Thu, Jun 6th 2019 08:00 pm
Thursday evening, seven student athletes from Lewiston-Porter High School signed to continue their playing careers collegiately.
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Thu, Jun 6th 2019 03:15 pm
2018-19 was indeed a dominant school year for Niagara-Wheatfield athletics. On Wednesday, at the Niagara Frontier League end of the year banquet, the program added to its impressive resume by winning the Niagara Frontier League "President's Cup" Supremacy Award.
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Thu, Jun 6th 2019 11:55 am
The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics will kick-off at noon on Tuesday, June 11. A group will run from The Kiernan Center at Niagara University to the Red Brick Municipal Building in the Village of Lewiston.
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Thu, Jun 6th 2019 11:55 am
Democrat Congressman Brian Higgins announced the Buffalo Niagara International Airport will receive a total of $1,472,496 in federal funding provided in three grants awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Thu, Jun 6th 2019 11:55 am
Republican New York State Sen. Rob Ortt and Assemblyman Angelo J. Morinello called for local representation to be placed on the Bear Ridge solar project siting board before the project moves forward. The legislators are questioning why the Senate majority leader and the speaker of the Assembly failed to appoint ad hoc members to the siting board of the proposed Bear Ridge solar project.
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Thu, Jun 6th 2019 11:55 am
The Niagara River Greenway Commission will meet on Tuesday, June 11, to determine the consistency of the 86th round of projects. The meeting will begin at 3 p.m. at the Old Fort Niagara Officers Club, 2 Scott Ave, Youngstown. The general meeting will be preceded by the business meeting, which is at 2 p.m.
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Thu, Jun 6th 2019 11:55 am
On Monday, June 10, Assemblyman Angelo J. Morinello will meet with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, state legislators, and the Lake Ontario Resiliency and Economic Development Commission (REDI) at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center in Rochester to discuss Lake Ontario's rapidly rising water levels. Attendees will identify ways to strengthen and reinforce the lake's shoreline, and work to limit damage if water levels rise in the future.
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Thu, Jun 6th 2019 11:55 am
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance announced felony charges against Justin Beebe, 36, of Tonawanda.
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Thu, Jun 6th 2019 11:50 am
Food truck aficionado Brad Miller returns to Cooking Channel with a new season of "Food Truck Nation," premiering Tuesday, July 16 (9 p.m. ET).
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Thu, Jun 6th 2019 07:35 am
North Tonawanda Mayor Arthur G. Pappas, along with the city officials, invite the public to attend the annual Fireman's Inspection Day Parade starting at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 15.
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Thu, Jun 6th 2019 07:35 am
The North Tonawanda Department of Youth, Recreation and Parks will officially open the Memorial Pool at 1 p.m. on Friday, June 21. This year the department said it's proud to announce both the Memorial Pool and Raindrop Spray Pool will be open additional hours from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday afternoons.
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Thu, Jun 6th 2019 07:30 am
At Tuesday night's North Tonawanda Common Council meeting, Recreation Director Alex Domaradzki and Lumber City Development Corporation Executive Director Michael Zimmerman briefly discussed possible improvements to Gratwick Riverside Park.
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Thu, Jun 6th 2019 07:15 am
The McGuire Group's Northgate Health Care Facility in North Tonawanda recently announced that Coni A. Ciffa of Wheatfield celebrated her 20-year employment anniversary with the company.
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Thu, Jun 6th 2019 07:05 am
At the Greater Niagara FCU annual meeting on Saturday June 1, Levi Siegmann of Troop 824 presented four children's tables he built for his Eagle Scout project.
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Thu, Jun 6th 2019 07:00 am
Sanborn native and Mount St. Mary Academy graduate Kelsey Kwandrans has won a 2019-20 U.S. Student Fulbright award to Spain. Kwandrans graduated in May from SUNY Geneseo with a B.A. degree in English and a minor in Spanish.
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Thu, Jun 6th 2019 07:00 am
Many have said, "You've been given the gift of life, give it back." Locals will have the opportunity to do just that and enhance or save a life come June 19.
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Thu, Jun 6th 2019 07:00 am
On Saturday, June 8, the Town of Niagara will host its third Trash to Treasure event in Veterans Memorial Community Park, 7000 Joe Rotella Way.
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Wed, Jun 5th 2019 07:35 pm
Recently, the Niagara-Wheatfield JV Softball team raised not only Lupus awareness, but also over $800 for the Lupus Alliance of Upstate New York.
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Wed, Jun 5th 2019 07:30 pm
From 8 a.m. to noon on Sunday, June 9, the Sanborn-Lewiston Farm Museum, 2660 Saunders Settlement Road, will host an all you can eat pancake breakfast.
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Wed, Jun 5th 2019 07:30 pm
The North Tonawanda Department of Youth, Recreation and Parks will kick off its annual Easy Listening Concert Series at Raymond Klimek Veterans Park on Thursday, June 6.
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Wed, Jun 5th 2019 07:00 pm
At approximately 11 a.m. on May 30, the Niagara County Sheriff's Office and United States Marshal Service Violent Felony Task Force, under the direction of Charles Salina, United States marshal, acted on numerous tips that were submitted to Crime Stoppers of Buffalo regarding a possible location of Shane Hescox.
