Tue, Aug 11th 2015 05:30 pm
Late Monday night, Erie County Fair officials were given the news Meghan Trainor was cancelling her concert at the fair.
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Tue, Aug 11th 2015 05:25 pm
The Buffalo Sabres today announced the team will host the Prospects Challenge, presented by Tops Friendly Markets, from Sept. 12-14 at First Niagara Center and HARBORCENTER.
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Tue, Aug 11th 2015 01:35 pm
Lewiston artist and art educator Thomas Paul Asklar is offering summer painting workshop parties for adults in the Lewiston Peace Garden at 6 p.m. Wednesdays from Aug. 19 through Sept. 16.
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Tue, Aug 11th 2015 01:25 pm
Creative Artists Agency informed Erie County Fair officials late Monday night that Meghan Trainor will not be playing at the Erie County Fair on Thursday, Aug. 13, due to ongoing medical concerns.
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Tue, Aug 11th 2015 01:20 pm
The 2015 Niagara County Peach Festival is seeking units for this year's parade, which is taking place at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, on Center Street in Lewiston.
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Tue, Aug 11th 2015 01:20 pm
For the third consecutive year, the Erie County Agricultural Society will partner with the Food Bank of Western New York to help fight hunger. With the donation of a canned food item, fairgoers will receive free admission to opening day of the 176th Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 12 (gates open at noon).
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Tue, Aug 11th 2015 01:20 pm
The recent Louis J. Fernandez Memorial Golf Tournament of the board of associates of Mount St. Mary's Hospital paid tribute to the late Vincent Laurendi Jr., a former executive of Adelphia Cable Niagara and former member of the board who passed away in August 2014.
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Tue, Aug 11th 2015 11:35 am
Nearly 75 Village of Lewiston business owners and residents made it clear Monday they are not in favor of Ellicott Development's latest proposal to build a plaza across 4.1 acres of land on Center, North Eighth and Onondaga streets.
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Mon, Aug 10th 2015 05:35 pm
Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined by Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Albright-Knox Art Gallery Senior Curator Dr. Cathleen Chaffee, Albright Knox Curator of Public Art Aaron Ott, community business leaders and residents to announce the newest installation in the public art initiative, an innovative arts partnership between Erie County, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the City of Buffalo.
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Mon, Aug 10th 2015 03:40 pm
Arts Services Initiative of Western New York has announced the application process for New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization regrants in Erie and Niagara counties, with a 20 percent increase in overall funding available and no cultural data project requirement. All new applicants must attend an information session.
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Mon, Aug 10th 2015 03:20 pm
Denver-based The Fray takes the stage at Fallsview Casino for two nights as part of November's lineup.
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Mon, Aug 10th 2015 03:15 pm
Join the Friends of Fort George and Parks Canada as they celebrate the 16th annual Fife and Drum Muster and Soldiers' Field Day.
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Mon, Aug 10th 2015 03:00 pm
Congressman Brian Higgins joined local veterans, including members of the Vietnam Veterans of America and Military Order of the Purple Heart, to announce the addition of 280 names of Vietnam veterans from Western New York who were killed in action to the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor.
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Mon, Aug 10th 2015 10:40 am
The dream to play professional soccer starts to materialize around the age of 5 years old. That was the case with these three local soccer players: Julian Ekeze of Rochester, and Andrew and Matt Ferguson of Stoney Creek, Canada. All three started playing at this age and continued to play at the collegiate level at Niagara University.
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Mon, Aug 10th 2015 07:00 am
The Buffalo Launch Club lighthouse, an iconic and much-admired landmark along the East River, has become a history mystery.
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Sun, Aug 9th 2015 09:45 am
The Lewiston Council on the Arts has announced the winners of this year's Lewiston Art Festival.
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Sat, Aug 8th 2015 06:15 pm
The Niagara County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Bureau has issued a request for assistance in locating Amber D. Merrell, a 37-year-old white female who was last seen at her residence on or about the 16th of July. It is unknown what items of clothing Amber may have been wearing at the time that she went missing.
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Sat, Aug 8th 2015 02:00 pm
Trinity United Methodist Church has welcomed a new pastor this summer whose spiritual travels have taken him from across the globe to the Island, and from the laboratory to the pulpit.
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Sat, Aug 8th 2015 09:00 am
On the Island, across the river and around the world, the success of the Rotary Club is due to cooperative action among local members and between clubs in the region and abroad.
