Fri, May 16th 2025 02:25 pm
For many of us, Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, when many people dust off their grills to celebrate the holiday and prepare for outdoor cooking in the warmer months ahead. As they do, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) offers important safety tips and guidelines to help ensure that the grilling season remains fire-safe.
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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 10:55 am
There's new action for two iconic Island gathering places as a result of Monday's town Planning Board meeting.
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Wed, May 14th 2025 07:45 pm
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced inflation refund checks up to $400 will be sent this fall to 8.2 million households across New York state. Checks will be mailed directly to eligible New Yorkers starting in October and will continue through November. There is no need to apply, sign up or do anything to receive a check.
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Wed, May 14th 2025 09:20 am
Erie County Medical Center Corp. and ECMC Foundation, on Saturday, May 10, presented "Springfest Gala 2025," the largest not-for-profit gala in Western New York, which drew 1,800 attendees from the business, medical and ECMC communities for an evening of entertainment, fine dining and celebration. "Springfest" raised $1.2 million to benefit lifesaving medical services at ECMC.
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Wed, May 14th 2025 09:15 am
The Taste of Buffalo presented by Tops Friendly Markets announced 40 restaurants and food trucks, and four wineries, will participate in the 42nd annual celebration of Buffalo's food scene, which will be held July 12-13 along Delaware Avenue and Niagara Square in downtown Buffalo.
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Mon, May 12th 2025 11:35 pm
The final piece of the 54-mile-long Niagara River Shoreline Bike Trail, a path for bikers and walkers that spans from Buffalo to Youngstown, was opened Monday behind the Frontier Volunteer Fire Co. firehall on River Road at the border of North Tonawanda and Wheatfield.
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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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Mon, May 12th 2025 11:00 pm
The Niagara Region of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation has opened the first ever public archives, housing thousands of objects related to the New York State Parks located in Erie and Niagara counties.
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Fri, May 9th 2025 01:20 pm
Niagara Hospice is looking forward to the 12th annual Hospice Gran Fondo, taking place Aug. 9. The event starts and ends at the Niagara Hospice campus, located at 4675 Sunset Drive, Lockport.
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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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Thu, May 8th 2025 12:00 pm
Approximately 40 people gathered in Cataract House Park directly across the street from the Turtle Building, on 25 Rainbow Blvd., to create awareness of the importance of this structure to the Haudenosaunee people, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy.
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Wed, May 7th 2025 10:00 am
The Island Shoppe is thrilled to announce a partnership with Perry's Ice Cream, bringing the beloved Western New York brand back to Grand Island.
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Mon, May 5th 2025 05:15 pm
The American Lung Association is turning New York state turquoise this May 5-11, to raise awareness about lung cancer, honor those impacted, and encourage residents to take action to help end the disease.
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Fri, May 2nd 2025 05:00 pm
May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and AAA Western and Central New York is reminding both drivers and bikers of key safety tips as biking season shifts into gear.
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Fri, May 2nd 2025 04:10 pm
From April 21-25, a coordinated spring aggressive driving enforcement initiative was carried out across Niagara County.
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Fri, May 2nd 2025 11:00 am
A move to pause the 2025 reassessment was rejected 4-1 by the Grand Island Town Board during a sometimes-contentious Monday workshop meeting.
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Fri, May 2nd 2025 11:00 am
Carol Horrigan has loved music ever since, as a 5-year-old, she discovered the piano.
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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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Thu, May 1st 2025 11:20 am
The audition videos are in and now it's time for the public to help choose the winning choir that will take the stage with Foreigner this August at the Erie County Fair! Two finalists made the cut: Starpoint High School Choir and the Kenmore West Chamber Singers.
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Thu, May 1st 2025 11:15 am
Disbelief. Judgment. Gaslighting. Dismissal. These are among the responses that patients with chronic, complex disorders, including long COVID, have, unfortunately, received from many health care providers.
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Thu, May 1st 2025 11:15 am
Empire State Development announced the Daemen University Institute for Mobility Innovation & Technology (IMIT) is open and serving physical therapy patients at its new clinic located on the Villa Maria College campus.
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Thu, May 1st 2025 11:10 am
The 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay was seen by an average audience of 7.5 million viewers across ESPN, ABC, NFL Network, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and digital channels for the three-day event, making it the second most-watched draft on record behind only 2020 and up 27% versus last year.
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Tue, Apr 29th 2025 09:45 am
Now that the ice has cleared the Lower Niagara River, Maid of the Mist is ready to launch its 2025 season on Thursday, May 1, at 10 a.m., continuing a tradition that dates to 1846.
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Mon, Apr 28th 2025 09:05 am
Kyle Petty is roaring into Niagara Falls on May 5. The Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America - now in its 29th year - will start the day in Cleveland before heading east. Petty's named the 2025 motorcycle event the "Tour of Wonders," due to the natural wonders slated to be viewed during the ride.
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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 11:00 am
More than a dozen residents pleaded with the Town Board on Monday to suspend a reassessment project they called unfair.
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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 10:55 am
Amber Lester and Jaquinda Smith work at Niagara Community Action Program Inc., also known as NIACAP, at its 19th Street location in Niagara Falls.
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Fri, Apr 25th 2025 10:55 am
Town of Niagara Councilman Johnny Parks was resolute in his message to junkyard operators at a special meeting Tuesday.
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Thu, Apr 24th 2025 12:20 pm
Artpark is thrilled to host local Buffalo musician and composer Moshe Shulman, for his world premiere of "Beyond Buffalo A Celebration of Multiculturalism in Music and Dance" at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, at Artpark's Emerald Grove Stage (lower park/South Fourth Street entrance).
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Thu, Apr 24th 2025 11:10 am
Artpark, the 150-acre New York state park and celebrated cultural institution atop the Niagara Gorge, is beginning another summer full of exciting performances, festivals and encounters with art and nature.
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Thu, Apr 24th 2025 11:05 am
Erie County and the Town of Amherst are moving forward with a partnership that will transform the town's former Westwood Golf Course, which has been closed for years, into a new green public space with recreational activities for residents to enjoy.
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Tue, Apr 22nd 2025 11:50 am
With the number of people in need of food assistance in FeedMore WNY's four-county service area increasing - and a recent cut in federal funding that will create a void of nearly 2 million pounds of food - FeedMore WNY needs community support to fulfill its mission of alleviating food insecurity.
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Tue, Apr 22nd 2025 10:15 am
Cypress Hill & Atmosphere, "Dank Daze of Summer Tour," is coming to the Artpark Amphitheater at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, with special guests Lupe Fiasco and The Pharcyde.
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Mon, Apr 21st 2025 04:30 pm
Gov. Kathy Hochul has directed flags to be lowered at half-staff to honor the life and legacy of His Holiness Pope Francis, who passed away today at the age of 88.
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Mon, Apr 21st 2025 02:25 pm
Just over five years ago, New York state implemented its Bag Waste Reduction Act, which prohibited retailers from providing single-use plastic carryout bags. Today, a full five years later, companies like Tops Friendly Markets continue their efforts to encourage customers to make the shift to using - and remembering - heavy-duty reusable bags.
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Mon, Apr 21st 2025 12:00 pm
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Office of General Services remind New Yorkers to take action to help protect migrating birds as they navigate night skies by participating in the "Lights Out" initiative.
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