Thu, Nov 29th 2018 02:55 pm
New York State Sen. Chris Jacobs will sponsor two senior scam prevention seminars in the 60th Senate District in the month of December.
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 02:55 pm
"Amy Grant's Tennessee Christmas - Presented by Hallmark Channel," a one-hour musical special helmed by the multi-Platinum-selling singer/songwriter, will air Monday, Dec. 3 (8 p.m. ET/PT). Grant will be joined by husband and fellow Grammy winner Vince Gill, country music and Emmy-nominated television star Kellie Pickler, and long-time friend and Grammy-winner Michael W. Smith for an evening filled with rich performances.
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 02:55 pm
A University at Buffalo ophthalmology researcher has been awarded a $2.2 million grant from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health to better understand a rare cause of blindness that strikes young children.
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 02:45 pm
St. Paul's United Church of Christ, 3921 Mapleton Road, will host a Christmas craft workshop from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2.
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 02:40 pm
The Old Editions Book Shop, 954 Oliver St., has extended its 30 percent moving sale. The shop is stretching the sale as it moves into its new location in North Tonawanda.
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 02:40 pm
At 5:45 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, the Town of Wheatfield will host its annual Christmas tree lighting and party at the Community Center, 2795 Church Road.
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 02:35 pm
Rockin' With Santa, a yearly toy campaign to help kids in the North Tonawanda and Tonawanda area is back for the 2018 holiday season.
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 02:30 pm
Wheatfield Lions Mike and Joyce Aiken assisted the Olcott Lion's Club (site of the famous annual Polar Bear Swim) in their annual dice run. As a result of their participation, the Wheatfield Lions Club received a portion of the proceeds to be used to alleviate hunger in Niagara County.
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 02:30 pm
The students at St. John Lutheran School had the opportunity to reach out to needy children around the world.
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 02:30 pm
With the theme, "Led by the spirit through grateful generations," Holy Ghost Lutheran Church and School celebrated 175 years of its establishment in Bergholz.
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 02:15 pm
The Niagara Gymnastics level 10 team opened their 2018-19 competitive season on Friday, Nov. 16, at The Judges Cup hosted by Victors Gymnastics in Rochester.
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 02:15 pm
The 2017-18 Niagara-Wheatfield hockey season can really be summed up in one word - historic.
The Falcons finished the season 19-3-3-1, won the program's sixth Section VI title, and reached the team's first-ever state title game.
Coming into the 2018-19 season, the team has some holes to fill after losing key scorers such as Nick Peters, Chace Woods, Michael Lotempio, Chris Tobey and Dom Pulli, as well as top defensemen Zack Belter and Nick Breier.
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 02:05 pm
The Downtown Merchants and the Oliver Street Merchants recently announced the Lumber City Winter Walk will take place at various local businesses and community centers in North Tonawanda from 10-5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1.
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 02:00 pm
For the past seven years, the Buffalo Sabres have finished in the bottom half of the NHL and have not made the Stanley Cup Playoffs since the 2010-11 season. In the past seven seasons, which included three last-place finishes, the Sabres established themselves as the national laughing stock of the league.
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 02:00 pm
The home stretch of the NFL season is leaving teams with playoff aspirations with little room for error as they try to solidify their playoff spots. I will be trying and predict which teams will win the home stretch of the season and punch their ticket to playoffs and compete for a chance to raise the Lombardi Trophy in February. Also along with myself some select people will be predicting which teams will participate in the Super Bowl and will win along with a score prediction
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 01:50 pm
Niagara County Community College has hired Wayne Lynch of Lewiston as interim vice president for operations.
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 01:50 pm
Reminiscent of safe-havens for soldiers in the Vietnam War, a Veterans "Stand Down" will be held in Niagara County from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6 at the Frederick F. Cadille Post 1664, 752 E. Market St., Niagara Falls.
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 01:50 pm
Last Tuesday, the Town of Niagara Town Board held its regular monthly meeting. Despite a light agenda, public comments brought out a discussion about the town's drafting of a comprehensive plan.
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 01:45 pm
Friday evening, the Town of Niagara held its second "Noel at Niagara" park lighting ceremony.
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Thu, Nov 29th 2018 01:30 pm
Monday night, the Town of Wheatfield Town Board and the New York State Department of Transportation met to discuss the upcoming road closure of Shawnee Road.
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Wed, Nov 28th 2018 05:30 pm
Monday night at the Town of Wheatfield Town Board meeting, Supervisor Don MacSwan and councilman Curt Doktor announced that the two had met with Summit Park Mall owner Zoran Cocov to discuss the future of the vacant property.
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Wed, Nov 28th 2018 03:40 pm
In response to its fast-growing patient volume, Mount St. Mary's Hospital has completed the relocation of its cardiology services office from the first floor of the main hospital in Lewiston to new, larger offices in an adjacent medical arts building.
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Wed, Nov 28th 2018 03:35 pm
Niagara County has been awarded a $6 million grant from The New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, Office of Interoperable and Emergency Communications. The award is from the 2018 SICG-targeted program that is being distributed based on an analysis of data related to the implementation of national interoperability channels in New York.
