Thu, Jan 17th 2019 01:40 pm
Nominating petitions are now available for any school district resident interested in running for a seat on the 2019-20 Starpoint Central School District Board of Education.
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Thu, Jan 17th 2019 01:15 pm
This past holiday season, the Future Leaders Program at Niagara County Community College participated in a community service project to benefit Casey House. The youth shelter is a safe space in Niagara Falls for runaway, homeless or "at-risk" area youth.
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Thu, Jan 17th 2019 12:45 pm
The winter sports season is getting closer and closer to the postseason, and with that some Niagara-Wheatfield sports teams have begun a steady run to try and increase their value come playoff time.
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Wed, Jan 16th 2019 01:15 pm
Sophomore forwards Eric Cooley and Justin Kendall and defenseman Noah Delmas of the Niagara University men's hockey team have been nominated for the prestigious Hobey Baker Award, presented annually to the top player in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey.
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Tue, Jan 15th 2019 11:05 am
Online programs in the University at Buffalo School of Nursing and Graduate School of Education were rated top 10 and 25, respectively, in the nation, in U.S. News & World Report's 2019 Best Online Programs rankings.
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Tue, Jan 15th 2019 11:05 am
Niagara University's College of Education, Levesque Institute for Civic Engagement, and Ostapenko Center for Race, Equality and Mission are co-sponsoring a summit titled "Mobilizing the Community to Transform the Lives of Children Living in Poverty." The free event will take place from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, in the Russell J. Salvatore Dining Commons on Niagara University's campus.
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Mon, Jan 14th 2019 02:35 pm
Disney|ABC Television and Disney Publishing Worldwide announced the seventh annual "Magic of Storytelling" campaign, which aims to donate up to 1 million books to First Book, a nonprofit that provides new free and affordable books to educators and organizations serving children from low-income families. Now through March 31, the campaign aims to inspire families' imaginations, cultivate a lifelong love of reading in kids, and bring books to underserved communities across the country.
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Sat, Jan 12th 2019 07:00 am
The Lancers have come into the 2018-19 season with, quite possibly, one of the most talented rosters compiled in some time.
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Fri, Jan 11th 2019 11:15 pm
Niagara-Wheatfield's Raejaun Smith would be the first to admit he's been struggling at the free throw line the past couple games. Despite the struggles, Smith came through when it mattered most for the Falcons.
The Falcons defeated the Kenmore East Bulldogs 71-69 Friday night, in what was a thriller from start to finish.
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Thu, Jan 10th 2019 12:50 pm
Congratulations were extended to the 18 students from the Orleans/Niagara BOCES' Licensed Practical Nursing program. The graduation ceremony was held on Dec. 20.
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Thu, Jan 10th 2019 12:45 pm
Winter athletics are back in full swing at Niagara-Wheatfield High School after a short holiday break. Teams saw mixed results this past week, but the wrestling team, which has been the team of the winter, so far, continued its strong season.
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Thu, Jan 10th 2019 12:35 pm
Tuesday, Niagara-Wheatfield Falcons quarterback and senior Jordan Parks announced on Twitter that he committed to Mansfield University in Pennsylvania to continue his football and academic career.
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Thu, Jan 10th 2019 12:35 am
The Niagara-Wheatfield Falcons wrestling team has had tremendous success in the 2018-19 season. Wednesday night, that success came full circle, as the team defeated the 4-0 Niagara Falls Wolverines, by a score of 49-24.
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Mon, Jan 7th 2019 01:25 pm
The Niagara County Community College Workforce Development Department, with the support of Niagara County Employment and Training and Niagara County Department of Economic Development, is conducting a survey of the Western New York business community.
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Sat, Jan 5th 2019 01:00 am
In the early goings of the 2018-19 high school basketball season, Lewiston Porter has made a knack for scoring a lot of points - averaging 83.6 points per game. Friday night, the Lancers hit their highest season total, eclipsing the century mark.
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Thu, Jan 3rd 2019 08:20 pm
Niagara-Wheatfield High School and Grand Island High School might be rivals on the basketball court, but come Jan. 8, the two schools will join together to remember someone very close to their hearts.
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Thu, Jan 3rd 2019 01:30 pm
Starpoint High School will host their 16th annual Sports Wall of Fame night, Friday, Jan. 11, and will induct four former student-athletes.
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Thu, Jan 3rd 2019 01:20 pm
The Home School Association at Cardinal O'Hara High School will host a theme tray auction with a Let's Make A Deal intermission special Feb. 1, at Cardinal O'Hara.
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Thu, Jan 3rd 2019 01:05 pm
Some students at the Orleans/Niagara BOCES' Niagara Academy showed their giving spirit before the holidays.
