Fri, Dec 31st 2010 10:00 am
The Youngstown Recreation Department reports its basketball league gets under way on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. Games will be played at the Red Brick School village center in Youngstown. The league is open for boys and girls grades second through eighth.
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Fri, Dec 31st 2010 10:00 am
Members of the Lewiston Dance Center were busy over the holidays, taking part in the Village of Lewiston Christmas tree lighting - where students danced outdoors in the falling snow - and performing at the Niagara Falls Fireman's Fund Telethon.
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Fri, Dec 24th 2010 01:00 pm
The Village of Lewiston Recreation Department is sponsoring a youth 3-on-3 basketball program on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, starting at 9 a.m. at the Lewiston Red Brick Municipal Building gym, North Fourth and Onondaga streets.
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Thu, Dec 23rd 2010 01:00 pm
Time Warner Cable announced this week that the NHL Network will televise select games from the 2011 IBHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championships, which start this weekend in Buffalo. Included are all of Team USA's games and the medal round.
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Thu, Dec 23rd 2010 01:00 pm
The period between Christmas and Jan. 5, 2011, will see a major event in the Buffalo metro area as the Queen City gets set to host the World Junior Games. The best junior-aged players in the world will converge on Western New York over the 10-day period for national bragging rights.
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Thu, Dec 23rd 2010 12:00 pm
Niagara-Wheatfield and Newfane high schools have been selected as the varsity wrestling "Teams of the 1990s" in their respective divisions by the "Teams of the Decades" committee.
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Thu, Dec 23rd 2010 11:00 am
Gleason's Gymnastics' Niagara Frontier Level Five Team recently participated in its first meet of the season, the Candy Cane Classic Meet at Brockport College. The team took fourth place.
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Sat, Dec 18th 2010 01:00 pm
Students from the Lewiston Dance Center have been very busy this holiday season. The studio is involved in a number of community activities with its newly established Dance Performance Group.
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Fri, Dec 17th 2010 12:40 pm
Grand Island's entry into Section VI Federation hockey began with a 4-1 loss to Amherst Saturday at the Northtown Center in Amherst.
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Thu, Dec 16th 2010 09:00 am
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Thu, Dec 16th 2010 09:00 am
Time to Dance studio's annual Christmas show and basket auction will be held Saturday, Dec. 18, at the Niagara Falls High School Performing Arts Center, 4455 Porter Road, Niagara Falls.
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Thu, Dec 9th 2010 02:50 pm
Look out Niagara-Wheatfield rivals: There's a fast one coming up this year.
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Thu, Dec 9th 2010 02:00 pm
"Tripp" the Thunderwolf was introduced to the Niagara County Community College community Dec. 1, becoming the latest addition to the world of Western New York sports mascots.
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Thu, Dec 9th 2010 02:00 pm
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Tue, Dec 7th 2010 05:45 pm
Niagara University's recreation department is now accepting registrations for its "Winter Wonderland Youth Camp," which will be held Dec. 27-31 at the university's Kiernan Center. Geared toward children ages 6-12, campers will have the opportunity to spend the final week of 2010 participating in a number of exciting activities, including swimming, arts and crafts, games, and several winter-related activities.
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Wed, Dec 1st 2010 12:00 pm
The Ransomville Speedway 2010 season is history, but the office out at the Big R is already a buzz of activity as plans begin to take shape for the 2011 season.
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Mon, Nov 29th 2010 11:00 am
For the son of a Youngstown couple, earning a top spot as one of the National Guard's top shooters has become almost an obsession over the past year.
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Sat, Nov 20th 2010 12:00 pm
Rochester writer/author Sal Maiorana will be visiting the Barnes & Noble store at The Clarence Mall, 4401 Transit Road, on Saturday, Dec. 11, from noon to 2 p.m. to sign copies of his new book, "Buffalo Bills: The Complete Illustrated History," published in September by MVP Books. The event is free and open to the public.
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Thu, Nov 18th 2010 05:45 pm
YI-DAN CHA GI Martial Arts and Kid Safe Center celebrated its grand opening in Wheatfield on Saturday, Nov 6. Grandmaster Jim Wood started the business 20 years ago in North Tonawanda while his wife, Nina, was instructed in self-defense starting in 2001.
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Sat, Nov 6th 2010 03:45 pm
The Ransomville Speedway 2010 Awards and Dinner banquet was held last Friday night in Lewiston. As has been the scene throughout 2010, another record for Ransomville Speedway was set as the largest crowd in speedway history gathered for the celebration.
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Tue, Nov 2nd 2010 01:40 pm
The Niagara University Danceline is sponsoring its second annual dance clinic for girls ages 6 to 13 at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, at the university.
