Mon, Aug 3rd 2015 12:50 pm
The Yahoo Community Benefit Fund is now accepting grant applications from nonprofit organizations for its 2015 grant cycle. Applications are due at 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31, and are available for submission at cfgb.org/yahoo.
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Mon, Aug 3rd 2015 12:35 pm
Pets are family, and when we venture out, they should be able to join us. That includes bringing them to pet-friendly restaurants.
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Mon, Aug 3rd 2015 12:35 pm
On July 21, Buffalo Niagara Association of REALTORS President Joe Rivellino and board member Rebecca VanDorn presented a check for $6,500 to both Mercy Flight Central and Mercy Flight Western New York.
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Mon, Aug 3rd 2015 12:30 pm
State Sen. Rob Ortt recently toured the LockportCARES campus, met with staff and shared ideas on how to reach out to the community.
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Mon, Aug 3rd 2015 12:30 pm
This Wednesday, Aug. 5, marks one year out from the start of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. NBCUniversal will celebrate the occasion with a host of promotional and editorial initiatives that span the company's unprecedented portfolio of broadcast, cable, digital, regional, local, radio and theme park assets.
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Mon, Aug 3rd 2015 12:25 pm
Empire State Development has announced the launch of "New York Ventures," a program dedicated to encouraging innovation and fueling economic growth in communities across the state.
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Mon, Aug 3rd 2015 12:25 pm
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Niagara County presents the 17th annual classic car show, on Sunday, Aug. 9, at the Niagara County Fair. Niagara's Choice Credit Union sponsors this event.
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Mon, Aug 3rd 2015 07:00 am
Staff from New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli's office will attend community events around the state this month to help residents search for lost and forgotten money, also known as unclaimed funds.
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Mon, Aug 3rd 2015 07:00 am
The Niagara County Department of Health Environmental Division is involved in a collaborative effort with Cornell University, the New York State Department of Health, USDA/APHIS Wildlife Services, the Tuscarora Nation and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources to prevent the spread of raccoon rabies in the western region through dissemination of the experimental rabies vaccine ONRAB.
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Sat, Aug 1st 2015 02:05 pm
The Chamber of Commerce of the Tonawandas will host its 18th annual Charity Clambake from 4-9 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, at The Shores Waterfront Restaurant.
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Sat, Aug 1st 2015 07:00 am
YMCA Buffalo Niagara has announced it will open online registration for the 120th annual YMCA Turkey Trot at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 3.
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Sat, Aug 1st 2015 07:00 am
Different interpretations of the Town of Lewiston's 284 Agreement covering the expenditure of highway paving monies occupied discussion at the Lewiston Town Board session Monday.
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Sat, Aug 1st 2015 07:00 am
Lewiston's The Silo Restaurant has won three-quarters of Niagara Frontier Publications' first "Summer Eats" contest. Readers voted the waterfront eatery tops in the hot dog, hamburger and ice cream categories.
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Fri, Jul 31st 2015 10:10 pm
The past two summers started very differently for acclaimed bluesman Walter Trout.
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Fri, Jul 31st 2015 08:20 pm
Colbie Caillat and Christina Perri brought their "Girls Night Out (Boys Can Come, Too)" to Artpark July 29. They successfully closed the 2015 "Coors Light Wednesday" series in the outdoor amphitheater.
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Fri, Jul 31st 2015 05:40 pm
Starting Aug. 5, hundreds of people will flock to the Niagara County Fair in Lockport to sample the food, visit the animals and exhibits, watch the shows and ride the rides -- and many county residents will be there, behind the scenes, caring for the exhibits, working concessions and otherwise helping to make sure things run smoothly.
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Fri, Jul 31st 2015 05:30 pm
"Nunsense: the Mega Musical!" will open Aug. 6 at the Ghostlight Theatre, 170 Schenck St., North Tonawanda, presented by Starry Night Theatre Inc.
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Fri, Jul 31st 2015 05:25 pm
Some of them had never set foot in the city before; some of them grew up there. But the participants in a recent tour all had one thing in common: They wanted to learn more about North Tonawanda.
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Fri, Jul 31st 2015 05:25 pm
Exploring the water safely was a main theme at "Paddles Up," which was held July 25 at Beaver Island State Park.
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Fri, Jul 31st 2015 05:25 pm
When Grand Island celebrates National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 4 in the Marion Klingel Town Commons, Islanders will have a chance to meet and greet their neighbors, but also mingle with members of the town's Traffic Safety Advisory Board.
