Fri, Jun 16th 2023 10:00 am
I am William "Bill" Burg, a longtime family resident of our town and a passionate advocate in the power of community. With over two decades of experience in community volunteering and a deep understanding of our town's unique challenges, I am dedicated to serving you, my neighbors, as we work together to create a prosperous and inclusive town.
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Fri, Jun 16th 2023 09:50 am
Full free edition: The Tribune-Sentinel for June 16, 2023
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Fri, Jun 16th 2023 09:25 am
Adams Fire Co. needs volunteers - and it's going out of its way to find them.
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Fri, Jun 16th 2023 08:55 am
School's out! The sun is shining, and "Live with Kelly and Mark" is geared up for a summer season filled with never-before-seen content, fantastic theme weeks, special guest co-hosts and more to keep viewers entertained all season long.
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Fri, Jun 16th 2023 08:55 am
New York State Sen. Sean Ryan and Assembly member Bill Conrad on Thursday announced $136,000 of funding from New York state to support the revitalization of an existing swing bridge abutment for use as a scenic overlook to the Erie Canal and the historic swing bridge in the City of Tonawanda.
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Fri, Jun 16th 2023 08:55 am
To ensure continuity of emergency care for the local community, Catholic Health will open a temporary emergency department at 5875 S. Transit Road, Lockport, on June 18 at 12:01 a.m., following the closure of Eastern Niagara Hospital on June 17. Mount St. Mary's Hospital will operate the 24/7 emergency department until the new Lockport Memorial Hospital opens in September.
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Fri, Jun 16th 2023 08:55 am
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center announced the 32nd annual Niagara Cup Classic golf tournament is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 14. This year's event will take place at the Niagara Frontier Golf Club in Youngstown.
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Fri, Jun 16th 2023 08:55 am
Are cliffhangers a maddening way for writers to end an otherwise great story? Every audience member is likely to have an opinion but, despite the long history of cliffhangers, there has been little research done to study how audiences respond to the use of this common plot device.
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Fri, Jun 16th 2023 08:55 am
Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. will hold an open house on Thursday, June 22, for the general public and key stakeholders to learn more about and provide input regarding the potential to bring passenger cruise ships to Buffalo.
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Fri, Jun 16th 2023 08:55 am
The New York State Parks Marine Services Bureau is proud to coordinate New York's annual participation in the national Operation Dry Water campaign. This campaign involves law enforcement agencies statewide to educate boaters about the dangers of boating while under the influence of alcohol, marijuana and other drugs, and removing impaired boaters from the waterways. This year, Operation Dry Water's national weekend of amplified outreach and coordinated enforcement is July 1-3.
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Fri, Jun 16th 2023 08:55 am
With about two weeks left in the annual campaign, Appeal 2023 is just over $813,000 away from reaching its $9.5 million goal by June 30. The annual Appeal in support of Catholic Charities and the "Fund for the Faith" is currently at $8,686,534, or more than 91% raised.
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Fri, Jun 16th 2023 08:55 am
EPIC-Every Person Influences Children is the recipient of $25,000 from State Farm. This funding will directly support EPIC's car seat safety program.
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Fri, Jun 16th 2023 08:55 am
Robert P. Ingrasci, CPA, partner of accounting and advisory firm Lumsden McCormick, has been appointed president of the Western New York Estate Planning Council responsible for the more than 100 professional advisers from the accounting, legal and financial services disciplines who are involved in estate planning across Western New York.
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Thu, Jun 15th 2023 11:15 pm
June is Men's Health Month, and the Erie County Department of Health is promoting the U.S. Office of Minority Health's (OMH) theme of "Better Health Through Better Understanding." This campaign is intended to encourage boys and men to utilize quality health care services, information and resources to take charge of their overall health.
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Thu, Jun 15th 2023 11:15 pm
Congressman Brian Higgins, co-chair of the House Cancer Caucus, participated in a briefing for members and congressional staff.
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Thu, Jun 15th 2023 11:10 pm
Naz716 Business & Cultural Center, in collaboration with the Bridge Niagara Foundation, announced the Eid bazaar will take place from 5-10 p.m. Saturday, June 24, at the Ralph Wilson Community Center, located at 530 66th St., Niagara Falls.
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Thu, Jun 15th 2023 11:10 pm
Gov. Kathy Hochul today announced flags on state buildings will be flown at half-staff on June 15 and 16 in honor of fallen Capt. Christopher J. Garrow.
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Thu, Jun 15th 2023 11:10 pm
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced a final lifeguard qualifier will be held for the 2023 season.
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Thu, Jun 15th 2023 11:10 pm
Gov. Kathy Hochul and the departments of Environmental Conservation and Health continue to closely monitor air quality for impacts from Canadian wildfires, as well as ozone and other pollutants.
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Thu, Jun 15th 2023 11:10 pm
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announced 28-year-old Charles L. Jones of Buffalo was sentenced this afternoon before Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio to 50 years in prison.
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Thu, Jun 15th 2023 12:05 pm
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announced a 16-year-old male from Buffalo pleaded guilty this morning before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan, a designated Youth Part Judge, to four counts of manslaughter in the second degree (class "C" felonies), one count of assault in the first degree (class "B" violent felony) and one count of criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree (class "D" felony).
