Fri, Mar 23rd 2012 05:00 pm
News from the Porter Town Board regular session this month finds the town has opted to pursue alternative energy development in lieu of wind energy turbines that had been eyed earlier for up to three locations.
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Fri, Mar 23rd 2012 02:30 pm
The Town of Niagara announced on Friday that its sanitation company, Allied Waste, is currently having a contract dispute with its workers and therefore will not pick up garbage or recycling in the town on the normal Friday schedule.
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Fri, Mar 23rd 2012 08:10 am
The Orleans County Conservative Party has endorsed State Sen. George D. Maziarz for re-election in the 62nd Senate district.
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Fri, Mar 23rd 2012 07:00 am
The annual "WNY Toy, Comic Book & Collectible Show" will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 25, at American Legion Post 1322, 950 Payne Ave., North Tonawanda.
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Fri, Mar 23rd 2012 07:00 am
St. James Lutheran Church is inviting the public for a continental breakfast and an inspiring gospel message from the Rev. Bob Dean.
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Fri, Mar 23rd 2012 07:00 am
The Kiwanis Club of Niagara-Wheatfield's annual pancake breakfast and basket raffle will be Sunday, March 25, in the American Legion Post 1451 at 6525 Ward Road, Wheatfield.
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Fri, Mar 23rd 2012 07:00 am
Join the Niagara Area Habitat for Humanity from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 24, for its annual Women's Build Day.
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Fri, Mar 23rd 2012 07:00 am
Work continued this week at the new Lewiston Stone House, located at 755 Center St. North.
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 05:30 pm
When the Buffalo Bills 2011 season came to a conclusion, Bills General Manager Buddy Nix addressed the media announcing the team's offseason plans. He made it very clear that the team's No. 1 goal this offseason was to improve the NFL's worst pass-rush. The Bills defensive totaled just 29 sacks in 2011, the league worst.
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 04:45 pm
Congratulations to the Holy Ghost girls varsity basketball team for winning the Lutheran School Basketball League Championship.
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 04:45 pm
The 2012 Wheatfield Blades Squirt Minor AAA team won the Western New York Amateur Hockey League Championship by beating the Depew Saints, 4-1, at Cheektowaga Town Rink.
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 04:40 pm
The Niagara County Patriots will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, March 26, at the Wheatfield Community Center, 2790 Church Road, Wheatfield.
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 04:40 pm
The Niagara team from Gleason's School of Gymnastics level 5 team took second place overall in the Nickel City Classic meet held in Orchard Park on Feb 12.
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 04:35 pm
The SPCA of Niagara now has 83 candidates to consider for its new board of directors.
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 04:35 pm
About 85 representatives of the community who have a vested interest in the survival of the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station met at the base for a breakfast update Monday.
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 04:30 pm
Wheatfield residents will start receiving their new 65-gallon recycling totes on Monday.
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 04:30 pm
Spring cleaning comes to Town of Niagara on April 21 with the first town-wide cleanup day.
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 04:30 pm
Angie Kulikowski, 93, thoroughly enjoys Wheatfield's senior citizen dances.
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 04:10 pm
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 03:50 pm
The Niagara Falls Boys and Girls Club will return to Niagara Falls this year to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its annual auction, with a new event format.
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 03:50 pm
Starpoint High School Class of 2015 is hosting "Bald for Bucks" to benefit Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the Jack Langdon Fund.
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 03:45 pm
Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-I-Lewiston, recently co-sponsored legislation to help reduce domestic violence and crimes against women. If signed into law, the bill would create a new criminal category known as "aggravated family offenses."
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 03:45 pm
Before its world-class "Summer Rush" concert series begins, Seneca casinos will offer an exciting lineup of entertainment during the month of May. Just announced for Memorial Day weekend at Seneca Allegany Events Center is new wave rock group The B-52s.
