Fri, May 16th 2025 10:55 am
There's new action for two iconic Island gathering places as a result of Monday's town Planning Board meeting.
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Fri, May 16th 2025 07:00 am
Full free edition: The Tribune-Sentinel/Dispatch for May 16, 2025
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Fri, May 16th 2025 07:00 am
What generations of St. Peter R.C. School students once knew as their cafeteria/rolling skating party room is now home to a library, tech hub, STREAM labs, a robotic playground ... and a stack of academic trophies.
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Fri, May 16th 2025 07:00 am
Lewiston Town Board members had an active work session Monday, with more than a few interesting news items. Included was a public hearing for the 5/4 Development President's Park apartment complex, under consideration for Washington Drive between Madison and Jefferson avenues.
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Thu, May 15th 2025 08:50 pm
It's been an intense year for the members of Chicago's Firehouse 51.
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Tue, May 13th 2025 03:50 pm
Community Missions, in partnership with Niagara County Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services and M&T Bank, opened its Lantern Project on Monday afternoon. Co-located within the organization's emergency housing shelter at 1570 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Falls, the Lantern Project is a two-bed safe place reserved for individuals ready to engage in substance treatment.
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Mon, May 12th 2025 11:35 pm
The final piece of the 54-mile-long Niagara River Shoreline Bike Trail, a path for bikers and walkers that spans from Buffalo to Youngstown, was opened Monday behind the Frontier Volunteer Fire Co. firehall on River Road at the border of North Tonawanda and Wheatfield.
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Mon, May 12th 2025 11:10 pm
On Monday, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced a nearly $12 million project to improve and expand the visitor experience at Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park is complete. Upgrades include a new connector trail, entrance features and parking improvements meant to improve traffic flow for events and better connect the park with the trails and amenities of the Lower Niagara River.
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Mon, May 12th 2025 11:00 pm
The Niagara Region of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation has opened the first ever public archives, housing thousands of objects related to the New York State Parks located in Erie and Niagara counties.
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Fri, May 9th 2025 08:35 am
The Frontier House has been closed for more than 20 years, but that's about to change. Lewiston's crown jewel is expected to reopen to the public in June.
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Fri, May 9th 2025 08:30 am
Acclaimed Billy Club culinarians Daniel Hagen and Jake Strawser are bringing their best to Fairbanks - the new Lewiston restaurant they plan to open mid-June inside the Frontier House on Center Street.
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Fri, May 9th 2025 07:00 am
Full free edition: The Tribune-Sentinel/Dispatch for May 9, 2025
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Fri, May 9th 2025 07:00 am
Lifco Hydraulics may make internet stars of some of its employees in a new promotional video series being shot at its Grand Island site.
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Fri, May 9th 2025 07:00 am
Reassessment was still the sore point with six Island residents who spoke at the start of Monday's Town Board meeting. They said they wanted the reassessment stopped. But they learned there was no turning back.
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Fri, May 9th 2025 07:00 am
The 2025-26 budget planning process continues for both the Lewiston-Porter and Niagara Wheatfield central school districts, following release of Gov. Kathy Hochul's $254 billion tentative 2026 fiscal year budget on April 28.
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Fri, May 9th 2025 07:00 am
Plans to install a playground within Clyde L. Burmaster Park in the Town of Lewiston continue, as the Niagara County Legislature gets ready to vote at its May 6 meeting on whether to increase funding for the project.
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Thu, May 8th 2025 12:00 pm
Approximately 40 people gathered in Cataract House Park directly across the street from the Turtle Building, on 25 Rainbow Blvd., to create awareness of the importance of this structure to the Haudenosaunee people, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy.
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Fri, May 2nd 2025 11:00 am
Just like Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls of the late-1990s, Apple Granny is starting a second "-peat." The Lewiston restaurant was named WNY's Best Fish Fry by Tribune/Sentinel • Dispatch readers, winning its second consecutive title. Apple Granny four-peated as champion from 2018-21.
