Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:30 pm
The American Red Cross, Serving Erie & Niagara Counties responded to seven separate fires in the City of Buffalo over the recently completed Memorial Day weekend.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:30 pm
The Zonta Club of Grand Island installed officers and new members at its annual installation dinner at the Buffalo Launch Club.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:30 pm
At 4:25 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23, Grand Island Fire Co. rescue personnel responded to a collision involving a school bus and passenger vehicle in the driveway at Huth Road Elementary School, 1773 Huth Road.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:25 pm
On Friday, Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-I-Lewiston, asked the New York State Thruway Authority to reconsider its proposal to raise tolls 45 percent on commercial trucks, a plan that was green-lit by the public authority's board earlier this week.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:20 pm
Dr. John Huebschmann, an anesthesiologist at Mount St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, recently returned from a nine-day medical service mission in Europe with the "Hope For Tomorrow" foundation. This culminated in a meeting and blessing from Pope Benedict XVI on May 31.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:00 pm
On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on the Military Construction Appropriations bill and approved $6.1 million for construction of a C-130 flight simulator facility at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:00 pm
State Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-60th, announced Friday that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has made laws of two Grisanti bills.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:00 pm
Great Lakes Seaway Trail's "Sailors, Keepers, Shipwrecks, and the Maid" guidebook tells tales of shoreline's famous and infamous.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:00 pm
Batman fans of all ages will have a rare opportunity to get a firsthand look at the Tumbler and the Bat-Pod when the "Tumbler Tour" makes a stop at Darien Lake to promote the hugely anticipated finale to Nolan's "Batman" trilogy, "The Dark Knight Rises."
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:00 pm
Country music is inspiring breast cancer cures at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Country radio station 106.5 WYRK-FM has been busy collecting autographs, from country music stars who have come through Western New York in the past year, on a custom-designed pink guitar to be raffled off June 4.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:00 pm
The Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame will introduce its 14-member class of 2012, Wednesday afternoon, June 6, in the pavilion area at First Niagara Center.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:00 pm
Assemblyman John D. Ceretto, R-I-Lewiston, helped pass legislation Thursday that allows the names of all firefighters whose deaths resulted from services performed in the line of duty to be inscribed on the memorial at the Empire State Plaza in Albany.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:00 pm
Friday morning, 4,000 vouchers for the "Wallenda Walk" at Niagara Falls sold out within a few minutes www.walkthefalls.com received 9,000 visitors in 10 minutes.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 07:00 am
The Erie Canal Discovery Center, 24 Church St., Lockport, announces a free program and book reading will be offered on Saturday, June 9, at 11 a.m. by retired educator Carol Caisse, who will read her new children's book titled, "Jake Grape and the Snake."
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Thu, May 31st 2012 02:00 pm
Niagara University recently held a graduation ceremony. It didn't come with the pomp and circumstance that came with commencement exercises, but it was no less important.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 02:00 pm
NBC's popular reality series "The Biggest Loser" is launching a 13-city, cross-country search to find new contestants for the next edition of the hit show. Individuals who have at least 85 lbs. to lose are encouraged to apply for the new season, which will air in January 2013.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 01:55 pm
NBC will bring "The CLIOS: World's Best Commercials" to network television in a one-hour primetime special Wednesday, July 25, at 8 p.m. It's hosted by comedian JB Smoove and produced by JUMA Entertainment.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 01:55 pm
The Niagara Celtic Society's second concert of its maiden concert series features a legendary local favorite and a pop band direct from the Emerald Isle.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 01:00 pm
The 16th annual KidBiz Sidewalk Sale will be held Saturday, June 23, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Grand Island.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 01:00 pm
Town of Grand Island government is looking for a local solution to the loss of the EZPass Walk-In Center on Grand Island Boulevard.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 01:00 pm
The Grand Island Central School District's music program recently accepted a national award that notes its status as one of the "Best Communities for Music Education in America."
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Thu, May 31st 2012 12:50 pm
The following incidents occurred from May 14 to 20, as reported by the Grand Island Fire Co. A total of 31 calls were answered by the department during this period. The GIFC has responded to 523 calls so far this year.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 12:45 pm
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Thu, May 31st 2012 12:45 pm
The following activity occurred Monday, May 14, to Sunday, May 20, as reported by the Lewiston Police Department. LPD logged a total of 126 response calls during this period.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 12:40 pm
The following is a sampling of calls received by the Niagara County Sheriff's Office from Wheatfield and the Town of Niagara between May 7 and 13.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 12:40 pm
The following is a sampling of calls answered by the Town of Niagara Police between May 9 and 12.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 12:05 pm
Buffalo Cabinetry, a new member of the Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce, celebrated a ribbon-cutting at its showroom located inside Payne's Carpet Outlet. Members of the chamber, as well as elected leaders and representatives from the Town of Niagara Business and Professional Association, were on hand to welcome Buffalo Cabinetry into the business community.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 11:55 am
Syfy's "Hollywood Treasure" will take viewers behind the scenes to the real-life "District 12," featured in the blockbuster movie "The Hunger Games." Series star Joe Maddalena travels to North Carolina and acquires the auction rights to the Henry River Mill Village property.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 11:55 am
"Music's Biggest Night," the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, returns to Los Angeles' Staples Center on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 (8 to 11:30 p.m.) on the CBS Television Network.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 09:30 am
Nik Wallenda says his mind isn't where it needs to be.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 09:00 am
Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, a global leader in hospitality, will offer additional food and retail options to guests on the American side of Niagara Falls during Nik Wallenda's high-wire walk June 15.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 09:00 am
On Thursday, World No Tobacco Day, officials at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus announced their intention to be entirely tobacco-free by July 4.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 08:55 am
St. John Lutheran School performed "Schoolhouse Rock Live Jr." in two recent performances. Students in kindergarten through sixth grades sang familiar toe-tapping songs.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 08:50 am
The Town of Niagara is celebrating its bicentennial this year. Here's a look back at a bit of its history.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 08:50 am
Residents of the Niagara-Wheatfield School District will have a chance to voice their opinion of the new version of the school district's 2012-13 budget on Wednesday, June 6, at the Adult Learning Center at the high school, 2292 Saunders Settlement Road, Sanborn.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 08:45 am
The Town of Wheatfield's all-volunteer Comprehensive Planning Implementation Task Force, with the cooperation of the Town Planning Board, has completed a two-year study to update the Town of Wheatfield Master Plan, according to Richard W. Muscatello, task force facilitator.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 08:45 am
The Town of Niagara started celebrating its 200th anniversary in January, but in June, things will be heating up, starting with a cannon and ending with fireworks.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 08:45 am
The Niagara County SPCA has announced the animals are experiencing a small outbreak of ringworm and is in immediate need of foster homes willing to treat animals with ringworm.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 08:45 am
A new board of directors was elected Tuesday for the Niagara County SPCA by its members.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 08:00 am
This past Memorial Day weekend, the Northtowns Revolution U14 girls soccer team competed in the Region l Presidents Cup Soccer Tournament in New Hampshire.
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