Sat, Feb 4th 2012 05:45 pm
State Sen. George Maziarz, Assemblyman John Ceretto and Lewiston-Porter Superintendent Chris Roser announced Friday evening that attempts to relocate sensitive materials from the LeRoy Superfund Site to Niagara County were blocked and federal officials will have to look elsewhere.
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Sat, Feb 4th 2012 09:55 am
Active local Democratic Party organizer and businessperson Gary D. Parenti offered the following statement Saturday regarding press inquiries into whether he intends to seek the chairmanship of the Niagara County Democratic Committee:
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Sat, Feb 4th 2012 07:00 am
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Sat, Feb 4th 2012 07:00 am
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Sat, Feb 4th 2012 07:00 am
Niagara Frontier Bible Church will host a Super Bowl party, Sunday, Feb. 5, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the church, 5287 Bronson Drive, Lewiston. The event is open to families and visitors of all ages.
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Sat, Feb 4th 2012 05:30 am
Angel to Apple hosts a one-day bridal gown sample sale.
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Sat, Feb 4th 2012 05:00 am
Now comes the hard part. Following an active period of successful operation, the Town of Lewiston Rec. Department's Family Ice Rink began its takedown process this past week at Academy Park.
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Fri, Feb 3rd 2012 06:05 pm
Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-I-Lewiston, is sponsoring Assembly bill 8800-A, legislation that would authorize the use of school buildings and sites for religious meetings and worship when the facilities are not in use for school purposes. Since the services hosted by these organizations are open to the general public, Ceretto said there is no reason why they should be prohibited from using public buildings.
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Fri, Feb 3rd 2012 06:00 pm
At its annual general meeting, the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission elected its slate of officers for 2012.
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Fri, Feb 3rd 2012 05:35 pm
•Lewiston Hollow Mercantile is hosting its annual storewide sale. Starred items are priced 20 to 80 percent below the tag price. Wreaths, swags, garland and artificial flowers are 30 percent off, and everything else (except sock monkeys) is discounted 10 percent.
"It benefits the locals as much as visitors," storeowner Marianne Gittermann said.
Lewiston Hollow Mercantile is located at 335 Center St. (at the corner of South Fourth Street). The storewide sale will continue for the next couple of weeks.
•"Absolutely everything is on sale" at Zeeter's Outdoor Stuff, said owner Pamela Pedley-Deming.
She invites patrons to shop for winter. All performance gear is discounted.
"Snow is actually going to arrive," Pedley-Deming said.
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Fri, Feb 3rd 2012 04:00 pm
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Fri, Feb 3rd 2012 03:30 pm
The Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce presented a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its newest member, Verizon Wireless.
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Fri, Feb 3rd 2012 07:45 am
Dr. Grant Hobika to "evaluate all animals and oversee their care, as well as assist in the development of animal handling protocols," according to SPCA press release.
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Fri, Feb 3rd 2012 07:00 am
The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University's TopSpin Series of exhibitions for emerging regional artists continues with "Betsy Potter: Breaking Nature."
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Thu, Feb 2nd 2012 03:30 pm
The mission committee of Mount St. Mary's Hospital will host its 10th Valentine's Day Extravaganza on Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the main lobby of the hospital. The annual event benefits the St. Vincent de Paul employee assistance fund and mission projects. Open to the community from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., the event features a basket auction, bake sale, 50/50 split, "Plinko" and food. The drawing for prizes will begin at 3 p.m.
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Thu, Feb 2nd 2012 03:20 pm
Top leaders from Western New York were on-hand in Cambria to announce that New York state had designated a new high-tech business park in Cambria "shovel-ready."
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Wed, Feb 1st 2012 11:40 am
Niagara University has received a $2 million gift from William Gacioch, Class of 1961, and his family for the renovation of Meade Hall, which will be renamed the Gacioch Family Alumni and Admissions Center.
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Wed, Feb 1st 2012 08:25 am
Top leaders from Niagara County and New York state will be on hand 9 a.m. Thursday as a new high-tech industrial park sited in the Town of Cambria receives New York state's new "Shovel-Ready Certification" from Empire State Development Corp. officials (meaning that new companies can break ground at the site without the red tape often associated with new construction projects).
