Fri, Sep 16th 2011 11:00 pm
Lewiston-Porter Middle School dedicated a new student sculpture this past Wednesday, Sept. 14. The work is a culmination of a yearlong collaboration with the Ashford Hallow Foundation and funded through a Target: Arts in Education Grant called "Sculpting Character."
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 11:00 pm
With weeks of warm weather and the residual buzz from a "Man v. Food" taping, The Silo Restaurant had a great summer. In fact, "We've had a landmark season," Manager Alan Hastings said. "We weren't really expecting this much business."
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 11:00 pm
Rivershore Inc. might have been without a speaker for its gala dinner next week were it not for some blind jokes and a few barbs at cerebral palsy in the 1970s.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 11:00 pm
The Lewiston Harvest Festival returns to Center Street next weekend.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 10:30 pm
The following activity occurred Monday, Sept. 5, to Sunday, Sept. 11, as reported by the Lewiston Police Department. LPD reported a total of 83 calls during this period.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 10:25 pm
The boating season is winding down and Porter finally has its boating storage law in place.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 10:05 pm
The following is a sampling of calls received by the Town of Niagara Police between Aug. 22 and 31.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 10:00 pm
The following is a sampling of calls answered by the Niagara County Sheriff's Office in Wheatfield and Town of Niagara between Aug. 22-31
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 10:00 pm
The St. Johnsburg Volunteer Fire Co. Inc. was proud to participate in the Niagara Air Show this past weekend with our aerial ladder.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 10:00 pm
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 10:00 pm
Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls USA on Military Road will hold a job fair from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 22.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 09:55 pm
A brief 9/11 remembrance ceremony was held on the grounds of the Whistle Pig restaurant on Military Road on Sunday.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 09:50 pm
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 09:45 pm
Niagara County's Refuse Disposal District will hold one of its popular pharmaceutical collections Saturday in Wheatfield, Niagara County Legislature Chairman William L. Ross, C-Wheatfield, announced.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 09:40 pm
The League of Women Voters Buffalo/Niagara will kick off its 2011-12 events with a meeting featuring David Swarts, who will address "What Does it Mean to Be a Public Servant?" Swarts, a lifelong resident of Erie County and a former middle school social studies teacher, served as Erie County clerk and commissioner of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. He will offer his unique perspective on this question.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 09:35 pm
The Erie County Sheriff's Office reports its officers responded to 195 calls from Sept. 3 to 9. Below is a sampling of only those incidents the ECSO reported to the Island Dispatch.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 09:35 pm
The following incidents occurred from Sept. 5 to 11, as reported by the Grand Island Fire Co. A total of 24 calls were answered by the department during this period. The GIFC has now responded to 1,063 calls so far this year.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 09:30 pm
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 09:30 pm
The abandoned gas station next to DeGlopper Park is undergoing demolition.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 09:30 pm
A contingent of first responders from the Grand Island Fire Co. headed east to aid fellow New Yorkers recover from the impact of Hurricane Irene.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 09:25 pm
Soccer players looking to take their skills to the next level, whatever level that is, need look no further than an Island enterprise for help.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 09:00 pm
The Child Advocacy Center of Niagara, in conjunction with the Niagara County Department of Social Services, will host a two-day regional child fatality investigation and prevention training on Sept. 22-23.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 04:35 pm
Villa Maria College announces Bishop Edward Kmiec of the Diocese of Buffalo will celebrate a Mass on Sunday, Sept. 25, at 4 p.m. in the Villa Maria Convent Chapel located at 600 Doat St. The Mass will mark the college's final event in its yearlong 50th anniversary celebrations. Following the event, a celebratory banquet will be held at Salvatore's Italian Gardens in Buffalo.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 04:30 pm
Ryan Homes will hold a Buffalo sales career fair for potential sales and marketing representatives on Wednesday, Sept. 21, from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 04:25 pm
What does Times Square, the Las Vegas Strip and Disney World all have in common with Niagara USA?
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 04:20 pm
The Niagara Tourism and Convention Corporation's new visitor center located in downtown Niagara Falls was named best New Construction at the 2011 Business First Brick by Brick Award ceremony held Thursday at the Statler Towers, Buffalo.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 07:00 am
A Gust of Sun Winery & Vineyard, located at 4515 Bear Road, Ransomville, will host a grand opening celebration today, Saturday, Sept. 17, from noon to 6 p.m.
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Fri, Sep 16th 2011 07:00 am
Today, I am formally announcing my intention to run for another term as the Town of Lewiston highway superintendent.
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Thu, Sep 15th 2011 02:00 pm
Lewiston teenager Michelle Ball recently had the opportunity to appear in Hollywood's biggest budget film of the year: "The Dark Knight Rises." The picture, staring Christian Bale and directed by Christopher Nolan, follows the success of "The Dark Knight," which was the third largest financial grossing movie of all time. With a returning cast and crew from the original movies (including "Batman Begins"), "The Dark Knight Rises" is sure to be the blockbuster hit of the 2012 summer season.
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Thu, Sep 15th 2011 01:40 pm
NBC's top-rated summer hit "America's Got Talent" crowned Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. as the winner of season six last night. Murphy beat out thousands of acts, including finalists POPLYFE, the Silhouettes and Team iLuminate to take home the coveted $1 million grand prize and an opportunity to headline a show in Las Vegas.
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Thu, Sep 15th 2011 01:30 pm
The 2011 "Every Step" Walk to benefit the Hunter's Hope Foundation will take place at Martin's Fantasy Island on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 17. Walk participants will raise money for Hunter's Hope by following a route that leads them through the Grand Island park's landscaped grounds, around the carousel and children's rides, up the Western Street, and down the midway.
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Thu, Sep 15th 2011 01:25 pm
The Niagara Regional Theatre Guild presents "Fiddler on the Roof" Sept. 23 through Oct. 8. Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 2, at 3 p.m. at the Ellicott Creek Playhouse, 530 Ellicott Creek Road, Tonawanda.
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Thu, Sep 15th 2011 01:25 pm
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Thu, Sep 15th 2011 01:25 pm
Church Women United in Niagara Falls and Vicinity will hold its fall forum at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at St. James United Methodist Church, 4661 Porter Road, Niagara Falls.
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Thu, Sep 15th 2011 01:25 pm
The First Volunteer Fire Co. of Bergholz, 2470 Niagara Road, will hold its annual Chiavetta's chicken barbecue from noon until sold out on Sunday, Sept. 18.
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Thu, Sep 15th 2011 01:20 pm
Students and staff at the Orleans/Niagara BOCES' Niagara Career and Technical Education Center recently played host to the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.
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Thu, Sep 15th 2011 01:20 pm
The Niagara-Wheatfield Board of Education is promising the public a long public meeting once the results of the district's independent audit are available.
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Thu, Sep 15th 2011 01:20 pm
Monday's Wheatfield Town Board meeting showed that residents remain skeptical about plans for the Captain's Way subdivision off Shawnee Road.
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Thu, Sep 15th 2011 01:15 pm
A Niagara-Wheatfield school bus on its way to the Niagara Charter School was in an accident with a Jeep at Lockport and Packard roads at about 8:49 a.m. Wednesday.
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Thu, Sep 15th 2011 01:15 pm
Current Wheatfield Supervisor Robert Cliffe and councilmen Larry Helwig and Gilbert Doucet handily defeated their opponents in their Republican primary races on Tuesday.
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