Tue, Oct 23rd 2012 03:30 pm
Fox has ordered a third season of "The X Factor," it was announced Monday by Mike Darnell, president of alternative entertainment for Fox Broadcasting Company.
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Tue, Oct 23rd 2012 03:30 pm
State Sen. George Maziarz, R-C-Newfane, has been awarded a score of "A" by New Yorkers for Better Libraries. Maziarz received a 115, constituting an "A" on the grading scale from the organization.
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Tue, Oct 23rd 2012 03:30 pm
NBC's "The Voice" gets "Election Fever" in a three-night event in which America will vote for the first time this season to help decide which artists get into the Top 12 as the popular vocal competition series will have special live broadcasts on Wednesday, Nov. 7 (8 until 10 p.m.), and on Thursday, Nov. 8 (8 p.m.) - as well as its regular airing on Monday, Nov. 5 (8 until 10 p.m.).
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Tue, Oct 23rd 2012 03:30 pm
The Business Council of New York State Inc. and the New York League of Conservation Voters have come together to endorse Mark Grisanti in the 60th New York State Senate District.
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Tue, Oct 23rd 2012 03:30 pm
On Election Day (Tuesday, Nov. 6), First Presbyterian Church is hosting a Mini-Bazaar and White elephant sale. The event runs from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. at the corner of South Fifth and Cayuga streets, Lewiston.
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Tue, Oct 23rd 2012 03:25 pm
The Great Lakes Sea Grant Extension Network honored two Great Lakes coastal issue extension educators, Helen M. Domske of Buffalo, and David B. MacNeill of Oswego, for excellence.
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Tue, Oct 23rd 2012 03:25 pm
The Niagara University Danceline will sponsoring its fourth annual dance clinic for girls ages 6 to 14 on Sunday, Dec. 16, at NU.
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Tue, Oct 23rd 2012 03:25 pm
Opportunities Unlimited invites readers to watch a competition celebrating the artistic talents of people with developmental disabilities. Cheer on your favorite performers as OUN highlights the many talents of people who participate in its programs.
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Mon, Oct 22nd 2012 06:00 pm
Fred Jackson will break down the Buffalo Bills tough 35-34 loss to the Tennessee Titans with co-host Bob Koshinski Monday on "The Fred Jackson Show." The WBBZ-TV program tapes at 6:30 p.m. Fullback Corey McIntyre will be live in studio with Fred and Bob.
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Mon, Oct 22nd 2012 09:35 am
The Niagara Regional Theatre Guild will hold auditions for singers, ages 16 years and older, for the upcoming production of "Broadway In Concert" on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 12 and 13.
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Mon, Oct 22nd 2012 09:35 am
The Western New York Association of Historical Agencies is holding its annual conference on Saturday, Nov. 3, at Genesee Country Village in Mumford. The conference runs from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This year's theme is "I Want You: Recruiting Students and Volunteers to your War Commemoration."
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Mon, Oct 22nd 2012 09:30 am
Niagara University is opening its doors to prospective students Saturday, Oct. 27, from noon to 3:30 p.m. The university's fall open house is an opportunity for prospective students and their families to obtain information and ask questions relevant to their academic and extracurricular interests.
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Mon, Oct 22nd 2012 07:00 am
Two singers highly coveted by "The Voice" judges competed in week two of the "Battle Rounds." Coach Christina Aguilera paired 19-year-old Sylvia Yacoub and 17-year-old Joselyn Rivera in a duet/dual. The vocalists performed Beyonce's "Best Thing I Never Had."
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Mon, Oct 22nd 2012 07:00 am
Starting in the fall of 2013, Niagara University will offer a new bachelor's degree program in art history with museum studies.
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Mon, Oct 22nd 2012 07:00 am
The Town of Porter Democratic Committee will honor several local residents as well as former federal and state legislators at a breakfast to be held on Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Niagara Frontier Country Club, 1058 Lake Road, beginning at 10 a.m.
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Sat, Oct 20th 2012 09:45 pm
INTERVIEW: On "Go On," Matthew Perry's character, Ryan King, can't understand why he's sent to group therapy. He just wants to work - he doesn't want to talk about his wife's unexpected passing, and he doesn't want to share his feelings.
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Sat, Oct 20th 2012 07:00 am
The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University invites readers to a free lecture on Sunday, Oct. 21, beginning at 2 p.m. Dr. Robert M. Giannetti will present a reading and interpretation of Alexander Wilson's poem, "The Foresters," which describes a journey, by foot, from the lower Niagara River to Niagara Falls in the autumn of 1804.
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Sat, Oct 20th 2012 07:00 am
The Lewiston Council on the Arts was awarded a $3,000 implementation grant for "Tuscarora Bead Work from 1812 to Present" from the New York Council for the Humanities. The money will fund a binational exhibit of Native American beadwork from the Tuscarora Reservation in Lewiston and the Six Nations Reservation in Ontario, Canada, to be held during Native American Heritage Month (November).
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Sat, Oct 20th 2012 07:00 am
Lewiston-Porter High School and the University at Buffalo are in the national spotlight with news that Lew-Port teachers Michelle Hinchliffe and Colleen Glor, together with UB Professor of Chemistry Diana Aga, Ph.D., are the recipients of a national science education award for their efforts to train student scientists to measure pharmaceutical contamination in Niagara County waterways.
