Fri, May 31st 2013 07:40 pm
In addition to this weekend's 40th anniversary Artpark gala, and the Pubfest concerts in Academy Park, Bandana's Bar and Grill will have a celebration of its own with a 10th anniversary festive pig roast taking place today at the restaurant/bar located at 930 Lake Road in Youngstown.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 07:30 pm
The Lewiston-Porter Board of Education voted to bring a $39,647,771 proposed budget, featuring a 3.95 percent tax levy increase, to the voters on Tuesday, June 18. A public budget hearing will be held Tuesday, June 11, at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Resource Center.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 05:25 pm
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced a settlement agreement shuttering two of the nation's largest immigration services organizations and their principal.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 05:25 pm
Assemblyman John Ceretto helped pass legislation that protects newborns with heart defects. The legislation, which Ceretto sponsors, requires hospitals and other birthing facilities to perform pulse oximetry screening on newborns to screen for critical congenital heart defects. This will help doctors catch and treat heart defects in newborns as soon as possible.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 05:25 pm
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center will again be celebrating summer in the Cataract City by "Rockin' the Park" at Schoellkopf Park.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 05:25 pm
The State Department of Labor's failure to maintain records on building boilers and asbestos remediation projects needing inspection may jeopardize public health and safety, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 05:25 pm
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has announced a new recreation space on Buffalo's Outer Harbor is now open to the public. Lt. Gov. Robert J. Duffy, local officials and students from City Honors cut the ribbon and unveiled the site's new name, "Wilkeson Pointe."
The state invited middle school classrooms from Buffalo Public Schools to name the site, which was formerly called "Parcel OH." The winning submission came from the eighth grade classroom of Michael A. Serotte, a U.S. history teacher at City Honors.
Wilkeson Pointe is now open to the public from dawn to dusk seven days a week.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 05:25 pm
The New York Power Authority will hold a Family Safety Fair on Saturday, June 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at its admission-free Power Vista, the visitor center for NYPA's Niagara hydroelectric power plant.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 04:40 pm
Lewiston's favorite Canadian band, The Trews, will headline tonight's Pubfest concert at Academy Park. The band takes the stage at about 9:15 p.m.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 02:30 pm
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Fri, May 31st 2013 02:30 pm
The Erie County Sheriff's Office responded to 344 calls from May 4 to 17. Below is a sampling of the noteworthy incidents on Grand Island.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 02:25 pm
Residents in the Grand Island Central School District approved the 2013-14 proposed school budget by a 3-2 margin on Tuesday.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 02:25 pm
As part of its grand re-opening celebration, Grand Island Tops donated $500 to each of five Island organizations at the store's ribbon-cutting for its recent $1.4 million remodeling.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 02:10 pm
The Zonta Club of Grand Island installed its 2013-14 officers Tuesday, May 14, in a ceremony at Dick & Jenny's.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 02:00 pm
The Grand Island Lions Club reports that its annual spaghetti dinner, held April 22 at the Holiday Inn Grand Island to support the Special Kids Picnic, raised approximately $3,000.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 02:00 pm
The Senior Center Travel Club is currently working on some day trips to take place soon.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 02:00 pm
On Friday, May 31, Relay For Life's eighth annual "Bowl For A Cure" will take place at 6 p.m. at Mallwitz's Island Lanes on Whitehaven Road.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 02:00 pm
New York State Assemblyman John Ceretto, Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick, Grand Island Town Supervisor Mary Cooke and others praised members of the Grand Island Fie Co. for 75 years of extraordinary life-saving services to their community at a gala earlier this month.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 02:00 pm
Bald for Bucks fundraising leaders Sarah and Chris Swagler recently took part in their final event at Connor Middle School.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 02:00 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce will host the 17th annual KidBiz Sidewalk Sale on Saturday, June 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 02:00 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce will hold a live launch party for its newly redesigned website from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 6, at the Holiday Inn Grand Island, 100 Whitehaven Road.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 02:00 pm
