Tue, Jan 12th 2016 11:05 am
43North has announced several updates to its board of directors.
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Tue, Jan 12th 2016 11:00 am
The Buffalo Sabres unveiled The Mercedes Benz Business Class Suite at First Niagara Center. The innovative new suite provides first-class business meeting amenities, allowing local Sabres partners and suiteholders to hold meetings while overlooking the ice at First Niagara Center.
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Tue, Jan 12th 2016 11:00 am
While the Powerball jackpot continues to grow, a lucky Erie County Lottery player won $50,000 on a ticket sold at 7-Eleven at 4950 Harlem Road in Amherst.
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Tue, Jan 12th 2016 11:00 am
The New York State Gaming Commission's Division of the Lottery issued tips to Lottery players considering setting up or contributing to an office pool in advance of Wednesday's historic Powerball drawing for a jackpot of $1.4 billion.
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Tue, Jan 12th 2016 10:55 am
Humans are, by nature, irrationally risk-averse, says Michael Poulin, associate professor of psychology in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences.
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Tue, Jan 12th 2016 10:55 am
Attention Western New York veterans: If you are looking to open a franchise and be your own boss, 7-Eleven Inc. has something in store for you.
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Tue, Jan 12th 2016 10:40 am
The 23rd annual Baskets O'Plenty Auction is scheduled for Thursday, March 10, at BPO Elks Lodge No. 346, 1805 Fashion Outlet Blvd., Town of Niagara.
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Tue, Jan 12th 2016 08:55 am
Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Guillermo del Toro, John Krasinski and Ang Lee will announce the 88th Academy Awards nominations in all 24 Oscar categories at a special two-part live news conference on Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
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Tue, Jan 12th 2016 08:50 am
Congressman Chris Collins is reminding local fire departments and emergency medical service providers to apply for federal Assistance to Firefighter Grants through the Federal Emergency Management Agency before the deadline this Friday, Jan. 15.
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Mon, Jan 11th 2016 05:30 pm
Sonia Kozlova Clark was officially announced Monday as Artpark & Company's new executive director.
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Mon, Jan 11th 2016 10:50 am
Six Niagara University students recently returned from El Sauce, Nicaragua, where they spent a week during winter recess constructing a home for an impoverished family.
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Mon, Jan 11th 2016 10:35 am
St. Peter's R.C. School will host its annual pancake breakfast and open house from 9 a.m. until noon Sunday, Jan. 24, in the school cafeteria on North Sixth Street.
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Mon, Jan 11th 2016 10:35 am
Canisius College will host a professional development conference for mathematics teachers from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, in Science Hall. The conference, titled "Mathematics: Making Connections," is for mathematics teachers working with students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
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Mon, Jan 11th 2016 10:35 am
Erie Community College students don't spend all their time on the college's three campuses. And often times, their education takes them well outside county lines.
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Mon, Jan 11th 2016 10:35 am
Ransomville Speedway General Manager Tana Robinson announced the Western New York Friday night weekly short track facility will once again work under the DIRTcar Northeast sanction in 2016.
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Mon, Jan 11th 2016 10:20 am
From Jan. 18 until Feb. 15, the Newfane Public Library will hold its second annual book sale at The Winery at Marjim Manor, 7171 East Lake Road (Route 18), Appleton. There will be a variety of soft and hard cover books in myriad genres.
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Mon, Jan 11th 2016 09:10 am
Statement from Empire State Development President, CEO and Commissioner Howard Zemsky on the 2016 Golden Globe Awards:
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Sun, Jan 10th 2016 02:00 pm
Lindsey Stirling talks about her first book, "The Only Pirate at the Party," in a new interview with NFP.
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Sun, Jan 10th 2016 10:10 am
The New York Lottery announced the Powerball jackpot for Wednesday's Jan. 13 drawing is now at $1.3 billion. No one matched all six numbers for Saturday's $947.9 million drawing causing the jackpot to roll to an unprecedented $1.3 billion - or $806 million in a lump sum.
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Sat, Jan 9th 2016 01:00 pm
Members of the Grand Island Fire Co. and the fire company's ladies auxiliary visited Elderwood at Grand Island to wish Elsie Fleischmann a happy 100th birthday. Fleischmann turned 100 Dec. 31.
