Mon, Apr 9th 2012 04:05 pm
Photo gallery; the Island Dispatch congratulates the following winners of the 2012 Easter coloring contest:
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Mon, Apr 9th 2012 01:45 pm
The competition comes to an end for four more artists on Tuesday, April 10 (9 p.m.) on "The Voice" Elimination Show live on NBC. In the second of six Elimination Shows, the top three artists from teams Adam and Cee Lo who receive the most viewer votes from the previous night's Performance Show will be saved.
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Mon, Apr 9th 2012 12:35 pm
The Lewiston Community Lions Club is hosting its first awards dinner on Tuesday, May 1, at the Barton Hill Hotel & Spa, 100 Center St. Tickets are $40 per person. The event starts with a cash bar at 5:30 p.m. and follows with dinner at 6:30 p.m.
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Mon, Apr 9th 2012 11:10 am
On Tuesday, April 10, Niagara University will hold a press conference to announce the successful completion of "The Promise of Niagara...The next 150 years," an $80 capital campaign that began in May 2007.
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Mon, Apr 9th 2012 11:00 am
"The Price is Right" welcomes the Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol for a weeklong giveaway event Monday, April 9, to Friday, April 13 (11 a.m.), on the CBS Television Network.
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Mon, Apr 9th 2012 10:35 am
Beginning today, fans of Western New York music can cast their votes for Whiskey Reverb in the Hard Rock Rising contest. The Niagara Falls band is in the running for a spot on the 2012 Hard Rock Calling stage in London.
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Mon, Apr 9th 2012 09:20 am
Niagara University announced today that it has received a $2 million grant from the John R. Oishei Foundation to support construction of the B. Thomas Golisano Center for Integrated Sciences. Construction of the science center is part of the university's $80 million capital campaign, "The Promise of Niagara ... The next 150 years."
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Mon, Apr 9th 2012 08:35 am
The Easy Street Big Band will appear in concert on Saturday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the newly opened Ellicott Creek Playhouse.
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Mon, Apr 9th 2012 08:30 am
The Grand Island Professional Women's Chapter of New York State Women Inc. will meet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18, at Metro Town Center Realty Inc.
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Mon, Apr 9th 2012 08:30 am
Theatre in the Mist closes its 2011-12 season with the dazzling, family favorite "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." "Joseph" opens Friday, April 20, and runs through Sunday, April 29, at Stella Niagara Stage.
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Mon, Apr 9th 2012 07:00 am
Niagara Hospice has announced the creation of the DiMino Lower Niagara 5K Series.
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Sat, Apr 7th 2012 07:00 am
Simon Construction Co. has begun rehabbing the former "Bucket of Blood" at 65 Center St.
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Sat, Apr 7th 2012 07:00 am
The Silo Restaurant will open for the season on Monday. Proprietor Alan Hastings has completely renovated the kitchen with all new, well, everything, he said. The goal is to accelerate the ordering process.
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Sat, Apr 7th 2012 07:00 am
The Service Organizations of Lewiston group has joined forces with the Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce's Lewiston Advisory Committee.
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Sat, Apr 7th 2012 07:00 am
News of interest on the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works site in northern Lewiston continues.
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Sat, Apr 7th 2012 07:00 am
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, announced recently it has begun the process towards formation of a Restoration Advisory Board for the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works site in Lewiston.
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Sat, Apr 7th 2012 07:00 am
The Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce will honor nine businesses and individuals at the annual Chamber Awards Gala on Friday, June 8, at the Niagara Falls Country Club in Lewiston.
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Sat, Apr 7th 2012 07:00 am
If you know a young person who would like to learn a new sport, why not consider sailing? Sailing is a lifelong sport, and there is no better time to learn it than when you are young.
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Sat, Apr 7th 2012 07:00 am
In celebration of Palm Sunday last weekend at First Presbyterian Church of Youngstown, a live donkey led off services, recalling how Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem on the first Palm Sunday.
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Sat, Apr 7th 2012 07:00 am
During the month of March, Niagara University held receptions to present high-achieving students with scholarships to one of its four colleges, as well as its Academic Exploration Program for undeclared majors.
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Fri, Apr 6th 2012 09:10 pm
Top seven finalists perform live Wednesday, April 11, on FOX; Jennifer Hudson with Ne-Yo and Rick Ross plus season 10 finalist James Durbin to perform on next results show
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Fri, Apr 6th 2012 02:55 pm
On March 24, Presti Karate Centers hosted its 12th annual Kid's-only Karate tournament. A total of 150 children, ages 6 to 18, competed in weapons, kata and sparring.
