Fri, Sep 27th 2013 07:55 pm
State Sen. George Maziarz, R-C-Newfane, has announced the introduction of bills S5935 and S5936, which aim to help control the cost of the state pension system. Under current law, officers and employees of private organizations such as the state Association of Counties, the state School Boards Association and the Association of Towns are all eligible to participate in New York's retirement system.
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Fri, Sep 27th 2013 07:50 pm
Women were in charge Tuesday evening at the Conference Center Niagara Falls, and they performed brilliantly.
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Fri, Sep 27th 2013 07:45 pm
The fourth annual Old Falls Street Oktoberfest, hosted by the Downtown Niagara Falls Business Association, is Saturday, Oct. 12, from 1 to 8 pm., on Old Falls Street's middle block in downtown Niagara Falls. The German-themed event will be held rain or shine and is free and open to the public.
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Fri, Sep 27th 2013 07:40 pm
The Lewiston Public Library will be hosting a special book signing on Saturday, Sept. 28, at noon, for a new and unique work penned by three local authors. "Have Mercy; a Nursing Memoir," written in a five-year period by Mary Herbst, Maureen Ott and Maureen Weber, chronicles memories of their attendance at the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing (presently Trocaire College in Buffalo) from 1960 to 1963.
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Fri, Sep 27th 2013 07:40 pm
National Coffee Day is Sunday, Sept. 29, and Dunkin' Donuts will celebrate by treating fans to a free cup of the brand's famous coffee. Dunkin' Donuts will heat up the holiday with a cool mobile offer for a free small hot or iced Dunkin' Donuts coffee at participating Dunkin' Donuts restaurants throughout the U.S.
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Fri, Sep 27th 2013 07:20 pm
State Sen. George Maziarz has announced Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed into law a measure (S.1095-A) that expands and renames the Niagara Wine Trail system. The new configuration, which takes effect immediately, extends the trail across all of Orleans County and into Western Monroe County, encompassing more wineries than ever before.
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Fri, Sep 27th 2013 07:20 pm
While libraries are known to be quiet places, Niagara Falls is definitely buzzing with activity as the New York State Library Association's three-day annual conference has returned to The Conference & Event Center Niagara Falls. The event began on Thursday and runs through Saturday. It has brought more than 600 attendees and 90 vendors, and an estimated 800 room nights in downtown Niagara Falls hotels. This equates to $750,000 of economic impact on the Niagara Falls community.
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Fri, Sep 27th 2013 07:20 pm
Congressman Brian Higgins has announced the Niagara Falls Police Department has been awarded $208,255 through the Department of Justice's COPS Hiring Program.
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Fri, Sep 27th 2013 07:20 pm
Officials with West Seneca Fire District No. 6 spent nearly $55,000 in public funds for personal meals, travel expenses, expensive jewelry and Internet and cable service, according to an audit and investigation by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
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Fri, Sep 27th 2013 07:05 pm
Animals recovering after incidents.
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Fri, Sep 27th 2013 07:00 am
More than 200 professionals from across New York and Ontario are expected to attend the 15th annual Family Violence Intervention Project conference, "Safe at Home: Seeking Solutions for Adult and Child Victims of Family Violence," on Tuesday, Oct. 1, at The Conference & Event Center Niagara Falls. The conference will feature national speakers who train attendees on state-of-the-art techniques to prevent and intervene in cases of child abuse and domestic violence, with the goal of keeping children and families safe.
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Fri, Sep 27th 2013 07:00 am
University at Buffalo architecture faculty members Nick Bruscia and Chris Romano commute to a studio in an awe-inspiring location: Silo City, where iconic grain elevators rise like giants on the banks of the Buffalo River.
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Fri, Sep 27th 2013 07:00 am
Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-C-I-Lewiston, is calling on lawmakers to disclose details about their outside income to the Moreland Commission.
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Thu, Sep 26th 2013 05:15 pm
The New York Power Authority today announced the public fishing pier at the base of its Niagara Hydroelectric Power Plant will be closed weekdays beginning Monday, Sept. 30, through the remainder of the fall fishing season due to the major roadwork renovations underway along south access road.
