Thu, Feb 10th 2011 05:00 pm
With Punxsutawney Phil's prediction of an early spring, Wheatfield Recreation Director Ed Sturgeon wants to remind everyone that there are only three weeks left until Feb. 26 to register for the 2011 baseball/softball season.
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Thu, Feb 10th 2011 05:00 pm
Last Friday's Niagara Frontier League boys basketball game between Niagara-Wheatfield and visiting Grand Island was also a fundraiser for Coaches vs. Cancer, an endeavor championed by Norm Stewart, former head coach of the University of Missouri's men's basketball program and a cancer survivor, and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
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Sat, Feb 5th 2011 09:00 am
Community education programs by two of Niagara's leading cardiologists, free community lipid panel screenings, promotion of the "Go Red For Women" awareness campaign of the American Heart Association, and a hospital-wide information event are just some of the activities being coordinated in conjunction with The Cardiac Center of Mount St. Mary's Hospital as part of Heart Month in February.
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Thu, Feb 3rd 2011 06:00 pm
The Wheatfield Family Picnic Committee has created a website to keep Wheatfield residents up to date on all aspects of the picnic, which is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 21.
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Thu, Feb 3rd 2011 06:00 pm
After five years of trying by the Town of Wheatfield for a grant to make improvements at Wheatfield's Fairmount Park, it looks like the state has finally come through.
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Thu, Feb 3rd 2011 05:45 pm
Niagara Falls International Airport's third low-cost airline, the Florida-based Spirit Airlines, sent its first planeload of Western New York and Canadian residents to Fort Lauderdale at 1:55 a.m., on Friday, Jan. 28.
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Thu, Feb 3rd 2011 05:00 pm
Wheatfield resident Jake Blake has been involved with motocross dirt bike racing for just three years. However, on Jan. 22, the 16-year-old received the Western New York Motocross Association's Rider of the Year award at the group's annual banquet.
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Thu, Feb 3rd 2011 05:00 pm
Horizon Health Services was recently named one of the 2011 Best Companies to Work for in New York.
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Thu, Feb 3rd 2011 01:00 pm
Looking for something to do to help you through the long winter months ahead, something special to make for your sweetheart for Valentines Day, or an opportunity to learn something more about a subject that has always interested you? Do we have a class for you.
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Thu, Feb 3rd 2011 01:00 pm
Sunday's sunshine lured local kids, parents and grandparents to the Reservoir State Park sledding hill in Lewiston.
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Wed, Feb 2nd 2011 02:05 pm
Niagara Falls International Airport's third low-cost airline, the Florida-based Spirit Airlines, sent its first planeload of Western New York and Canadian residents to Fort Lauderdale at 1:55 a.m., on Friday, Jan. 28.
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Wed, Feb 2nd 2011 01:00 pm
Several county leaders celebrated the success of town of Niagara businesses at the Town of Niagara Business & Professional association's annual dinner and awards ceremony Jan. 26 at the LaSalle Yacht Club.
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Mon, Jan 31st 2011 03:00 pm
The North Tonawanda History Museum will hold a Winter Used Book Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, at the museum, 54 Webster St.
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Sat, Jan 29th 2011 02:00 pm
On Friday, Feb. 4, Wheatfield health care company Health System Services will be participating in National Wear Red Day to support the American Heart Association.
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Thu, Jan 27th 2011 06:15 pm
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Thu, Jan 27th 2011 06:00 pm
The Niagara-Wheatfield High School marketing classes and girls basketball teams held their third annual Coaches vs. Cancer basketball game on Tuesday, Jan. 18. This year, they raised more than $1,650 for the American Cancer Society. They have raised more than $2,800 the past three years.
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Thu, Jan 27th 2011 05:50 pm
State Sen. George Maziarz, R-C, Newfane, has been appointed vice president pro tempore of the State Senate, the third highest-ranking leadership position in the chamber.
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Thu, Jan 27th 2011 05:00 pm
Got a stinky neighbor living under your back yard shed? Is there a stray dog running loose in your yard? Who do you call?
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Thu, Jan 27th 2011 05:00 pm
Niagara-Wheatfield Superintendent Carl Militello organized a district-wide meeting of board members, administrators and a parent from each school Wednesday to begin reviewing policies to prevent bullying.
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Tue, Jan 25th 2011 01:00 pm
"Manufacturing for Tomorrow," presented by Congressman Chris Lee, will highlight a noon luncheon on Thursday, Jan. 27, at The Conference Center Niagara Falls, 101 Old Falls St. The Greater Niagara Manufacturing Association and the Niagara USA Chamber sponsor the event.