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Sat, Oct 20th 2012 07:00 am
The Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce held a "Business Blender" Thursday at Town Hall, the Village of Lewiston's newest Center Street restaurant.
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Sat, Oct 20th 2012 07:00 am
Niagara Frontier Publications' Skip Mazenauer, publisher of the Sentinel, poses with Casa Antica manager Robert Herman, chef Charlie Soldano and the "Casa Girls" outside of the Italian restaurant.
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Sat, Oct 20th 2012 07:00 am
Calarco Chiropractic, a new member of the Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce, celebrated an open house and ribbon-cutting on Sunday, Oct. 14. Located at 781 Cayuga St., Suite 3, Dr. Michael Calarco welcomed family and friends to his office.
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Sat, Oct 20th 2012 07:00 am
They came, voiced their opinions and then some. But, in the end, the matter remained far from settled.
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Sat, Oct 20th 2012 07:00 am
Topics at Monday's Porter Town Board meeting included recycling, 2013 budget talks, chamber funding and zoning. But the biggest matter by far came from residents concerned about a possible closing of W.H. Stevenson Elementary School in Ransomville by the Wilson Central School District.
Debbie Parker, Candy Ingwersen and other Ransomville residents told the board of the possibility. It will be "financially devastating to Ransomville," said Parker.
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Sat, Oct 20th 2012 07:00 am
The St. Stephen R.C. Church Altar Society will hold a basket raffle and bake sale fundraiser on two weekends, Oct. 20 and 21, and Oct. 27 and 28.
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Sat, Oct 20th 2012 07:00 am
Paul Robinson, coordinator of the Grand Island Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty (CROP) Walk, reports that this year's event will top the $5,000 mark in funds raised for the first time in more than 10 years.
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Sat, Oct 20th 2012 07:00 am
Richard Fortier and Tim Badeneyck, both of Niagara Falls, found the fall perch running in Wilson Harbor off the north dock at the Tuscarora State Park launch ramp.
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Sat, Oct 20th 2012 07:00 am
St. Peter Lutheran Church, 6168 Walmore Road, Sanborn, will host its first "Music for Missions" concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, in its Christian Day School gymnasium. All are welcome to attend.
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Sat, Oct 20th 2012 07:00 am
St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 3229 Upper Mountain Road, Sanborn, will hold a chowder sale on Oct. 27, beginning at 11 a.m.
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Sat, Oct 20th 2012 07:00 am
Knowledge is power, and the early detection of breast cancer through regular mammography screenings saves thousands of lives each year. That's why Kenmore Mercy Hospital, a Catholic Health facility, has teamed up with the Cancer Services Program of Erie County for a free breast cancer screening event for women without health insurance on Saturday, Nov. 17, from 8 a.m. to noon in the hospital's imaging department, 2950 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo.
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Fri, Oct 19th 2012 09:30 pm
Transitowne's special used car sale continues this weekend in Lewiston.Vehicles are on display in the CVS Pharmacy plaza parking lot, next to Nico Floor Coverings.
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Fri, Oct 19th 2012 08:45 pm
Famed culinary experts Ludo Lefebvre and Brian Malarkey are confirmed to join no-holds-barred chef Anthony Bourdain and British food star Nigella Lawson as mentors on eight episodes of ABC's innovative new cooking competition show, "The Taste." The new one-hour alternative series will premiere in 2013 on the ABC Television Network.
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Fri, Oct 19th 2012 08:40 pm
Katie Couric puts on her cowboy boots for an hour-long special, "All Access Nashville with Katie Couric," giving viewers an exclusive all-access pass to the homes and private lives of country music's biggest stars.
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Fri, Oct 19th 2012 08:35 pm
Beyoncé will perform in the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show on CBS at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013.
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Fri, Oct 19th 2012 08:30 pm
On Tuesday, Oct. 23, the New FOX Tuesday comedies keep the laughs coming with all-new episodes of "Raising Hope" (8 p.m.), "Ben And Kate" (8:30 p.m.) and "New Girl" (9 p.m.). An all-new special one-hour episode of "The X Factor" featuring the conclusion of the "Judges' Homes" round airs during a special, extended prime from 9:30 until 10:30 p.m.
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Fri, Oct 19th 2012 08:30 pm
The following activity occurred Monday, Oct. 8, to Sunday, Oct. 14, as reported by the Lewiston Police department. LPD logged a total of 86 response calls during this period.
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Fri, Oct 19th 2012 08:30 pm
On Oct. 12, Lewiston was home to the largest battery of 1812-period artillery ever assembled in one place, at one time.
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Fri, Oct 19th 2012 08:00 pm
The Niagara County PTA has joined in voicing its objections to the state's newest testing protocols for students in grades 3 to 8.
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Fri, Oct 19th 2012 08:00 pm
Jack Lyon, owner of 700 Center St. - a proposed wine store - has agreed to repair his building's wood siding and to use cedar siding (instead of vinyl or a wood alternative) on his addition and dormers. He emailed the Village of Lewiston Planning Board a new proposal on Monday morning. It was approved Monday night by both the Planning Board and the Village Board of Trustees.
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Fri, Oct 19th 2012 08:00 pm
A Town of Lewiston committee formed to look into the practicality of building a multimillion-dollar recreational and senior center has identified the Lewiston-Porter school campus as an ideal site.
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