Wed, Mar 19th 2025 07:00 am
This April marks 30 years since the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station first faced the threat of closure. In April 1995, the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission placed the base under review, launching a months-long process that would determine its future.
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Fri, Mar 14th 2025 03:00 pm
On Friday morning, Ulrich Sign removed the Frontier House sign Lewiston residents have known and stared at since 1964. The black-letter-on-white-background marker was taken down - it was gifted to the Historical Association of Lewiston and Lewiston Museum - and a new sign, reading "Frontier House." was installed. This billboard more closely resembles the original sign placed on the building in 1824 - with white letters on a black background - and, yes, the period, too.
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Fri, Mar 14th 2025 11:00 am
One Stop Car Wash is gearing up for a grand opening on Grand Island.
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Fri, Mar 14th 2025 11:00 am
An update on the Grand Island Plaza.
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Fri, Mar 14th 2025 11:00 am
The Amazon warehouse in the Town of Niagara is now being constructed, having been approved in 2022.
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Fri, Mar 14th 2025 07:00 am
Full free edition: The Tribune-Sentinel/Dispatch for March 14, 2025
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Fri, Mar 14th 2025 07:00 am
The Village of Lewiston Department of Public Works has added tasks to its Water Street workload.
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Fri, Mar 14th 2025 07:00 am
It is said that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. After this winter, I can only hope that saying is true.
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Thu, Mar 13th 2025 11:05 am
The Erie County Sheriff's Office is a vast organization that provides police services to over half of the county, operates two jails and manages the health care of about 800 incarcerated individuals each day.
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Thu, Mar 13th 2025 11:00 am
"Healthy Heart Night" is an annual event at Kaegebein Elementary School that is about "having the community come together," said Principal Dave Janicki-Howe. He said the thing that he enjoyed most about the event, which occurred Feb. 6, was "Having all of the parents and all of the kids have fun. I think this is what it's all about."
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Thu, Mar 13th 2025 11:00 am
Construction on a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Niagara Falls will begin soon.
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Thu, Mar 13th 2025 10:35 am
Village Mayor Rob Reisman announced this week the New York State Department of Transportation would hold an information session from 5-7 p.m. (informal presentation at 6 p.m.), Thursday, March 20, to discuss its upcoming paving rehabilitation project for Route 93.
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Mon, Mar 10th 2025 08:50 am
Mystery Island (the place) is like an escape room - but instead of its players working out the puzzle within an enclosed unit, the game takes place on a luxurious landmass. Gourmet meals and choice wines replace beer and chips, with couture collections swapped in for ripped jeans and ballcaps. It's a picture-perfect presentation ... until someone gets murdered.
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Mon, Mar 10th 2025 08:45 am
On Thursday, Shea's Performing Arts Center revealed a project - priced at $5 million - to upgrade Shea's 710 Theatre. Focused on public spaces at the venue, the modifications are part of an effort to enhance patron experience and pump energy into the entire district.
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Fri, Mar 7th 2025 11:00 am
After several attempts to find a path forward, Veterans of Foreign Wars Downriver Post 7487 has opted to postpone incorporating the Village of Lewiston into the "Hometown Heroes" banner program.
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Fri, Mar 7th 2025 11:00 am
Grand Islanders will have a new quarterly water meter fee of $17 added to their water bill, effective April 1.
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Fri, Mar 7th 2025 11:00 am
On Monday, two expanding businesses sought approval from the Town of Wheatfield Board to begin the process of financing their projects with Community Development Block Grants, which also promise the creation of over 50 new local jobs.
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Fri, Mar 7th 2025 11:00 am
The intersection of Broadway and South State Parkway, where a fatal accident occurred last Sept. 11, will have increased traffic safety measures as a result of a state study.
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Fri, Mar 7th 2025 11:00 am
The solar array project on 3636 Mapleton Road in Wheatfield is nearing completion, said Patrick Dvoran, regional director of renewable energy for RowCon, which is contracting on the project.
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Fri, Mar 7th 2025 07:00 am
Full free edition: The Tribune-Sentinel/Dispatch for March 7, 2025
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Fri, Mar 7th 2025 07:00 am
Fish fry season has begun again - and we want to know where to eat!
