Fri, Aug 5th 2011 03:15 pm
On Saturday, July 23, the Niagara River Anglers Association held its annual Lower Niagara Bass Contest with Brendan Walsh, Niagara Falls, taking top honors with his two-fish total weight of 9.32 pounds. His largest weighed in at 4.74 pounds, and that was good enough to get the big fish of the day Lunker Award, topping all others.
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Thu, Aug 4th 2011 11:45 am
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Fri, Jul 29th 2011 11:55 pm
With the 2010-11 school year now history, the Lewiston-Porter Athletic Department announced the presentation of two special honors.
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Fri, Jul 29th 2011 11:50 pm
Record heat greeted race fans and drivers alike last Friday night at Ransomville Speedway.
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Thu, Jul 28th 2011 01:30 pm
Niagara-Wheatfield Amateur Athletics is now accepting travel soccer tryout registration.
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Thu, Jul 28th 2011 01:25 pm
The Ransomville Lions is hosting the annual Lions Night at the Races on Aug. 12 at the Ransomville Speedway, to benefit the Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Program.
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Thu, Jul 28th 2011 01:15 pm
Niagara Wheatfield Athletics Alumni along with the Niagara Wheatfield Amateur Athletics will host their first chicken dinner barbecue/basket raffle from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, July 31, at The Meeting Place Restaurant, 2469 Niagara Road, Wheatfield.
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Tue, Jul 26th 2011 10:00 am
Get ready, golfers, golf enthusiasts and spectators. The Niagara Falls Country Club is hosting the 53rd annual Porter Cup, taking place Tuesday, July 26, through Saturday, July 30.
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Fri, Jul 22nd 2011 11:25 pm
An absolutely gorgeous night greeted race fans and drivers last Friday for the Investor's Services and RPM-sponsored event. A five-division program was on tap, resulting in the largest car count of the season, coming in at 111.
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Thu, Jul 21st 2011 03:05 pm
Presti Karate's Demo team "Team Fierce" was voted No. 1 by Chuck Norris, his wife Gena, his brother Aaron, and famed stunt man Richard Norton on July 15 in Las Vegas.
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Thu, Jul 21st 2011 02:55 pm
Change was rife at the Niagara-Wheatfield Board of Education meeting last week.
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Tue, Jul 19th 2011 12:55 pm
What a day. Weather was perfect and the bass cooperated big time.
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Mon, Jul 18th 2011 02:35 pm
Caring, loving, passionate, intelligent, tenderhearted, kind. These are just a few of the many adjectives that can be used to describe the incredible person that Jonathan Miller was, according to his parents, friends and co-workers.
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Mon, Jul 18th 2011 02:35 pm
It was a picture perfect night for racing last Friday at Ransomville Speedway. A total of 85 cars filled the pit area set for competition on Destino's Pizza & Pasta, Niagara Frontier Publications, and A-Verdi Storage Container night. The evening also played tribute to the late Harold Rinehart with the annual Poster Contest and Kids Ride event. Another great fan base filled the grandstands enjoying plenty of side-by-side racing action.
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Mon, Jul 18th 2011 02:30 pm
Students from the Lewiston Dance Center took part in the recent "SummerDanse" competition held at Niagara County Community College. The Dancer Center's Rachel Novelli reports "SummerDanse" was a "first-time" event for most of the students who participated.
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Fri, Jul 15th 2011 05:35 pm
The Niagara River Greenway Commission is hosting its sixth annual Paddles Up Niagara event on Saturday, July 30, starting at 7 a.m. at Beaver Island State Park. The park will host the festivities in conjunction with the Town of Grand Island, Anchor Marine and WeKanu Paddling Instruction & Instructor Certification.
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Thu, Jul 14th 2011 01:15 pm
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Thu, Jul 14th 2011 12:50 pm
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Thu, Jul 14th 2011 12:50 pm
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Sat, Jul 9th 2011 07:00 am
The fourth annual Big Bass Classic IV, sponsored by Outdoors Niagara and A-1 Bait Supply, will be held on Saturday, July 16, from sun-up to 2 p.m. Boundaries are the lower Niagara River/Lake Ontario and tributaries. The $25 entry includes a $5 in the cash bash (the Lunker Award), which pays 100 percent of all money collected in the bash. Weigh-in, picnic and awards take place at the Lewiston Landing pavilion. Scales will be open from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. A total combined weight of two fish per person is allowed.
