Tue, Feb 21st 2012 07:00 am
The Discover Clean & Safe Boating educational vessel for 2012 is a sailboat. The 17-foot Sun Cat - equipped with all the gear required and recommended for legal, safe and environmentally friendly boating in New York waters - will be at the Buffalo Boat Show Feb. 22-26. The event, organized by the Marine Trades Association of Western New York, is held at the Buffalo Bills Healthy Zone Fieldhouse in Orchard Park.
|
Mon, Feb 20th 2012 03:45 pm
Presti Karate Centers is now accepting registrations for its annual Kid's-Only Karate Tournament, to be held on Saturday, March 24, at Niagara Catholic High School, 520 66th St.
|
Mon, Feb 20th 2012 11:45 am
The Lewiston-Porter varsity wrestling team successfully defended its 2011 Section VI and Class B tournament championships. The Lancers have two wrestlers traveling to Albany for the New York State Wrestling Championships.
|
Mon, Feb 20th 2012 07:00 am
Get your megaphones ready as Cheer For the Cure, a U.S. Cheerleading final qualifying competition to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, springs into the Conference & Event Center Niagara Falls, Saturday, Feb. 25, through Sunday, Feb. 26.
|
Fri, Feb 17th 2012 08:25 pm
MSG Media is pleased to have reached a tentative agreement with Time Warner Cable for carriage of our networks - MSG, MSG+ and Fuse, effective immediately.
|
Fri, Feb 17th 2012 03:35 pm
|
Fri, Feb 17th 2012 03:30 pm
VFW Post 7487 recently presented Dennis Brochey of Dennis Brochey's Automotive with a check for $1,000.
|
Fri, Feb 17th 2012 03:20 pm
The Lewiston Dance Center's competition/performance team, the Lewiston Dance Ensemble, has recently toured the county.
|
Fri, Feb 17th 2012 03:20 pm
The Greater Lockport Family YMCA and YMCA Camp Kenan once again is racing to benefit the YMCA Camp Kenan Camper Scholarship Fund.
|
Thu, Feb 16th 2012 04:20 pm
|
Tue, Feb 14th 2012 09:00 am
The president of The United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame and chief instructor of The International Krav Maga Association will visit Wheatfield to give a one-time seminar in the art of krav maga.
|
Sat, Feb 11th 2012 07:00 pm
A total of 118 cars entered the 12th annual Hangover 150. Presented by Investor's Services, this year's event went off some six weeks after the first scheduled date of Jan. 1 thanks to a lack of winter weather. That was not the case on Saturday, as winter arrived with a vengeance - and 3 inches of fresh snow blanketed the grounds prior to the first green flag.
|
Sat, Feb 11th 2012 01:30 pm
Stephanie Senn signed on to play goalkeeper for the Kent State University women's soccer team next year, but if the Golden Flash need someone to play one of the other 10 positions, the Grand Island High School senior is ready.
|
Sat, Feb 11th 2012 01:25 pm
A left-handed shot in the lane from Jordan Jelks gave the Grand Island boys basketball team its first Niagara Frontier League win Friday.
|
Fri, Feb 10th 2012 04:45 pm
For the second year in a row, the Niagara University Skating Club was awarded the club trophy for first place at the Skaneateles Figure Skating Invitational competition
|
Thu, Feb 9th 2012 07:00 am
YMCA Buffalo Niagara has announced it will receive $300,000 from The John R. Oishei Foundation. This funding will help fund capital improvements at three of YMCA Buffalo Niagara's urban branches, which include the Niagara Falls Family YMCA, as well as Erie County's Delaware and Ellicott-Masten YMCAs.
|
Thu, Feb 9th 2012 07:00 am
The Niagara-Wheatfield boys' swimming and diving team recently posted its second consecutive undefeated season and won the Niagara Frontier League title.
|
Thu, Feb 9th 2012 05:30 am
Niagara Wheatfield Amateur Athletics in a combined effort with the Niagara Wheatfield Athletics Alumni have announced the development of a new sports complex.
|
Thu, Feb 9th 2012 05:25 am
The Empire State Winter Games, a multiple day sporting event, took place Feb. 2-5 in Lake Placid.
|
Sat, Feb 4th 2012 07:00 am
|
Thu, Feb 2nd 2012 07:05 am
The Niagara University women's hockey team is holding its annual "Pink the Rink" game on Friday, Feb. 3, when they host Mercyhurst University at 7 p.m.
