Tue, Jul 3rd 2012 07:00 am
Lou Ann Zoda won the Friends of the Lewiston Public Library GardenFest raffle.
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Tue, Jul 3rd 2012 07:00 am
Since the summer of 1995, Jesse Gooch, owner of Painters Plus, has hosted an annual party for family and friends. This party came to be known as "GoochFest." Gooch has donated funds raised at this event to local charities, including The Lions Club of Wheatfield and Niagara Hospice.
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Mon, Jul 2nd 2012 07:00 pm
A one-day IRS tax workshop designed to help small and medium-size nonprofit organizations gain a better understanding of tax-exempt responsibilities, employment issues and related areas will be hosted next month by the Hilbert College Center for Adult and Graduate Studies.
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Mon, Jul 2nd 2012 11:45 am
Seaway Trail Inc. has named Michael "Mike" Bristol as its new president and CEO. The Great Lakes Seaway Trail is a 518-mile, two-state National Scenic Byway, a New York State Scenic Byway, and a state-designated bicycle route in New York and Pennsylvania.
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Mon, Jul 2nd 2012 11:45 am
NBC Sports Group will partner with Main Events to produce a second season of the network's successful primetime boxing series "Fight Night." The Saturday night boxing series will expand from six telecasts to up to 16 and will showcase compelling match-ups between some of the world's best fighters.
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Mon, Jul 2nd 2012 11:45 am
Brothers of the Christian Schools, District of Eastern North America (DENA), will hold its annual Lasallian Youth Assembly at Niagara University July 15-19, with more than 110 secondary school students and educators expected to gather for a week focused on the Lasallian core concepts of faith, service, community and justice.
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Mon, Jul 2nd 2012 10:35 am
Rep. Kathy Hochul, on Monday, is celebrating the 46th anniversary of Medicare implementation and urges for further reform to protect seniors.
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Mon, Jul 2nd 2012 07:00 am
Assemblyman John Ceretto is teaming up with the Made in the USA Foundation to support "Made in the USA Day" on July 2. The event will promote American-made products.
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Mon, Jul 2nd 2012 07:00 am
The Niagara River Greenway Commission announces the seventh annual "Paddles Up Niagara" will take place along the southeastern shores of Grand Island on Saturday, July 28.
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Mon, Jul 2nd 2012 07:00 am
Both avid golfers and those who just play once or twice a year won't want to miss the annual Niagara County Builders Association Golf Outing on Monday, July 9, at Tan Tara Country Club in North Tonawanda.
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Sat, Jun 30th 2012 02:45 pm
Bob Dylan has announced he will perform at Artpark in Lewiston on Thursday, Sept. 6, inside the Mainstage Theater.
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Sat, Jun 30th 2012 07:05 am
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Sat, Jun 30th 2012 07:05 am
Niagara County residents can anticipate celebrating the Fourth of July week with a bang! Many special events in the region will honor Independence Day.
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Sat, Jun 30th 2012 07:00 am
Annual cooling initiative, directed by homes and community renewal, offers relief for vulnerable new yorkers during heat wave.
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Sat, Jun 30th 2012 07:00 am
As of the evening of Monday, July 2, Niagara Falls tourists will no longer wonder what that tall building is on the American side.
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Sat, Jun 30th 2012 07:00 am
Last Saturday my grandson Jesse, son Danny, and I went on a little fishing excursion for bass on the lower Niagara. It was a bright, windless, and event-filled day as it seemed the fish wanted to show off.
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Sat, Jun 30th 2012 07:00 am
The Lewiston Public Library, 305 S. Eighth St., in the Village of Lewiston, announces the following programs, events and activities for the month of July.
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Sat, Jun 30th 2012 07:00 am
June has been a busy month for area Lions Clubs in northern Niagara.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 11:55 pm
On Friday, Allegiant inaugurated low-cost, nonstop flights between Niagara Falls and the southwest Florida coast, via Punta Gorda Airport (PGD).
