Fri, Jan 28th 2022 11:00 am
The Lewiston Porter "One District, One Book" ("ODOB") literacy initiative continues to create community excitement!
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Fri, Jan 28th 2022 11:00 am
Many Lewiston residents enjoy stopping by the Hill-vue Restaurant on Ridge Road just east of Model City Road for a tasty meal. Next time you go, take notice of the building immediately east of the parking lot, because that is the topic of today's article.
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Fri, Jan 28th 2022 08:40 am
Full edition: The Tribune-Sentinel for Jan. 21, 2022
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Sat, Jan 22nd 2022 07:00 am
Webb Road resident Paul Salonek had concerns the Rivertown development, proposed to be built on approximately 26 acres of land between Baseline Road and Grand Island Boulevard, would remove what he and his family enjoy in their own backyard.
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Fri, Jan 21st 2022 11:50 am
Janie Ochitwa discovered her passion as a small child when she saw a performance of Mary Poppins in an ice show. At the age of 6, she began taking lessons in figure skating, and the skater who played the role of Mary Poppins became her coach.
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Fri, Jan 21st 2022 11:35 am
Full edition: The Tribune-Sentinel for Jan. 21, 2022
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Fri, Jan 21st 2022 11:00 am
Village of Lewiston Board members were pleased with the Department of Public Works' response to the nearly 2 feet of snow that accumulated from Sunday night into Monday morning. They said Superintendent Larry Wills and his team wasted no time in clearing roads and sidewalks, enabling residents to travel, and restaurants and businesses to open.
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Fri, Jan 21st 2022 09:45 am
It was only fitting that, after two years waiting to reopen Brewed & Bottled Craft Beer Shop, owner Chris Budde watched as nearly 2 feet of snow landed on Lewiston just three days after he welcomed customers back.
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Sat, Jan 15th 2022 07:00 am
The snow glittered under the bright sunlight on Jan. 8, and the temperature sat at a frozen 10 degrees. At Veterans Park, the weather did not deter Relay For Life's first lap.
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Sat, Jan 15th 2022 07:00 am
The Grand Island School District is moving forward with the "test to stay" strategy, which the district has piloted since Dec. 6.
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Fri, Jan 14th 2022 02:00 pm
Full edition: The Tribune-Sentinel for Jan. 14, 2022
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Fri, Jan 14th 2022 11:00 am
The level of excitement in DiMino Tops Lewiston owner Anthony DiMino's voice last spring when announcing the arrival of Boar's Head products was matched this week by a level of disappointment in revealing the deli line is going away.
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Fri, Jan 14th 2022 11:00 am
The Town of Niagara opened 2022 with its organizational session earlier this month. There, a number of procedural matters, including meeting schedules, town designations, members and personnel appointments, were approved for the year ahead.
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Fri, Jan 14th 2022 11:00 am
Situated in the heart of the village at the southwest corner of South Fifth and Plain streets, the house consists of two wings. The first wing, or north section (along Plain), is a large rectangular wing with a center chimney built in 1817 by David Smith. He was the minister for the first Religious Society in Lewiston, first minister of the Presbyterian Church, and also a founder for the first Episcopal congregation.
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Fri, Jan 14th 2022 07:00 am
It was a frosty and windy Monday morning with temperatures hovering around 10 degrees. Along Whitehaven Road and into the parking lot of the Nike Base, cars were lined up. Over the weekend, the drivers of those cars found out that the Golden Age Center was to be a distribution point for sets of KN95 masks and COVID-19 at-home antigen test kits. Each household was entitled to receive two home testing kits, containing two tests each.
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Sat, Jan 8th 2022 07:00 am
After nearly 20 years as a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals, including service as the board's chairperson, Marion Fabiano has sent her letter of resignation to Town Supervisor John Whitney.
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Sat, Jan 8th 2022 07:00 am
Two days before Christmas, Elizabeth Triggs, founder of the Buffalo nonprofit "None Like You/We Care," received an invitation to go out to lunch.
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Fri, Jan 7th 2022 11:00 am
Many of us are familiar with the services of the Lewiston Police Department. From its multiple law enforcement functions to its community service, this roughly 20-member department of full- and part-time officers continues to be among the standouts of its kind in the Western New York community.
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Fri, Jan 7th 2022 11:00 am
As part of its final audit/regular meeting session of 2021 last week, the Lewiston Town Board opened with a public hearing en route to moving on a conceptual plan for an existing planned unit development. The action included a rezoning of the land area from R-1 (single family residential) to PUD status on Northridge Drive and Ridge Road, and now allows for an additional 10 units to the Northridge Drive apartments complex.