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Sat, Jan 9th 2016 10:00 am
Lewiston-Porter High School announces the production "The Drowsy Chaperone" will open at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, with shows continuing next Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 16 and 17.
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Sat, Jan 9th 2016 10:00 am
Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz announced Wednesday the selection of 12 municipal projects for inclusion in the Erie County Consortium 2016 Community Development Block Grant application, including one from the Town of Grand Island.
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Sat, Jan 9th 2016 09:00 am
With a newly elected supervisor and two new councilmen, the Town of Lewiston opened 2016 Monday in traditional form: With the reorganization of town affairs.
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Sat, Jan 9th 2016 09:00 am
The Grand Island Central School District Board of Education is seeking input about the personal qualities, leadership characteristics, experiences, skills and qualifications that residents most value in a new superintendent of schools.
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Sat, Jan 9th 2016 07:00 am
A private foundation dedicated to research on autism spectrum disorders and similar conditions has awarded a $540,000 grant to Zhen Yan, Ph.D., professor of physiology and biophysics in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo.
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Sat, Jan 9th 2016 07:00 am
Kevin Howey of Niagara Falls is a snack food merchandiser who, for the past five years, couldn't eat the goods he delivered - or much else, for that matter - because he suffered from a debilitating disease called gastroparesis.
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Sat, Jan 9th 2016 07:00 am
Newly elected Town Supervisor Nathan McMurray appointed Grand Island Democratic Party chairman Jim Sharpe as deputy supervisor.
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Sat, Jan 9th 2016 07:00 am
The Mary Star of the Sea Council of the Knights of Columbus started hosting Tuesday night bingo on Jan. 15, 2013. At the bingo session next week, Jan. 19, the occasion will be marked by cake and door prizes.
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Fri, Jan 8th 2016 06:00 pm
The stakes are high. Really, really high. And the odds are low. Really, really low. But someone is going to win Powerball, according to Jeffrey Miecznikowski, associate professor of biostatistics at the University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions.
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Fri, Jan 8th 2016 06:00 pm
Kleinhans Music Hall welcomes back Buffalo native and Broadway star Michele Ragusa on Friday, April 22, for an evening of music and storytelling about growing up in Buffalo and starring on Broadway.
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Fri, Jan 8th 2016 06:00 pm
"The Chew" airs weekdays at 1 p.m. on ABC.
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Fri, Jan 8th 2016 06:00 pm
John Krasinski previews the film "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi," and Heather Graham chats about the animated film "Norm of the North."
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Fri, Jan 8th 2016 02:35 pm
A Niagara-Wheatfield High School student reported to administration at 2:45 p.m. Thursday he found empty ammunition shell casings on his vehicle in the school parking lot.
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Fri, Jan 8th 2016 02:15 pm
The culinary classroom opens for nine talented home cooks with season two of primetime competition series "All-Star Academy," where returning mentors Alex Guarnaschelli and Curtis Stone are joined by newcomers Robert Irvine and Andrew Zimmern to guide these competitors through intense kitchen challenges and teach them to cook like pros.
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Fri, Jan 8th 2016 02:05 pm
New Yorkers seeking their fortune in this Saturday's record-setting $800 million Powerball jackpot have an additional tool to get paid big bucks: Power Play.
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Fri, Jan 8th 2016 02:00 pm
Residents of the Town and Village of Lewiston received some upbeat news this week, in the form of the community being ranked No. 25 among the safest cities in New York state.
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Fri, Jan 8th 2016 01:50 pm
Kathleen Cannon Hourihan and Peter Jacob Ruocco were married Nov. 28 in the Twentieth Century Club of Buffalo where guests gathered for a reception following the ceremony.
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Fri, Jan 8th 2016 01:45 pm
Patricia Marie (née Leach) Gress, 47, a resident of Grand Island, died unexpectedly Jan. 1, 2016.
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Fri, Jan 8th 2016 01:35 pm
The Niagara County Builders Association presented a donation to Friends and Family Support Association Dec. 21 at the 914th Airlift Wing in Niagara Falls.
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Fri, Jan 8th 2016 01:35 pm
Several residents at the Wheatfield Town Board meeting Monday expressed their concerns about the possible dispersion of harmful emissions from National Fuel's proposed dehydration facility.
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