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 11:55 pm
Recent surveillance sampling conducted on June 28 by the Niagara County Department of Health at Olcott Beach in Olcott New York has determined that the water is suitable for swimming.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 11:10 pm
Money - or lack of it - was active discussion during at least some of the Lewiston Town Board meeting Monday night.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 09:05 pm
Scores of Island children took over the Town Commons Saturday in the 16th annual display of youth capitalism.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 09:00 pm
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center recently honored more than 300 community volunteers for contributing a combined 44,740 hours of service to Memorial in 2011. Leading the way was Don Roulley, who contributed 1,507 hours to the medical center's escort and coffee cart services.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 09:00 pm
The biggest 4th of July kickoff party is at Artpark with American pop-rock hit makers Huey Lewis & The News as they headline "Tuesday in the Park" on July 3.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 08:45 pm
One hundred-forty golfers took to the links June 5 at the Niagara Falls Country Club for the 21st Annual Niagara Cup Classic golf tournament.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 08:40 pm
Artpark invites all art and nature lovers, families, and dreamers to the newest park addition: "Emerald Grove," a whimsical interactive art installation geared toward children and nature lovers.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 08:40 pm
Nationally syndicated morning talk show "LIVE! with Kelly" announces the line-up of guest co-hosts who will join Kelly Ripa during the weeks of July 9-13 and July 16-20.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 08:00 pm
David Nolf and Stacy Clark, Two talented Grand Island-native musicians, will open for major artists performing in the Niagara County area in coming weeks.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 07:45 pm
Zachary Cooney (front row, left of center, black and blue T-shirt) won Niagara Frontier Publications' social media contest and met Foreigner Tuesday at Artpark.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 07:20 pm
Lewiston Police Department Officer Scott Stafford opened the D.A.R.E. graduation ceremonies at Stella Niagara Education Park by stating that he was "blown away by what the essay writers came up with."
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 06:55 pm
The Lewiston-Porter Board of Education has extended the contract of Superintendent Christopher Roser to Sept. 30, 2015.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 06:00 pm
County sheriffs across New York are part of a statewide effort helping to introduce the Yellow Dot program initiative to citizens of their respective counties in an effort to better serve and protect them.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 06:00 pm
Come celebrate July 4th by enjoying one of the largest aerial fireworks displays in Western New York. This year's display is scheduled for dusk on Wednesday, July 4, at Martin's Fantasy Island.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 06:00 pm
Fifteen Baseline Road residents gathered with the Grand Island Board of Education, school officials and project designers in the fitness room at Charlotte Sidway School Tuesday evening to voice opinions about the proposed transportation facility (bus garage) to be located behind the school.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 05:50 pm
The Grand Island High School Class of 2012 heard Sunday that graduating isn't the end of the learning process.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 07:00 am
The Town of Wheatfield isn't celebrating a bicentennial this year, and it has no special history of the British invading and burning homes during the War of 1812, but it will be celebrating July 4, 2012, with a bang this year.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 07:00 am
The highlight of the Town of Niagara's bicentennial celebration arrives this weekend with a parade on Military Road followed by two days of activities at Veterans Memorial Park on Lockport Road.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 07:00 am
St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church will hold its eighth annual Mediterranean Festival on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 13-15, on the church's spacious grounds at 1073 Saunders Settlement Road (Route 31), a half mile east of Military Road in the Town of Lewiston.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 07:00 am
On behalf of the Greater Niagara Falls Church of God, Pastor Joe Whitman has invited the community to its annual church picnic, Sunday, July 1, to be held on church grounds at 2334 Lockport Road, Sanborn.
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Fri, Jun 29th 2012 07:00 am
Joe and Laurie Lettieri refer to it as "Jordan's sign."
The big yellow "Child With Autism Area" sign stands at the entrance to Lakewood Drive in the Ashwood subdivision off Schultz Road.
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