Ben Vahey

SOME PERSONAL NEWS: Sunday is my last day @13WHAM and @FoxRochester. After 4 1/2 years at WHAM and over 5 years in TV News, I am taking a break from the News business. I want to thank everyone who I met in the Rochester Community these past few years. Stay tuned for what's next!!

@MarchMadnessMBB There goes my bracket!

IT'S ALL OVER! THE CHAMPS GO DOWN 🤯 IOWA IS HEADED TO THE SWEET 16! 😱 #MarchMadness

Much needed win for @AmerksHockey on Bills day 6-3 over @HWPHockey on a Sunday funday @BlueCrossArena. The team wore @BuffaloBills themed jerseys to benefit @URMed_GCH. @TheAHL

It’s a rainy Sunday funday for @AmerksHockey as they take on @HWPHockey. It’s also Bills day for the @BuffaloBills supporting @URMed_GCH. I also got my free pre-game popcorn to kick this game off right! @BlueCrossArena.

Had a nice breakfast from @KettleRidgeFarm in Victor today. It’s on Log Cabin Road literally right next to the @NYSThruway in Victor, NY. Their pancakes for maple weekend are worth the long wait in line! Great breakfast and wonderful to enjoy this time of year! @I_LOVE_NY

@StevenPappasTV @NBCConnecticut Congratulations Steven! You will do well there!

First sportscast @NBCConnecticut is in the books! Let’s have a March!

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

The @BuffaloSabres win!!! Alex Tuch wins it in the shootout with Jack Quinn scoring the other shootout goal. The Sabres beat the @MapleLeafs 3-2 in the battle of the USA Canada border @KeyBankCtr!!! @NHL

The @BuffaloSabres sell out another one!!! 19.070 people inside @KeyBankCtr!!!!

In Buffalo tonight as the @BuffaloSabres take on the @MapleLeafs on a cold Saturday night @KeyBankCtr. This should be a great game as these two teams are only separated by the USA Canada Border within a few hours of each other. @NHL

Thanks to @AmerksHockey winning in overtime Friday night over @TorontoMarlies, I got my free taco from @tacobell for my Saturday lunch! Thank you Taco Bell and Amerks Hockey!!!!

@Sportsnet @4JoshReed Buffalo Sabres! Turning their name around and potentially clinching a playoff spot this is huge!

Which of these teams has impressed you the most this season? 🤔

Trevor Kuntar with the game winner in overtime for @AmerksHockey!!!

THE AMERKS WIN IN OVERTIME!!!! @AmerksHockey snaps their losing streak with an overtime game winner to beat @TorontoMarlies 4-3 on a Friday night @BlueCrossArena. @TheAHL

Hard to believe six years later, there’s another Friday the 13th and a lot has changed in six years since then.

It’s also ironic that there was a Friday the 13th in March 2020. That Friday was also the day of the press conferences announcing that schools and other government buildings would be closing for they didn’t know how long. We later found out they would be closed for months.

March 2020. Six Years ago, The Covid-19 Pandemic came out of nowhere. I was working at WKTV at the time and was at Colgate University with Chelsea Sherrod covering Colgate vs. Boston University basketball. The very next day the world shut down and cleaning supplies were going out

Been a while but back at @BlueCrossArena for some @AmerksHockey action as they take on @TorontoMarlies. Cold night, but got some ice cream! @TheAHL.

A lot has happened in six years since March 2020. Hard to believe it’s already March 2026.

That spring, I was covering weird things during my time in my first news job such as birthday, parades and social distancing and things that really didn’t seem normal now like they were at that time. Hard to believe it has been six years since that period.