Fri, Nov 18th 2011 05:40 pm
With the ink barely dry on the 2011 season, the management of Ransomville Speedway has immediately turned its focus on the 2012 year. The successes of both 2010 and 2011 with solid car counts and a great fan base has prompted a purse increase in the Mighty Taco Modifieds, Original Pizza Logs Sportsman, and Ki-Po Chevrolet Streetstocks.
"In light of the recent successful seasons, we feel it's time to help out the drivers with their costs by increasing the purse in our three weekly divisions," commented co-promoter Jamie Friesen. "The full 2012 purses will be released along with the Ransomville rules structure for next year by Dec. 5," continued Friesen. "I do not foresee any major changes."
For the 2012 season - the Mighty Taco Modified feature winner will now earn $1,500, an increase from $1,200 in 2011.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 05:40 pm
The Wilson Central School District reports the middle/high school will hold an open house on Monday, Nov. 21. Classes are not being held and students will not have to report that day. The school's faculty will be on hand to meet with parents in two sessions - from noon to 4 p.m. and from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 05:35 pm
Rebecca Christie, the new owner of Savory Sips/Village Wine Tours recently celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Chamber of Commerce and Village of Lewiston officials.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 05:35 pm
The Lewiston Choraleers will kick off its popular Christmas concert series on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 2 p.m.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 03:35 pm
On Saturday, Nov. 19, Health System Services, a local medical equipment supplier, will host "Diabetes Awareness Day' from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The event is open to the public and will take place within the company's showroom at 6867 Williams Road, Wheatfield.
Highlights of "Diabetes Awareness Day" include: free gift bags and product samples for the first 50 guests; vendor information tables; guest speakers; prize drawings; and tips on healthy eating and lifestyle.
In addition, local health care professionals throughout the day will present educational seminars. Seminars include "Making the Right Choices: Foot Care & Diet," presented by Dr. Charles Rice of the Mount St. Mary's Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine; and "Healthy Eating Tips with Diabetes," presented by Deb Hoffman, certified diabetes educator at Mount St. Mary's.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 02:00 pm
The following is a sampling of calls received by the Town of Niagara Police between Oct. 26 and Nov. 4.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 01:55 pm
Monday evening, members of the Grand Island Board of Education met with school administrators and members of the district's facility committee to formulate an effective public information plan regarding the possible 2011 capital project. Two separate propositions, in the amounts of $46,822,155 and $4,596,629, will go to public vote on Tuesday, Dec. 20.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 01:20 pm
A Saturday matinee performance by the Spotlighters drama club at Grand Island High School will be a family reunion of sorts.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 01:00 pm
The Grand Island Town Board approved a 2012 budget last Thursday with roughly 2 percent increases in tax rates across budget lines.
The general fund appropriations total $6,764,540, with the amount raised by taxation at $2,162,590.The estimated tax rate, $3.12 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, is an increase of 2.2 percent from the 2011 rate of $3.053.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 01:00 pm
The election of Councilwoman Mary Cooke to town supervisor has necessitated a search for another council member.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 01:00 pm
Islanders celebrated a windy Veterans Day at the Memorial Wall on Bedell Road last Friday.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 01:00 pm
Grand Island Fire Co. Cadet Evan Shaw was awarded the prestigious Eagle Scout rank during a special ceremony on Oct. 28 at fire headquarters.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 01:00 pm
Kester Bleich of Grand Island receives a flag from a Boy Scout during Friday's Veterans Day ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Wall on Bedell Road.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 01:00 pm
John Anthony and John Rodriguez were promoted.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 01:00 pm
The Erie County Sheriff's Office reports its officers responded to 198 calls from Nov. 5 to Nov. 11. Below is a sampling of only those incidents the ECSO reported to the Island Dispatch.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 01:00 pm
Eight very enthused Kaegebein students had an unusual but exciting ride to school on Monday, Oct. 17. They were picked up and driven to school in Grand Island Fire Co. trucks.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 01:00 pm
The following incidents occurred from Nov. 7 to 13, as reported by the Grand Island Fire Co. A total of 28 calls were answered by the department during this period.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 01:00 pm
Harold "Sarge" Hess, entered into rest Nov. 15, 2011. He was a resident of Grand Island.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 01:00 pm
Marion "the Barber" Mancuso, entered into rest Nov. 15, 2011.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 12:40 pm
When is a procedural not a just a procedural? When the villains are characters from "Grimm's Fairy Tales."
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 12:00 pm
Yolanda (Cuppari) Grande, 88, of Alexandria, Va., formerly of Niagara Falls, N.Y., died on Saturday Nov. 12, at Mount Vernon Rehabilitation and Patient Center in Alexandria, Va.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 09:00 am
Stacy Francis, one of Nicole Scherzinger's Over 30 finalists, was eliminated Thursday night from "The X Factor." After Steve Jones announced that Francis and Astro received the fewest votes, judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, L.A. Reid and Scherzinger listened to the two finalists perform their "song for survival" and then eliminated Francis.
