Thu, Feb 2nd 2012 07:00 am
The AARP Foundation's Tax-Aide Program will offer free tax return preparation, both federal and state, at four different sites in Wheatfield and North Tonawanda.
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Thu, Feb 2nd 2012 07:00 am
The North Tonawanda History Museum, 54 Webster St., North Tonawanda, will hold a winter used book sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4.
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Thu, Feb 2nd 2012 07:00 am
Join in the family fun as you hop aboard the Art Express on Saturdays at 2 p.m. at the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University.
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Thu, Feb 2nd 2012 07:00 am
Payne Avenue Church in North Tonawanda has begun a "Sharing Shop," where gently used items of clothing and household goods are available to those who find themselves in need of assistance.
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Wed, Feb 1st 2012 11:40 am
Niagara University has received a $2 million gift from William Gacioch, Class of 1961, and his family for the renovation of Meade Hall, which will be renamed the Gacioch Family Alumni and Admissions Center.
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Wed, Feb 1st 2012 11:35 am
Cut & Clips hair salon takes pride in its cozy atmosphere, which offers clients a variety of services.
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Wed, Feb 1st 2012 11:00 am
New York Sea Grant Coastal Recreation and Tourism Specialist David White is speaking and moderating at the 10th International Marina and Boatyard Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., this week. He is speaking at the event's Clean Marina Workshop on aquatic invasive species management.
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Wed, Feb 1st 2012 10:45 am
Niagara Catholic to become a junior/senior high school; Catholic Academy of Niagara Falls to become pre-K-6 site.
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Wed, Feb 1st 2012 08:25 am
Top leaders from Niagara County and New York state will be on hand 9 a.m. Thursday as a new high-tech industrial park sited in the Town of Cambria receives New York state's new "Shovel-Ready Certification" from Empire State Development Corp. officials (meaning that new companies can break ground at the site without the red tape often associated with new construction projects).
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Wed, Feb 1st 2012 07:00 am
The Pastoral Council and I.C. Impact Youth Group of Immaculate Conception Church in Ransomville will present its unique version of the popular TV program "Minute to Win It" at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11, in Father Nuwer Fellowship Hall. This fun night for the entire family is open to the community.
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Wed, Feb 1st 2012 07:00 am
Assemblymember Dennis Gabryszak, D-Cheektowaga, announced the Assembly passed a bill he authored that would amend the criminal procedure law to assist a victim of false financial practice, helping him remedy the fraudulent financial claim that the victim is indebted or obligated to a defendant, or secured party, in a criminal action (A.3457).
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Wed, Feb 1st 2012 06:00 am
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, ranking member of the House Rules Committee and co-chair of the Great Lakes Task Force, said that a study released Tuesday offers permanent solutions for keeping Asian carp out of the Great Lakes and called on the Army Corps for swift action.
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 05:15 pm
A representative from Assemblyman John Ceretto's, R-I-Lewiston, office will address the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority tonight at a regional forum hosted by the transit agency. A statement from Ceretto detailing his support for increasing state funding to the NFTA in order to ensure reliable mass transit for Western New York residents and avoid fare increases for commuters will be read during the event for public record.
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 04:45 pm
Daredevil Nik Wallenda wants to establish a permanent theatre in Niagara Falls where he and members of his family can put on tightrope or aerial shows and other forms of circus entertainment.
"I've always said I want to make Niagara Falls my second home," the Florida-based Wallenda told Bullet News on Monday. "Why wouldn't I? Look at the crowds that come through Niagara Falls. I wouldn't be a very good businessman if I didn't consider something like that."
Wallenda, 32, is part of the famed circus family the Flying Wallendas.
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 12:20 pm
Congresswoman Kathy Hochul issued the following statement Monday to CNN in regards to the students in LeRoy potentially suffering from an unknown ailment:
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 12:20 pm
The Junior League of Buffalo has announced the 2011-12 community assistance small grants program's request for proposals. Qualified not-for-profit agencies throughout Western New York are encouraged to apply for grant funding up to $1,000. Past recipients will be considered for award monies once in a two-year period.
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 12:05 pm
The Niagara Regional Theatre Guild, Western New York's oldest theater group (since 1923), presents "Ladies First Jazz Big Band Valentine's Day Concert."
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 07:05 am
As part of Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center's wellness initiative and enhanced cardiac and diagnostic laboratory services, the hospital is offering a free "Community Lipid Panel Screening."
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 07:00 am
Niagara Catholic High School is hosting its freshman enrollment night on Thursday, Feb. 9, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the school, 520 66th St., Niagara Falls. The event is for those incoming freshman students who have been accepted as a member of Niagara Catholic's Class of 2016.