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Thu, Jan 3rd 2019 01:00 pm
The Village of Lewiston Recreation Department is sponsoring a youth three-on-three basketball tournament starting at 9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 21, at the Red Brick Municipal Building gym, North Fourth and Onondaga streets. The tournament will be double-elimination. The youth age groups are 11-13 and 13-16.
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Fri, Dec 28th 2018 05:30 pm
In September 2011, the University at Buffalo announced its largest-ever gift of $40 million, designated for the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. According to the terms of that gift, the donor's identity could be revealed only when he and his wife were deceased.
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Thu, Dec 27th 2018 01:55 pm
Anyone would agree that no child should go without at the holidays. The children at Starpoint's Regan Intermediate School pitched in to make sure that didn't happen for some local residents. The teachers felt it was an important lesson for the students to learn that the holidays should be focused on giving rather than receiving. The students and their families opened up their hearts and the wallets to make the holiday season special for many less fortunate families.
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Thu, Dec 27th 2018 01:50 pm
The Niagara-Wheatfield Central School District recently received word it was tentatively awarded a grant from the New York State Education Department for pre-kindergarten. The district will begin the program starting Jan. 22, 2019.
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Thu, Dec 20th 2018 12:30 pm
Dr. Doug Tewksbury, associate professor of communication studies at Niagara University, recently published an article in the Canadian Journal of Communication, an independent journal that is produced quarterly to advance the development of communication and journalism education in Canada.
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Thu, Dec 20th 2018 12:30 pm
Beginning with admission for the fall 2019 semester, the University at Buffalo School of Law will accept Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores in place of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) as part of the application process.
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Thu, Dec 20th 2018 12:25 pm
The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University will be closed to the public Friday, Dec. 21, through Tuesday, Jan. 1, for the Niagara University holiday recess. The museum will be reopen at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2.
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Wed, Dec 19th 2018 07:50 pm
Recently, Benjamin Majewski, a freshman at Niagara-Wheatfield High School, reached the rank of Eagle Scout.
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Wed, Dec 19th 2018 07:30 pm
Coming Jan. 18, Niagara-Wheatfield High School will welcome back all honorees of its Falcons Athletic Hall of Fame for its Bring Back the 100 event.
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Wed, Dec 19th 2018 07:30 pm
Brendon Lauer, a 10th-grade student from Starpoint, has attained the rank of fourth-degree black belt in tae kwon-do at Jong Park Institute on Erie Avenue, North Tonawanda, after passing his testing on Saturday, Dec. 15.
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Wed, Dec 19th 2018 07:20 pm
Students at the Niagara Career and Technical Education Center recently got a very hands-on lesson about the respiratory system.
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Wed, Dec 19th 2018 07:20 pm
The Division of Nursing and Allied Health at Niagara County Community College recently announced that the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs awarded continuing accreditation for 10 years to the Surgical Technology program, with an approved satellite campus at Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo.
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Wed, Dec 19th 2018 07:15 pm
Students in Lisa Cook's VIP Food Service Program at the Niagara Career and Technical Education Center recently helped in an effort to make the holidays brighter for our troops.
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Sat, Dec 15th 2018 12:05 am
Friday night, the Niagara-Wheatfield hockey team faced off against their arch-rival Williamsville North, in a rematch of last season's Section VI large schools championship.
A lot has changed since that title game, which the Falcons won, 2-0, but in the rematch at Northtown Center, the Spartans took advantage of a bad second period by N-W to get revenge, 5-3.
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Thu, Dec 13th 2018 03:05 pm
The team of Wes Shyiah Thompson and Madison St. Cyr from the Niagara Career and Technical Education Center's Culinary Arts program brought home third place from the Niagara Falls Culinary Institute's gingerbread competition.
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Thu, Dec 13th 2018 03:05 pm
Beginning in the fall of 2019, Niagara County Community College will begin offering evening classes to students in the practical nursing program.
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Thu, Dec 13th 2018 02:50 pm
This past week in Falcons athletics saw a mix of results for the season's winter teams.
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Thu, Dec 13th 2018 02:30 pm
This past weekend at the Rockin' With Santa Christmas party, the North Tonawanda High School National Honor Society collected and donated over 100 toys to the foundations toy drive.
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Thu, Dec 13th 2018 12:45 pm
More than 60 students from Holy Ghost Lutheran School's pre-K and kindergarten classes recently attended the school's first ever Mess Fest.
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Thu, Dec 6th 2018 06:00 pm
North Tonawanda High School senior Paul Orrange was selected to sing with the All State Mixed Chorus and perform at the Eastman Theatre in Rochester.
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Thu, Dec 6th 2018 05:00 pm
After starting off the season with a 76-12 win over North Tonawanda, the Niagara-Wheatfield wrestling team traveled to Webster for the Matthew Marino Invitational Wrestling Tournament.
The team traveled looking to see how well they would place and ended up winning the whole tournament.
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