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Fri, Jul 31st 2015 05:25 pm
Residents in Grand Island are about to benefit from a national backpack giveaway campaign.
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Fri, Jul 31st 2015 05:00 pm
Summer is now entering mid-stride with a jam-packed schedule of events on the calendar that doesn't seem to end.
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Fri, Jul 31st 2015 01:55 pm
Albert Lewis III, a recently graduated Niagara-Wheatfield High School student, was awarded a $500 scholarship from the Lewiston Community Lions Club. Lions John and Theresa Tourbin were present at the awards luncheon to present Lewis with his check.
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Fri, Jul 31st 2015 01:40 pm
The Rev. James J. Maher, C.M., president of Niagara University, was named a 2015 Adult Honoree by the Trey Whitfield Foundation during the organization's 23rd annual awards dinner, which was held July 17 in Brooklyn.
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Fri, Jul 31st 2015 01:35 pm
The Erie County Department of Senior Services has announced two upcoming public hearings designed to give area seniors, their families and caregivers, and community agencies an opportunity to discuss what matters most to them as they age.
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Fri, Jul 31st 2015 12:55 pm
The New York Power Authority Board of Trustees approved an allocation of 100 kilowatts of low-cost hydropower Thursday to Finger Food Products for an expansion project in Niagara County. The $3 million project will lead to the creation of 11 new jobs.
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Fri, Jul 31st 2015 12:30 pm
"Peter Pan" stars Hayley Podschun and John Bolton steal the show.
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Fri, Jul 31st 2015 09:15 am
Five buses, two trucks and some of the world's top guitar players will roll into Lewiston Tuesday when the "Wheels of Soul" tour hits Artpark.
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Thu, Jul 30th 2015 11:25 pm
Kami Halgash was named the new principal of Colonial Village Elementary School at a special meeting Thursday of the Niagara-Wheatfield Board of Education.
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Thu, Jul 30th 2015 07:00 am
Fire trucks and police cars and buses, oh my! It's time for Old Falls Street USA's annual "Touch-a-Truck" event, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8.
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Thu, Jul 30th 2015 07:00 am
The Brickyard Pub & B.B.Q. is hosting Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara's 18th annual Celebrity Bartending Night from 5:30-9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13. The event will benefit the more than 600 individuals with intellectual and other developmental disabilities the agency serves.
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Thu, Jul 30th 2015 07:00 am
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society Upstate New York Chapter is honoring 10 individuals and one group for their hard work and determination to create a world free of MS at the "Champions On the Move" luncheon on Friday, Sept. 11. Jacquie Walker of WIVB-TV News 4 Buffalo will host the event.
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Thu, Jul 30th 2015 07:00 am
Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village's 31st annual Buffalo Niagara Scottish Festival, Highland Games and Gathering of the Clans will be held from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, with a Ceilidh pre-party from 5-10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14.
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Wed, Jul 29th 2015 04:45 pm
Family nurse practitioner John Hanavan has joined the Memorial Medical Center/UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine team at the Summit Healthplex in Wheatfield.
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Wed, Jul 29th 2015 04:45 pm
Congressman Chris Collins, R-NY-27, today released the following statement after introducing the Small Business Regulatory Sunset Act, which aims to reduce what he called excessive regulations hurting small businesses:
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Wed, Jul 29th 2015 04:45 pm
Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino regrets to announce the Bobby Vinton performance scheduled for Friday, Aug. 14, has been cancelled.
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Wed, Jul 29th 2015 04:20 pm
Valerie C. Nolan has been named director of sponsored programs and foundation relations at Niagara University, effective today.
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Wed, Jul 29th 2015 03:50 pm
The 2015 Peach Queen contestants met Tuesday for a contestant orientation information session and to meet the reigning queen, Christina Oliveri of Wheatfield.
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Wed, Jul 29th 2015 03:45 pm
University at Buffalo sports law expert Nellie Drew said she respects NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's affirmation of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's four-game suspension, a decision in "direct contrast" to how the league handled the Ray Rice controversy over domestic violence.
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Wed, Jul 29th 2015 03:40 pm
State Sen. Rob Ortt today delivered a $15,000 check to the Carousel Society of the Niagara Frontier. Ortt secured the funding for the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum in North Tonawanda to help support the educational, cultural and recreational programming the roughly 15,000 visitors experience every year.
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