Thu, May 10th 2012 04:45 pm
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Park Police made a presentation Wednesday to employees of the Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours, lauding the binational company's rescue of Lindsay Burgess.
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Thu, May 10th 2012 02:55 pm
Diane Perri Roberts, chairwoman of the Lewiston Democratic Committee, announced this week the Democratic candidates for the June 19 Village of Lewiston elections are Therese Mudd, incumbent trustee, and village businessman Dennis Brochey.
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Wed, May 9th 2012 07:00 am
The Lewiston Garden Club will hold its perennial plant sale on Saturday, May 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Red Brick Municipal Building gym, North Fourth and Onondaga streets.
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Tue, May 8th 2012 05:35 pm
Students in the Lewiston-Porter Middle School Honor Society are cooking up a tribute to the War of 1812 Bicentennial by hosting a spaghetti dinner on Tuesday, May 15. Proceeds will benefit OFN's educational programming.
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Tue, May 8th 2012 01:25 pm
The Town of Porter Democratic Committee, which is representative of the Village of Youngstown and the Town of Porter, has announced its endorsement of two village incumbents.
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Tue, May 8th 2012 12:50 pm
Hibbard's Original Frozen Custard launched its new website, www.hibbardscustard.com, with 360 Professional Services Group.
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Mon, May 7th 2012 03:30 pm
Sisters Sophie and Lexi Lindamer received perfect scores on their 2012 NYSSMA Spring Evaluation Festival solos on April 21at Royalton-Hartland. Sophie and Lexi are both students at Lewiston-Porter Intermediate Education Center and take private lessons at Lewiston Music.
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Mon, May 7th 2012 03:25 pm
Scenes from the 2012 Smelt Festival: video and photo pages.
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Sat, May 5th 2012 07:00 am
Lewiston-Porter voters will have the opportunity to review the district's proposed $40.472 million 2012-13 budget and $2.7 million capital improvement referendum, at a budget hearing Tuesday, May 8, at 6:30 p.m. in the board room of the Lew-Port Community Resource Center.
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Sat, May 5th 2012 07:00 am
The Niagara Powerlifting Club was chosen by Town of Lewiston Supervisor Steven Reiter as the 2012 Town of Lewiston Citizen of the Year.
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Sat, May 5th 2012 07:00 am
The Town of Porter Republican Party and the Village of Youngstown Republican Party announces the endorsement of Jack Bush and Tim Lockhart for village trustees, and Dotty Riordan for mayor.
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Sat, May 5th 2012 07:00 am
The Lewiston Democratic Committee hosted U.S. Congresswoman Kathy Hochul, of the newly configured 27th District, at its Citizens of the Year brunch at the Niagara Frontier Country Club in Youngstown.
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Sat, May 5th 2012 07:00 am
Lance Armstrong came to Buffalo for a swim?
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Sat, May 5th 2012 07:00 am
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Sat, May 5th 2012 07:00 am
Chiavetta's barbecue chicken dinners will be sold at the Lewiston Relay For Life from 4 to 7 p.m. This years' Relay For Life is on June 16 at Lewiston-Porter High School.
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Sat, May 5th 2012 07:00 am
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Sat, May 5th 2012 07:00 am
Enjoying the outdoors sometimes requires precautions, and here is one of them.
If you have never experienced a black fly bite, try and avoid any and all.
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Fri, May 4th 2012 06:00 pm
The Lewiston Peace Garden, located in the Village Courtyard (476 Center St.), has been selected to participate in Binational Doors Open 2012, taking place Friday, June 15, through Sunday, June 17.
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Fri, May 4th 2012 04:15 pm
The Jack Beatty Memorial Hospice Regatta, which takes place each summer at the Youngstown Yacht Club, sent the 2011 winning skipper and his crew to represent Niagara Hospice in the National Hospice Regatta Alliance Championship held in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Fri, May 4th 2012 04:00 pm
The Niagara County Refuse Disposal District will hold an electronics recycling pickup from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Monday, May 7, at the new eWaste collection site in the Village of Lewiston.
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Thu, May 3rd 2012 01:40 pm
The terrific smell of barbecue chicken and ribs will be in the air at Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center on Friday, May 11. From 3 to 6 p.m., the St. Francis Guild will host its 14th annual chicken and ribs barbecue. Lewiston's The Brickyard Pub & B.B.Q will cook the food.