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Fri, Jan 7th 2022 10:25 am
Full edition: The Tribune-Sentinel for Jan. 7, 2022
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Thu, Jan 6th 2022 02:45 pm
On Jan. 1, councilmen Pete Marston and Christian Bahleda, as well as Town Justice Mark Frentzel and Town Highway Superintendent Richard Crawford, were sworn into office by retired Tonawanda City Court Judge Joseph Cassata. The event was held at the Sandy Beach Yacht Club, and the master of ceremonies was Eric Fiebelkorn, president of the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce.
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Wed, Dec 29th 2021 01:30 pm
Bruce Sutherland was a treasure and a friend and a pillar of the Lewiston community.
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Fri, Dec 24th 2021 09:00 am
Early in 2018, shortly after Jenn Baney was inaugurated as a new member of the Grand Island Town Board, she decided to put her efforts into modernizing the security systems in town buildings. That effort would take four years.
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Fri, Dec 24th 2021 09:00 am
At the age of 18, Jim Sharpe was serving in the military in Panama. He had joined the Air Force in 1966, and, far from home and family for the first time during the holiday season, he experienced the kindness of strangers.
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Fri, Dec 24th 2021 09:00 am
For a number of years, a few older veterans got together annually to place wreaths at the graves of veterans at Oakland Rural Cemetery in Youngstown. Normally, they place approximately 30 wreaths at the graves, as part of Wreaths Across America. The project was started in 1992 by Morrill Worcester, the owner of Worcester Wreath Co. of Harrington, Maine. Worcester had a surplus of wreaths left over after the holiday season, so he decided to place the wreaths at the graves of veterans at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Fri, Dec 24th 2021 07:05 am
In case you have not yet heard, the four days from July 1-4, 2022, we will host one of Lewiston's grandest parties in many years, our bicentennial celebration. Mark your calendar now - do not miss it!
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Fri, Dec 24th 2021 07:00 am
On Monday, the Wheatfield Town board announced that, although the municipality elected not to opt out of New York State Cannabis Law Section 131 - which would have flatly prevented marijuana retail sales and on-site consumption establishments from operating - due to a lack of specifics from the state. It will go forward with its own regulations regarding where and how such establishments could operate.
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Thu, Dec 23rd 2021 03:35 pm
For about a decade now, I'm compiled a yearend list of my favorite celebrity interviews. But as I thought about the 2021 edition, it occurred to me that "celebrity" connotes fame, and fame is fast, fickle, fleeting - traits not associated with these entertainers.
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Thu, Dec 23rd 2021 03:35 pm
Full edition: The Tribune-Sentinel for Dec. 24-31, 2021
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Fri, Dec 17th 2021 11:40 am
Full edition: The Tribune-Sentinel for Dec. 17, 2021
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Fri, Dec 17th 2021 11:00 am
A proposal to build a new structure on vacant land at 860 Center St., Lewiston, was tabled Monday by both the Historic Preservation Commission and Planning Commission. This action was at the request of architect Jim Fittante, who said his client needs additional time to consider crafting a structure more in keeping with the village's preferred aesthetic.
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Thu, Dec 16th 2021 10:20 am
Ashley Newbrough doesn't need a Christmas tree farm in her heart. She has her parents' house in Ontario.
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Sat, Dec 11th 2021 07:00 am
On Monday evening, the Grand Island Town Board passed by a 4-0 vote a resolution expressing opposition to Erie County's mask mandate, which went into effect Nov. 23. In the resolution, the councilmembers went on record as opposing any future mask mandates, vaccination mandates, or any other COVID-19 restrictions. It requested the town and the state refrain from enforcing the mask mandate on Grand Island.
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Fri, Dec 10th 2021 11:00 am
Monday's Wheatfield Town Board meeting began with updates regarding a burst water line that occurred last week on the corner of Sy Road and Niagara Falls Boulevard.
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Fri, Dec 10th 2021 11:00 am
Waterfront improvements are underway and continue in the Town of Porter.
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Fri, Dec 10th 2021 07:00 am
When Olivia Bitetti completed her internship with NFP 10 years ago, the first word of her performance review was "genius." As in, this communicator is putting forth next-level work that is, in fact, genius.
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Fri, Dec 10th 2021 07:00 am
In Lewiston, the answer to "Who you gonna call" isn't Ghostbusters. It's Warren's.
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Thu, Dec 9th 2021 08:15 pm
Full edition: The Tribune-Sentinel for Dec. 10, 2021
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Tue, Dec 7th 2021 05:20 pm
Trustees in the Village of Lewiston were pleased with last weekend's Christmas Walk festivities. They were particularly impressed with the debut Lewiston Holiday Lights Parade, which was organized by the Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce.
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Sun, Dec 5th 2021 10:20 pm
Christmas Walk weekend wrapped Sunday night with the inaugural Lewiston Christmas Lights Parade. The one-hour event featured floats and decorated first-responder vehicles, as well as dancers, costumed characters, musical performances and local nonprofits. Families lined the roadway to watch, cheer, take pictures and collect candy.
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