Fri, Mar 11th 2011 03:10 pm
The Bergholz Fire Co. and Ladies Auxiliary will hold its monthly chowder and baked goods sale at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 12, at the truck hall on Niagara Road.
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Fri, Mar 11th 2011 03:00 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce has announced the bronze sponsors for the 45th annual Citizen of the Year Award.
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Fri, Mar 11th 2011 03:00 pm
The Grand Island Central School District, in cooperation with the Grand Island School and Business Alliance will present the 13th annual Corporate Bowl March 15 and 22.
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Fri, Mar 11th 2011 03:00 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce has announced that Russell's Restaurant and Salvatore's Grand Hotel is a platinum sponsor for the 45th annual Citizen of the Year award banquet.
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Fri, Mar 11th 2011 09:00 am
Elisabeth Ochs entered into rest Saturday, March 5, 2011, in Dallas.
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Fri, Mar 11th 2011 09:00 am
Grand Island resident Mary M. (Daigler) Henshaw entered into rest Saturday, March 5, 2011.
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Fri, Mar 11th 2011 09:00 am
The Rev. Reba J. Edwards went home to be with the Lord on Monday, March 7, 2011.
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Fri, Mar 11th 2011 09:00 am
Fresh from taking Artpark's "Rock the Park" contest and a headlining slot at the venue this summer, Lewiston's Free Henry! was crowned winner of the Hard Rock Café Niagara Falls' Battle of the Bands on Thursday.
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Thu, Mar 10th 2011 05:00 pm
A snowplow operator accidentally hits your house while clearing the driveway. Ice and snow buildup on the roof leads to water damage inside your house. Ice-laden tree limbs fall and damage your roof.
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Thu, Mar 10th 2011 05:00 pm
The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency board of directors this week approved applications for assistance submitted by Jai Devi Inc., which plans to renovate a vacant building in Niagara Falls into a boutique hotel, and Dojo, LLC, which will be expanding the office building of a long-standing community medical practice in Wheatfield.
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Thu, Mar 10th 2011 05:00 pm
Wheatfield resident Kevin M. Smith is only appointed to the Niagara-Wheatfield Board of Education for a few months, but they are the most important months in the board year as a budget for tough economic times is prepared.
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Wed, Mar 9th 2011 10:50 am
Niagara University announces Martin Byrne Sr. has been elected to a two-year term as president of its Alumni Association. A 1978 alumnus of the university, Byrne is a senior account executive at Toshiba Business Solutions New York.
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Tue, Mar 8th 2011 06:45 pm
Sen. George D. Maziarz, R-C-Newfane, today announced that the New York State Senate has passed legislation (S.3164) backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to enact significant reforms to Power For Jobs, a key program that provides low-cost hydropower to support economic development.
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Tue, Mar 8th 2011 06:35 pm
The Niagara County Conservative Party today announced their endorsement of businesswoman Jane Corwin for New York's 26th Congressional District.
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Tue, Mar 8th 2011 06:35 pm
NBC's freshman series "Law & Order: Los Angeles" will return to the regular lineup with a two-hour original premiere on Monday, April 11 (9-11 p.m. ET). The crime drama procedural will resume in its regular day and time on Monday, April 18 (10 p.m. ET).
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Tue, Mar 8th 2011 06:30 pm
On Sunday, NBC's new alternative series "America's Next Great Restaurant" revealed the top 10 restaurant concepts that will compete throughout the rest of the season. Every week, investors Bobby Flay, Curtis Stone, Steve Ells and Lorena Garcia will test and evaluate these contestants and their concepts in order to determine whose restaurant will open in three locations across the country.
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Tue, Mar 8th 2011 06:15 pm
The Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo, will present Russian National Ballet Theatre in "Romeo & Juliet" on Sunday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, located at the Center for the Arts, North Campus. This performance is sponsored by M&T Bank. There will be a pre-performance talk at 6:45pm.
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Tue, Mar 8th 2011 06:05 pm
Niagara Feline Friends is once again hosting a low-cost spay/neuter clinic for cats on Sunday, March 20.
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Tue, Mar 8th 2011 06:05 pm
On Wednesday, March 9, the Emmy Award-winning syndicated series "The Doctors" (check local listings) welcomes Nancy Grace, host of "Swift Justice," as she candidly discusses the recent heath scare that landed her in the hospital. She weighs in on what women should know about their bodies in order to avoid experiencing a similarly agonizing journey.
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Tue, Mar 8th 2011 06:00 pm
In a series first, Bravo invites former student Bradley Cooper back to his alma mater for a milestone episode of "Inside the Actors Studio" on Monday, March 14, at 7 p.m. After 17 successful seasons and more than 250 celebrity guests, host James Lipton welcomes the first graduate from the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University to join him on the legendary stage for one of the most emotional interviews in the series history.
