Thu, Sep 29th 2011 02:00 pm
Gerald J. McCormick is announcing his candidacy for the Niagara County Legislature in the newly created 7th Legislative District.
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Thu, Sep 29th 2011 01:55 pm
This year's Niagara Electric Lights Parade will honor Community Missions of Niagara Frontier and "Care a Ton." The parade will begin at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 29, at Fourth Avenue and proceed along Military Road in the Town of Niagara.
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Thu, Sep 29th 2011 01:55 pm
Veterans in Niagara County can learn more about Veterans Administration health care and other veterans' benefits at upcoming events scheduled at VA clinics in Lockport and Niagara Falls.
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Thu, Sep 29th 2011 01:50 pm
Hope United Methodist Church, 2914 Upper Mountain Road, Sanborn, will hold its "Fall Rummage and Bake Sale" from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1.
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Thu, Sep 29th 2011 01:45 pm
Members of the 14 chapters of District VIII, Daughters of the American Revolution, will meet Oct. 1 at Christ Episcopal Church, 7145 Fieldcrest Drive, Lockport, for workshops, luncheon and entertainment.
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Thu, Sep 29th 2011 01:40 pm
A farm wagon loaded with hay and pulled by a tractor is traveling slowly down Shawnee Road. A car with an driver on his way to work or a student on his way to Niagara County Community College comes up behind.
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Thu, Sep 29th 2011 01:40 pm
It was a case of a small town taking on a big corporation. This time, the small town - Town of Niagara - won, and at the same time gave municipalities across the state additional legal precedent to help fight challenges to special district charges.
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Thu, Sep 29th 2011 01:35 pm
Discussion on requiring businesses and apartment buildings to have key boxes, and a possible 35 mph town speed limit occupied the Wheatfield Town Board on Monday.
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Tue, Sep 27th 2011 02:35 pm
This is your chance to be part of the process of creating several large-scale finished art pieces. The Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara Foundation is hosting art workshops from September to November led by professional artists, with limited openings for community participation.
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Tue, Sep 27th 2011 02:35 pm
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Mon, Sep 26th 2011 08:55 am
The Adams Volunteer Fire Co., 7113 Nash Road, Wheatfield, is holding a "Tons of Tools Raffle" beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, to help purchase of a new fire engine for the community. The tool man is back in town and ready for a great evening of raffling off tools.
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Fri, Sep 23rd 2011 02:40 pm
Pyrotek on Tuesday unveiled the company's $23 million expansion of its manufacturing facility and operations on Cory Drive in Sanborn.
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Fri, Sep 23rd 2011 02:00 pm
The 31st annual Rosary Crusade will be held from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine, 1023 Swann Road, Lewiston.
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Fri, Sep 23rd 2011 02:00 pm
Agnes "Angie" Johnston, a resident at The McGuire Group's Northgate Health Care Facility in Wheatfield, celebrated her 100th birthday on Sept. 1. Fellow resident Victoria Wegrzyn celebrated her 100th birthday on Sept. 15.
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Fri, Sep 23rd 2011 01:55 pm
On Friday, Sept 9, Club Cabo Tanning celebrated its new organic airbrush tanning studio at its tanning salon at 2962 Saunders Settlement Road in Sanborn (across from Niagara County Community College).
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Fri, Sep 23rd 2011 01:00 pm
There was a familiar face on the opening of Season 3 of NBC's show "The Sing-Off" on Monday night.
Michael Pittman, a 2009 Niagara-Wheatfield graduate, is now a junior at the University of Rochester and a member of it's a cappella group the YellowJackets. The group opened the show, and was not one of the two groups voted off, so local fans can catch them (and Michael) again on the Oct. 3 show. The Sept. 26 show features the second half of the competitors.
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Fri, Sep 23rd 2011 01:00 pm
College-bound juniors and seniors know that fall is college fair season.
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Fri, Sep 23rd 2011 01:00 pm
Understanding the line between harmless teasing and abusive bullying can mean the difference between interfering parents and those who help their children overcome painful child abuse, according to the newly appointed director of the University at Buffalo's Dr. Jean Alberti Center for the Prevention of Bullying Abuse and School Violence.
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Thu, Sep 22nd 2011 07:00 am
Wednesday morning, the New York State Senate Select Committee on State-Native American Relations held a public hearing in Albany to advance a productive dialogue between Indian nations and state government.
