Fri, Jan 12th 2018 03:55 pm
After a thaw that took us from single digits up into the 60s in some areas, the current forecast across all of Western and Central New York is calling for freezing rain, sleet, heavy snow and plummeting temperatures - so how can drivers prepare themselves and their vehicles to combat the elements?
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Fri, Jan 12th 2018 03:30 pm
Glenn Frances Wahl, 86, of Lewiston, died unexpectedly on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2017. Born on June 26, 1931, in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada, Wahl was the daughter of the late Jean (McGinley and William Maher.
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Fri, Jan 12th 2018 03:30 pm
Last week Wednesday, the Town of Wheatfield Town Board met for its reorganizational meeting to start the year. The meeting was the first headed by Town Supervisor Don MacSwan and also the first for Councilman Curt Doktor.
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Fri, Jan 12th 2018 03:30 pm
Last week Wednesday, the Town of Niagara Town Board held its 2018 reorganizational meeting to set important dates for the town, as well as assign people to certain jobs in the town.
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Fri, Jan 12th 2018 03:30 pm
On what could end up being the coldest day of 2018, North Tonawanda citizens and leaders packed into Lumber City Church in the lower level of the Hope Center, 383 Vandervoort St., for the Hope Way dedication.
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Fri, Jan 12th 2018 03:30 pm
This past summer, former Town of Wheatfield Supervisor Bob Cliffe announced he wouldn't be running for re-election. This decision opened up a seat as the town's supervisor. As with any government job, the supervisor's job is difficult and can be strenuous. People wondered who would step into Cliffe's spot. In comes Don MacSwan.
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Fri, Jan 12th 2018 03:30 pm
Niagara University's Office of Continuing Education is accepting registrations for its winter/spring 2018 schedule of courses. Credit-free classes are offered in person and online.
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Fri, Jan 12th 2018 03:30 pm
Last Wednesday, the North Tonawanda Common Council met for their first meeting of 2018. In front of a light crowd on a cold, snowy night, the meeting was brief and covered a few topics.
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Fri, Jan 12th 2018 12:15 am
In any type of sport, when you play the best, mistakes just can't happen. For 30 minutes, the Niagara-Wheatfield Falcons played mostly good, mistake-free hockey. But, it was the final 15 minutes the doomed them in the end.
The Falcons took a tough loss to the hands of the reigning New York state champs, Williamsville North, 3-2, at the Northtown Center.
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Thu, Jan 11th 2018 05:30 pm
TNT has given a series greenlight to "Snowpiercer," a futuristic thriller based on the acclaimed movie of the same name. The series stars Oscar-winner Jennifer Connelly ("A Beautiful Mind"), Tony Award and Grammy Award-winner Daveed Diggs ("Hamilton," "Black-ish").
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Thu, Jan 11th 2018 05:15 pm
Old Fort Niagara will provide another year of living history to visitors from near and far and invites the public to save the dates for its special events and programs in 2018.
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Thu, Jan 11th 2018 05:15 pm
Visitors (and Lockport residents) who arrive at the Erie Canal Discovery Center want - first and foremost - to find out about the Erie Canal and Lockport locks.
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Thu, Jan 11th 2018 05:10 pm
The Buffalo Sabres announced the team will partner with the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library to put on Buffalo Sabres Library Day on Saturday, Jan. 20, when the Sabres take on the Dallas Stars at 1 p.m. at KeyBank Center.
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Thu, Jan 11th 2018 05:10 pm
The Buffalo Sabres today announced that the team will host the 14th-annual Buffalo Sabres Corporate Hockey Challenge presented by Pure Hockey on Thursday, March 1, at KeyBank Center.
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Thu, Jan 11th 2018 05:10 pm
Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. (ECHDC) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for professional architecture, engineering, landscape architecture and land surveying consultant firms and/or teams to provide master planning, environmental review, site management plan, design, permitting, bidding and construction administration and inspection services related to the capital improvement of the First Buffalo River Marina on Fuhrmann Boulevard in Buffalo.
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Thu, Jan 11th 2018 05:10 pm
For three engagements, a small group of BPO musicians are trading the concert hall for a more intimate setting.
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Thu, Jan 11th 2018 05:10 pm
Bringing together the region's farming community and the services necessary for daily operations is the goal of the eighth annual Western New York Farm Show, Feb. 1-3, at the Erie County Fairgrounds in Hamburg. The exposition is sponsored by the Erie County Agricultural Society.
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Thu, Jan 11th 2018 05:05 pm
In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the collapse of the Honeymoon Bridge, the Niagara Regional Programs Department of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will host a presentation on the 40 years of its existence. The event will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, in the Castellani Building at DeVeaux Woods State Park, 3180 DeVeaux Woods Drive, Niagara Falls.
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Thu, Jan 11th 2018 05:05 pm
National Grid has received Edison Electric Institute's Emergency Assistance and Emergency Recovery awards for its response to damaging thunderstorms and tornadoes that struck the upstate New York region in May and July 2017.
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Thu, Jan 11th 2018 12:15 pm
Being a high school student athlete is no easy task. Jumbling practice with homework, and games with important projects can be a difficult time for most. For Kelsey Lachowski, she's dealing with a lot more than being a senior in the classroom and on the court for the Niagara-Wheatfield girls basketball team.