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Fri, Jan 21st 2011 01:00 pm
If you're looking for a volunteer experience where you can have a direct impact on the quality of life for elderly people living in long term care facilities, consider becoming a Niagara County ombudsman.
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Thu, Jan 20th 2011 12:30 pm
Not that long ago, people passing the Niagara Falls International Airport on Niagara Falls Boulevard were lucky if they saw a handful of cars in the parking lot.
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Thu, Jan 20th 2011 12:00 pm
Luciano went to the groomer's this week so he'd look handsome for the book signing on Saturday at the Niagara County SPCA/Rainbow Animal Shelter on Lockport Road.
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Thu, Jan 20th 2011 12:00 pm
Some people like to display their "artistic" talent and opinions on things ranging from public bridge overpasses to private home shed doors.
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Thu, Jan 20th 2011 12:00 pm
Niagara Metals' first "Customer and Community Appreciation Days" will be celebrated from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 4861 Packard Road in Niagara Falls on Monday, Jan. 24. The scrap metal dealer will serve free Chiavetta's chicken dinners to the first 300 attendees and present two charitable donations, each for $5,000, to Family & Children's Service of Niagara and to Heart, Love & Soul Inc. Food Pantry and Dining Room.
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Thu, Jan 20th 2011 12:00 pm
The Niagara County Patriots will hold its first meeting of 2011 at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24, in the Wheatfield Community Center located on the corner of Church and Maple roads.
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Sat, Jan 15th 2011 07:00 am
Volunteer drivers and assistants are being sought for Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center's CARExpress van, a community service that provides low-cost transportation to Niagara Falls area residents who have appointments at the medical center and Summit Healthplex.
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Sat, Jan 15th 2011 02:00 am
State Assemblyman John D. Ceretto, I, R, 138th District, Lewiston, announced he has been appointed as the ranking Republican member of the Assembly Committee on Cities by Assembly Republican Leader Brian M. Kolb R, I, C-Canandaigua. Ceretto will also serve on the Election Law, Environmental Conservation, Housing and Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development committees.
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Fri, Jan 14th 2011 09:00 pm
Leon's Pizza kept New York-style thin crust pizza lovers happy at the Summit Park Mall since 1978.
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Thu, Jan 13th 2011 09:00 pm
The Niagara County Community College Art Gallery and arts and media division will present "Fabric of War; Papermaking and Printmaking as Social Engagement" from Jan. 27 to Feb. 26 in the gallery on the Sanborn campus.
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Thu, Jan 13th 2011 07:20 am
Classes will begin in February for the Niagara-Wheatfield Central School District's Continuing/Community Adult Education Program. The program has grown since its inception last year, with 90 course offerings this session, compared to 47 during the fall.
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Thu, Jan 13th 2011 07:00 am
Eighteen students are running in the halls every day at Niagara-Wheatfield High School. The universal school taboo was lifted, at least for these students, by the creation of a new girls and boys varsity indoor track team this school year.
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Thu, Jan 13th 2011 07:00 am
The Town of Niagara held its annual reorganization meeting for 2011 on Monday, with few changes reported for 2011.
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Thu, Jan 13th 2011 07:00 am
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Thu, Jan 13th 2011 07:00 am
The Niagara-Wheatfield Board of Education continued budget preparations at its Jan. 5 meeting with reports on possible cuts from its elementary schools.
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Thu, Jan 13th 2011 07:00 am
The Town of Niagara Business and Professional Association will host its annual dinner and awards ceremony on Wednesday, Jan. 26, at the LaSalle Yacht Club, 73 South 68th St., Niagara Falls.
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Thu, Jan 13th 2011 07:00 am
The next Wheatfield Business Association social is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 17, at the Wheatfield Community Center, corner of Maple and Church roads, Wheatfield.
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Fri, Jan 7th 2011 11:00 pm
"It's a very big day for Western New York, Niagara County and the 138th Assembly District," said State Sen. George Maziarz, R-62nd District, Newfane, as he led off swearing-in ceremonies Saturday for newly elected State Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-Lewiston. "You know, it's not easy serving in the Assembly in Albany in the Republican conference, but it's very effective."
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Fri, Jan 7th 2011 11:00 pm
When Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-Lewiston, was sworn-in on Jan. 1, he paid homage to the late Gregory J. Pope, a former assemblyman and the father of Richard P. Pope, director of the Niagara County Refuse Disposal District. Ceretto wore Assemblyman Pope's cuff links.
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Thu, Jan 6th 2011 05:00 pm
Richard F. Soluri, the long-time mayor of the Village of Lewiston who stepped down last year leaving politics behind, re-entered the political fray Tuesday night, taking his oath of office as a member of the Niagara County Legislature.
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