Fri, Sep 15th 2023 11:00 am
Add another issue to the growing list the Town of Niagara Town Board is facing in the not-so-distant future.
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Fri, Sep 15th 2023 11:00 am
The WNY Heroes program held a unique graduation on Sept. 8. But reading, writing and arithmetic are not part of the skill set for the trainees. In fact, it's doubtful that these grads could even read their certificates: That's because they are graduates of the four-legged variety - service dogs trained in the program, "Pawsitive for Heroes."
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Fri, Sep 15th 2023 11:00 am
The return of Monday's Lewiston Town Board monthly work session was brief but productive. With the Buffalo Bills "Monday Night Football" game approaching, members whisked through two public hearings and approved local laws; heard a presentation by the Lewiston Council on the Arts; and discussed plans for holiday ice rink activities.
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Fri, Sep 15th 2023 07:00 am
The 9/11 ceremony was sober, heartfelt and patriotic Monday night at the Charles N. DeGlopper Memorial VFW Post 9249 on Grand Island Boulevard.
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Fri, Sep 15th 2023 07:00 am
Full free edition: The Tribune-Sentinel for Sept. 15, 2023
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Thu, Sep 14th 2023 11:00 am
Last month, the Town of Lewiston took part in a special presentation with the Tuscarora Nation. Held Aug. 28 at the Nation House on the Tuscarora Reservation, the event celebrated the life of Lelawala, daughter of Eagle Eye, chief of the Ongiras, a native tribe long extinct, as the Maid of the Mist.
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Thu, Sep 14th 2023 07:00 am
It's been an eventful decade for Amy Grant.
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Tue, Sep 12th 2023 06:05 pm
It didn't take long for the original members of Firefall to find magic in the recording studio.
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Sun, Sep 10th 2023 11:15 pm
The 65th annual Niagara County Peach Festival closed Sunday night with the naming of Kirsten Ferree as Peach Queen. A 20-year-old North Tonawanda native and Buffalo State University senior, Ferree receives both a crown and a $4,000 scholarship courtesy of the Lewiston Kiwanis Club.
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Sat, Sep 9th 2023 07:00 am
It was déjà vu all over again Wednesday for the Grand Island Town Board in setting an 8 p.m. Sept. 18 public hearing on the Long Road mega warehouse proposal.
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Sat, Sep 9th 2023 07:00 am
Charles N. DeGlopper Memorial VFW Post 9249 will hold a 9/11 ceremony at 7 p.m. Monday at the post, 2121 Grand Island Blvd. The ceremony is open to the public.
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Fri, Sep 8th 2023 11:00 am
The North Tonawanda City Market wants to be the top farmers market in the nation. And the market manager and city mayor are asking for the support of the market's customers and fans to help it win.
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Fri, Sep 8th 2023 11:00 am
An annual tradition for many, the Niagara Celtic Heritage Festival & Highland Games is back, and you're invited!
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Fri, Sep 8th 2023 11:00 am
Trustees in the Village of Lewiston approved Halloween hours and a new format for the ever-growing "Treat or Treat on Center Street" during Tuesday's work session.
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Fri, Sep 8th 2023 07:35 am
Full free edition: The Tribune-Sentinel for Sept. 1, 2023
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Fri, Sep 8th 2023 07:00 am
As part of the National Federation of Just Communities national conference in Buffalo this week, members on Wednesday took a daytrip to Lewiston. Their tour bus stopped at the Freedom Crossing Monument on Water Street, and they were greeted by Sally and Josiah Tryon (aka Eva Nicklas and Tim Henderson). The two Lewiston legends recounted tales of first coming to the village, efforts to lead people to freedom, and the story behind Susan Geissler's famed bronze statue.
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Mon, Sep 4th 2023 07:00 am
The Kiwanis Club of Lewiston will present the 65th annual Niagara County Peach Festival the weekend of Sept. 7-10 at Academy Park on Center Street in Lewiston. The first Peach Festival was held in 1958 and, since then, Kiwanians have contributed more than $1.6 million in donations to area charities and organizations from event proceeds.
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Sat, Sep 2nd 2023 07:00 am
A new child care center director, Athena Torain, has taken over running the educational programs at St. Timothy Evangelical Lutheran Church and Child Care Center. She said she is excited to work in a faith-based educational program for young children.
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Sat, Sep 2nd 2023 07:00 am
At the Aug. 28 meeting of the Grand Island Board of Education, held at Eco Island, 3285 Staley Road, new staff members and programs were introduced to the board and to the community.
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Sat, Sep 2nd 2023 07:00 am
About 40 protesters on Monday marched outside Town Hall in favor of a warehouse moratorium and against the Town Board accepting a developer's supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a proposed 1.2-million-square-foot Long Road warehouse.
