Tue, Jun 17th 2025 10:50 am
St. John's Episcopal Church, overlooking the Niagara River on Main and Chestnut streets in Youngstown, will hold its annual Strawberry Fest from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 28.
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Mon, Jun 16th 2025 08:00 pm
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation cut the ribbon on several upgrades at Joseph Davis State Park in Lewiston, including a new, 1-mile multiuse trail and a new inclusive playground.
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Mon, Jun 16th 2025 07:00 am
"Welcome Summer" at the annual Lewiston GardenFest, set for Saturday and Sunday, June 21-22. Presented by the Lewiston Garden Club, the festival includes approximately 90 vendors selling flowers, plants, and handcrafted garden essentials, along with a garden walk, speakers, a container garden contest, and more throughout the weekend.
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Fri, Jun 13th 2025 10:55 am
This is a busy time of year for the Lewiston Beautification team. You may have seen them planting colorful gardens on Center Street, the waterfront, the Peace Garden, Hennepin Park and the Red Brick School to name a few locations benefitting from members' hard work and green thumbs. They are easy to spot wearing navy blue T-shirts with "Beautification Volunteer" written across the back in white letters.
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Fri, Jun 13th 2025 10:45 am
Artpark & Company teamed with musicians from the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra on Wednesday for an intimate candlelight concert inside the Mainstage Theater. In fact, guests were fully immersed in the glow of candles when they sat with the musicians onstage as part of the up-close-and-personal concert.
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Fri, Jun 13th 2025 07:00 am
To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, Old Fort Niagara announced plans to construct a replica 18th century Native American dwelling to serve as a Native American Education Center. The site will vividly represent the living conditions for Native Americans at the fort during the Revolution, and serve as a focal point for the Native living history programming.
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Tue, Jun 10th 2025 02:10 pm
Academy Park saw large, Peach Festival-type crowds last weekend, as it hosted a trio of events.
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Sat, Jun 7th 2025 02:05 pm
Two national music acts descended upon Lewiston on Friday, officially starting the 2025 summer concert season.
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Sat, Jun 7th 2025 01:20 pm
Residents are taking advantage of the good weather - and great deals - at the annual 10 Mile Garage Sale. The event continues Saturday and Sunday across the River Region.
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Fri, Jun 6th 2025 03:35 pm
The New York Power Authority will hold its seventh annual touch-a-truck event at the Niagara Power Vista, the visitors center for the Niagara Power Project, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday, June 14.
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Fri, Jun 6th 2025 10:55 am
The Youngstown Garden Club invites you to attend two great events in June. First is our third annual Plant-O-Rama 2025 on Saturday, June 7. It takes place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Youngstown Village Center located at 240 Lockport St.
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Fri, May 30th 2025 04:00 pm
At its regular meeting on Thursday, the Lewiston Town Board, as lead agency, moved to approve a negative declaration and concept plan for the 5/4 President's Park planned unit development on Washington Drive. The project was proposed by developer Joe Giusiana.
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Fri, May 30th 2025 11:00 am
Artpark, Western New York's premier summer destination for live performance, music and interactive art, announces its 51st season with an exciting lineup packed with music, art, festivals, family programs and much more.
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Fri, May 30th 2025 11:00 am
The Lewiston Artisan Farmers Market is making a case to join death and taxes in the circle of certitude.
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Fri, May 30th 2025 07:00 am
As I write this, the calendar reads late May, yet the thermometer reads late April! But rest assured warmer temperatures are on the way, which means it will soon be festival season again in Lewiston, and also time for another season at Artpark.
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Thu, May 29th 2025 09:25 am
Town of Porter Highway crews were busy this week as installations continue for the "Hometown Heroes" banner program - now in its third year. More than 140 banners are in the process of being installed on utility poles throughout the Village of Youngstown and hamlet of Ransomville.
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Tue, May 27th 2025 12:55 pm
Caitlynne Kesty and Aneeta Shepardson were named co-chairs of the 2025 Walk to End Alzheimer's - Niagara County. Kesty is a purchaser at Amherst Stainless Fabrication and runs WNY Meat Raffles. Shepardson is a teacher with Lewiston-Porter.
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Mon, May 26th 2025 05:45 pm
The Village and Town of Lewiston joined forces with Veterans of Foreign Wars Downriver Post 7487 on Monday to salute those River Region residents who have served in defense of this country.
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Fri, May 23rd 2025 09:25 pm
Smelt Fest ushered in the season on Friday. Unfortunately, that season was winter.
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Fri, May 23rd 2025 11:00 am
Steven Page will perform Friday, June 6, on the Alphonso I. DiMino Memorial Band Shell. He will be joined by Steven Page Trio bandmates Craig Northey (guitar, vocals) and Kevin Fox (cello, vocals).
