million gallons of water annually, according to the analysis authored by Environment New York’s Research… -
Upstate New York cities take in around 90 percent of all current refugee resettlements in the state. All this week, The Innovation Trail is taking a look… -
University at Buffalo researchers are developing an underwater internet system. The wireless network aims to improve the detection of tsunamis and could… -
A new state law amends New York's land bank legislation introduced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration in 2011. Land banks are mechanisms for acquiring…
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Sen. Charles Schumer and a group of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are pushing a bill that would lower the federal tax on hard apple…
