Fri, Mar 25th 2011 05:15 pm
Margaret A. Messer will never forget the dark winter morning about nine years ago when she stopped her school bus on Ward Road to pick up a third-grader.
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Fri, Mar 25th 2011 05:15 pm
"We're here to talk about low-cost electricity," said Town of Niagara Supervisor Steve Richards to a crowd gathered at Porter Town Hall Monday. Consisting mostly of representatives from the towns of Lewiston, Porter and Town of Niagara plus interested residents, the exploratory session focused on the possibilities of forming a tri-municipal power company to serve the communities.
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Thu, Mar 24th 2011 03:00 pm
The population of Niagara County is 216,469.
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Fri, Mar 18th 2011 06:25 pm
The Town of Wheatfield Garden Club will hold its first meeting for the 2011 year on Wednesday, March 23.
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Fri, Mar 18th 2011 06:25 pm
The Sanborn Fire Company Band is serving up a Chiavetta's chicken barbecue dinner with a basket raffle on Sunday, March 20, at the Sanborn Firehall, 5811 Buffalo St. (Route 429).
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Fri, Mar 18th 2011 06:25 pm
More than 150 people were in attendance at the Niagara County Patriots' Feb. 22 meeting to listen to guest speaker Carl Paladino.
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Fri, Mar 18th 2011 06:00 pm
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, ranking member of the House Rules Committee, said March 11 that oil companies, not government actions, have an ability to affect the sky-high price of gasoline. She said oil companies aren't fully using their lands to tap current oil reserves and reduce the price of oil, and, that while tapping the strategic oil reserve is an option, it is not an adequate long-term solution.
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Thu, Mar 17th 2011 03:00 pm
When final redistricting for the Niagara County Legislature is decided, Wheatfield would prefer no changes.
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Mon, Mar 14th 2011 01:00 pm
In honor of National Brain Awareness Week, the Alzheimer's Association, WNY Chapter, will hold free educational programs, which are sponsored by Quaker's Landing.
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Fri, Mar 11th 2011 06:30 pm
The Niagara Hospice Alliance wrapped up its 2011 Spring Bouquet Sale last Saturday at businesses and organizations throughout Niagara County. Throughout last week, for a donation of $8 people walked away with a beautiful and fragrant mixed bouquet of flowers.
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Fri, Mar 11th 2011 06:30 pm
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Fri, Mar 11th 2011 04:00 pm
The election of the 2011 Wheatfield Business Association's officers and board members was held at the annual Christmas/Holiday party on Dec. 13 at the Meeting Place in Bergholz. The newly elected Wheatfield Business Association 2011 officers and board members were sworn into office by Wheatfield Supervisor Robert Cliffe at the Feb. 17 meeting held in the Wheatfield Community/Senior Center.
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Fri, Mar 11th 2011 03:35 pm
On Feb. 2, the Town of Niagara Lions Club hosted a visit by District Governor Lion Gary Carini, at the JetPort Restaurant.
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Fri, Mar 11th 2011 03:10 pm
Wheatfield, along with the rest of the area got wet feet last weekend, dealing with thawing snow, heavy rain, then more snow.
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Fri, Mar 11th 2011 03:10 pm
Carl Reisig answered questions from the crowd when he spoke to the Historical Society of North German Settlements in WNY last month at the Wheatfield Community Center.
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Thu, Mar 10th 2011 05:00 pm
Wheatfield resident Kevin M. Smith is only appointed to the Niagara-Wheatfield Board of Education for a few months, but they are the most important months in the board year as a budget for tough economic times is prepared.
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Thu, Mar 10th 2011 05:00 pm
The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency board of directors this week approved applications for assistance submitted by Jai Devi Inc., which plans to renovate a vacant building in Niagara Falls into a boutique hotel, and Dojo, LLC, which will be expanding the office building of a long-standing community medical practice in Wheatfield.
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Thu, Mar 10th 2011 05:00 pm
A snowplow operator accidentally hits your house while clearing the driveway. Ice and snow buildup on the roof leads to water damage inside your house. Ice-laden tree limbs fall and damage your roof.
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Tue, Mar 8th 2011 06:05 pm
Niagara Feline Friends is once again hosting a low-cost spay/neuter clinic for cats on Sunday, March 20.