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Sat, Sep 2nd 2023 07:00 am
When Huth Road Elementary School teachers Dianne Tiede and Sharon Thompson first explored Eco Island in the late 1980s, they were excited about the school district having its own nature center.
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Sat, Sep 2nd 2023 07:00 am
While most children spend the final month of summer outdoors swimming, playing games and sports with friends, or taking family vacations, 13-years-young Grayson Shelp is back selling popcorn outside Ace Hardware, 1889 Whitehaven Road, seven days a week beginning at 9:30 a.m., until just past Labor Day.
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Fri, Sep 1st 2023 12:00 pm
The excitement is building for a Western New York favorite - the 65th annual Niagara County Peach Festival. Presented by the Kiwanis Club of Lewiston, it returns Thursday, Sept. 7, to Academy Park in the Village of Lewiston.
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Fri, Sep 1st 2023 11:15 am
The Town of Wheatfield is constructing a new, inclusive playground at Fairmount Park, and the project committee wants the community's help to name it.
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Fri, Sep 1st 2023 11:10 am
At Monday's regular meeting, Lewiston Town Board members addressed various town operations with the setting of two public hearings; they also heard some clarification on the town's agreement with Modern Disposal.
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Fri, Sep 1st 2023 10:15 am
Full free edition: The Tribune-Sentinel for Sept. 1, 2023
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Wed, Aug 30th 2023 08:30 pm
The OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino welcomes Gin Blossoms, Sugar Ray, Tonic and Fastball at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7.
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Tue, Aug 29th 2023 06:00 pm
Behind the strength and downright ear-worminess of alt-rock hits "Santa Monica," "Father of Mine," "I Will Buy You A New Life," "Wonderful" and "Everything To Everyone," Art Alexakis has almost 3 million monthly listeners on Spotify - not to mention four albums certified Gold or Platinum, and 6 million-plus record sales.
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Mon, Aug 28th 2023 09:15 am
An environmental group plans a Community Victory Garden near where toxics from Tonawanda Coke's smokestacks once violated federal clean air standards and sickened those who lived nearby.
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Sat, Aug 26th 2023 07:00 am
The Family Justice Center (FJC) has named Catharine Miles-Kania its next chief executive officer, effective Aug. 21.
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Sat, Aug 26th 2023 07:00 am
Venita Jackson, carrying a bottle of fruit juice, walked into the office of the Sokody Sales Team on the afternoon of Aug. 22. She had just donated blood on the ConnectLife bus in the business' parking lot.
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Sat, Aug 26th 2023 07:00 am
The Grand Island Rotary Club invited naturalist and retired high school science teacher Diane Evans to guide club members on a hike through the park. The hike took club members from the V'randa to River Lea, where Evans showed the group such trees as horse chestnut, willow, honey locust, walnut, bitternut hickory and fireberry hawthorn.
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Sat, Aug 26th 2023 07:00 am
Councilman Michael Madigan has told the Island Dispatch that he will be filing a motion at Monday's Town Board meeting to propose a moratorium on approving warehouses and distribution centers on Grand Island.
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Fri, Aug 25th 2023 11:00 am
Though there will be many food options available during the Northwest Lewiston Jazz Festival this weekend, those stopping by Gather by Gallo will find a special treat.
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Fri, Aug 25th 2023 10:55 am
With Lewiston already home to artists, art installations, the Castellani Art Museum and the Lewiston Art Festival, why not also put art pieces on display at Academy Park, where they could be seen by all entering the village?
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Fri, Aug 25th 2023 10:55 am
The Village of Youngstown announced this month it is now formally soliciting a request for proposals to purchase the long-vacant Cold Storage property located at 701 Nancy Price Drive.
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Fri, Aug 25th 2023 10:45 am
It was a colorful, breezy experience this past Sunday, as kites of all colors and many shapes and sizes dotted the blue skies at Gratwick-Riverside Park.
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Fri, Aug 25th 2023 10:20 am
Full free edition: The Tribune-Sentinel for Aug. 25, 2023
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Tue, Aug 22nd 2023 09:15 am
No decision was made Monday on a proposal from Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours President John Kinney to install a new docking system on the south waterfront seawall adjacent to his company's staging area. Upon hearing from residents and boaters - and deciding it's time to review WJBT's existing contract - the Village of Lewiston Board, instead, opted to table.
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Mon, Aug 21st 2023 07:00 am
An exceptional level of talent featuring jazz all-stars and rising stars will grace the stage on Friday, Aug. 25, and Saturday, Aug. 26, at the 2023 Northwest Jazz Festival. Headlining performances include the United States Air Force Rhythm in Blue Band, the Benny Benack III Quartet, and, on Saturday, experience the highly anticipated festival appearance of the supergroup SOMETHING ELSE!
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