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Tue, Mar 8th 2011 06:00 pm
Grammy-winning recording artist and actor Marc Anthony has joined the cast of TNT's "Hawthorne," the powerful drama series starring and executive-produced by Jada Pinkett Smith ("The Women," "The Matrix" trilogy). Anthony will reprise the newly expanded role of Police Detective Nick Renata, the character he introduced as a guest star in two episodes last season.
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Mon, Mar 7th 2011 04:20 pm
Shortly before 8 a.m. this morning, Grand Island Fire Co. firefighters responded to a structure fire at 3998 East River Road, which had been reported by a neighbor.
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Mon, Mar 7th 2011 04:00 pm
NBC has named country music's Male Vocalist of The Year Blake Shelton as the fourth and final musician coach of "The Voice," a new musical competition series premiering on Tuesday, April 26 (9-11 p.m. ET). Shelton joins previously announced musician coaches Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green and Adam Levine.
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Mon, Mar 7th 2011 02:15 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce has announced that Fuccillo Chevrolet, the Grand Island Holiday Inn Resort and Conference Center, and Niagara Frontier Publications have signed on as platinum sponsors for the 45th annual Citizen of the Year Awards event.
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Mon, Mar 7th 2011 11:35 am
Deputy Minority Leader Renae Kimble, D-Niagara Falls, announced Sunday that she will not seek re-election to the Niagara County Legislature this fall.
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Mon, Mar 7th 2011 11:25 am
Niagara University announces Timothy M. Downs, Ph.D. has been appointed vice president of academic affairs at the university following a nationwide search. Downs possesses more than 25 years of experience in higher education and currently serves as the dean of the College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences at Gannon University, a Catholic university located in Erie, Pa. He will assume his new position at Niagara on June 13.
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Sat, Mar 5th 2011 01:00 pm
Ransomville Speedway's 2011 rules and membership meeting was seen by speedway organizers as a tremendous success as a total of 102 drivers registered to compete this season.
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Sat, Mar 5th 2011 12:55 pm
For the first time in Lewiston-Porter High School history, four students advanced to the New York State Public High School Sports Association Wrestling Championships at Times Union Center in Albany. Following an 18-3 overall season - a successful run for the team - Ryan Kromer, Dan Reagan, Joe Hill and Bashar Srouji represented Lew-Port at the Section VI wrestling tournament last weekend.
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Sat, Mar 5th 2011 11:00 am
With the snow season finally winding down and spring hopefully right around the corner, the Town of Lewiston Highway Department has already begun to repair normal winter road damage.
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Sat, Mar 5th 2011 11:00 am
Old Fort Niagara held its popular "Winter Camp for Kids" on the fort grounds, Feb. 22-24. The sold-out camp offered area youngsters a chance to experience life 250 years ago and learn some of the skills needed to survive without modern conveniences.
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Sat, Mar 5th 2011 09:00 am
Responding to a recent wave of residential break-ins, the Lewiston Police Department is offering another service to residents. Chief Chris Salada reports the police department will conduct free security assessments of residences.
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Sat, Mar 5th 2011 09:00 am
Residents heard more Monday evening on the growing range of possibilities eyed for Joseph Davis State Park. The discussions followed an agreement finalized hours earlier that day by the Town of Lewiston and New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation on a 10-year lease.
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Sat, Mar 5th 2011 09:00 am
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will hold a public hearing regarding a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on a proposal to upgrade and expand the outdoor amphitheater and support facilities at the Earl W. Brydges Artpark in Lewiston.
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Sat, Mar 5th 2011 09:00 am
The topic of boat storage on properties during warm weather months returned and occupied discussion in what was otherwise a very low-key Porter Town Board session on a frigid night last month.
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Fri, Mar 4th 2011 10:00 pm
The Thurman Brothers will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at Water Street Landing, 115 S. Water St., Lewiston. The event is a Steve Goodman production.
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Fri, Mar 4th 2011 04:25 pm
John Borelli, Ph.D., will deliver an address on "New Challenges for Catholics and Interreligious Dialogue" at Niagara University's Castellani Art Museum at 5:15 p.m. March 8.
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Fri, Mar 4th 2011 04:20 pm
The Lutheran Chorale of the Niagara Frontier will perform a concert at Holy Ghost Lutheran Church at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 13.
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Fri, Mar 4th 2011 04:15 pm
Riverside Presbyterian Church, located at 84th Street and Lindbergh Avenue in Niagara Falls, is presenting a speakers' series.
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Fri, Mar 4th 2011 04:15 pm
Fourth- and fifth-graders at Colonial Village Elementary School gained a new awareness of many careers and an eagerness to explore more, during Career Day on Feb. 4.
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Fri, Mar 4th 2011 04:10 pm
The annual Variety Club Concert of the Stars will be presented at the Historic Riviera Theatre in North Tonawanda on Saturday, March 5, beginning at 7 p.m.
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