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Thu, Sep 26th 2013 04:30 pm
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has proposed regulations to allow the construction and operation of new liquefied natural gas facilities under DEC permits, Commissioner Joe Martens announced. These facilities include truck fueling stations and LNG storage areas. The public comment period on the proposed regulation runs through Nov. 4.
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Thu, Sep 26th 2013 04:30 pm
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has announced the resolution of an investigation into employee complaints that National Grid, the multi-state electric and gas utility company, failed to properly pay its New York workers as required under state and federal law in the months after Hurricane Sandy.
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Thu, Sep 26th 2013 12:40 pm
The attendees at the 13th annual Technology & Homeland Security Forum are already up on languages like Java, SQL, Python and ASP.NET. But this year, the only languages that some of their presenters are familiar with are Alpo and Milk Bone.
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Thu, Sep 26th 2013 12:40 pm
Hard Rock Café, Niagara Falls USA, is supporting breast cancer awareness through the 14th annual "Pinktober" campaign. As part of the program, Hard Rock is going beyond the pink ribbon this pink season with a special "Living Ribbon" event.
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Thu, Sep 26th 2013 11:35 am
Ask a jeweler to suggest the perfect gift for a 10th wedding anniversary and the answer you'll get is, "Diamonds are forever."
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Thu, Sep 26th 2013 11:30 am
The New York Power Authority board of trustees on Tuesday awarded a low-cost hydropower allocation of four megawatts to Alita USA Holdings, a steel manufacturer planning to build a 340,000-square-foot pipe mill in Buffalo. The $102 million project would create 157 jobs at the company's Western New York facility and another 15 jobs at a new corporate administrative office to be based in New York.
"Alita USA Holdings would be a welcome addition to Buffalo," said John R. Koelmel, NYPA chairman and an East Amherst resident.
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Thu, Sep 26th 2013 11:30 am
Congressman Brian Higgins, NY-26, announced $308,167 in federal funding for Housing Opportunities Made Equal awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Thu, Sep 26th 2013 11:30 am
Michael J. Mitchell, M.D., F.A.C.S. and Aaron Wilson have been appointed medical director and program director, respectively, of the Wound Center of Niagara.
A general, vascular and laparoscopic surgeon, Mitchell is a graduate of Canisius College and the SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine. He completed his surgical training at SUNY Buffalo. He is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
A Niagara Falls native, Wilson holds a Bachelor of Health Science degree from the State University of New York at Brockport and spent five years working in orthopedics and wound care at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown before returning to school to complete a Bachelor of Science in nursing at Binghamton University.
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Wed, Sep 25th 2013 12:50 pm
The Buffalo Sabres have announced a new community program this season that will involve Sabres players, coaches, team officials, alumni and fans supporting a variety of different nonprofit agencies and individuals in Buffalo, Western New York and Southern Ontario. "Sabres Community Assist" will be a six-day endeavor, taking place from Oct. 18-23, that will include player visits to area nonprofit organizations, a fundraising walk to benefit the I AM effort, and will shine a light on individuals whose lives have inspired and impacted others.
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Wed, Sep 25th 2013 12:40 pm
Niagara University students are once again inviting children in grades 3-6 to take part in a day full of fun and games this Saturday, Sept. 28, on the playing fields outside of the Kiernan Recreation Center. Events and activities will include kickball, soccer, street hockey, arts and crafts, and much more.
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Wed, Sep 25th 2013 07:00 am
Keystone Healthcare Management, the physician group at Memorial Medical Center's ER1 Emergency Department, has announced the following local leadership appointments:
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Wed, Sep 25th 2013 07:00 am
An engineer, a philosopher, a sociologist and an oral historian walk into a room.
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Wed, Sep 25th 2013 07:00 am
Mayor Robert Ortt, along with other federal, state and local officials, will be joining members of John Paul Bobo Chapter 264 for a dedication ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 10 a.m. in Raymond Klimek Veteran's park in North Tonawanda.
