Ransomville Garden Club members marked the club's 50th anniversary last Saturday with its annual planting of spring flowers. The event took place on the "four corners" in the hamlet where club members formally dedicated four new concrete planters that were installed last summer. 

On Saturday, a plethora of attendees stormed to the 3F Club to help raise funds for the family of Jamie Brolinski. 

Town of Lewiston residential garbage pick-up for May 27 will be suspended one day and collected on Tuesday, May 28 in observance of Memorial Day. Town Hall Offices will be closed on Monday, May 27 in observance of Memorial Day.

Representatives from Lewiston Council on the Arts recently met with the Town of Lewiston Board members to update them on the event schedule for the 2019 cultural season.

Lewiston's Memorial Day Remembrance Committee wishes to thank everyone who has worked this spring to prepare for our third Memorial Day celebration of the lives of the men and women who have sacrificed everything for us.

Jamie Symmonds and Willow Consulting will return to Academy Park this summer for a second season of the Lewiston Artisan Farmers Market.

With the prospect of Lake Ontario water levels going ever higher, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order Monday, declaring a state of emergency for all shoreline areas from Youngstown to Watertown

Lewiston's Memorial Day Remembrance Committee wishes to thank everyone who has worked this spring to prepare for our third Memorial Day celebration of the lives of the men and women who have sacrificed everything for us.

Jamie Symmonds and Willow Consulting will return to Academy Park this summer for a second season of the Lewiston Artisan Farmers Market.

The term kung fu instantly brings to mind images of Bruce Lee, flying drop kicks and smashing cinder blocks, while in reality it is a Chinese word that simply means, "skill achieved through hard work."

Approximately 20 members of the Lewiston Garden Club broke out their shovels, spades, pots, planters, and green thumbs on Monday for their annual planting day throughout the Village of Lewiston. 

Earlier this week, Lewiston Police Department officers Brandon Hall (right) and Mitch Pegan delivered a bottle and can drop-off box at the Red Brick Municipal Building. Deposit money will go to support the Explorers program.

Monday, Assemblyman Angelo J. Morinello attended a press conference in Albany today unveiling a bill (A.7655) to make volunteer firefighters and EMS volunteers exempt from paying state income taxes.

Visitors to Old Fort Niagara over the Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, May 25 and 26, will be treated to a timeline military event: "Soldiers through the Ages."

The Niagara County Law Enforcement Academy is holding a free information session for people interested in learning more about becoming a police officer. The session takes place at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 6, in the Marion House on the Niagara University campus.

Artpark's 2019 'Tuesdays in the Park,' presented by M&T Bank, 13-week series lineup is now complete with the announcement of Rick Springfield presents Best in Show 2019 tour with Loverboy and Tommy Tutone. The '80s triple bill comes to the Artpark Amphitheater at 6 p.m. on Aug. 13. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, May 24.

Catholic Health has once again received Western New York's highest cumulative overall score in The Leapfrog Group's spring 2019 Hospital Safety Grade Report, and the only "A" safety grades in Erie and Niagara counties. In the national report released last week, Catholic Health hospitals earned three of only 11 "A" safety grades that were given in all of New York state.

Kickoff your Memorial Day weekend on Friday night at Ransomville Speedway as Dunkin Donuts and 87Buf present a $2,000-to-win, 40-lap Modified special and a $1,000-to-win demolition derby.

Jamie Brolinski, 52, of Lewiston, husband of Ailbhe (Houston) Brolinski, died Saturday, May 18, at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo.

Approximately 20 members of the Lewiston Garden Club broke out their shovels, spades, pots, planters, and green thumbs on Monday for their annual planting day throughout the Village of Lewiston.

The New York State Department of Transportation announced construction is scheduled to begin this coming week on a project to construct a new multi-use trail between the Village of Lewiston and Devil's Hole State Park. As a result, a lane closure is scheduled to begin.

Those who have walked past Hennepin Park (Fourth and Center streets) this past week may have seen La Rosa Landscape Management cleaning up, building footpads, trimming the wisteria, adding mulch, and planting bushes. This is being done through the generous donation of the Lewiston Garden Club with funds from the GardenFest.

When the lights dim on the final Artpark Amphitheater show of the season, and the band is walking off stage, patrons take a moment to reflect; they savor the experience; and, about five minutes later, they ask, "Who's coming next summer?"

With the district's budget vote and Board of Education election on Tuesday, May 21, this week will be busy at Lewiston-Porter.

Earlier this week, Lewiston Police Department officers Brandon Hall (right) and Mitch Pegan dropped off a bottle and can drop-off box at the Red Brick Municipal Building. Deposit money will go to support the Explorers program.

In celebration of Hibbard's 80th anniversary this summer, the iconic original frozen custard stand is unveiling a new flavor, appropriately named "Big Barenaked Bang." The custard features a Hibbard's original recipe made with a coffee base, espresso beans, and pieces of dark chocolate.

The New York Power Authority is in the planning stages of a life extension and modernization (LEM) and controls upgrade program at its flagship Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant. The program will replace aging assets, install digitally integrated sensors and monitors, and provide system hardening and cybersecurity improvements, ensuring NYPA's continued success in powering economic growth and further improving energy resiliency across New York.

Congressman Chris Collins released the following statement Thursday regarding the Senate confirmation of Jane Corwin to serve as the next U.S. chair of the International Joint Commission:

It Happened to Alexa Foundation announced a whole new happening for this summer. The 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization, which assists victims of rape and sexual assault, will hold a different kind of benefit this August. Dubbed "Buffalo's Biggest Basket Raffle," the all-ages event will take place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, inside the RiverWorks recreational waterfront complex, 359 Ganson St., downtown Buffalo.

Visitors to Old Fort Niagara over the Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, May 25 and 26, will be treated to a timeline military event: "Soldiers through the Ages." This annual reenactment features reenactors as soldiers and civilians from the 15th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, special displays of military vehicles, period camps, weapons demonstrations, uniform programs and hands-on activities for families.

Pressing work at the Town of Lewiston water treatment plant on Pletcher Road was a newsmaker at the Lewiston Town Board session on Monday.

Representatives from Lewiston Council on the Arts recently met with the Town of Lewiston Board members to update them on the event schedule for the 2019 cultural season. While the highlight is the Lewiston Art Festival on Aug. 10-11, programming continues through the fall with the Marble Orchard Ghost Walks and a "Tribute to the Edmund Fitzgerald."

The Lewiston-Porter Middle School Drama Club will proudly present "Rock of Ages: Middle School Edition" at 7 p.m. Friday, May 17, and at 2:30 and 7 p.m. Saturday, May 18, on the Lew-Port High School stage. Tickets are $8 for adults, and $6 for children.

The Artpark & Company board of directors has confirmed selection of the lead design team for its master plan: Internationally recognized architecture and design firm SO - IL; landscape architects West 8; and theater, acoustics and digital design consultancy Charcoalblue. They are tasked with the development of a strategy to revitalize the Artpark grounds, while improving connectivity, facilities and programs.