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Fri, May 2nd 2025 11:00 am
Carol Horrigan has loved music ever since, as a 5-year-old, she discovered the piano.
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Fri, May 2nd 2025 11:00 am
A move to pause the 2025 reassessment was rejected 4-1 by the Grand Island Town Board during a sometimes-contentious Monday workshop meeting.
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Fri, May 2nd 2025 07:00 am
Full free edition: The Tribune-Sentinel/Dispatch for May 2, 2025
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Fri, May 2nd 2025 07:00 am
For the 30th year, Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America, gathered at the Frontier Volunteer Fire Co. to take part in the clean up of Liberty Drive on Saturday, April 26.
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Fri, May 2nd 2025 07:00 am
In a partnership between the Niagara County Sheriff's Office and Niagara County Office of Emergency Management, two trailers of eight vehicle barriers each have been ordered and are expected to be delivered shortly, just in time for outdoor festival season in Western New York.
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Fri, May 2nd 2025 07:00 am
The Town of Lewiston had a rather active regular meeting Monday. Among the newsmakers: a new license plate reader program the town is considering with the Niagara County Sheriff's Office.
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Tue, Apr 29th 2025 07:00 am
Click HERE to learn more about this year's 10 Mile Garage Sale, and to find a downloadable application.
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Mon, Apr 28th 2025 09:05 am
Kyle Petty is roaring into Niagara Falls on May 5. The Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America - now in its 29th year - will start the day in Cleveland before heading east. Petty's named the 2025 motorcycle event the "Tour of Wonders," due to the natural wonders slated to be viewed during the ride.
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Fri, Apr 25th 2025 11:00 am
Next weekend, the merchant collective will present "Give Mom Lewiston." The pre-Mother's Day event runs from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4.
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Fri, Apr 25th 2025 11:00 am
More than a dozen residents pleaded with the Town Board on Monday to suspend a reassessment project they called unfair.
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Fri, Apr 25th 2025 10:55 am
Trustees in the Village of Lewiston voted Monday to approve the following events:
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Fri, Apr 25th 2025 10:55 am
Amber Lester and Jaquinda Smith work at Niagara Community Action Program Inc., also known as NIACAP, at its 19th Street location in Niagara Falls.
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Fri, Apr 25th 2025 10:55 am
Town of Niagara Councilman Johnny Parks was resolute in his message to junkyard operators at a special meeting Tuesday.
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Fri, Apr 25th 2025 07:00 am
Full free edition: The Tribune-Sentinel/Dispatch for April 25, 2025
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Thu, Apr 24th 2025 04:45 pm
A large rabbit and bunches of Easter eggs brought fun to Island families in a variety of locations in the past few weeks.
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Fri, Apr 18th 2025 11:00 am
When a sandwich is as good as The Silo Restaurant's "Haystack," customers should be able to enjoy it more than just five months a year.
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Fri, Apr 18th 2025 11:00 am
Wheatfield may be getting a little greener, as its Town Board mulls over whether to accept a discount on electric bills by supporting solar electricity.
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Fri, Apr 18th 2025 10:55 am
For most of the years between 1955 and 2024, the parcel at 1849 Grand Island Blvd., housed a series of restaurants. But that has changed. The familiar white building is gone. The new owner recently had the building demolished and intends to put the property to new use.
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Fri, Apr 18th 2025 10:55 am
The time for the junkyards to operate without oversight by the Town of Niagara has come to an end.
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Fri, Apr 18th 2025 07:00 am
Full free edition: The Tribune-Sentinel/Dispatch for April 18, 2025
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Fri, Apr 18th 2025 07:00 am
Monday's Lewiston Town Board work session included a number of items of interest for residents, including:
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Thu, Apr 17th 2025 10:50 am
At its March 10 meeting, the Grand Island Central School District Board of Education honored the Class of 2025's top 10 graduates.
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