Mon, Aug 5th 2013 07:00 am
The General Motors Tonawanda Engine Plant is using electronic billboards throughout Western New York to advertise its 75th anniversary open house scheduled for noon to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23.
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Sat, Aug 3rd 2013 07:00 am
Bring your best bear friend for a fun-filled afternoon of games, crafts, and treats from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, at the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum, 180 Thompson St., North Tonawanda.
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Sat, Aug 3rd 2013 07:00 am
Contestants vying for the title of Peach Queen of the 2013 Niagara County Peach Festival met with the Kiwanis Club of Lewiston at the Lewiston Event Center. Current Peach Queen Margaret Dorian, Peach Queen contestants and Kiwanis Club members had an afternoon of bowling and fun.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:50 pm
The fifth annual Jonathon Cote Memorial Motorcycle Ride and Fundraiser takes place Sunday, Aug. 4, with sign-ups starting at 11 a.m. at Williamsville North High School, Dodge Road in Amherst. The ride honors Cote, a U.S. Army veteran who lost his life while working as a private security contractor in Iraq in 2006.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:45 pm
Volunteers are needed to work the information booth at the Lewiston Council on the Arts' Lewiston Art Festival, on Aug. 10 and 11, selling T-shirts and distributing brochures.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:35 pm
Effective 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Time Warner Cable has dropped CBS in New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas and several other markets (CBS remains on the air in Western New York). We deeply regret this ill-advised action, which is injurious not only to our many affected viewers, but also to Time Warner Cable itself.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:10 pm
Congressman Chris Collins, NY-27, has voted to approve legislation that improves how the EPA will go about its ongoing study of the relationship between hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," and groundwater.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:00 pm
Cancer does not rest, and this year's Relay For Life won't either! Returning this year, with intent to surpass the ample success of last year's event, the Relay For Life festival of Lewiston/Niagara will take place at a new location, Reservoir State Park, on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 3-4, from 1 p.m. to 6 a.m.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:00 pm
Susan G. Komen has announced the recipients of the 2013 national research grant awards. This year's $42 million research portfolio includes more than $3.3 million in new funding to researchers across New York, including $450,000 to Katerina Gurova, M.D., Ph.D., of Western New York's Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:00 pm
After being highlighted as Western New York's most productive legislator by NYPIRG in early July, State Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-I-Buffalo, had six bills (of 18 that passed both houses) signed into law this week. The bills range from dealing with lowering bow hunting registration fees to pet dealer licensing.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:00 pm
On Aug. 10, single tickets will go on sale for all Buffalo Philharmonic performances in the 2013-14 season, including the highly anticipated season opening gala with Yo-Yo Ma.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:00 pm
Television star Ellen DeGeneres will return to host the Oscars for a second time, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. The Academy Awards will be broadcast live on "Oscar Sunday," March 2, 2014, on the ABC Television Network.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:00 pm
After years of development and consumer testing as "NY1" and "NY2," Cornell University and New York Apple Growers have given the hottest new apples in the Empire State names worthy of their unique assets: "SnapDragon" and "RubyFrost."
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:00 pm
Congressman Brian Higgins, NY-26, led more than 30 of his House of Representatives colleagues in a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano objecting to further funding cuts to the Urban Area Security Initiative program, and asking that eligibility be restored for all cities that have participated in the UASI program in the past.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 06:30 pm
Grand Island residents are about to benefit from a national backpack giveaway campaign.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 06:25 pm
With all the things that can cause parents gray hairs these days, you would think something as innocent as a birthday cupcake or the childhood staple of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches wouldn't be on the list.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 06:25 pm
A birds-eye view of Niagara Falls atop the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel was a breathtaking experience that left me awestruck and reminded of my humble mortality. What better time to be reminded of fragile existence than when dangling by a rope from the top of the tallest hotel in the area?
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 06:25 pm
Since the 1970s, some 40 infectious diseases have been discovered, including SARS, HIV, Ebola, avian flu, and swine flu. In fact, the World Health Organization has warned that infectious diseases are emerging at a rate never previously seen.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 06:25 pm
The Wheatfield Farmer's Market welcomed a special visitor.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 06:25 pm
Submit up to three photographs of the Historic Oakwood Cemetery in Niagara Falls by Aug. 9 for the Friends of Oakwood photo contest.
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Thu, Aug 1st 2013 03:35 pm
Ms. MWI International - "The Premiere Pageant for Women Over 35" - presents its international pageant Aug. 4-9 at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel in downtown Niagara Falls. As part of the weeklong celebration, contestants will spend time in the Village of Lewiston on Monday. They will make a stop in the business district and pay a special visit to the residents at Our Lady of Peace nursing home.