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Wed, Jan 10th 2018 10:10 pm
After two quarters of play Wednesday night, some Niagara Catholic fans may have been a little nervous. After two more quarters, the mood definitely settled.
The Niagara Catholic Patriots defeated the Christian Central Academy Crusaders, 89-54, Wednesday night.
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Wed, Jan 10th 2018 04:45 pm
The 2018 Appeal for Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Buffalo is underway. The Most Rev. Richard J. Malone, bishop of Buffalo, was joined by Catholic Charities of Buffalo officials and volunteer leaders Wednesday at the organization's new Women, Infants and Children (WIC) site on Harlem Road to launch the 94th annual campaign.
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Wed, Jan 10th 2018 04:20 pm
Esteemed actor and activist Michael J. Fox is joining The Mark Gordon Company and ABC Studio's "Designated Survivor" on ABC for a five-episode arc in which Fox will guest star as Ethan West, a high-flying and connected Washington attorney who is hired by the president's cabinet and ultimately appointed as special prosecutor to investigate former President Cornelius Moss's alleged leak of classified information.
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Wed, Jan 10th 2018 04:15 pm
Children, grades 5 to 8, and of all ages are invited to learn about computer programming in free hands-on workshops through a new, first-time "Sensational Science Saturdays" series at the Niagara Power Vista.
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Wed, Jan 10th 2018 11:45 am
"Impressive" was the word used in a 2006 Sentinel article to describe Christine Conte who, at 22 - just six months out of Mar Jon School of Beauty Culture - was the owner/operator of her very own Village of Lewiston salon business.
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Wed, Jan 10th 2018 11:25 am
The Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday announced the team will wear the uniform style the team donned at the 2018 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic in three additional games this season at KeyBank Center:
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Wed, Jan 10th 2018 11:10 am
The Kiwanis Club of Lewiston presented donations to Mount St. Mary's Hospital Foundation (Washuta Memorial) and Lewiston Police Department during the club's December dinner meeting. Proceeds for these donations were raised though the club's annual clambake, which is held in early June at Kiwanis Park.
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Wed, Jan 10th 2018 11:05 am
Ruby Bridges, the civil rights icon who, in 1960, broke racial barriers in education when she became the first African-American to attend an all-white elementary school, will share her experiences as part of Niagara University's annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy.
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Wed, Jan 10th 2018 11:05 am
Opening at the Carnegie Art Center on Thursday, Jan. 18, is the Buffalo Society of Artists' winter exhibition.
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Wed, Jan 10th 2018 11:00 am
Fresh off its stellar debut, NBC has ordered a 13-episode second season of its new hit alternative series "Ellen's Game of Games."
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Wed, Jan 10th 2018 11:00 am
With less than one month to go until the start of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games from PyeongChang, South Korea, NBC Sports Group will present more than 90 hours of Olympic winter sports coverage this week.
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Wed, Jan 10th 2018 10:00 am
Brad + Rebekah's "Sound Of Heaven" will debut on Feb. 16, marking the couple's seventh album in their 10-year journey as a worship duo.
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Tue, Jan 9th 2018 09:50 pm
Coach Gary Jackson said his Niagara-Wheatfield girls basketball team had gotten off to slow starts in past games. On Tuesday night, it was anything but a slow start.
The Niagara-Wheatfield Falcons defeated the Starpoint Spartans in non-league action Tuesday night, 55-43.
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Tue, Jan 9th 2018 03:00 pm
Fallsview Casino Resort presents a top lineup of performers in April, including Grammy Award-winning Michael Bolton, Ann Wilson of Heart, Exile, Chinese superstar Wong Cho-Lam with Leanne Li and Kate Tsui, "Legends in Concert," rocker George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Ambrosia and comedian Dane Cook.
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Tue, Jan 9th 2018 02:50 pm
In light of the recent sexual abuse revelations at The Nichols School in Buffalo, New York State Sen. Chris Jacobs has co-sponsored two proposed laws that would provide greater protections of children in both public and private schools.
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Tue, Jan 9th 2018 02:45 pm
On Tuesday, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz announced the selection of 13 municipal projects for inclusion in the Erie County Consortium 2018 Community Development Block Grant application. The submission, which will be sent to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development for approval, recommends a total Erie County expenditure of $1,424,434 for the projects, an investment which will leverage $3,331,053 in local funds and in-kind resources.
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Tue, Jan 9th 2018 01:25 pm
NBC is officially kicking off "Female Forward," its new initiative focused on providing emerging female directors with training and the opportunity to direct an in-season episode.
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Tue, Jan 9th 2018 01:25 pm
"Liberated," the long-awaited full-length debut from Word Records recording artist Zealand, is slated for release Feb. 9.
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Tue, Jan 9th 2018 01:20 pm
Canisius College and the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo present "One Person Can Make a Difference," a lecture by Jeannie Smith, daughter of Irena Gut Opdyke, at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, in the Grupp Fireside Lounge on the second floor of the Richard E. Winter ᾿42 Student Center.
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Tue, Jan 9th 2018 01:05 pm
Inspired by the network's upcoming Jason Katims drama "Rise," which premieres Tuesday, March 13, and follows the effects a high school theater department has on its surrounding community, NBC is launching R.I.S.E. America, a program that grants a half-million dollars to high school theater programs across the country.
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