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Wed, Jun 5th 2019 07:00 pm
It's been a long and impressive season for the Niagara-Wheatfield girls track and field team, and recently the season got a little better.
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Wed, Jun 5th 2019 04:30 pm
With construction now complete on 765 Fairchild Place, and people moving into the extravagant apartment complex, there was just one box left to check-off before the project was officially finished: a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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Wed, Jun 5th 2019 11:45 am
Award-winning Native American singer/songwriter Darryl Tonemah will perform a free, acoustic concert at the Hennepin Park Gazebo (Center and North Fourth streets) in Lewiston at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 22.
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Wed, Jun 5th 2019 11:45 am
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is accepting applications for federally funded volunteer fire assistance grants, Commissioner Basil Seggos announced. The deadline for applications is June 28.
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Wed, Jun 5th 2019 11:45 am
The New York state departments of Environmental Conservation and Health encouraged New Yorkers to learn about harmful algal blooms, or "HABs," as temperatures rise and the 2019 HABs notification season starts.
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Wed, Jun 5th 2019 11:45 am
New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal announced passage of legislation prohibiting the declawing of cats, and imposing a fine of $1,000 on veterinarians who perform the procedure for no valid reason (A. 1303, Rosenthal).
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Wed, Jun 5th 2019 11:45 am
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Towne Automotive Group announced it is holding a special sales promotion during the month of June to benefit FeedMore WNY. Towne Automotive Group will donate a portion of the proceeds from every vehicle sold during the promotion to the new nonprofit organization formed when Meals on Wheels for WNY and the Food Bank of WNY joined forces earlier this year.
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Wed, Jun 5th 2019 11:45 am
Girl Scouts of Western New York invites the community to attend its free "Daisy for a Day" events. Girls entering kindergarten and first grade in the fall and their families will discover what it means to be a Girl Scout, how to get involved, and enjoy fun activities from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 29. RSVP at one of six locations at gswny.org or by calling 1-888-837-6410.
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Wed, Jun 5th 2019 11:45 am
Gerrard P. Bushell, Ph.D., president and CEO of the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, announced Catholic Health System Inc. issued more than $180 million in bonds through DASNY, in a financing led by Bank of America, Merrill Lynch.
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Wed, Jun 5th 2019 10:50 am
The 2019 "Tuesdays in the Park" summer concert series began this week with a pair of crowd-pleasing performances by rock 'n' roll legends Sammy Hagar and Night Ranger. The "super" show - named that way for its unique pricing and seating configurations - lived up to billing, as the acts enthusiastically ran through five decades of hit songs, paired with a generous sampling of deep cuts.
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Tue, Jun 4th 2019 05:45 pm
On Tuesday, 16 Niagara Falls High School seniors signed their national letters of intent to continue their student-athlete careers in college.
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Tue, Jun 4th 2019 04:10 pm
In celebration of Father's Day and National Men's Health Month, the board of associates of Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center is sponsoring the 20th annual "A Father's Day Gift of Love and Life." The free prostate cancer screening will be available from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, through Friday, June 14, in the outpatient center (north lobby) of the hospital, 5300 Military Road, Lewiston.
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Tue, Jun 4th 2019 10:25 am
That message of reconciliation is the central theme of this historic gathering of indigenous performers, craftspeople, teachers and healers at the Strawberry Moon Festival on June 22 at Artpark in Lewiston. The event runs from 3-11 p.m.
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Tue, Jun 4th 2019 10:25 am
The New York State Smokers' Quitline invites all health care professionals to attend a free one-hour webinar at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 11, titled "Exploring Combination Therapy for Smoking Cessation: A Provider and Quitline Intervention." Registration is available at www.nysmokefree.com/NewsRoom.
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Tue, Jun 4th 2019 10:25 am
Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz joined Erie County Legislator John Bruso (8th District), Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Forestry Daniel J. Rizzo, and Jen Zeitler, owner of Let's Goat Buffalo, to unveil a pilot project now underway in the county's Como Lake Park.
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Tue, Jun 4th 2019 10:10 am
Join the Friends of the Lewiston Library for the second presentation of the 2019 speaker series, "Frontier House - Past and Present,' at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 20, at the Lewiston Public Library, 305 S. Eighth St. Speakers include Ken Slaugenhoupt, president of the Historical Association of Lewiston; and Jeffrey Williams, investor in the Frontier House.
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Tue, Jun 4th 2019 10:10 am
Buffalo Suzuki Strings will celebrate its 50th anniversary this Saturday and Sunday at 4 Webster St., North Tonawanda - BSS' home.
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Tue, Jun 4th 2019 10:10 am
Joel McHale is set to host the series premiere of "Card Sharks," premiering Wednesday, June 12 (9-10 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network, streaming and on demand.
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Tue, Jun 4th 2019 10:10 am
The Country Music Association announced country music superstars Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini will return to host "CMA Fest," which it called "the music event of the summer." Multimedia personality Bobby Bones was tapped as a special guest host.
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