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Thu, Jun 15th 2023 11:55 am
The Youngstown Garden Club's first ever "Plant-O-Rama," held June 3 at the Youngstown Village Center, was everything it set out to be: festive and fun with something for everyone to do.
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Thu, Jun 15th 2023 11:55 am
On Wednesday, Empower held its annual benefit golf tournament to raise funding for job training and day programming for residents of Western New York with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Additionally, Empower honored Bob O'Leary and Gary Kaczor with the Empower Annual Golf Tournament Humanitarian Award in Memory of Neil and Mary Gruppo for their continued dedication to supporting Empower.
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Thu, Jun 15th 2023 11:50 am
"Climb Out of the Darkness," the world's largest event raising awareness of pregnancy and postpartum mental health disorders, will hold a regional climb in Buffalo on June 23.
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Thu, Jun 15th 2023 11:35 am
Nearly 100 full-time union health care workers at Catholic Health's Mount St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston are working to find new job placements following an announcement that the hospital would cut critical patient services for rural Niagara County residents.
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Wed, Jun 14th 2023 07:25 pm
As the leading health care provider in the Niagara Region, we are deeply concerned about the recent announcement by Catholic Health to cut a number of essential services at Mount St. Mary's Hospital. These service cuts, which include surgery, dialysis, imaging, maternity, GI, and some inpatient beds, will undoubtedly have a significant impact on the health care options available to Niagara County residents.
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Wed, Jun 14th 2023 07:20 pm
National Grid has been named a recipient of three Edison Electric Institute Emergency Recovery and Response awards, which recognize the company's exceptional emergency storm response and subsequent restoration of electricity service to hundreds of thousands of customers across upstate New York during multiple severe weather events from November 2022 to March 2023.
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Wed, Jun 14th 2023 07:20 pm
VA Western New York Healthcare System will celebrate the spirit of Juneteenth with two major outreach events conducted by VA employee, FeedMore WNY and Resurrection Life Church volunteers.
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Wed, Jun 14th 2023 07:20 pm
To start the paving season, we have identified 10 streets that will be getting repaved starting as early as the end of this week. The first 10 are:
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Wed, Jun 14th 2023 07:20 pm
Congressman Brian Higgins is objecting to changes to the 1,500-hour pilot training rule included in the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act (H.R.3935). The bill will reauthorize the authority and funding for the Federal Aviation Administration for the next five years.
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Wed, Jun 14th 2023 07:20 pm
In what it called "a continued commitment to strengthen and expand feeding programs in Western New York and reach more underserved community members," FeedMore WNY announced plans to build a new facility.
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Wed, Jun 14th 2023 07:20 pm
Melissa Elliott, a biology teacher at North Tonawanda High School, is among the 15 educators from five Great Lakes states who will become scientists during the 2023 Lake Ontario Shipboard Science Workshop aboard the U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) Research Vessel Lake Guardian.
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Wed, Jun 14th 2023 07:20 pm
While lawmakers across the country take aim at how Black history is taught in schools - from dictating language (like avoiding words such as "diversity") and banning books - educators are walking a tightrope trying to stay on top of it all, while still giving their students a complete picture of American and Black histories.
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Wed, Jun 14th 2023 07:20 pm
Niagara County Legislator Jeffrey Elder today announced the schedule of events for celebrating Juneteenth in the City of Niagara Falls on Monday, June 19. Elder is co-chairing the Juneteenth organizing committee.
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Wed, Jun 14th 2023 07:15 pm
Troy Vincent, NFL executive vice president, and Tommi Vincent, chair of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, have launched The Vincent Commission, a newly established entity formed to study and address gender-based violence on college and university campuses.
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Wed, Jun 14th 2023 07:05 pm
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center announced the appointment of Dr. Peter Muscarella as its chief of surgery, effective July 1. Muscarella will lead the surgical team in providing care and advancing surgical advancements.
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Wed, Jun 14th 2023 07:05 pm
The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts will present Grammy Award-winning artists Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin together on stage on Friday, Oct. 20, in the Mainstage Theatre, located at the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
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Wed, Jun 14th 2023 07:05 pm
New York Secretary of State Robert J. Rodriguez announced $100,000 in funding will be allocated to the Community Action Organization of Western New York to assist East Buffalo residents with housing security. The funding will be used to provide case management and rental and mortgage assistance to 100 families and individuals to prevent evictions and help families maintain safe, stable and permanent housing.
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Wed, Jun 14th 2023 11:35 am
Myriad hit singles will echo down the Niagara River on July 11 when the Barenaked Ladies return to Artpark with "The Last Summer on Earth Tour." But one song will be especially poignant in light of continuing hostility in Ukraine.
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Tue, Jun 13th 2023 04:25 pm
On Tuesday, KeyBank hosted its 32nd annual "Neighbors Make the Difference Day." From 1-5 p.m., hundreds of teammates in Buffalo spent time volunteering with community organizations at more than 40 service projects in the region. They joined thousands of KeyBank teammates nationwide in receiving paid time off to volunteer at more than 500 projects in the neighborhoods where they live and work.
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