Fri, Jan 21st 2011 01:00 pm
An agreement reached this week begins a process of turning a longtime Island eyesore into a gateway.
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Fri, Jan 21st 2011 01:00 pm
Grand Island's Relay For Life committee rolled out a red carpet in kicking off the 2011 edition of the annual American Cancer Society fundraiser. The Island also discovered a new star in its honorary survivor.
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Fri, Jan 21st 2011 10:00 am
Friday night ratings woes bounce off sci-fi series like bullets off Superman's chest.
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Thu, Jan 20th 2011 12:30 pm
Not that long ago, people passing the Niagara Falls International Airport on Niagara Falls Boulevard were lucky if they saw a handful of cars in the parking lot.
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Thu, Jan 20th 2011 12:00 pm
Luciano went to the groomer's this week so he'd look handsome for the book signing on Saturday at the Niagara County SPCA/Rainbow Animal Shelter on Lockport Road.
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Thu, Jan 20th 2011 12:00 pm
Some people like to display their "artistic" talent and opinions on things ranging from public bridge overpasses to private home shed doors.
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Thu, Jan 20th 2011 12:00 pm
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Wed, Jan 19th 2011 12:35 pm
At the Monday evening meeting of the Grand Island Board of Education, Superintendent Robert Christmann announced that official discussions for the 2011-12 school budget will begin at the next board meeting later in January.
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Wed, Jan 19th 2011 12:15 pm
Niagara County lawmakers invested heavily in North Tonawanda's tourism and heritage Tuesday night, committing $330,000 in Niagara River Greenway funds to enhance two significant cultural sites in the Lumber City.
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Wed, Jan 19th 2011 11:00 am
Niagara Hospice and the Niagara Hospice Alliance are competing for grants of $250,000 and $25,000 from the Pepsi Refresh Project during the month of January.
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Wed, Jan 19th 2011 11:00 am
The Niagara Floral Center and Greenhouse at Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara is holding a Valentine's Day Floral Sale through Jan. 25 featuring fresh flowers and planters created by individuals with developmental disabilities who participate in the agency's horticulture therapy program.
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Tue, Jan 18th 2011 12:40 pm
Regis Philbin announced today that he will be retiring from the very successful, long-running talk show "LIVE! with Regis and Kelly." Philbin made the announcement live on-air this morning during the Host Chat portion of the show.
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Sat, Jan 15th 2011 12:00 pm
Niagara Hospice has announced the availability of two paid summer internship opportunities for college students living in eastern Niagara County. The internships are made available through the Grigg Lewis Foundation's Workership Program, now in its 10th year.
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Sat, Jan 15th 2011 12:00 pm
The cross-border partnership during the bicentennial celebrations just got stronger, as the Niagara 1812 Bicentennial Legacy Council announced this week the appointment of Neil E. Nolf as the organization's new Niagara County coordinator.
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Sat, Jan 15th 2011 12:00 pm
Responding to a continuing surge of burglaries, car break-ins and larcenies in the area, the Youngstown Police Department is advising residents to be on guard in their neighborhoods.
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Sat, Jan 15th 2011 11:50 am
Edward and Diane Finkbeiner will continue to own and operate the Barton Hill Hotel & Spa in Lewiston under the terms of an agreement reached Thursday in a special term of the New York State Supreme Court. Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. denied a request by CIT Lending Services Corporation/Iddleson Group to place the four-story Center Street hotel in receivership provided the Finkbeiners pay $30,000 in past-due mortgage payments on the 13th of each month.
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Sat, Jan 15th 2011 11:00 am
At its Jan. 6 reorganization meeting, the Lewiston Town Board opted for a new direction in the assessor's office. The change comes following last month's resignation letter by Acting Assessor Gene J. Virtuoso, who since 2005 has been serving in that role on a part-time basis. "I am submitting my resignation as part-time Acting Assessor effective Jan. 5, 2011 due to personal reasons," wrote Virtuoso on Dec. 10, 2010, to Supervisor Steve Reiter and Town Board members.
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Sat, Jan 15th 2011 11:00 am
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Sat, Jan 15th 2011 11:00 am
Members of the Jack Beatty Hospice Memorial Regatta and Hospice Dash committees presented Niagara Hospice with $29,000 in proceeds from their Niagara River Boat Cruise and Clambake that took place in July at the Youngstown Yacht Club and the 5K Run/Walk in September at Porter on the Lake.
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Sat, Jan 15th 2011 07:25 am
Take some time this January to observe Cervical Health Awareness Month and learn what you can do to detect and prevent cervical cancer. "
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Sat, Jan 15th 2011 07:00 am
Volunteer drivers and assistants are being sought for Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center's CARExpress van, a community service that provides low-cost transportation to Niagara Falls area residents who have appointments at the medical center and Summit Healthplex.