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Sat, Aug 8th 2015 09:00 am
Fahim Mojawalla firmly believes in the four "P"s: passion, patience, persistence and politeness.
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Sat, Aug 8th 2015 09:00 am
Tom and Debbie Harrison of Wheelhouse Marine, who have been faithful sponsors of the annual Father's Day Lawn Mower Race and Car Show, are not too late on their donation for this year, also.
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Sat, Aug 8th 2015 09:00 am
It's the small white diner at 1849 Grand Island Blvd., the one with the lighthouse out front.
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Sat, Aug 8th 2015 07:00 am
The Kelly House, formerly the Tiffany Shop, Joette's and an apothecary business, is chanting a new mantra. Udumbara Yoga is infusing elements of wellness and classic style into the resonant energy inherent within this timeless, historic home located at 400 Plain St., Lewiston.
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Sat, Aug 8th 2015 07:00 am
Rev, rev; vroom, vroom - the bikes are gearing up.
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Sat, Aug 8th 2015 07:00 am
The first Mermaids of the Mighty Niagara takes over Youngstown's Main Street starting at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15.
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Sat, Aug 8th 2015 07:00 am
The second annual Great Contraption Race, held last Saturday in the lower Niagara between Lewiston and Youngstown, may have been slow in its development over past months. But once under way, this unique race event held to benefit the educational and outreach programs of the It Happen to Alexa Foundation - much like the vessels mastering the river's waters - managed to overcome its growing pains quite well.
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Sat, Aug 8th 2015 07:00 am
Ellicott Development is on Monday's Village of Lewiston Historic Preservation/Planning Commission agenda. CEO William Paladino requested a place on the program in a recent letter to the Planning Board.
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Sat, Aug 8th 2015 07:00 am
Zdenka Gast just recently finished walking 500 miles in only 29 days. Yet less than a year ago, the Grand Island resident was so weak from cancer treatments that she could barely get off the couch, her family said.
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Sat, Aug 8th 2015 06:55 am
On Saturday, Aug. 1, the fourth annual Pug Picnic took place in the Village of Youngstown.
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Fri, Aug 7th 2015 07:15 pm
It was a calm, sunny morning Friday at the Niagara County Fairgrounds - except in the Coliseum, where a flurry of activity was underway.
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Fri, Aug 7th 2015 07:10 pm
Kristy and Robert A. Minicucci Sr. of Youngstown will be honored at the 16th annual Good Works Gala, titled "Phantom of the Opera," and benefitting the Mount St. Mary's Foundation.
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Fri, Aug 7th 2015 07:00 pm
Rex Ryan, the Bills' new, larger-than-life, rock star head coach - clearly a "player's coach" - is why the stands and party areas were filled to capacity, and fans were standing five-deep in the endzone watching every play during this early workout session.
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Fri, Aug 7th 2015 03:15 pm
More than 100 fourth-grade students from four classrooms at Errick Road Elementary worked together this year to plant an organic vegetable garden that they dubbed "The Rainbow Garden."
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Fri, Aug 7th 2015 02:55 pm
Niagara County Clerk Wayne Jagow offered some clarity this week on recent changes to New York State Department of Motor Vehicles renewal forms, which appear to be causing confusion with local DMV customers.
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Fri, Aug 7th 2015 02:50 pm
Lauri I. Katvala of Greenville, Maine, formerly of Youngstown, was called home July 28, 2015. He was born in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1939, raised in Stow, Massachusetts, and graduated in 1957 from Hale High School.
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Fri, Aug 7th 2015 02:50 pm
When the ska revival band The English Beat takes the stage at Academy Park Saturday night, you may find you enjoy them even more than you remember.
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Fri, Aug 7th 2015 02:15 pm
The new sign in front of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church, 2587 Baseline Road, was dedicated to the memory of Claire and Ralph Brown and blessed immediately after the 9 a.m. service Aug. 2.
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Fri, Aug 7th 2015 02:15 pm
At its meeting Monday in Town Hall, the Grand Island Town Board noted the 75th anniversary of the first official Army parachute jump by issuing a townwide proclamation.
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Fri, Aug 7th 2015 02:00 pm
I am excited and proud to throw my hat in the ring and officially announce my candidacy for Grand Island Town Council.
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Fri, Aug 7th 2015 02:00 pm
Nathan McMurray ("Nate") is an experienced attorney, businessperson and proud citizen of Grand Island. He has used his talents to help build and defend some of the world's most successful companies. Now he wants to use those same skills to serve you as your new town supervisor.
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