Sat, Jul 30th 2011 12:35 am
NBCUniversal has joined forces with Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation to encourage viewers to go "Channel Smurfing" with a multiplatform advertising campaign spanning nine NBCUniversal properties promoting "The Smurfs," the hybrid live-action/computer-animated family comedy coming to theaters July 29.
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Sat, Jul 30th 2011 12:35 am
The Niagara County Fair has always had a progressive approach to entertaining fairgoers.
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Sat, Jul 30th 2011 12:20 am
The Niagara County Builders Association brought its own version of a parade to this year's Canal Fest parade in North Tonawanda. The builders' float highlighted their Parade of Homes show, which will open Sept. 17 and run for three weekends.
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Sat, Jul 30th 2011 12:20 am
Amy Stewart visited Tuesday's Town Commons concert series to help support the Miracle League of Grand Island and Western New York's effort to raise money for an adaptive baseball diamond in Veterans Park for ballplayers with disabilities.
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Sat, Jul 30th 2011 12:15 am
This year, the Grand Island Lions Club's Special Kids Picnic entertained more than 800 kids and their chaperones to a day of food and fun, including boat rides, pony rides, face painting, music, hot dogs and hamburgers. The Lions rely on donations from the community to fund this event.
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Sat, Jul 30th 2011 12:15 am
At its Monday evening meeting, the Grand Island Board of Education discussed the composition of the capital project planning committee.
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Sat, Jul 30th 2011 12:10 am
Building reconfiguration of elementary school grade levels is off the table for now as the Grand Island Central School District continues work on a possible capital construction project.
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Sat, Jul 30th 2011 12:00 am
The Erie County Sheriff's Office reports its officers responded to 437 calls from July 8 to 22. Below is a sampling of only those incidents the ECSO reported to the Island Dispatch.
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Sat, Jul 30th 2011 12:00 am
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Sat, Jul 30th 2011 12:00 am
Lewiston Music promoter Steve Goodman's debut "Hot Pepper & Salsa Festival" has been pushed back a few weeks. The Village of Lewiston approved use of Academy Park on Aug. 16 and 17 for the event, but that was too early for the man who just hosted the Lewiston Music Festival on July 8 and 9.
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Sat, Jul 30th 2011 12:00 am
Jerk chicken, island drinks, live music and limbo will greet guests next Sunday at the Wilson Boat House. Music promoter Steve Goodman is producing a "Caribbean Experience," complete with restaurant specials, entertainment and one very special guest.
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Sat, Jul 30th 2011 12:00 am
Two local credit unions, the Greater Niagara Federal Credit Union and North Tonawanda Community Federal Credit Union merged together on April 8 of this year.
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Sat, Jul 30th 2011 12:00 am
The following activity occurred Monday, July 18, to Sunday, 24, as reported by the Lewiston Police Department. LPD reported a total of 144 responses during this period.
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Fri, Jul 29th 2011 11:55 pm
Two more members of the Western New York Young Marines are attending leadership school this summer.
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Fri, Jul 29th 2011 11:55 pm
With the 2010-11 school year now history, the Lewiston-Porter Athletic Department announced the presentation of two special honors.
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Fri, Jul 29th 2011 11:55 pm
Niagara Hospice recently announced its schedule of August community grief support groups and workshops. These groups are designed to provide education and support to people in the community to help them navigate the journey of grief and adapt to their losses in a healthy way.
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Fri, Jul 29th 2011 11:55 pm
All eyes and ears were on Jim Stachowski, environmental engineer for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as he led off and occupied much of Tuesday's Lewiston-Porter School Board meeting.
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Fri, Jul 29th 2011 11:50 pm
Record heat greeted race fans and drivers alike last Friday night at Ransomville Speedway.
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Fri, Jul 29th 2011 11:45 pm
The following is a statement released Friday by Assemblyman John Ceretto
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Fri, Jul 29th 2011 11:40 pm
St. John's Episcopal Church, Main and Chestnut streets in Youngstown, will hold its annual rummage sale.