All four of the women's hockey teams in the College Hockey America conference are taking part in the sixth annual "Skate for the Cure" fundraiser. The program was started to help raise awareness and funds toward the fight against breast cancer. In an effort to "pink" Dwyer Arena, the hockey team will wear custom-made pink jerseys and encourage everyone in attendance to join them by also wearing pink.
|
Tue, Jan 31st 2012 05:20 pm
This spring, there will be two wrestling clubs grinding on the college mats at Niagara County Community College. The Cobra North Wrestling Academy (affiliated with Cobra Wrestling Academy of Depew) will accept seventh through 12th grade wrestlers who are looking to improve their technique and toughness throughout the spring.
|
Sun, Jan 29th 2012 01:55 pm
They say the third times the charm - Ransomville Speedway management certainly hopes so, as the Hangover 150 "Take Two" has now become the Hangover 150 "Take Three." The soaking rains Thursday night into Friday morning left the parking lot completely saturated, forcing co-promoters Jamie and Joel Friesen to postpone Saturday's event for the second time this year.
|
Fri, Jan 27th 2012 06:05 pm
Throughout the winter around here you regularly see boats on trailers coming on and off the Moses Parkway, and up and down Center Street heading for the Lewiston Landing.
|
Fri, Jan 27th 2012 05:35 pm
|
Fri, Jan 27th 2012 05:20 pm
Kallie Banker became Grand Island High School's all-time leading scorer in basketball during a win at Niagara Falls on Jan. 19.
|
Thu, Jan 26th 2012 08:15 am
Niagara-Wheatfield's Community Education program is offering a night with Buffalo Sabres Hall of Famer Robert "Rip" Simonick.
|
Thu, Jan 26th 2012 08:00 am
Seven-foot, eight-inch Paul "Tiny" Sturgess, the world's tallest basketball player, joins reality TV star Flight Time Lang to lead the Harlem Globetrotters into Alumni Arena in Buffalo on Friday, Feb. 3.
|
Tue, Jan 24th 2012 01:45 pm
If anybody knows the South Buffalo community it is a tight-nit group.
|
Mon, Jan 23rd 2012 04:00 pm
Grand Island basketball player Kallie Banker is on the verge of setting a GIHS record for scoring.
|
Mon, Jan 23rd 2012 03:35 pm
From the time I wrote the bobcat article until now, a lot of people have come up to me and said, "Gee, I think I've seen one of those things, too."
|
Mon, Jan 23rd 2012 03:25 pm
The Niagara County Coyotes PeeWee Minor team recently took home first place honors in Cleveland during the Rock-n-Roll Cup Ice Hockey Tournament.
|
Fri, Jan 20th 2012 09:05 am
The Fashion Outlets Mall on Military Road in Niagara Falls will be the setting for the annual Ransomville Speedway car show. Scheduled for March 21-25, the event will continue a tradition that is close to a decade long.
|
Tue, Jan 17th 2012 02:00 pm
The Village of Lewiston Recreation Department announces the following activities of interest taking place in the months of January and February. All programs are held in the Village of Lewiston Red Brick Municipal Building, North Fourth and Onondaga streets.
|
Mon, Jan 16th 2012 05:55 pm
For the past 24 years, insurance agent Joel Holka has presented a football award to local high school athletes.
|
Mon, Jan 16th 2012 02:00 pm
From the producers of cable's top rated "Pawn Stars," "Ball Boys" follows the sports memorabilia business at iconic Robbie's 1st Base in Baltimore, and the charming family-like relationships of the sports fanatics who work there - Robbie Sr. and Junior, Sweet Lou and Shaggy.
|
Thu, Jan 12th 2012 12:30 pm
Debbie Reed and Molly Gurman are the new Wheatfield Recreation program specialists for the town's Youth Center at 2795 Church Road.
|
Thu, Jan 12th 2012 12:20 pm
The Niagara team from Gleason's School of Gymnastics levels 5 and 6 recently participated in Graffiti meet held in Niagara Falls.
|
Wed, Jan 11th 2012 02:20 pm
Mild January weather this week lured out a few hardy visitors to the Seneca Hickory Stick Golf Club on Creek Road for a round of golf.
|
Tue, Jan 10th 2012 07:00 am
The Niagara Falls branch of YMCA Buffalo Niagara has begun its fundraising effort for the 2012 "Strong Kids Campaign" under the leadership of co-chairs Donald E. Burns and Albert Parker.
|