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Fri, May 23rd 2025 10:25 am
The Village of Lewiston recognized outgoing Lewiston Police Department Chief Frank Previte and thanked him for three decades of keeping the public safe.
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Mon, May 19th 2025 08:25 pm
The Home Assistance Referral Team is holding its second annual golf tournament, "Swinging Fore Seniors," Monday, June 2, at Niagara Frontier Golf Club. The 18-hole scramble format begins with registration at 10 a.m. and a shotgun start at 11:30 a.m. It will include lunch, dinner, prizes and fun!
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Mon, May 19th 2025 08:25 pm
Old Fort Niagara will host its third annual smoke dance competition, "Native Nations at Niagara," on Saturday, May 31.
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Fri, May 16th 2025 11:00 am
The Lewiston Smelt Festival returns to Academy Park on Friday, May 23, serving up the River Region's favorite fried fish from 6 p.m. This much-loved community celebration, hosted by the Upward Niagara Chamber of Commerce, promises a fun-filled evening of food, music and local flavor.
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Fri, May 16th 2025 11:00 am
The Lewiston Senior Center hosted a grand birthday party on Tuesday for a grand group of members: 100-year-old Nita Lawson, Althea Montgomery and Delores Strenkowski; 90-year-old Jean Taylor; and 80-year-old Ralph Abate, Jorge Campos, Chong Friend and Diana Paonessa.
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Fri, May 16th 2025 07:00 am
What generations of St. Peter R.C. School students once knew as their cafeteria/rolling skating party room is now home to a library, tech hub, STREAM labs, a robotic playground ... and a stack of academic trophies.
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Mon, May 12th 2025 11:10 pm
On Monday, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced a nearly $12 million project to improve and expand the visitor experience at Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park is complete. Upgrades include a new connector trail, entrance features and parking improvements meant to improve traffic flow for events and better connect the park with the trails and amenities of the Lower Niagara River.
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Fri, May 9th 2025 08:35 am
The Frontier House has been closed for more than 20 years, but that's about to change. Lewiston's crown jewel is expected to reopen to the public in June.
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Fri, May 9th 2025 08:30 am
Acclaimed Billy Club culinarians Daniel Hagen and Jake Strawser are bringing their best to Fairbanks - the new Lewiston restaurant they plan to open mid-June inside the Frontier House on Center Street.
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Fri, May 9th 2025 07:00 am
Plans to install a playground within Clyde L. Burmaster Park in the Town of Lewiston continue, as the Niagara County Legislature gets ready to vote at its May 6 meeting on whether to increase funding for the project.
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Mon, May 5th 2025 11:15 am
The Town of Lewiston recently shared the following via its social media:
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Mon, May 5th 2025 11:05 am
Artpark & Company is honored to present its annual Strawberry Moon Festival on Saturday, June 21. This free event, held noon to 4 p.m. in the lower park (South Fourth Street entrance), features a vibrant and immersive afternoon of music, dance, storytelling, cultural teachings, workshops and Indigenous artistry.
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Fri, May 2nd 2025 11:00 am
Just like Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls of the late-1990s, Apple Granny is starting a second "-peat." The Lewiston restaurant was named WNY's Best Fish Fry by Tribune/Sentinel • Dispatch readers, winning its second consecutive title. Apple Granny four-peated as champion from 2018-21.
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Fri, May 2nd 2025 07:00 am
The Lewiston Council on the Arts has a full schedule of free programs, classes, concerts and events that will light up the lovely, long days that lie ahead.
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Tue, Apr 29th 2025 01:25 pm
On the ancestral lands of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, history is being made Friday, June 20.
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Mon, Apr 28th 2025 12:25 pm
The Lewiston Community Lions Club would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all the individual community members, as well as the following groups, for participating in Saturday's Earth Day clean-up: the Historical Association of Lewiston, Niagara University Key Club, Lewiston Scouts 855, Lew-Port Builders Club, Burns for Town Clerk, and Girl Scouts Troop 72523.
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Mon, Apr 28th 2025 10:25 am
Grace Potter will perform at the Artpark Amphitheater in Lewiston at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 19, with special guest Johnnyswim. This concert is presented by Artpark.
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Fri, Apr 25th 2025 11:00 am
Next weekend, the merchant collective will present "Give Mom Lewiston." The pre-Mother's Day event runs from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4.
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Fri, Apr 25th 2025 10:55 am
Trustees in the Village of Lewiston voted Monday to approve the following events:
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Fri, Apr 25th 2025 07:00 am
Life in northern Niagara is slowly returning to normal this week following a minor traffic accident that recently shut down the Ransomville Rite Aid.
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