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Fri, Mar 7th 2025 07:00 am
St. Patrick's Day is one of life's happenings to look forward to around here. Plans are shaping nicely for a number of fun St. Patrick's Day activities in Buffalo-Niagara.
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Tue, Mar 4th 2025 10:00 am
Cold temperatures didn't keep folks from coming to Olcott on Sunday for the 56th annual Polar Bear Swim For Sight to benefit the Olcott Lions Club. This year's top group - dressed as inmates - raised $6,675 for the Lions Club.
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Fri, Feb 28th 2025 03:50 pm
Our Lady Peace is only looking forward as they mark 30 years.
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Fri, Feb 28th 2025 11:00 am
Patty Bordonaro has lived at her home for 30 years - and she was not happy to discover the woods in back could soon be razed to the ground and replaced by a two- or three-story apartment building, if the Wheatfield Planning Board approves the project.
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Fri, Feb 28th 2025 11:00 am
Dennis and Nicholas Bauman see contradictions in what the Town of Grand Island says, and what it does, while they face a June 1 eviction from their 25-acre Back Hills Farm at 951 Whitehaven Road, where they raise sheep and chickens.
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Fri, Feb 28th 2025 11:00 am
When Allison and Rob Graber decided to downsize from a home in North Tonawanda to a townhouse on Grand Island, they also decided to bring a whole new look to their new environment.
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Fri, Feb 28th 2025 07:00 am
Full free edition: The Tribune-Sentinel/Dispatch for Feb. 28, 2025
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Fri, Feb 28th 2025 07:00 am
The Town of Lewiston held a brief regular monthly meeting on Monday with a light agenda.
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Thu, Feb 27th 2025 03:05 pm
Dennis and Nicholas Bauman are fighting to keep their 25-acre Back Hills Farm in business at 951 Whitehaven Road, where they raise sheep, goats and chickens.
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Thu, Feb 27th 2025 12:00 pm
For someone who hails from Atlanta, Georgia - some 950 miles (or 1,530 kilometers) from Toronto - Collective Soul bassist Will Turpin sure knows a lot about Canadian music.
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Thu, Feb 27th 2025 11:15 am
Newfane and Olcott Beach, NY Tourism announced on social media, "The Town of Newfane workers are doing an amazing job getting ready for The Olcott Polar Bear Swim this Sunday, March 2nd sponsored by the Olcott Lions Club. Snow is being tucked away and the swimming pool is being created!"
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Fri, Feb 21st 2025 11:00 am
A dozen local artists are bringing some color and verve to Western New York's winter landscape with the Island Art Exhibit this coming week.
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Fri, Feb 21st 2025 11:00 am
The Grand Island Nature Alliance is now offering a program for homeowners to encourage them to see their gardens as a native habitat for pollinators and other indigenous species of plants and animal, said GINA member Michelle Lockett.
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Fri, Feb 21st 2025 11:00 am
Last week, the Town of Lewiston declined a request made by the Village of Lewiston for Greenway funding in support of a new waterfront pavilion.
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Fri, Feb 21st 2025 11:00 am
Town of Niagara officials on Tuesday approved a 16-part license agreement to install a mural on the northwest side of the Niagara Storage building at 2590 Military Road.
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Fri, Feb 21st 2025 07:00 am
Full free edition: The Tribune-Sentinel/Dispatch for Feb. 21, 2025
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Thu, Feb 20th 2025 12:10 pm
The Upward Niagara Chamber of Commerce honored six local businesses at its awards ceremony Thursday, Feb. 13, at the Brickyard Brewing Company in Lewiston.
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Thu, Feb 20th 2025 12:05 pm
Sister Beth Brosmer, the former executive director of Heart, Love & Soul, a Niagara Falls food kitchen at 939 Ontario Ave., was honored Friday, Feb. 14, for her vision of "Daybreak."
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Wed, Feb 19th 2025 10:50 am
It's fitting that, in the week the Brickyard Pub & BBQ celebrates its 20th anniversary, co-owner Eric Matthews is doing exactly what he was doing when the Lewiston restaurant first opened.
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