Fri, Apr 12th 2013 10:50 pm
The Erie County Sheriff's Office responded to 176 calls from March 23 to March 29. Below is a sampling of the noteworthy incidents on Grand Island.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2013 10:45 pm
Three Island service clubs got together to share information about their goals and talk about working more closely together.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2013 10:45 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce has expressed its thanks to the local businesses that have given their support to the annual Citizen of the Year Awards event.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2013 10:45 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce will honor Dr. Kevin Backus, pastor of Bible Presbyterian Church, and Grand Island High School music teacher Martin Allen at the annual Citizen of the Year Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 25.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2013 10:40 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce has expressed its thanks to the local businesses that have given their support to the annual Citizen of the Year Awards event.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2013 10:35 pm
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce has named Linda Tufillaro and Wavelengths Hair Design as recipients of the Citizen of the Year Award.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2013 10:30 pm
The enacted state budget was completed on time, sending a positive signal to bond markets and taxpayers, according to a preliminary report released Friday by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2013 10:30 pm
New York Lottery draw team members Yolanda Vega and Gretchen Dizer will be bringing the statewide "Family Feud" promotion tour to Amherst and Buffalo this weekend with two separate stops at the Boulevard Mall on Saturday, April 13, and the Galleria Mall on Sunday, April 14.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2013 10:20 pm
Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-I-C-Lewiston, sent a letter Friday to Gov. Andrew Cuomo asking him to use the lion's share of the $50 million "Open for Business" fund to promote tourism and businesses in Niagara and Erie counties.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2013 10:20 pm
Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier announced Friday that defenseman Tyler Myers suffered a broken bone in his leg during Thursday's game against the Montreal Canadiens and will miss the remainder of the 2012-13 season.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2013 10:15 pm
Ordinarily, it wouldn't raise eyebrows for a Niagara University program description to state that "everything you bring must fit into a backpack." When the program takes place in Central America, it presents a different challenge.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2013 05:40 pm
If you've ever wondered what the '80s would sound like, or how it would appear, if the decade was somehow thrown into a time warp and awoken in 2013, well, this is it.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2013 08:40 am
For the first time in "American Idol" history, the Top 5 finalists are all girls. After finalist Lazaro Arbos was sent home Thursday evening, the remaining ladies - Janelle Arthur, Candice Glover, Kree Harrison, Amber Holcomb and Angie Miller - will continue to battle it out on stage in hopes of becoming the first female "American Idol" winner since Jordin Sparks in season six.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2013 07:00 am
For a volunteer experience where you can have a direct impact on the quality of life for elderly people living in long term care facilities, consider becoming a Niagara County ombudsman.
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Fri, Apr 12th 2013 07:00 am
The cosmetology students at the Niagara Career and Technical Education Center recently held a hair show at the center in Sanborn.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 09:45 pm
MA-MA Sales is holding a consignment sale this weekend at the First Presbyterian Church of Lewiston, 505 Cayuga St.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 08:40 pm
Niagara Falls Music & Art Festival President Rick A. Crogan, volunteer Becky Marchetti and Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster spoke Thursday at a press conference announcing details for the third annual summer event, scheduled to take place this year from June 28-30.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 08:05 pm
Niagara County leaders intent on protecting the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station and its 3,000 jobs are set to hire a consulting firm specializing in protecting military installations from defense cuts as the Obama Administration gears up to potentially launch a new round of base closures.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 07:25 pm
Joe Mihalich was announced as the new men's basketball coach at Hofstra University on Long Island. Mihalich had previously served 15 years as the men's basketball coach at Niagara University.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 05:05 pm
WGRZ has announced that, after a career that has spanned five different decades, Sports Director Ed Kilgore is leaving "2 On your Side" at the end of May to take on a new challenge.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 05:00 pm
NBC has renewed its innovative late-night series "Last Call with Carson Daly," acclaimed as TV's unofficial music tastemaker, for a 13th season, it was announced by Paul Telegdy, president of alternative and late night programming at NBC.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 05:00 pm