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Fri, Jul 29th 2011 11:35 pm
With newly appointed U.S. Army Corps facilitator Doug Sarno in attendance, members of the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works Restoration Advisory Board voted to officially dissolve and emerge anew.
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Fri, Jul 29th 2011 11:25 pm
"I'm too old for this. ..." Not really.
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Fri, Jul 29th 2011 07:25 am
The Niagara-Wheatfield Business Honor Society held its first Technology Night this spring.
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Fri, Jul 29th 2011 07:00 am
The Niagara-Wheatfield Class of 1981 is planning its 30-year reunion, and it's not to late to get in on the fun.
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Fri, Jul 29th 2011 07:00 am
Students in Tom Destino's heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration program recently were recognized for their hard work and dedication at the end of year ceremony held at the Niagara Career and Technical Education Center.
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Thu, Jul 28th 2011 03:50 pm
Jerry Wolfgang's TV program, "Target Success," can be seen on LCTV and OSC-21. Tune in weekly to see guests from the local community.
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Thu, Jul 28th 2011 03:50 pm
On July 13, the ladies nine and 18 hole leagues at the Niagara Falls Country Club got together to hold the annual "Go For Pink" golf tournament. The proceeds raised from the entry fee, hole sponsors, Chinese auction, raffle and donations were more than $6,000 and presented to Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health Center's Breast Care Center.
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Thu, Jul 28th 2011 03:45 pm
Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-I-Lewiston, today expressed his support of Innovate NY, a startup equity fund designed to promote job creation, increase growth in entrepreneurship and spur economic development throughout the state. The program, which Ceretto helped pass this year, was signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo yesterday.
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Thu, Jul 28th 2011 01:45 pm
The following is a sampling of calls in Wheatfield and Town of Niagara as reported by the Niagara County Sheriff's Office from July 4 to 9.
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Thu, Jul 28th 2011 01:40 pm
The following is a sampling of calls received by the Town of Niagara Police between July 7 and 13.
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Thu, Jul 28th 2011 01:40 pm
When Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center celebrated the recent restoration of Schoellkopf Park, hospital officials promised it would be a centerpiece of community activity.
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Thu, Jul 28th 2011 01:40 pm
Niagara County Tim Hortons Cafe & Bake Shops have created a distinctive sprinkled doughnut to help raise funds for Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara.
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Thu, Jul 28th 2011 01:35 pm
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Thu, Jul 28th 2011 01:35 pm
Parent Network of WNY is offering "Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): Social Intervention Strategies for Home and School," a free workshop for families of individuals with ASD.
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Thu, Jul 28th 2011 01:30 pm
State Police Motorcycle Trooper Arthur Pittman was northbound in the passing lane on I-190 in the Town of Lewiston at about 5:55 p.m. July 26, when the operator of a 2006 Mazda entered the trooper's lane and sideswiped him.
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Thu, Jul 28th 2011 01:30 pm
Susan Mikula Campbell, editor of Niagara Frontier Publications' Niagara-Wheatfield Tribune, won a New York Press Build A Better Newspaper Contest award this year.
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Thu, Jul 28th 2011 01:30 pm
Niagara-Wheatfield Amateur Athletics is now accepting travel soccer tryout registration.
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Thu, Jul 28th 2011 01:25 pm
The Ransomville Lions is hosting the annual Lions Night at the Races on Aug. 12 at the Ransomville Speedway, to benefit the Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Program.
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Thu, Jul 28th 2011 01:20 pm
Author Marilyn Foote of Amherst will be signing copies of her children's book "Puddinhead" from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Aug. 5 at Potter's House. 723 Seventh St., Niagara Falls.
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Thu, Jul 28th 2011 01:20 pm
St. Jude Shrine, 975 Ridge Road, Lewiston, is sponsoring a pulled pork and rib barbecue dinner from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7.
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