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Wed, Nov 28th 2018 03:35 pm
Worship leader, songwriter and vocalist Meredith Andrews invites the world to experience a special night of congregational worship that took place in downtown Nashville at her home church (The Belonging Co.) on Sept. 26 with her upcoming live recording. Meredith Andrews will release her first live EP, "Faith And Wonder (Live)," on March 8, 2019.
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Wed, Nov 28th 2018 03:35 pm
The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation is asking teens and adults in Western New York and Southeast Michigan to finish this sentence: "Where I live or work, one thing teens want when they are not in school is ...".
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Wed, Nov 28th 2018 03:35 pm
Niagara County is planning on using U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development monies, administered by New York State Community Development Block Grant, for economic and community development.
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Wed, Nov 28th 2018 03:35 pm
The taproom inside Flying Bison Brewery just gained a new tenant, Flight Gallery. The space, a 13-foot-wide wall within the brewery's taproom, will be home to a rotating small-scale collection of work by local artists.
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Wed, Nov 28th 2018 03:35 pm
It's a question that has long vexed people striving to lose weight: What do you do if dieting hasn't worked and you aren't ready to consider bariatric surgery?
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Wed, Nov 28th 2018 03:35 pm
Physicians and other qualifying clinicians who choose to provide primary care services at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center will soon be eligible to apply to have their school loans repaid under a government program designed to promote healthier communities.
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Wed, Nov 28th 2018 03:35 pm
This week, The Eric Wood Fund, a not-for-profit organization founded by Buffalo Bills center Eric Wood, raised new funds to support programming of The Children's Hospital of Buffalo Foundation and Stone's Buddies. Proceeds were raised at the organization's annual "Flights and Bites" fundraiser.
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Wed, Nov 28th 2018 03:35 pm
There are few places like M&T Bank's gold dome during the holiday season. From Monday, Dec. 3 through Friday, Dec. 14, M&T Bank will continue its revered tradition of hosting local student choirs from throughout the region to celebrate the holiday season.
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Wed, Nov 28th 2018 03:35 pm
In a matchup of quarterbacks drafted in the first round in 2004, Ben Roethlisberger and the AFC-North leading Pittsburgh Steelers (7-3-1) host Philip Rivers and the Los Angeles Chargers (8-3) in a pivotal conference showdown on NBC's "Sunday Night Football." Coverage begins with "Football Night in America" at 7 p.m. ET, followed by "SNF" at 8:20 p.m. from Heinz Field.
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Wed, Nov 28th 2018 03:35 pm
Culinary icon Giada De Laurentiis kicks off the new year with the competition series "Winner Cake All," premiering Monday, Jan. 7 (10 p.m. ET/PT), on Food Network.
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Tue, Nov 27th 2018 02:45 pm
During the time of year when children start thinking about what they want for Christmas, pre-K students at St. Peter's R.C. School learned giving can be fun, too. Students in Mrs. Shanks's pre-K 3 and Mrs. Ryan's pre-K 4 classes created a giving tree to raise money for Niagara Hospice.
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Tue, Nov 27th 2018 02:45 pm
The new year gets a sweet start with the return of "Kids Baking Championship" on Monday, Jan. 7 (9 p.m. ET/PT), on Food Network.
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Tue, Nov 27th 2018 02:45 pm
A lab course at the University at Buffalo is giving undergraduate biology students hands-on experience with CRISPR, a revolutionary gene-editing technique.
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Tue, Nov 27th 2018 02:40 pm
In the spirit of "Giving Tuesday," the Food Bank of WNY announced the expansion of its direct delivery program and unveiled its new 26-foot refrigerated truck today in order to better serve its 41 Niagara County member agencies - and distribute more food to people in need throughout the community. With the launch of direct delivery in Niagara County, the Food Bank will now provide direct delivery services to all of its 317 agencies throughout its four-county service area.
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Tue, Nov 27th 2018 02:40 pm
Five-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky and four-time Olympic medalist Simone Manuel are expected to headline the 2018 USA Swimming Winter Nationals this week in Greensboro, North Carolina. NBC Sports' live coverage of the event begins Thursday at 5 p.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and concludes Sunday, Dec. 2 ( 10 p.m.), on NBCSN.
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Tue, Nov 27th 2018 02:40 pm
Justin Crawford, a Niagara University senior majoring in communication studies, received the May C. Randazzo Memorial Scholarship from the Buffalo Niagara chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. Crawford was presented with the award during the organization's annual meeting on Nov. 15 at Cole's Restaurant in Buffalo.
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Tue, Nov 27th 2018 02:40 pm
Pegula Sports & Entertainment has hired CAA ICON to assist its efforts in determining the next steps for the Buffalo Bills stadium needs and for potential renovations of KeyBank Center, the home of the Buffalo Sabres and Buffalo Bandits. CAA ICON will conduct a privately funded study to help identify the best options for ownership, fans and the community. The study will include direct feedback from Bills and Sabres fans.
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