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Fri, Mar 4th 2011 04:15 pm
Fourth- and fifth-graders at Colonial Village Elementary School gained a new awareness of many careers and an eagerness to explore more, during Career Day on Feb. 4.
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Fri, Mar 4th 2011 04:10 pm
Edna Stubbs of Ransomville, pictured at right, will portray Town of Royalton native Belva Lockwood as the Sanborn Area Historical Society presents a two-part program of family entertainment at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5.
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Fri, Mar 4th 2011 04:05 pm
The Niagara County Community College Small Business Development Center and Cornerstone Community Credit Union are sponsoring free business workshops geared toward working individuals to enhance their business operations.
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Fri, Mar 4th 2011 04:05 pm
Becky Pittler, curator of the historic Colonel Bond House, will be the featured speaker at the noon luncheon meeting of the Niagara Falls Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, on Saturday, March 5.
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Fri, Mar 4th 2011 04:05 pm
Starpoint High School will present "The Wizard of Oz" this month.
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Fri, Mar 4th 2011 03:05 pm
The Town of Niagara Lions Club is selling chocolate Easter bunnies. They have been specially made locally by Niagara's Honeymoon Sweets and are 6 inches tall and 1/2-inch thick, embedded with an edible Lions logo, wrapped in cellophane, and tied with purple and yellow lace.
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Thu, Mar 3rd 2011 01:45 pm
Wayne F. Jagow, Niagara County clerk, will formally announce his bid for re-election at a reception to be held 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 10, at Suzanne's Fine Dining in Wheatfield.
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Thu, Mar 3rd 2011 01:45 pm
The Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival and The Old Falls Street Rib Fest have teamed up with Artisan Kitchens and Baths in Buffalo, to bring in three international barbecue instructors for a class on the art of Southern barbecue.
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Thu, Mar 3rd 2011 01:45 pm
Lewiston Council on the Arts has been approved for a grant of $10,000 to support artist residencies at Olde Sanborn Days, July 9 and 10, Rocco Landesman, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, has announced.
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Thu, Mar 3rd 2011 01:40 pm
On Porter Road, just before Niagara Falls International Airport, sits a fenced and gated area used for years as the U.S. Army Reserve Center and Area Maintenance Facility.
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Thu, Mar 3rd 2011 01:40 pm
Maybe, maybe not - that's where the Wheatfield Town Board on Monday left plans for approximately $700,000 in improvements at Fairmount Park.
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Mon, Feb 28th 2011 05:50 pm
Everyone knows the way to get to Carnegie Hall is "practice, practice, practice," and the Niagara-Wheatfield High School Concert Choir did just that. The choir has been selected to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City during the National Youth Concert Series on March 25.
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Mon, Feb 28th 2011 05:50 pm
Preparations are under way for the Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara Foundation's 18th Baskets O'Plenty Auction on Thursday, March 10, at the BPO Elks Lodge 346 in the Town of Niagara.
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Mon, Feb 28th 2011 05:50 pm
Deadline for nominations for the 2010 Andrew John Zuccari Memorial Scholarship award of $1,000 for a graduating Niagara-Wheatfield High School senior is May 1.
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Mon, Feb 28th 2011 05:50 pm
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Thu, Feb 24th 2011 04:00 pm
The Niagara Falls Police Department is investigating a number of purse thefts in recent weeks. The incidents have occurred citywide involving women returning home from shopping at businesses both in Niagara Falls and the Town of Niagara.
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Thu, Feb 24th 2011 03:05 pm
Wheatfield Supervisor Bob Cliffe plans to have some answers ready at Monday's Town Board meeting for residents of the Eagle Chase development, who are tired of dealing with flooding of their main road.
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Thu, Feb 24th 2011 03:00 pm
Whether it's helping to get an air show off the ground or the more serious business of keeping the air base open, the Niagara Military Affairs Council is always ready to serve.
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Thu, Feb 24th 2011 03:00 pm
The Niagara-Wheatfield Board of Education may have a replacement chosen for board member Lori Pittman by the end of its next meeting on Wednesday, March 2.
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Thu, Feb 17th 2011 05:20 pm
CW23 WNLO will be searching for "America's Next Top Model" with open auditions from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, at Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls USA.
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Thu, Feb 17th 2011 01:30 pm
The Town of Niagara Town Board on Tuesday approved both a new anti-graffiti law and $8 million in bonding to complete the third phase of the town park on Lockport Road.
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