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Fri, Apr 6th 2012 02:35 pm
The following incidents occurred from March 19 to 25, as reported by the Grand Island Fire Co. A total of 28 calls were answered by the department during this period. The GIFC has responded to 304 calls so far this year.
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Fri, Apr 6th 2012 02:35 pm
The Erie County Sheriff's Office reports its officers responded to 164 calls from March 24 to 30. Below is a sampling of only those incidents the ECSO reported to the Island Dispatch.
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Fri, Apr 6th 2012 02:35 pm
The St. Stephen's Parish Players has announced the spring production schedule.
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Fri, Apr 6th 2012 02:35 pm
After a five-month budget development process, the Grand Island Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution for the proposed 2012-13 school district budget in the amount of $53,079,789. This includes a 2.4 percent tax rate increase and a tax levy capped at 3.25 percent. The budget will go to Grand Island voters on Tuesday, May 15.
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Fri, Apr 6th 2012 02:35 pm
Two clerics joined together in music to support a youth program at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church.
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Fri, Apr 6th 2012 02:30 pm
Dick and Jenny Benz met in New Orleans at the Upperline Restaurant - she was a server and he was the chef. After getting married on Uncle PJ's boat on the West River, they decided to open a little dinner restaurant in uptown New Orleans. They called it Dick & Jenny's, of course.
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Fri, Apr 6th 2012 02:30 pm
Sixteen years ago, Grand Island Central School Superintendent Paul Fields appointed Bruce Benson and challenged him to "take Grand Island Middle School into the next century." With forethought and meticulous planning, Benson met the task head on and accomplished exactly that.
During his tenure as principal, six new classrooms were added to the existing building, and it was renamed the "Veronica E. Connor Middle School." More significantly, however, Benson was instrumental in Connor Middle School's rating as one of the top 10 middle schools in Western New York.
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Fri, Apr 6th 2012 02:25 pm
The following is a sampling of calls received by the Niagara County Sheriff's Department between Feb. 27 and March 14.
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Fri, Apr 6th 2012 02:20 pm
It's no secret that school cleaners have a difficult job. That's why 10 students at Edward Town Middle school helped out after school on March 14 as part of the school's "Cleaner Appreciation Day."
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Fri, Apr 6th 2012 02:20 pm
The Kiwanis Club of Niagara-Wheatfield third annual scholarship award will be given to two graduating seniors who reside in either the Town of Niagara or the Town of Wheatfield.
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Fri, Apr 6th 2012 02:00 pm
Deputies arrested a 19-year-old Grand Island man for felony criminal mischief after he damaged property of the Tim Horton's Restaurant with graffiti on March 25.
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Fri, Apr 6th 2012 02:00 pm
Easter and Passover weekend holiday passage over the Niagara River on the three bridges the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission operates is expected to be heavy, but similar to 2011.
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Fri, Apr 6th 2012 02:00 pm
Niagara Hospice has announced its schedule of April community support groups and workshops.
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Fri, Apr 6th 2012 01:55 pm
The Greinert family at 6962 Errick Road, Wheatfield, is continuing its 26-year Easter tradition of decorating its property for the holiday. Paul Greinert carries on the tradition started by his dad, Ed Greinert, former town supervisor, with a lighted cross, bunnies, floral wreaths, Easter baskets and more spread over two acres (as shown above).
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Fri, Apr 6th 2012 01:55 pm
The first neighborhoods affected by Wheatfield's revised recycling program with Modern Corp. rolled out their new 64-gallon carts to the curb this week.
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Thu, Apr 5th 2012 07:10 pm
Niagara Falls International Airport got a double dip of good news Thursday with an announcement of a new flight destination and the news that federal funding for runway construction is on its way.
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Thu, Apr 5th 2012 03:00 pm
The arts can build bridges across cultures, generations and geographies. The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission supports the efforts of Lewiston Council on the Arts as sponsor of the Lewiston Art Festival.
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Thu, Apr 5th 2012 02:55 pm
Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-I-Lewiston, has announced that two solar-related manufacturers in Niagara Falls, Globe Specialty Metals and Precision Electro Minerals, will receive low-cost power from the New York Power Authority to help promote the state's new $30 million solar-energy initiative.
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