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Fri, Nov 18th 2011 07:00 am
Students in Mr. Beatty's fourth-grade class at Tuscarora Indian School recently spent a day learning about the history of Lewiston.
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Thu, Nov 17th 2011 02:25 pm
Rock in the New Year at Hard Rock Café, Niagara Falls, USA. On Saturday, Dec. 31, Old Falls Street becomes the Times Square of Western New York, as the Hard Rock hosts the city's third annual New Year's Eve Guitar Drop.
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Thu, Nov 17th 2011 02:10 pm
The winter season is just around the corner, but the Seneca casinos are already "thinking spring" for entertainment. Blockbuster performances by Chicago, Regis Philbin, Loretta Lynn, The Moody Blues, Englebert Humperdinck and Travis Tritt are booked for March through June 2012.
Philbin, fresh off a break from "LlVE! with Regis and Kelly," resumes his other passion -- singing -- with a trip to Seneca Niagara Events Center on March 2 for an 8 p.m. show. Philbin will be accompanied by a 22-piece orchestra to perform standards such as "You Make Me Feel So Young" and "It Had to Be You." Tickets start at $40 and go on sale at noon on Monday, Dec. 5.
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Thu, Nov 17th 2011 02:05 pm
Two local businesses are doing their part to raise prematurity awareness and fund programs to improve the health of babies. Prima Pizza and Pasta and Fantastic Sams have partnered with the March of Dimes, the leading organization for pregnancy and baby health, to support the first ever World Prematurity Day on Thursday, Nov. 17.
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Thu, Nov 17th 2011 02:00 pm
The Niagara University Family Business Center recently hosted a breakfast forum titled "Keys to Success in Three Generations: A Basil Family Panel Discussion." Panelists included, from left, Joe, Mike, John, Jim, Robert and Chuck Basil.
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Thu, Nov 17th 2011 08:45 am
The annual opening ceremony for the Niagara Falls Holiday Lights Trail will be held in the parking lot at Sal Maglie Stadium on Wednesday, Nov. 23, with entertainment starting at 5 p.m., the official ceremony at 6 p.m., and fireworks at 6:15 p.m.
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Thu, Nov 17th 2011 07:00 am
Nov. 18 to 20 is the Niagara Wine Trail's "Share the Bounty" event.
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Thu, Nov 17th 2011 07:00 am
William L. Ross, the county legislator representing Wheatfield and Lewiston in the new 2nd Legislative District, will hold his annual fall resident meeting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Wheatfield Community Center.
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Thu, Nov 17th 2011 07:00 am
The next Wheatfield Business Association meeting will be Monday, Nov. 21, at the Wheatfield Community Center at the corner of Maple and Church roads.
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Thu, Nov 17th 2011 07:00 am
Memorial recently invested more than $1 million in advanced cardiac telemetry technology for its ER1 Emergency Department, ICU and inpatient Heart & Stroke Center.
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Thu, Nov 17th 2011 07:00 am
The Kiwanis Club of Niagara-Wheatfield began September participating in the Lewiston Peach Festival, inducted its newest officers early in October and assisted in the Electric Lights Parade just before Halloween.
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Thu, Nov 17th 2011 07:00 am
Town of Niagara resident Nick Occhipinti and his grandson, Vinny, drop off a donation at the bin in Town Hall supporting the second annual "Peanut Butter & Jelly Drive" to help area food pantries feed less fortunate families with children.
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Thu, Nov 17th 2011 07:00 am
Following up on last week's budget hearing, the Wheatfield Town Board on Monday approved an $11.8 million budget for 2012.
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Thu, Nov 17th 2011 07:00 am
"If you are a good landlord and a good tenant, you have nothing to fear," Town of Niagara Supervisor Steve Richards said Tuesday as the Town Board passed a new landlord law.
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Wed, Nov 16th 2011 11:00 pm
Nik Wallenda will know before Christmas whether he can stage his wirewalk across the Niagara Gorge in front of the Horseshoe Falls.
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Wed, Nov 16th 2011 08:00 pm
The $5 million grand prize notwithstanding, the Stereo Hogzz said they got exactly what they wanted from their time on "The X Factor."
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Wed, Nov 16th 2011 12:45 pm
Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-I-Lewiston, today took the New York Power Authority to task for proceeding with rate hikes on customers.
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Wed, Nov 16th 2011 12:10 pm
The Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce would love to see your business decorated for the holidays! Enjoy this special offer from Bradt Tree Farms.
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