Fri, Feb 18th 2011 05:15 pm
Join the Aquarium of Niagara in celebrating the 21st annual Penguin Days 2011. On your next visit to the aquarium snap a few shots of our favorite birds. Or show photos that you have taken of other penguins.
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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 02:20 pm
Taylor Swift, who continues to tour the world in support of her blockbuster album "Speak Now," has announced she will perform with special guest NEEDTOBREATHE in Buffalo at HSBC Arena on Tuesday, June 21.
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Thu, Feb 17th 2011 02:05 pm
The Niagara County Legislature weighed in favorably on a new BOCES program designed to give youth from the Lockport and Newfane school districts a taste of vocational careers and other options available to them after graduation.
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Thu, Feb 17th 2011 01:30 pm
Michael J. Beam, curator of collections and exhibitions, will talk on "The Charles Rand Penney Collection of Historical Niagara Falls Prints" at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, at the Castellani Art Museum.
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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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Thu, Feb 17th 2011 01:05 pm
Residents of River Road attending a community focus meeting held by Wheatfield's Local Waterfront Revitalization Program Committee on Feb. 10 seemed to agree with the group's plans for the town's riverfront.
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Thu, Feb 17th 2011 01:00 pm
This time, it won't be like putting a bandage on a skinned knee. This time, the Niagara-Wheatfield Board of Education, like other school boards across the state, will have to do some serious surgery on its school budget to make up for state aid cuts.
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Tue, Feb 15th 2011 06:10 pm
Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-138th District, is urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to appoint a Niagara County resident to the New York Power Authority's board of trustees in order to fill one of its vacancies. There is currently no representative from the Western New York region on the seven-member board.
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Tue, Feb 15th 2011 05:55 pm
Sometimes, as the saying goes, it's not the size of the dog that matters. Niagara University, with an undergraduate enrollment of around 3,000 students, garnered more votes than the University at Buffalo (29,000 undergrads), Buffalo State College (9,000) and SUNY Fredonia (5,400) to take the top spot in a contest sponsored by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and Grow WNY. By doing so, Niagara will receive a $3,000 award, which will be used to construct a community vegetable garden outside of DePaul Hall.
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Tue, Feb 15th 2011 05:45 pm
The third annual Buffalo Niagara Green Expo will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at the Walden Galleria Mall in Cheektowaga.
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Tue, Feb 15th 2011 05:45 pm
Continuing a tradition that has become nearly as inevitable as taxes themselves, accounting students from Niagara University's College of Business Administration will again provide free tax preparation assistance to members of the Niagara Falls community this tax season.
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Tue, Feb 15th 2011 11:35 am
Three new department heads nominated by Niagara County Manager Jeff Glatz sailed through two County Legislature committees Monday night, winning unanimous backing before heading to likely approval at Tuesday night's Legislature meeting.
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Sat, Feb 12th 2011 02:10 pm
Penn Dixie invites you to travel along with dinosaur collector Glen LaPlaca, of Past & Present Science & Nature Store & Fossil Gallery in Blasdell, through his presentation on the complete adventure of dinosaur collecting in South Dakota.
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Sat, Feb 12th 2011 01:40 pm
Youngstown residents turned out in force Tuesday to discuss a recent spike in home break-ins and burglaries of property in the village and what to do about it.
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Sat, Feb 12th 2011 01:40 pm
Trustees in the Village of Lewiston have begun to take aim at issues hovering over the municipality. At Monday's monthly work session, the board entered into discourse on topics including charitable collections, directing people around the village and picking up residential trash.
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Sat, Feb 12th 2011 01:40 pm
The New York Power Authority on Thursday recognized the 50th anniversary of the Feb. 10, 1961, ceremony marking the start of operations at the Niagara Power Project.
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Sat, Feb 12th 2011 01:40 pm
The Village of Lewiston is once again in position to grow.
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Fri, Feb 11th 2011 04:00 pm
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Fri, Feb 11th 2011 03:00 pm
On the heels of blockbuster ratings for the post-Super Bowl episode Sunday night, Twentieth Century Fox Television and "Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy have announced that the critically acclaimed "Glee Live! In Concert!," starring 13 members of the television show's cast, will return to North American concert stages this spring.
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Fri, Feb 11th 2011 03:00 pm
For more than 37 years, Artpark has presented creative inspiration, artistic discovery and award-winning programming that has provided immeasurable benefits to the Western New York region as a premier visual and performing arts destination. Artpark supporters and patrons are invited to an evening as only Artpark can create - a "Black & White Ball - On Stage" at Artpark's Mainstage Theater on Saturday, May 21.
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Fri, Feb 11th 2011 02:40 pm
One week after Gov. Andrew Cuomo presented his executive budget, Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-138th/Lewiston, is renewing his call for mandate relief to be tied to a property-tax cap in order to ensure that Western New York residents receive real tax relief. Neither proposal was included in the governor's proposed spending plan issued on Feb. 1.