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Thu, Aug 1st 2013 02:45 pm
Congressman Brian Higgins, NY-26, announced the Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $509,174 in Community Development Block Grant funding to the Town of Amherst, $1,529,726 in CDBG funding to the Town of Tonawanda, and $2,756,253 to Erie County.
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Thu, Aug 1st 2013 02:45 pm
Community Missions of Niagara Frontier will hold its third annual lobster fest on Thursday, Aug. 15, at the LaSalle Yacht Club in Niagara Falls.
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Thu, Aug 1st 2013 02:45 pm
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has announced the opening of a competitive request for applications process for funding to rebuild and restore neighborhoods hit hard by the housing crisis.
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Thu, Aug 1st 2013 02:10 pm
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was joined Wednesday by Seneca Nation President Barry E. Snyder Sr. to present a check for $89 million to the City of Niagara Falls, delivering the first payment as part of the landmark agreement reached in June that resolved a multi-year dispute between the state and the nation.
"By working together and both sides coming to the table in the spirit of collaboration and respect, the state and Seneca Nation of Indians were able to end years of dispute and reach an agreement that is a major victory for all parties involved," Cuomo said.
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Thu, Aug 1st 2013 12:25 pm
Two Christian acts performing this year at Kingdom Bound have made a mark in Christian and mainstream music - both locally and across the country.
Interviews with Colton Dixon and for KING & COUNTRY.
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Thu, Aug 1st 2013 12:25 pm
VIDEO: A newly configured version of The Machine performed the music of Pink Floyd -- and offered an interstellar light and video show -- July 30 as part of the "Tuesday in the Park" concert series at Artpark.
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Wed, Jul 31st 2013 06:00 pm
Renee Taefi Baughman, M.D., and Lucy and Dominick Muto have been named co-chairs of The 2014 Premier, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center's annual black-tie dinner and entertainment gala.
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Wed, Jul 31st 2013 01:15 pm
County lawmakers hailed news that the former Mount View Nursing Home will return to the tax rolls as a 150-bed assisted living community next year - and generate a $2 million payroll and 50 jobs - pending the expected sale of the site.
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Wed, Jul 31st 2013 01:15 pm
Dr. Walter S. Polka, professor of professional programs and Ph.D. program coordinator at Niagara University, was presented with the 2013 State University of New York at Buffalo Graduate School of Education Alumni of Distinction Award during the school's commencement ceremony held May 10.
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Wed, Jul 31st 2013 01:15 pm
On Thursday, Aug. 1, from 6:30 to 9 a.m., the Buffalo Fire Department will hold its annual "Fill the Boot" program, with this year's proceeds going to the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Research Team, or SMART. The firefighters will be joined by Sabres forward Patrick Kaleta, former Sabres players Andrew Peters, Darryl Shannon and other Sabres alumni on eight separate corners throughout the City of Buffalo to collect funds for the program.
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Tue, Jul 30th 2013 04:40 pm
Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-C-I-Lewiston, today announced his support for the hotel proposed by the Hamister Group in downtown Niagara Falls.
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Tue, Jul 30th 2013 12:40 pm
Old Falls Street, USA, will host three more lectures and book signings for the summer for 2013. The events are scheduled on Wednesdays at 2 p.m., at Old Falls Street's Wi-Fi Café area, closest to Niagara Falls State Park. The lecture series features local authors, who will speak on a variety of topics and sign copies of their books.
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Tue, Jul 30th 2013 12:40 pm
JoAnn Getman, RN, a nurse administrator with extensive quality and clinical experience and long-term care expertise, was named director of nursing at the Schoellkopf Health Center. Her appointment is effective immediately.
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Tue, Jul 30th 2013 12:40 pm
The Niagara Junior Purple Eagles Gary Hill Memorial Scholarship Committee has announced Mark Grozio, Antonio Guerrucci, Adam Stanczyk and Stephen Zafuto as the 2013 scholarship recipients.
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Tue, Jul 30th 2013 12:25 pm
The Niagara River Anglers held the 29th annual bass fishing contest on the Lower Niagara River on July 27.
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Tue, Jul 30th 2013 12:00 pm
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens today encouraged New Yorkers to participate in surveys about two popular game birds: wild turkeys and ring-necked pheasants.
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Tue, Jul 30th 2013 11:45 am
HARBORcenter President John Koelmel today announced HARBORcenter will be the new home of Canisius College's Division I men's ice hockey program, beginning when the $172 million hockey and entertainment complex is completed in September 2014.
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Tue, Jul 30th 2013 11:45 am
The Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce will host a "Chamber Night" at Artpark on Tuesday, Aug. 6, for the 38 Special/Blue Oyster Cult "Tuesday in the Park" concert.
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Tue, Jul 30th 2013 11:45 am
The New York State Department of Transportation and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation have released a scoping report for work on the historic American Falls bridges (pedestrian bridges) at Niagara Falls State Park.
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