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 03:40 pm
Assemblyman John D. Ceretto, R-I-Lewiston, and Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak, D-Cheektowaga announced Wednesday the introduction of legislation that would reverse the state's Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 13.07 as it pertains to Niagara Falls and Niagara Falls State Park. This measure currently gives the State Parks department the authority to restrict signs and advertising structures on an adjacent municipality within 500 feet of a state park.
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 03:40 pm
Experience the energy of "The Corvettes Doo Wop Revue" and support the cultural organizations of Niagara County.
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 03:30 pm
Volunteer fire departments across New York state will open their doors and fire truck bays to local residents as part of the second-ever statewide volunteer firefighter recruitment effort called RecruitNY, in an effort to help increase membership.
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 03:30 pm
Assemblyman John Ceretto introduced Nik Wallenda Thursday to the entire Assembly chamber.
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 01:20 pm
FOX's clever new series "Touch" makes its regular season debut tonight following "American Idol." Danny Glover talks new "red thread" action/drama; watch a preview.
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Thu, Mar 22nd 2012 08:25 am
The up-and-coming country band Emerson Drive is coming to Niagara University this Friday, March 23. The concert begins at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. at the Gallagher Center.
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Wed, Mar 21st 2012 09:25 pm
High prices and poor quality is the norm at many restaurants. Residents of Lewiston would agree this is not the case at The Lewiston Village Pub, located at 840 Center St. The Pub provides a quality atmosphere and an array of dishes - and not only pub foods, but higher cuisine, too, and at reasonable prices.
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Wed, Mar 21st 2012 09:25 pm
Niagara University will host the "Sing for Somalia" benefit concert on April 13 at NU's Gallagher Center from 4 to 10 p.m.
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Wed, Mar 21st 2012 01:25 pm
Niagara Catholic Jr./Sr. High School recently held its annual Mardi Gras Dinner and Auction at Antonio's Restaurant, Banquet and Conference Center.
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Wed, Mar 21st 2012 12:55 pm
Shannon Risk helps Helen Hunt sort through her family tree on "Who Do You Think You Are?"
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Wed, Mar 21st 2012 07:45 am
Niagara County lawmakers unanimously backed a proposal to assign a new mission to the 107th Air Wing at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station after a freshman legislator whose district includes the vulnerable air base asked colleagues to get behind the proposal as "the best option currently on the table."
Legislator Kathryn Lance, R-Wheatfield, introduced a resolution in the County Legislature Tuesday that made the deliberative body one of the first to formally back a plan, cobbled together by a federally chartered panel of governors, that would shift the 107th Airlift Wing—which currently flies C-130 transport aircraft—to a reconnaissance role.
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Wed, Mar 21st 2012 07:40 am
Niagara Hospice volunteers provided over 16,000 hours of support last year doing everything from delivering meals to patients with nutritional needs to helping with clerical and fundraising tasks. Volunteers make up 5 percent of the clinical workforce hours at Niagara Hospice, as mandated by Medicare.
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Wed, Mar 21st 2012 07:35 am
Niagara Catholic Jr./Sr. High School was recently honored as a recipient of an automated external defibrillator.
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Wed, Mar 21st 2012 07:30 am
State Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-60th District, passed the Senate version of an Assembly bill that will change the labor law to make it an authorized absence for members of the volunteer fire department and volunteer ambulance squads when they respond to a state of emergency declared by the federal or state government. Employers will not be able to charge the time to vacation, sick leave or other excused absences.
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Tue, Mar 20th 2012 03:00 pm
Last night on "The Voice," six more artists advanced to the live shows after winning vocal battles against a member of their own team. It was the third of four "Battle Rounds" episodes that have the coaches narrowing down their teams according to what they like best.
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Tue, Mar 20th 2012 03:00 pm
The Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo, will present Esperanza Spalding and the Radio Music Society Tour on Wednesday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre (Center for the Arts, North Campus).
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Tue, Mar 20th 2012 11:40 am
Goal is to reduce crowd size while enhancing concert experience.
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