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Tue, Sep 24th 2013 04:15 pm
Congressman Chris Collins, NY-27, has introduced the Government Shutdown Fairness Act (H.R. 3160). This legislation would stop members of Congress from receiving a salary in the event of a government shutdown.
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Tue, Sep 24th 2013 12:40 pm
Covanta Niagara, the owner and operator of the energy-from-waste facility off 56th street in Niagara Falls, in partnership with State Sen. George Maziarz and Assemblyman John Ceretto, today announced a plan to help neighbors with a rodent infestation problem stemming from road construction and sewer work on Buffalo Avenue. Over the past several weeks, Covanta has been meeting with neighbors and state and local government officials to discuss the issue in the community, and hired Orkin Pest Control to conduct a survey and develop a remedial plan.
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Tue, Sep 24th 2013 10:55 am
Leadership Niagara kicked off a new program year for its eight-month youth leadership development program, LYNC, at Camp Kenan in Barker this weekend. Eighty student leaders from 12 Western New York high schools gathered together for two days of orientation, leadership skills and concepts, high ropes and camping.
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Tue, Sep 24th 2013 10:40 am
Mount St. Mary's Hospital hosts the annual "Conference on Healthcare for Women - Healthy Inside and Out" to raise awareness among women on a wide array of issues and actions that can help improve their health.
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Tue, Sep 24th 2013 07:00 am
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will host regional workshops across the state during September and October to provide training on the use of alternatives to pesticides at schools and day care centers.
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Tue, Sep 24th 2013 07:00 am
Tax revenues for the first five months of the state fiscal year were $69.8 million more than updated budget projections, according to the August cash report released by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Year-to-date tax collections are up 10.3 percent from the same period last year, largely due to strong personal income tax collections in April. August state tax collections fell 5.1 percent from 2012, primarily because of fewer collection days than last August.
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Tue, Sep 24th 2013 07:00 am
Keynote speaker Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., president of the Ben & Jerry's Foundation, and co-author of "Ben & Jerry's Double Dip: Lead with Your Values and Make Money, Too," will give the inside scoop on being a socially responsible and successful entrepreneur when he speaks Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 5-7 p.m. at GCC in Batavia.
The event, which includes an ice cream reception, is part of the Wolcott J. Humphrey III Symposium on Leadership and Community Life.
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Tue, Sep 24th 2013 07:00 am
The Buffalo Niagara Travel Professionals will host a meeting planner panel with four top meeting and travel industry professionals in Western New York as part of its October meeting. The panel will discuss the key ingredients to a successful meeting, how technology changed the event-planning industry, what works, what doesn't and other topics.
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Mon, Sep 23rd 2013 05:45 pm
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens today reminded all new hunters or trappers planning to go afield this upcoming hunting and trapping season that they must first complete a mandatory hunter or trapper education course before they can obtain the appropriate sporting license. Training in safe handling of firearms and hunting is a legal requirement for anyone hunting in New York.
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Mon, Sep 23rd 2013 05:45 pm
Vincentian Heritage Week, an annual celebration of Niagara University's rich history of education and service in the spirit of St. Vincent de Paul, will take place Sept. 24-28.
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Mon, Sep 23rd 2013 05:45 pm
Community leaders, private industry, state and federal representatives joined forces to kick off the next phase of major investment into the restoration of 6.2 miles of the Buffalo River. This internationally recognized project is one of the largest river cleanups in the country.
The Buffalo River Restoration Partnership includes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes National Program Office, Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, Honeywell, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Over the past decade, the combined efforts from the various partners in this partnership have leveraged nearly $75 million into restoration of the Buffalo River and its shoreline, making it one of the Great Lakes most successful revitalization efforts.
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Mon, Sep 23rd 2013 05:15 pm
Niagara University has a received a $30,000 grant from the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York in support of its nursing programs.
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Mon, Sep 23rd 2013 03:50 pm
The Grand Island Fire Co. will host its annual open house on Thursday, Oct. 10, at GIFC headquarters, 2275 Baseline Road. Check out photos of last year's live fire demo.
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