Tue, Jan 31st 2012 05:15 pm
A representative from Assemblyman John Ceretto's, R-I-Lewiston, office will address the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority tonight at a regional forum hosted by the transit agency. A statement from Ceretto detailing his support for increasing state funding to the NFTA in order to ensure reliable mass transit for Western New York residents and avoid fare increases for commuters will be read during the event for public record.
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 04:45 pm
Daredevil Nik Wallenda wants to establish a permanent theatre in Niagara Falls where he and members of his family can put on tightrope or aerial shows and other forms of circus entertainment.
"I've always said I want to make Niagara Falls my second home," the Florida-based Wallenda told Bullet News on Monday. "Why wouldn't I? Look at the crowds that come through Niagara Falls. I wouldn't be a very good businessman if I didn't consider something like that."
Wallenda, 32, is part of the famed circus family the Flying Wallendas.
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 12:20 pm
Congresswoman Kathy Hochul issued the following statement Monday to CNN in regards to the students in LeRoy potentially suffering from an unknown ailment:
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 12:20 pm
The Junior League of Buffalo has announced the 2011-12 community assistance small grants program's request for proposals. Qualified not-for-profit agencies throughout Western New York are encouraged to apply for grant funding up to $1,000. Past recipients will be considered for award monies once in a two-year period.
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 12:05 pm
The Niagara Regional Theatre Guild, Western New York's oldest theater group (since 1923), presents "Ladies First Jazz Big Band Valentine's Day Concert."
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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 Catholic High School is hosting its freshman enrollment night on Thursday, Feb. 9, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the school, 520 66th St., Niagara Falls. The event is for those incoming freshman students who have been accepted as a member of Niagara Catholic's Class of 2016.
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 07:00 am
Jayanta Chaudhuri, M.D., has been elected to a three-year term on the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center board of trustees.
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 07:00 am
The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation has awarded a $125,000 challenge grant to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center to be used toward the renovation of a medical-surgical unit at the hospital.
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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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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 06:55 am
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center's third annual Healthy Heart Fair will serve as the centerpiece of a full month of free community health events promoting cardiac health during American Heart Month in February.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 06:00 pm
Congresswoman Kathy Hochul, representative from New York's 26th Congressional District, will meet Tuesday with Colonel Allan L. Swartzmiller and Colonel Jim S. McCready, Jr. at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station to discuss the recent announcement by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to make cuts to the defense budget.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 05:25 pm
Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-I-Lewiston, is helping to promote the launch of a groundbreaking, bipartisan reform coalition, "Citizens' Committee for an Effective Constitution." CCEC is online, open to the public at http://effectiveny.org and, according to Ceretto's camp, seeks to deliver a more effective state constitution - one inspired by the needs of New Yorkers in order to bring overdue reform to Albany and help make the Empire State a more attractive place to own and operate a business.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 05:10 pm
Nik Wallenda is coming to town Thursday, when he will meet senior members of Niagara Parks Commission staff to make another pitch to win approval for a wirewalk across the Niagara Gorge near the Horseshoe Falls this summer.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 02:35 pm
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation has announced that boaters who sign a slip rental agreement at Big Six Marina on Grand Island between Feb. 1 and April 15 will be entitled to a 10 percent discount off their 2012 rental.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 12:15 pm
Artpark has reinstated its highly successful musical theater apprentice program for a third year. The apprentice program provides an opportunity for up to eight high school music theater students of exceptional talent to participate in the company's Broadway musical production of "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella." Artpark will present the timeless fairy tale musical in the Mainstage Theater Aug. 9-17.
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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 09:45 am
Daniel Arrasjid stars as The Creature and Camryn Porter as Mary Frankenstein in the upcoming production of "Frankenstein" at the Ghostlight Theatre.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 07:00 am
The Niagara-Wheatfield High School Counseling and Career Department hosts a college information night at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, in the auditorium.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 07:00 am
During the recent Zonta Club of Niagara Falls initiation ceremony, held at the Niagara Falls Country Club, two new members were welcomed.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 07:00 am
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center and UB Orthopedics & Sports Medicine of Niagara have implemented ImPACT, the Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing program.
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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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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 06:00 am
The American Red Cross announces the following blood drives taking place this month: Tuesday, Feb. 7, from 2 to 7 p.m. at Ransomville Baptist Church, 2578 Youngstown-Lockport Road; Wednesday, Feb. 15, from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Lewiston First Presbyterian Church, 505 Cayuga St., and Tuesday, Feb. 21, from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Youngstown Volunteer Fire Co. firehall, 625 Third St.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 05:40 am
Veterans are encouraged to submit their works of art in the local Veterans Creative Arts Festival taking place at VA Western New York Healthcare System's Buffalo site, 3495 Bailey Ave., Buffalo, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in Freedom Hall (Room 301).
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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 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 06:00 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 04:55 pm
At its regular Monday evening meeting, the Grand Island Board of Education approved a request for retirement from Assistant Superintendent for Business and Finance Loraine Ingrasci, effective March 30.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 04:55 pm
When the winter winds blow, Erie County residents know the painful cold of uncovered ears and hands - and the importance of a warm hat, scarf and gloves.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 03:35 pm
John Ceretto, Jane Corwin, Dennis Gabryszak, Pat Gallivan, Mark Grisanti, Tim Kennedy, George Maziarz, Mike Ranzenhofer, Robin Schimminger, Kevin Smardz and Raymond Walker will participate in the Western New York Chamber Alliance's State Legislative Forum on Friday, Feb. 10, at The Creekside, 2669 Union Road, Cheektowaga.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 03:15 pm
The Niagara Military Affairs Council is wasting no time in the wake of a Jan. 26 announcement by U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta that could again put the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station in danger of closing.
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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 01:25 pm
Get a taste of what it means to go "Back to Zero" when Leadership Niagara hosts its "Breakfast for the Breakthrough Leader" from 8:30 until 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29, at the Vantage Center, 6311 Inducon Corporate Drive, Sanborn.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 01:20 pm
Assemblyman John D. Ceretto and State Sen. George D. Maziarz today reacted to the investigation into allegations of mistreatment of animals at the SPCA of Niagara. The lawmakers previously called for such an investigation and have been monitoring the situation closely.
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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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Thu, Jan 26th 2012 05:10 pm
The Niagara Tourism and Convention Corporation, the official tourism promotion agency for Niagara Falls and Niagara County, recently announced its board members and executive officers for 2012. The positions were voted upon and announced following a Jan. 26 meeting of the agency's 16-member board.
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Thu, Jan 26th 2012 04:00 pm
Artpark presents "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella" for eight enchanting performances Aug. 9-17.
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Thu, Jan 26th 2012 12:40 pm
The Alternative Parenting Program students at Orleans/Niagara BOCES recently put together a fundraiser to help support Save-A-Pet of Niagara County, a non-profit animal rescue organization.
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Thu, Jan 26th 2012 12:35 pm
Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson is applauding a call from an advocacy group for the province's farmers to suspend contract awards for large-scale wind energy development projects.
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