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 07:00 am
Jayanta Chaudhuri, M.D., has been elected to a three-year term on the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center board of trustees.
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 07:00 am
The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation has awarded a $125,000 challenge grant to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center to be used toward the renovation of a medical-surgical unit at the hospital.
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 07:00 am
Niagara Feline Friends hosts its next low-cost spay/neuter clinic on Sunday, Feb. 19. The procedure includes a full exam and rabies and distemper shots.
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 06:55 am
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center's third annual Healthy Heart Fair will serve as the centerpiece of a full month of free community health events promoting cardiac health during American Heart Month in February.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 06:00 pm
Congresswoman Kathy Hochul, representative from New York's 26th Congressional District, will meet Tuesday with Colonel Allan L. Swartzmiller and Colonel Jim S. McCready, Jr. at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station to discuss the recent announcement by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to make cuts to the defense budget.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 05:25 pm
Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-I-Lewiston, is helping to promote the launch of a groundbreaking, bipartisan reform coalition, "Citizens' Committee for an Effective Constitution." CCEC is online, open to the public at http://effectiveny.org and, according to Ceretto's camp, seeks to deliver a more effective state constitution - one inspired by the needs of New Yorkers in order to bring overdue reform to Albany and help make the Empire State a more attractive place to own and operate a business.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 05:10 pm
Nik Wallenda is coming to town Thursday, when he will meet senior members of Niagara Parks Commission staff to make another pitch to win approval for a wirewalk across the Niagara Gorge near the Horseshoe Falls this summer.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 02:35 pm
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation has announced that boaters who sign a slip rental agreement at Big Six Marina on Grand Island between Feb. 1 and April 15 will be entitled to a 10 percent discount off their 2012 rental.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 12:15 pm
Artpark has reinstated its highly successful musical theater apprentice program for a third year. The apprentice program provides an opportunity for up to eight high school music theater students of exceptional talent to participate in the company's Broadway musical production of "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella." Artpark will present the timeless fairy tale musical in the Mainstage Theater Aug. 9-17.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 09:45 am
Between Feb. 17-20, people all over North America will count birds seen locally here in the winter. Both the National Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology encourage bird enthusiasts in Western New York to participate in this event, called "The Great Backyard Bird Count."
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 09:45 am
Daniel Arrasjid stars as The Creature and Camryn Porter as Mary Frankenstein in the upcoming production of "Frankenstein" at the Ghostlight Theatre.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 07:00 am
The Niagara-Wheatfield High School Counseling and Career Department hosts a college information night at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, in the auditorium.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 07:00 am
During the recent Zonta Club of Niagara Falls initiation ceremony, held at the Niagara Falls Country Club, two new members were welcomed.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 07:00 am
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center and UB Orthopedics & Sports Medicine of Niagara have implemented ImPACT, the Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing program.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 06:00 am
The Friends of the Ransomville Library will hold a used book sale on Friday, Feb. 10, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a bag sale from 3 to 4 p.m. Included will be used books, videos, CDs, DVDs and free refreshments.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 06:00 am
The American Red Cross announces the following blood drives taking place this month: Tuesday, Feb. 7, from 2 to 7 p.m. at Ransomville Baptist Church, 2578 Youngstown-Lockport Road; Wednesday, Feb. 15, from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Lewiston First Presbyterian Church, 505 Cayuga St., and Tuesday, Feb. 21, from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Youngstown Volunteer Fire Co. firehall, 625 Third St.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 05:40 am
Veterans are encouraged to submit their works of art in the local Veterans Creative Arts Festival taking place at VA Western New York Healthcare System's Buffalo site, 3495 Bailey Ave., Buffalo, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in Freedom Hall (Room 301).
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Sat, Jan 28th 2012 07:00 am
Town of Lewiston Recreation Director Mike Dashineau says the ice skating rink in Academy Park is closing for the season at the conclusion of skating on Sunday.
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Sat, Jan 28th 2012 07:00 am
John R. Yurtchuk, chairman of the board of directors of the American Red Cross, serving Erie and Niagara counties, recently announced the appointment of four new members.
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Sat, Jan 28th 2012 05:30 am
More comments, many of them vocal and the majority negative, were heard by members of the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works Restoration Advisory Board toward the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tuesday at the Lewiston-Porter Community Resource Center.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 06:00 pm
Catholic Schools Week, Sunday, Jan. 29, through Sunday, Feb 5, is being observed throughout the country, and St. Peter's R.C. School in Lewiston is among many in the Diocese of Buffalo participating.
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