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Thu, Sep 22nd 2011 07:00 am
Vehicular traffic on the 600 block of 10th Street in front of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center will be temporarily limited to one-way travel beginning this week to accommodate the ongoing street reconstruction project.
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Wed, Sep 21st 2011 10:30 pm
Town of Niagara Supervisor Steve Richards on Tuesday set up a date to deliver the town's 2012 budget to his board and took the opportunity to take aim at the state's new property tax cap.
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Tue, Sep 20th 2011 01:00 pm
Another low-cost airline is testing the waters at Niagara Falls International Airport with flights to sun and sand in Florida.
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Mon, Sep 19th 2011 09:20 am
The Niagara County Refuse Disposal District's medicine drop-off day on Saturday in the Town of Wheatfield drew this year's highest volume for any such event. Residents got rid of old prescriptions in droves - 57 5-gallon containers totaling more than 588 pounds of pills, which have an estimated illegal street value of more than $1 million, were safely removed from medicine cabinets.
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Mon, Sep 19th 2011 07:00 am
The American Legion Wheatfield Post 1451 will honor its past commanders and past auxiliary presidents at a recognition dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Legion Post on Ward Road in Sanborn.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 10:00 pm
The St. Johnsburg Volunteer Fire Co. Inc. was proud to participate in the Niagara Air Show this past weekend with our aerial ladder.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 09:55 pm
A brief 9/11 remembrance ceremony was held on the grounds of the Whistle Pig restaurant on Military Road on Sunday.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 09:50 pm
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Thu, Sep 15th 2011 01:20 pm
Monday's Wheatfield Town Board meeting showed that residents remain skeptical about plans for the Captain's Way subdivision off Shawnee Road.
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Thu, Sep 15th 2011 01:20 pm
The Niagara-Wheatfield Board of Education is promising the public a long public meeting once the results of the district's independent audit are available.
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Thu, Sep 15th 2011 01:20 pm
Students and staff at the Orleans/Niagara BOCES' Niagara Career and Technical Education Center recently played host to the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.
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Thu, Sep 15th 2011 01:15 pm
The two-day air show Thunder Over Niagara culminated on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C., and in the skies over Pennsylvania. The show was both a tribute to this nation's military and first responders as well as a solemn remembrance to the victims of that terrible day.
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Thu, Sep 15th 2011 01:15 pm
Current Wheatfield Supervisor Robert Cliffe and councilmen Larry Helwig and Gilbert Doucet handily defeated their opponents in their Republican primary races on Tuesday.
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Thu, Sep 15th 2011 01:15 pm
A Niagara-Wheatfield school bus on its way to the Niagara Charter School was in an accident with a Jeep at Lockport and Packard roads at about 8:49 a.m. Wednesday.
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Wed, Sep 14th 2011 10:00 pm
Residents in an area extending one-half mile from the area of Hyde Park Boulevard and Witmer Road in the Town of Niagara were asked to stay inside the evening of Sept. 9 due to a chemical fire at Stollberg Inc.
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Thu, Sep 8th 2011 01:25 pm
In support of the Thunder Over Niagara air show, Niagara Falls Bridge Commission Chairman Pat Brown, right, presents a contribution to air show Chairman John Cooper, center, and Niagara Military Affairs Council Chairman Merrell Lane.
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Thu, Sep 8th 2011 01:25 pm
The Project Future Center, located at 2720 Niagara Falls Blvd., in Wheatfield, will hold its "Fall Kickoff" on Saturday, Sept. 10, and through the end of the month.
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Thu, Sep 8th 2011 01:20 pm
Parent Network of WNY is offering "Skills for Effective Parent Advocacy," a free workshop for families of individuals with disabilities. The workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 13 at Independent Living Center of Niagara County, 746 Portage Road, Niagara Falls.
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Thu, Sep 8th 2011 01:15 pm
The third annual Western New York Parade and Cruise for motorcycles, trucks and cars will begin with registration at 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls USA.
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Thu, Sep 8th 2011 01:15 pm
"Mennonites" will be the topic of C. Douglas Kohler when he speaks to the Historical Society of North German Settlements in WNY at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Wheatfield Community Center on Church Road.
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Thu, Sep 8th 2011 01:10 pm
Some residents remain skeptical about plans for the former Shawnee Landing property off Shawnee Road in Wheatfield.
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