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 07:05 am
As part of Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center's wellness initiative and enhanced cardiac and diagnostic laboratory services, the hospital is offering a free "Community Lipid Panel Screening."
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 07:00 am
Niagara Feline Friends hosts its next low-cost spay/neuter clinic on Sunday, Feb. 19. The procedure includes a full exam and rabies and distemper shots.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 03:35 pm
The WNY branch of the American Public Works Association recently named the restoration of the Piper Law Office/Lewiston Welcome Center as the 2011 Project of the Year - Historical/Preservation Award.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 09:45 am
Between Feb. 17-20, people all over North America will count birds seen locally here in the winter. Both the National Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology encourage bird enthusiasts in Western New York to participate in this event, called "The Great Backyard Bird Count."
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 06:00 am
The Friends of the Ransomville Library will hold a used book sale on Friday, Feb. 10, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a bag sale from 3 to 4 p.m. Included will be used books, videos, CDs, DVDs and free refreshments.
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Sun, Jan 29th 2012 01:55 pm
They say the third times the charm - Ransomville Speedway management certainly hopes so, as the Hangover 150 "Take Two" has now become the Hangover 150 "Take Three." The soaking rains Thursday night into Friday morning left the parking lot completely saturated, forcing co-promoters Jamie and Joel Friesen to postpone Saturday's event for the second time this year.
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Sat, Jan 28th 2012 07:00 am
Town of Lewiston Recreation Director Mike Dashineau says the ice skating rink in Academy Park is closing for the season at the conclusion of skating on Sunday.
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Sat, Jan 28th 2012 07:00 am
John R. Yurtchuk, chairman of the board of directors of the American Red Cross, serving Erie and Niagara counties, recently announced the appointment of four new members.
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Sat, Jan 28th 2012 07:00 am
The Lewiston Public Library, 305 S. Eighth St., in the Village of Lewiston, announces the following programs, events and activities for the month of February.
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Sat, Jan 28th 2012 05:30 am
More comments, many of them vocal and the majority negative, were heard by members of the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works Restoration Advisory Board toward the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tuesday at the Lewiston-Porter Community Resource Center.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 06:05 pm
Throughout the winter around here you regularly see boats on trailers coming on and off the Moses Parkway, and up and down Center Street heading for the Lewiston Landing.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 06:00 pm
Catholic Schools Week, Sunday, Jan. 29, through Sunday, Feb 5, is being observed throughout the country, and St. Peter's R.C. School in Lewiston is among many in the Diocese of Buffalo participating.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 05:35 pm
Town of Wilson residents will soon see their recyclables collected every other week and in a new way.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 05:35 pm
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 05:25 pm
Longtime insurance agent and former Lewiston businessman Joel Holka has relocated. He recently opened Joel Holka Insurance Agency at 8575 Niagara Falls Blvd., Niagara Falls.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 01:25 pm
Thanks to the Rotary Club of Lewiston and Niagara-on-the-Lake, a $1,000 donation was presented to the maternity department at Mount St. Mary's for the acquisition of a newborn isolette.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 12:35 pm
Artpark & Company Inc. is pleased to announce auditions for its upcoming Mainstage Theater production of "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella," running eight performances Aug. 9-17.
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Wed, Jan 25th 2012 11:20 am
The February meeting of the Youngstown Garden Club will feature Master Gardener Peter Diachun as guest speaker. He will instruct members on everything there is to know about roses - from planting to maintaining these much-loved garden additions.
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Wed, Jan 25th 2012 11:20 am
Niagara County Clerk Wayne F. Jagow has announced the appointment of Town of Lewiston resident and long-time insurance executive Robert J. Ciszewski to the position of deputy county clerk in the Niagara Falls Motor Vehicle Office. This move fills a vacancy created by a recent retirement.
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Tue, Jan 24th 2012 12:00 pm
The second annual "Fairy House Festival" extends to two days in June.
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Tue, Jan 24th 2012 07:00 am
Get ready to lose those winter blues! "Toast & Jam," now in its 13th year, begins on Monday, Feb. 13.
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Mon, Jan 23rd 2012 03:35 pm
From the time I wrote the bobcat article until now, a lot of people have come up to me and said, "Gee, I think I've seen one of those things, too."
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