Congressman Chris Collins, NY-27, issued the following statement regarding President Obama's budget proposal.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 12:35 pm
The Niagara Tourism & Convention Corp. has announced Jeff Pease was named director of marketing and communications. Pease will direct all marketing, advertising and public relations plans at NTCC, and increase the visibility and recognition of Niagara USA and its assets as a leisure and convention destination.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 12:35 pm
Dr. Abdiweli Ali, the Niagara University economics professor turned Somali prime minster, will reflect on his time as the leader of the impoverished, war-torn East African nation during a special event on April 22 at 6:30 p.m. in the Castellani Art Museum.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 12:25 pm
Cindy Repicci Romanowski, M.D., board certified rehabilitation specialist with the Joint Reconstruction Orthopedic Center, will be the featured speaker at a free seminar titled "Arthritis & Joint Replacement Surgery" at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, at The McGuire Rehabilitation Center, at Northgate Health Care Facility, 7264 Nash Road, Wheatfield.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 12:20 pm
The fishing pier at the base of the New York Power Authority's Robert Moses Niagara Hydroelectric Power Plant in Lewiston opened April 8 for the season. The fish cleaning station will also be available as long as temperatures remain above freezing.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 12:20 pm
ElderWood Crestwood Commons, 100 Crestwood Court (off Witmer Road), Wheatfield, will hold an open house from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday, April 11, and Friday, April 12, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, April 13.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 12:20 pm
Rep. Chris Collins, NY-27, stopped at Health System Services in Wheatfield on Monday to assure owners and employees of his continued support for small business.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 12:15 pm
Wheatfield is now $2.228 million "in the black," compared to the deficit of three years ago.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 12:15 pm
The 2013 Town of Niagara Illusions Cheerleaders went to national competition in Erie, Pa., and took first place in their team category and the national championship award for the recreation division.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 12:10 pm
The Niagara County Community College horticulture program received three awards at the Western New York State Nursery & Landscape Association annual garden and landscape show, Plantasia.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 12:00 pm
The following is a sampling of calls received by the Town of Niagara Police between March 26 and April 8. During that time period, patrols answered 259 calls.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 11:55 am
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation has released two separate requests for proposals for food, beverage and catering operations, as well as operation of the golf course and food and beverage, for the golf course at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 11:55 am
Moments before halftime of a Jan. 31 home basketball game versus Iona, a small group of Niagara University students broke out into an unexpected dance routine, or what's become commonly known as a flash mob.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 11:50 am
"May Madness" hits Food Network this spring as Food Network pits Iron Chef vs. Iron Chef in the first-ever "Iron Chef America: Tournament of Champions." With five episodes and a panel of revolving judges, the tournament features high-stakes, bracket-style battles between the best of the best in the culinary world.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 11:50 am
Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East approved a three-year collective bargaining agreement with Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center in balloting held Wednesday.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 11:45 am
Officials at Ryu-Kon Group have announced their permanent move to Niagara Falls. There three-day convention will bring in crowds from around the globe to promote creativity with anime, gaming, steampunk, pop culture, art, creative careers and more. The Ryu-Kon Anime & Gaming Convention, which had its debut last summer in Canandaigua, will take place July 26-28 at The Conference & Event Center Niagara Falls.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 11:45 am
R.A. Dickey, whose sudden success for the New York Mets led to his becoming the only knuckleball pitcher to win the Cy Young award, talks about his career and the pitch that saved it in a "60 Minutes" profile to be broadcast Sunday, April 14 (7 p.m.), on the CBS Television Network.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 11:40 am
The Niagara Falls Family Y invites families to attend "Healthy Kids Day" from 1 until 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 27. This free and interactive event is designed to help family members form healthier habits together. It includes children's fitness assessments, arts and crafts, "no-bake" cooking, healthy nutritional information and more.
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Thu, Apr 11th 2013 11:30 am
In tonight's live "American Idol" Top 6 results show (8 p.m.), FOX will present an on-screen double-box live camera feed of the show during a commercial break featuring official sponsors Ford, Coca-Cola and AT&T - a television first for entertainment programming.
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