Thu, Jun 21st 2018 05:00 pm
On Tuesday evening, Dennis Judson, client service manager at Fisher Associates, was available for discussion on the proposed pathway along the north side of Fourth Avenue.
Judson explained the details behind the design phase and the three scenarios initiated for the approximately 2,400-foot pathway.
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Thu, Jun 21st 2018 05:00 pm
On June 7, the students at Niagara-Wheatfield's West Street Elementary School showed off their new rock garden at the entrance of the school.
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Thu, Jun 21st 2018 05:00 pm
On Tuesday night, the Town of Niagara Town Board held its monthly meeting. The meeting was relatively quick, but drew a few public comments and passed several items.
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Thu, Jun 21st 2018 05:00 pm
Calling all dogs! At 2 p.m. on Friday, June 29, The McGuire Group's Northgate Health Care Facility, 7264 Nash Road, North Tonawanda will host its ninth annual Dog Show.
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Thu, Jun 21st 2018 05:00 pm
For 2018 Canal Fest there will be a new opportunity to save on Canal Fest ride prices. Pay-one-price wristband bracelets will be available every day the rides are open: Monday, July 16 - Sunday, July 22. Bracelets are $25 each on the midway. They are good on all rides on the day of purchase. The speed ride may require an additional ticket or two.
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Thu, Jun 21st 2018 05:00 pm
Cataract Youth Football and Cheer announced that registration for their 2018 campaign is now open and one can register (securely) online at www.cataractfootballandcheer.com or in person from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 - 3:30 p.m., Saturday, June 23 and Saturday, July 7 at Cataract's home field, 4455 Porter Road, Niagara Falls. Players and guests should enter the athletic complex from the Pine Avenue entrance.
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Thu, Jun 21st 2018 05:00 pm
If there was any example of what hard work and dedication can do, Cole Janowsky is it. Cole competed in the 2018 WNY Powerlifting Championship for the first time and wowed the crowd as he broke the current junior 13-15 year old category record.
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Thu, Jun 21st 2018 05:00 pm
Kelsey Tylec, 14, an eighth-grader at Edward Town Middle School, and Cassie Thayse, 14, a ninth-grader at Penfield High School, participated in the 14-and-under division of the Junior Beach National Qualifier at Charlotte Beach on June 17 in Rochester.
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Thu, Jun 21st 2018 03:30 pm
Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara hosted a brief ceremony this morning to unveil the winning painting created by program participant, Ruth Denk, which was transformed into a 10-foot by 10-foot wrap mural and installed on the Covanta greenhouse at OUN.
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Thu, Jun 21st 2018 03:00 pm
The Niagara County art scene lost a talented artist and instructor last November when watercolorist Michael J. McMahon passed away after a lengthy illness.
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Thu, Jun 21st 2018 02:15 pm
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos announced the release of two flood-risk management guidance documents for public review.
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Thu, Jun 21st 2018 02:15 pm
Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. and Albright-Knox Art Gallery on Thursday revealed world-famous artist Robert Indiana's "NUMBERS ONE through ZERO" sculptures on temporary exhibition at Buffalo's Outer Harbor. The 10, eight-foot-high COR-TEN steel sculptures, weighing close to 2,000 pounds apiece, are placed at Wilkeson Pointe and will be on loan until October 2019.
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Thu, Jun 21st 2018 02:00 pm
A record-breaking 46.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home this Independence Day holiday, an increase of more than 5 percent compared with last year - and the highest number since AAA started tracking 18 years ago. For the 39.7 million Americans planning a Fourth of July road trip, INRIX, a global transportation analytics company, predicts travel times in the most congested cities in the U.S. could be twice as long as the normal trip, with Tuesday being the busiest day.
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Thu, Jun 21st 2018 02:00 pm
Change MS Wellness Foundation will host its fourth annual "Orange Affair: Taste of Summer" event from 6-11 p.m. Friday, July 27, at Dos Amigos on the Lake, 3800 Hoover Road, Blasdell.
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Thu, Jun 21st 2018 01:15 pm
This past spring, the Niagara-Wheatfield High School community endured a heartbreaking loss. Michael Ziegler - son, student, athlete and friend -- tragically passed away in March.
To honor Ziegler, a member of the football, wrestling and lacrosse teams, a scholarships were put in place by donations from the Ziegler family and friends, as well as the Niagara-Wheatfield Sports Alliance, to carry on Ziegler's passion for athletics.
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Thu, Jun 21st 2018 11:55 am
The Hyde Park "Summer Bash" is taking place Saturday, June 23, with events all day.
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Wed, Jun 20th 2018 09:10 pm
The Village of Lewiston Republican Committee intends to look over the mayoral race ballots submitted in Tuesday's general election.
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Wed, Jun 20th 2018 07:30 pm
Jane Schroeder, center, president of the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Auxiliary, presents a check for $23,918 to medical center President and CEO Joseph A. Ruffolo, left, and board Chairman James C. Roscetti during the auxiliary's annual meeting and appreciation luncheon.
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Wed, Jun 20th 2018 07:15 pm
Local elected leaders, businesspeople, current and former employees, friends and family members came out to The Silo Restaurant on Wednesday to celebrate the eatery's 20th anniversary on the Lewiston waterfront.
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Tue, Jun 19th 2018 09:55 pm
Former Village of Lewiston Clerk/Treasurer Anne Welch was elected mayor on Tuesday, defeating Deputy Mayor Bruce Sutherland by four votes (359-355).
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Tue, Jun 19th 2018 05:15 pm
On Tuesday, Republican New York State Sen. Rob Ortt joined his Senate majority colleagues for the announcement of jail-based service funding for 17 county jails throughout the state.