Grand Island Tops Friendly Market recently celebrated the completion of a $1.4 million renovation project.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 09:00 am
Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier announced late Thursday that the Sabres signed forward Colin Jacobs to a three-year, entry-level contract.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 07:00 am
Niagara County Republicans endorsed the full slates of the county's 12 town and three city committees Wednesday night. At the same time, they unanimously elected Scott Kiedrowski, who has served as interim chairman for the past month, as chairman in his own right.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 07:00 am
Join the June "Hands-On" seminars at the Niagara Floral Center and Greenhouse at Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara on June 6, to create a window box for $35 or June 20 to create a landscape pot for $45.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 07:00 am
A 4-year-old business in the Town of Niagara has become a new business by framing up some money-saving eyeglasses for local residents.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 07:00 am
A 2013 Hiring Our Heroes veterans hiring fair will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, at the Connecticut Street National Guard Armory, 184 Connecticut St., Buffalo.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 07:00 am
Wheatfield Supervisor Bob Cliffe made the following remarks at Wheatfield's Memorial Day ceremony on Monday:
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Fri, May 31st 2013 07:00 am
A delegation of local officials and community leaders, organized by the Niagara Military Affairs Council, returned last week from a two-day visit to Washington, D.C., where the group met with federal elected officials and Air Force leadership.
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Fri, May 31st 2013 07:00 am
The United States-United Kingdom Fulbright Commission has selected Dylan Burns, a sophomore architect major at the University at Buffalo, to participate in its Fulbright Summer Institute to study at Nottingham Trent University.
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Thu, May 30th 2013 05:20 pm
Band to perform on 'Good Morning America' June 11 in celebration of new album 'Magnetic'; co-headline tour with Matchbox 20 kicks off June 25; Goos perform locally three times
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Thu, May 30th 2013 05:15 pm
For the June 10 program, the remaining artists will sing for both the coaches - Adam Levine, Shakira, Blake Shelton and Usher - as well as nationwide audience. At-home viewers will begin voting at the show's conclusion to see who moves on and who is eliminated.
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Thu, May 30th 2013 05:10 pm
NBC Sports Group's presentation of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs continues with the Eastern and Western Conference Finals featuring the Pittsburgh Penguins (No. 1 seed and 2009 Stanley Cup Champions) vs. the Boston Bruins (No. 4 seed and 2011 Stanley Cup Champions), and the Chicago Blackhawks (No. 1 seed and 2010 Stanley Cup Champions) vs. the Los Angeles Kings (No. 5 seed and 2012 Stanley Cup Champions).
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Thu, May 30th 2013 04:25 pm
During the month of June, St. Peter's Lutheran Church of Sanborn and the Niagara Power baseball team of Niagara Falls will join together to impact the local community.
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Thu, May 30th 2013 04:20 pm
The Niagara-Wheatfield junior varsity girls softball team with the help of the high school marketing class raised $1,420 for this year's cause of autism.
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Thu, May 30th 2013 04:15 pm
Three votes sent the Niagara-Wheatfield Board of Education back to calculators to find a tax levy that the residents will live with, and emotions ran high as the next steps were presented to a large gathering of residents on May 22.
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Thu, May 30th 2013 04:15 pm
Niagara County will once again host SWIP (Senior Walk in the Park) on June 6.
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Thu, May 30th 2013 04:10 pm
St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 3229 Upper Mountain Road, Sanborn, will hold its annual Congressional and Community Picnic on Sunday, June 2, beginning at 11 a.m.
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Thu, May 30th 2013 04:10 pm
Adams Fire Auxiliary will hold its annual Crafts & Treasure Sale and Chicken Barbecue from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday, June 1, at the firehall at 7113 Nash Road, Wheatfield.
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Thu, May 30th 2013 03:30 pm
The United States Postal Service, John Carter Cash and other members of the Cash family celebrate the legacy of "The Man in Black" with the release of a limited-edition Johnny Cash Forever stamp June 5 at the Ryman Auditorium.
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