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Sat, Jan 15th 2011 07:00 am
Send Valentine's Day love to someone special this year with Niagara Frontier Publications' "Happy Heart Wishes" contest.
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Sat, Jan 15th 2011 02:00 am
State Assemblyman John D. Ceretto, I, R, 138th District, Lewiston, announced he has been appointed as the ranking Republican member of the Assembly Committee on Cities by Assembly Republican Leader Brian M. Kolb R, I, C-Canandaigua. Ceretto will also serve on the Election Law, Environmental Conservation, Housing and Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development committees.
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Fri, Jan 14th 2011 09:00 pm
Leon's Pizza kept New York-style thin crust pizza lovers happy at the Summit Park Mall since 1978.
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Fri, Jan 14th 2011 12:00 pm
Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick administered the oath of office to newly elected Grand Island Fire Co. officers on Saturday, Jan. 8, at fire headquarters. Both firematic and administrative officers were sworn to uphold their future community protection duties.
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Thu, Jan 13th 2011 07:20 am
Classes will begin in February for the Niagara-Wheatfield Central School District's Continuing/Community Adult Education Program. The program has grown since its inception last year, with 90 course offerings this session, compared to 47 during the fall.
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Thu, Jan 13th 2011 07:00 am
Eighteen students are running in the halls every day at Niagara-Wheatfield High School. The universal school taboo was lifted, at least for these students, by the creation of a new girls and boys varsity indoor track team this school year.
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Thu, Jan 13th 2011 07:00 am
The Town of Niagara held its annual reorganization meeting for 2011 on Monday, with few changes reported for 2011.
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Thu, Jan 13th 2011 07:00 am
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, NY-28, ranking member of the House Rules Committee, voted Jan. 6 to reduce by 5 percent the budget of House leadership, rank-and-file member and committee offices.
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Thu, Jan 13th 2011 07:00 am
The Niagara-Wheatfield Board of Education continued budget preparations at its Jan. 5 meeting with reports on possible cuts from its elementary schools.
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Thu, Jan 13th 2011 02:00 am
The Niagara Tourism and Convention Corporation launched an updated and newly designed website, www.Niagara-USA.com, Jan. 6 after a huge surge in online web traffic in 2010 and 2009. The website layout, navigation, colors and interactivity have all been overhauled to keep up with the growing demand for information on the Niagara USA destination.
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Mon, Jan 10th 2011 09:00 pm
While audience participation was significantly different than one month ago, the end result was the same. The Village of Lewiston Planning Board unanimously approved Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours' President John Kinney's request to build a two-story addition to the U.S. home of his binational company.
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Sat, Jan 8th 2011 02:05 pm
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced this week the signing of an executive order to create a team of private and public sector individuals charged with finding ways to cut the unfunded and underfunded mandates that help make New York one of the most taxed states in the nation.
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Sat, Jan 8th 2011 02:05 pm
"The Best of NU," an all-new set of classes that enlists Niagara University's top professors to present their best two hours on a topic that they would love to teach, highlights the university's winter/spring 2011 schedule of continuing education courses.
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Sat, Jan 8th 2011 02:00 pm
The Town of Porter took care of 2011 reorganizational matters in routine fashion at its Monday session. Included among the vast amount of logistical items were: numerous appointments; salary schedules; holiday schedules; the setting of Town Board meetings; town fees; miscellaneous authorizations; the setting of Town Board committees and liaisons; plus procurement and cash management policies.
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Sat, Jan 8th 2011 02:00 pm
Niagara University has announced that, beginning August, its internationally accredited College of Education will offer a doctoral degree in leadership and policy.
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Sat, Jan 8th 2011 02:00 pm
Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center President and CEO Judith A. Maness has announced that Andrea Gaudioso has been appointed chief information officer, and Laura Volz, director of pharmacy at Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center.
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Sat, Jan 8th 2011 01:00 am
The Village of Lewiston Planning Board will have two Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours expansion designs to consider when it meets Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the Red Brick Municipal Building. WJBT President John Kinney, upon consultation with Silvestri Architects, commissioned a second plan that shows 10 feet shaved off the north side of his proposed development.
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Sat, Jan 8th 2011 01:00 am
At Monday's Village of Lewiston Board work session, Police Commissioner Al Soluri said he and Mayor Terry Collesano recently met with representatives from the New York State Parks Police, Lewiston Police Department and Artpark & Co. administration. Soluri indicated all parties have a vested interest in more efficiently moving traffic out of Artpark following the "Tuesday in the Park" summer concert series.
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Fri, Jan 7th 2011 11:00 pm
"It's a very big day for Western New York, Niagara County and the 138th Assembly District," said State Sen. George Maziarz, R-62nd District, Newfane, as he led off swearing-in ceremonies Saturday for newly elected State Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-Lewiston. "You know, it's not easy serving in the Assembly in Albany in the Republican conference, but it's very effective."
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