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Tue, Jun 19th 2018 05:15 pm
On Sunday, more than 200 runners and walkers participated in the third annual Father Baker Father's Day 5K. The day brought avid runners, families and businesses to South Park Lake to run or walk the 3.1 miles around the park and Botanical Gardens.
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Tue, Jun 19th 2018 01:55 pm
Niagara County lawmakers will take up a resolution tonight that will formally request that the county's economic planning facility be renamed in honor of former Commissioner of Economic Development Samuel M. Ferraro.
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Tue, Jun 19th 2018 11:20 am
The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the U.S., has approved funding for two grants totaling $832,000 to researchers in upstate New York in the first of two grant cycles for 2018. The grants are among 110 national research and training grants totaling more than $47.6 million that will fund investigators at 72 institutions across the country in the latest round of funding.
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Tue, Jun 19th 2018 11:20 am
The Cataract City's consumer-run human service and advocacy agency for people with disabilities, Independent Living of Niagara County, will hold a Disability Pride Niagara Olmstead Family Picnic at The Centennial Shelter in Hyde Park in Niagara Falls on Friday.
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Tue, Jun 19th 2018 10:40 am
Sunnking, an electronics recycling company based in Brockport, presented 30 refurbished laptops to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo. When Sunnking heard the news $32,550 worth of tablet computers were stolen after a vendor failed deliver them to the Boys & Girls Clubs, Sunnking stepped in to provide replacements. The gift will be used for children attending the Boys & Girls Clubs.
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Tue, Jun 19th 2018 10:40 am
KeyBank has been named an honoree of The Civic 50 by Points of Light, the world's largest organization dedicated to volunteer service. The award recognizes KeyBank as one of the most community-minded companies in the U.S. In addition, KeyBank was named the sector leader for financial services for the second-straight year and third time overall.
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Tue, Jun 19th 2018 10:40 am
When the Buffalo Bills begin the 2018 schedule with the Aug. 9 preseason opener, club seat members will have an amplified experience at New Era Field. Pegula Sports and Entertainment on Tuesday announced new amenities in the newly named Dunn Tire Club, Pepsi Club and Toyota Club. All three of the 200-level sideline clubs have undergone extensive renovations that will modernize the premium fan experience.
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Mon, Jun 18th 2018 11:25 pm
Lewiston residents on Monday spoke passionately for and against the village's potential purchase of the historic Frontier House. In the end, trustees unanimously agreed to enter into a contract to buy the building from Hastings Lewiston.
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Mon, Jun 18th 2018 04:55 pm
Niagara University's Rose Bente Lee Ostapenko Center for Race, Equality and Mission establishes critical interdependencies both on and off campus, working together with faculty and students across colleges and disciplines of study to leverage change in the academy and across sectors of education, business, government and the community. As such, the center serves as a resource to the community on issues of racial equity.
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Mon, Jun 18th 2018 04:55 pm
Everything Youngstown held a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week with the Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce, elected leaders, local businesses and friends and family. The retail store located at 435 Main St., in the Village of Youngstown. It is owned and operated by Sue McNaughton. The store offers Youngstown-inspired apparel and gifts.
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Mon, Jun 18th 2018 04:50 pm
The University at Buffalo School of Law's Clinical Legal Education Program has partnered with the New York Bar Foundation and the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA)'s Committee on Courts of Appellate Jurisdiction to host the pro bono appeals program for the Fourth Judicial Department.
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Mon, Jun 18th 2018 04:50 pm
Lockport's Historic Palace Theatre is embarking on a four-year capital campaign, with a variety of key projects being planned and cost estimates established.
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Mon, Jun 18th 2018 02:45 pm
Artpark & Company hosted its annual Summer Solstice Celebration on Saturday. The event was coordinated and directed by Kate LoConti, Jon Lehrer, Sonia Clark and Tanis Winslow.
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Mon, Jun 18th 2018 11:00 am
Performing duo Robert M. Giannetti (poet) and Leslie Bahler (violist) have joined forces to delight audiences, and welcome visitors to the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area at the Discover Niagara Trolley stop at the Niagara Arts and Cultural Center, 1201 Pine Ave., on Sundays, June 24 and July 1. The performers will present "Voice and Viola: Pop Up!" pairings of Giannetti's poetry with Bahler's solo viola renderings of classical and folk music selections.
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Mon, Jun 18th 2018 11:00 am
J. Fitzgerald Group has announced the nine regional nonprofit organizations that have been selected to receive free advertising and marketing services as part of Western New York's only CreateAthon event.
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Mon, Jun 18th 2018 07:00 am
The Carnegie Art Center in North Tonawanda will host a monthlong exhibition of original book art and comic memorabilia. "The World Of Comic Book Art: A Visual Exploration" exhibition is part of the collection of the late Dr. Maurie Dewey, and members of his family who share his passion for comic strips and comic books.
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Mon, Jun 18th 2018 07:00 am
Lewiston's own The Silo Restaurant will unveil a new historical marker in celebration of 20 years of business. A party has been planned including family-fun, food specials and a celebration of the people who have contributed to the success of the popular and unique business for the past two decades.
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Mon, Jun 18th 2018 07:00 am
A fundraiser to benefit Diamonds in the Ruff Animal Rescue will be held Friday, July 6, at the Flying Bison Brewery, 840 Seneca St., Larkinville. The fundraiser will be in the form of a general category trivia contest with four-person teams. To register a team, call 716-775-0106 or 716-361-1145.
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Sat, Jun 16th 2018 07:00 pm
Officials of the It Happened to Alexa Foundation settled into their new offices at the Larkin at Exchange, 726 Exchange St., Buffalo, this week.
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