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Fri, Jul 8th 2011 05:45 pm
Miss Bev's Dance Studio will sponsor its second annual National Dance Day celebration on Saturday, July 30.
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Thu, Jul 7th 2011 12:45 pm
The Ransomville Speedway management welcomed in the month of July in successful fashion, as a packed house enjoyed plenty of hot racing action with 90 entries in the pit area last Friday night. At stake? Five large Gs as the second annual "Battle at the Border" took center stage. The second highest car count of the season provided plenty of racing action throughout the four divisions of Modifieds, Sportsman, Streetstocks and 4 Bangers.
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Thu, Jul 7th 2011 12:45 pm
A boy's basketball camp will be held at Niagara County Community College on July 18 through July 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Sat, Jul 2nd 2011 07:00 am
Those of us who live in the area of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario are lucky people. We have some of the most fabulous bass fishing right here in our own backyard - minutes from launch ramps and minutes from shore fishing opportunities from June through September.
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Fri, Jul 1st 2011 05:10 pm
The Niagara Falls Old Timers Sports Hall of Fame has changed its name to The Niagara Falls Sports Hall of Fame. The organization, formed in 1968, has inducted 250 members and is working on creating a new image. Coinciding with its new name is a new logo.
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Fri, Jul 1st 2011 03:25 pm
The Niagara Sail and Power Squadron is offering a public safe boating course on Saturday July 9, in the Community Room at Elks Lodge 346 (next to the Fashion Outlet Mall), 1805 Factory Outlet Blvd., Niagara Falls.
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Fri, Jul 1st 2011 03:05 pm
St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church and School of Sanborn celebrated "St. Peter's Night at the Ballpark" in conjunction with the Niagara Power baseball organization on June 11. The Niagara Power took on the Alleghany County Nitros at Sal Maglie Stadium in Niagara Falls in front of a crowd of 370 people.
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Tue, Jun 28th 2011 02:40 pm
Broadway alumna Carmen Ruby Floyd, Class of 2000, and eight of her NU theater peers will electrify Niagara University's Leary Theatre stage this summer with an exciting, all-alumni production of the musical revue by John Kander and Fred Ebb, "The World Goes 'Round" from July 21-31.
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Thu, Jun 23rd 2011 01:45 pm
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Thu, Jun 23rd 2011 01:40 pm
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Thu, Jun 16th 2011 03:20 pm
Niagara Frontier Bible Church is hosting a baseball game at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, at Sal Maglie Stadium in Niagara Falls.
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Thu, Jun 16th 2011 12:30 pm
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Mon, Jun 13th 2011 04:05 pm
The Sports Medicine Department of Mount St. Mary's Hospital will offer a series of basic conditioning programs for high school age students starting July 6. Led by certified athletic trainers Jason Hopkins, ATC, and Brian Healy, ATC, the program will focus on endurance, speed, agility and injury prevention to assist athletes in grades 9-12 prepare for the fall 2011 season. The programs will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
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Sat, Jun 11th 2011 01:20 am
Mother Nature finally shined on the Big R on Friday night, June 3, after providing nothing but sunshine all day. The end result was a huge crowd on hand to witness double features for the Mighty Taco Modifieds and Gippsters Collision 4 Bangers along with a full card of Original Pizza Logs Sportsman and Ki-Po Chevrolet Streetstocks.
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Sat, Jun 11th 2011 01:15 am
Women of the Moose Chapter 1940 of Lower Niagara Moose Lodge 584 announce its first ever Charity Golf Outing will take place Saturday, June 11, at the Seneca Hickory Stick Golf Course, 4560 Creek Road in Lewiston.
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Thu, Jun 9th 2011 02:50 pm
For the second consecutive year, St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church and School of Sanborn, 6168 Walmore Road, is an official 2011 sponsor of Niagara Power collegiate baseball.
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Thu, Jun 9th 2011 02:50 pm
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Thu, Jun 9th 2011 02:45 pm
Gleason's Gymnastics' Niagara Frontier level five team recently participated in the Stumpf's Anniversary Meet in Williamsville.
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Mon, Jun 6th 2011 09:35 pm
Master John Presti, owner of the Presti Karate Centers, and his longtime friend and teacher Grand Master Chuck Norris will once again team up for a martial arts event in Las Vegas this July.
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Mon, Jun 6th 2011 09:35 pm
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announces that several free fishing clinics will be held in Western New York throughout June. These family-friendly events will offer free instruction on basic fish identification, aquatic ecology, fishing equipment and techniques to anglers of all ages.
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