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Mon, Nov 1st 2010 02:00 pm
The board of directors for the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame will host its 20th annual awards dinner, Thursday, Nov. 4, at the Buffalo Hyatt Regency. The class of 2010 includes 13 Western New York sports legends and community icons. The evening begins with a 5:30 p.m. reception and silent auction, continues with a 7 p.m. dinner and concludes with the 8 p.m. induction ceremony.
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Sat, Oct 30th 2010 01:50 pm
Bob McKeown, a former Niagara County Community College athlete and head coach, has been named NCCC's new athletic director, College Vice President for Student Services and current interim AD Bassam Deeb announced Thursday on the Sanborn campus.
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Thu, Oct 28th 2010 02:15 pm
The Niagara men's basketball team was picked eighth and Niagara women's basketball team was tabbed sixth in the 2010-11 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Coaches' Preseason Poll announced on Tuesday from the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City.
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Thu, Oct 28th 2010 02:00 pm
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary reports that a Paddlesports America course will be offered Saturday, Nov. 6, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Gander Mountain at the Lodge, 880 Young St., Tonawanda.
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Sat, Oct 23rd 2010 04:00 pm
Thursday happy hour has a whole new meaning.
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Thu, Oct 21st 2010 04:00 pm
Allstate agency owner Paul Monaco was recently named an Agent Hero by Allstate Insurance Company's New York Region, and awarded a $500 grant for a local youth program.
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Sat, Oct 16th 2010 03:00 pm
Instructors from the Lewiston Dance Center celebrated the first-ever National Dance Day at the University of Buffalo, taking part in the Buffalo Dance Festival.
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Mon, Oct 11th 2010 12:00 pm
Niagara PAL Soccer Club has opening on various boys and girls teams to play in the Buffalo and Western New York Junior Soccer League for the 2011 competitive soccer season, which starts in May of 2011.
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Sat, Oct 9th 2010 12:00 pm
Adam Burns from the Youngstown Yacht Club, sailing USA378 Presto with co-owner and wife Lori Burns and crew James Barnash, John Goller and Jason Suitor, won the 2010 Melges 24 North American Championship, held recently in the Lake Ontario waters off of Rochester.
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Thu, Oct 7th 2010 12:40 pm
The Niagara County Community College Athletic Department, in conjunction with the health and physical education division and the human service club, is raising funds for breast cancer research.
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Thu, Oct 7th 2010 12:00 pm
Presti Karate reports that Master John Presti and Grand Master Chuck Norris are again working together.
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Thu, Sep 30th 2010 03:30 pm
Before you know it the 115th annual YMCA Turkey Trot will be trotting down Delaware Avenue in Buffalo. Question is have you registered yet?
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Thu, Sep 30th 2010 03:30 pm
An angler creel survey on Lake Ontario tributaries will be conducted this fall on 23 tributary streams ranging from the Niagara River eastward to the Black River in Jefferson County. Major stream fisheries the survey will include are: Eighteen Mile Creek, Oak Orchard Creek, Sandy Creek, Irondequoit Creek, Oswego River, Salmon River, North and South Sandy Creeks and the Black River.
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Thu, Sep 30th 2010 03:00 pm
Approximately 30,000 adult pheasants will be released on lands open to public hunting for the upcoming fall pheasant-hunting season, according to New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis.The pheasant hunting season begins on Oct. 1 in northern and eastern portions of New York; Oct. 16 in central and western portions; and Nov. 1 on Long Island.
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Thu, Sep 30th 2010 03:00 pm
Niagara PAL Soccer Club has openings on various boys and girls teams to play in the Buffalo and Western New York Junior Soccer League for the 2011 competitive soccer season, which starts in May of 2011.
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Thu, Sep 30th 2010 03:00 pm
Hunting season is almost here and the Firearms Permit Review Board of Wheatfield will be giving its annual muzzleloader course from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, at the Wheatfield Community Center.
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Sat, Sep 25th 2010 05:00 pm
The Lewiston-Porter Athletic Department will be holding a jersey retirement ceremony for Jonathan "J-Mill" Miller at halftime of the Lew-Port Lancers Homecoming varsity football game versus Albion on Friday, Oct. 1.
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Sat, Sep 25th 2010 03:00 pm
A total of 120 cars filled the pit area last Friday night for night No. 1 of King of the Hill weekend. Beginning on Thursday night, campers began to arrive for the 19th annual event, bringing to a close the 2010 season at the Big R. The Friday event hosted the Sportsman, Streetstocks, 4 Bangers, Firehall Enduro, and Micro Sprints presented by PJ Trailer Sales.
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Thu, Sep 23rd 2010 06:55 pm
State Sen. George Maziarz, R-C, Newfane, and Assemblywoman Francine DelMonte, D-Lewiston, have announced that legislation they sponsored to pave the way for legalized crossbow hunting in New York was signed into law this past weekend.
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