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Thu, May 3rd 2012 01:30 pm
Niagara Feline Friends is running a low-cost spay/neuter clinic for cats. It's open to anyone, regardless of income. The cost is $75, which also includes distemper and rabies shots.
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Thu, May 3rd 2012 07:25 am
Although the "King of the High Wire" holds a Guinness World Record and comes from a seven-generation circus dynasty, he needs to prepare.
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Wed, May 2nd 2012 02:00 pm
Video: Nik Wallenda, "King of the High Wire," will dare to tightrope walk across the American Falls and the Horseshoe Falls.
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Tue, May 1st 2012 03:30 pm
Lewiston currently in second place, behind last year's runner-up; lovers of Lewiston cuisine urged to double-up efforts to vote.
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Tue, May 1st 2012 07:00 am
More than 220 volunteers from Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center and the Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence were recognized at the Annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon held Friday, April 27, at the Niagara Falls Country Club.
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Tue, May 1st 2012 06:40 am
The Village of Lewiston Board of Trustees approved the municipality's 2012-13 budget at a special meeting Monday night. The total budget rose from $3,126,609 to $3,298,631, but the tax rate remains $7.12 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
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Mon, Apr 30th 2012 07:45 pm
The winners of the 17th annual Lewiston Kiwanis and Lewiston Service Guild Spring Fling One Mile Race for Kids (held on Sunday, April 29) are: Brandon Castellani for the boys in a time of 5:52 and Alexandra Whitney for the girls in a time of 5:44.
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Mon, Apr 30th 2012 08:30 am
Niagara Falls attorney and Democrat Robert M. Restaino today announced his candidacy in the upcoming election for New York state's newly outlined 145th Assembly District.
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Mon, Apr 30th 2012 07:00 am
The Kiwanis Club of Lewiston reports the Lewiston Police Department's Drug Awareness Resistance Education was a recent recipient of a $2,000 donation.
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Sat, Apr 28th 2012 07:00 am
The Lewiston Relay For Life held its second informational meeting on Wednesday, April 25. The topic of the meeting was: "Where does the money go?"
The theme for this year's Lewiston Relay For Life is "Mission Possible." The theme will be used throughout the event from decorating tent sites to when teams take their first lap.
Julie Kumiega of American Cancer Society Family and Patient Services talked numbers to the group. The amount of people in Niagara County diagnosed with cancer on a yearly basis is more than 1,000. About 480 women are diagnosed and 638 men.
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Sat, Apr 28th 2012 07:00 am
The Sanborn Business & Professional Association has chosen H.A. Treichler & Sons greenhouse and farm as the 2012 Sanborn Business of the Year.
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Sat, Apr 28th 2012 07:00 am
There has long been a legend in Lewiston about Alexander Millar, the famous Mudball ringleader, who in 1810 as a 15-year-old built a makeshift fort on the bank of the Niagara River with his teenage friends.
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Sat, Apr 28th 2012 07:00 am
The Lewiston Public Library, 305 S. Eighth St., in the Village of Lewiston, announces the following programs, events and activities for the month of May.
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Sat, Apr 28th 2012 07:00 am
Zehr's on the Lake Farm Market and Nursery and Niagara Hospice are teaming up to support end-of-life care in the community. Bring a Niagara Hospice voucher May 1 through June 15 to Zehr's on the Lake and Mark and Laurie from Zehr's will donate 20 percent of your purchase to Niagara Hospice at no cost to you.
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Fri, Apr 27th 2012 11:00 pm
Construction work continues at 65 Center St., Brio, The Brickyard, Academy Park and Niagara Family Medicine in the Village of Lewiston. Photo gallery.
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Fri, Apr 27th 2012 10:00 pm
Energy savings to the town, Joseph Davis Park plus environmental and zoning topics were among the newsmakers at Monday's Lewiston Town Board meeting.
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Fri, Apr 27th 2012 10:00 pm
Village of Lewiston Mayor Collesano and the Village Board of Trustees extend a special "Thank you" to Earth Day volunteers who participated on Saturday, April 21:
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Fri, Apr 27th 2012 09:45 pm
OK, you heard it here.
What is the difference between a steelhead trout and a rainbow trout? Around here in our watershed you could say they are the same, and people like to call them all "steelhead." Maybe it just sounds better. Genetically, they are both the same.
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Fri, Apr 27th 2012 03:30 pm
It was an evening of saying thanks to members for their service to the community as Lewiston No. 1 Volunteer Fire Co. held its annual induction/recognition banquet last Saturday evening at the Days Inn in Niagara Falls.
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