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Thu, Feb 10th 2011 05:00 pm
For kids, Valentine's Day is easy. All they need are some crayons, scissors and red construction paper, and they'll come up with a valentine that will touch your heart.
It's the grownups that have to stop and think how to say, "I love you." Traditionally, that means chocolate and flowers, or maybe a small piece of jewelry. If you're looking for chocolates in a heart-shaped box, Kelly's Country Store on Grand Island is the place to go - even the box itself is made of chocolate.
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Thu, Feb 10th 2011 05:00 pm
Winter weather apparently kept attendance down at town Drainage Committee meetings held Feb. 3 for residents of two Wheatfield neighborhoods.
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Thu, Feb 10th 2011 05:00 pm
March 18 marks the 60th birthday of Sparky the Fire Dog, the official mascot of the National Fire Protection Association, which has been teaching children, parents and teachers about fire prevention and public safety for the past six decades.
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Thu, Feb 10th 2011 05:00 pm
The nation's first FDA-approved cancer treatment vaccine, Provenge (sipuleucel-T), is being offered for the first time in Western New York at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
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Thu, Feb 10th 2011 05:00 pm
February is American Heart Month. The Heart Center of Niagara at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center has begun a month-long campaign of health and wellness events to promote heart health.
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Thu, Feb 10th 2011 05:00 pm
The community is invited to a grand opening of the Niagara Hospice Resource Center in Lockport at noon Friday, Feb. 11.
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Thu, Feb 10th 2011 05:00 pm
"Toast & Jam," now in its 12th year, begins on Monday, Feb. 14, (Valentine's Day) from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Brickyard Pub & BBQ, 432 Center St., Lewiston.
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Wed, Feb 9th 2011 11:05 am
The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency board of directors today approved a modification to AES Eastern Energy's current payment in lieu of tax, or PILOT. The modification was approved to provide stability to the largest taxpayer in Niagara County, which is experiencing difficult economic times in the energy industry.
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Tue, Feb 8th 2011 03:50 pm
Are you interested in a career in real estate? The Buffalo Niagara Association of Realtors (BNAR) is offering the 75-hour salesperson's qualifying course at the BNAR headquarters on John James Audubon Parkway in Amherst.
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Tue, Feb 8th 2011 03:45 pm
Time to Dance hosts a free "Family Fun Night" on Monday, Feb. 21. The event is open to anyone and everyone, and will be held at the dance studio, 5000 Saunders Settlement Road, bay 3, just past the corner of Military Road.
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Tue, Feb 8th 2011 03:25 pm
Niagara County Legislator Jason J. Cafarella, D-Niagara Falls, who represented the downtown-dominated 3rd District, which included much of the city's historically Italian Pine Avenue corridor, resigned from the Legislature effective March 31.
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Mon, Feb 7th 2011 01:30 pm
The Niagara Tourism and Convention Corporation, the official tourism promotion agency for Niagara Falls and Niagara County, recently announced its board members and officers for 2011. They include:
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Sun, Feb 6th 2011 02:00 pm
Tops Friendly Markets, a leading full-service grocery retailer in upstate New York and northern Pennsylvania and its long-standing partner, Smithfield, are proud to bring "Paula Deen Live!" to Buffalo on April 20. Deen will host a two-hour interactive cooking show, live on-stage at Shea's Performing Arts Center.
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Sat, Feb 5th 2011 05:00 pm
Lewiston-Porter School District students, like tens of thousands of others in Erie and Niagara counties, were treated to a day off Wednesday, as Lew-Port school officials opted to heed the warnings posted by the National Weather Service of a monstrous winter storm, one that was well forecasted, but never materialized.
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Sat, Feb 5th 2011 05:00 pm
Forecasts of a monstrous, paralyzing snowstorm Tuesday by the National Weather Service and on local newscasts, which resulted in massive closings and cancellations Wednesday in Erie and Niagara counties, for the most part failed to materialize.
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Sat, Feb 5th 2011 05:00 pm
Village of Lewiston trustees plan to use their next four work session meetings to discuss several of the larger issues looming over the municipality. At 6 p.m. on Mondays, Feb. 7, March 7, April 4 and May 2, the Village Board will address topics including food collections, festivals on Center Street, the Piper Law Office Welcome Center, right-of-ways, the Water Pollution Control Center, the upper plateau and the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program.
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Sat, Feb 5th 2011 09:00 am
The Robert Moses Parkway Preservation Committee will hold a meeting Monday, Feb. 7, at 5:15 p.m. in the Village of Lewiston Red Brick Municipal Building, 145 S. Fourth St.
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Sat, Feb 5th 2011 09:00 am
Youngstown Mayor Neil Riordan has announced the village will hold a community meeting to discuss the recent wave of break-ins and burglaries hitting local residences. Open to the public, the session will be held Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m., in the trustees' boardroom at the Red Brick School Village Center, 240 Lockport St.
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