Fri, Aug 31st 2018 06:05 pm
Jesus Culture has released their new live worship album, "Living With A Fire." Click HERE to listen or purchase the album. The new project was recorded at Jesus Culture's home church during their conference in Sacramento, and features worship leaders Kim Walker-Smith, Chris Quilala, Bryan & Katie Torwalt, Derek Johnson and Chris McClarney.
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Fri, Aug 31st 2018 06:05 pm
Curb | Word Entertainment announces the long-awaited release from multi-award-winning artist Francesca Battistelli. Titled "Own It," the album is set to release Oct. 26, and is the follow-up to 2014's Grammy-nominated album "If We're Honest," featuring the Grammy-winning song "Holy Spirit." A pre-sale of "Own It" begins today. Click HERE for details.
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Fri, Aug 31st 2018 06:05 pm
"Well Done," a song that points to the hope of Heaven and a life well lived, is the newest single from The Afters. The track will hit radio airwaves on Sept. 14, following The Afters' upcoming performance at the Christian Music Broadcasters Momentum Conference.
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Fri, Aug 31st 2018 06:05 pm
Friday morning, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled an officially licensed, limited-edition bobblehead commemorating the Buffalo Bills NFL Playoff drought coming to an end in 2017.
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Fri, Aug 31st 2018 05:15 pm
The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation confirmed Friday the contaminated soil discovered on the Niagara Falls State Park Prospect Point welcome plaza project has been successfully removed from the site and shipped off to a licensed and approved waste facility.
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Fri, Aug 31st 2018 04:30 pm
Peter M. Setlock, a U.S. Navy veteran, passed away Monday suddenly at his home. He was 51.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 05:05 pm
On Aug. 23, an excellent attendance turned out at the annual Wheatfield Lions Club Steak Night at the Lions Den in Wheatfield. The event not only honored the service of the Canadian St. Davids and USA/WNY Lions, it honored other groups including Rotary, Kiwanis, local business association, and more.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 05:00 pm
Successfully revived this past spring, Community Education is back with a new theme, new classes, and new energy this fall. "Never stop learning" - the newly adopted motto of the Niagara-Wheatfield Central School District's Community Education program is simple, but important. The district believes that education should not stop at graduation -it is a lifelong process.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 05:00 pm
Congratulations are extended to Logan Blazejewski for being named the Two-Year Outstanding Student in Nick DiFelice's and Vinnie Piaskowski's HVAC program at the Niagara Career and Technical Education Center.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 04:50 pm
The Center for School Improvement and Professional Development at Orleans/Niagara BOCES recently held an event at the BOCES' Conference Center. It was called the Leaders in Literacy Conference and featured five presenters who are the top in their field.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 04:05 pm
Niagara-Wheatfield High School's boys hockey team is known for its storied success on the ice, but now the girls will get their chance to show what they can do.
Last week, N-W announced it would join forces with Starpoint High School, as well as North Tonawanda High School, to form a girls hockey team. Lewiston-Porter High School is set to join come the 2019-20 season.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 04:00 pm
Niagara-Wheatfield girls volleyball coach Brandi Cochran experienced a whirlwind of a season last year. She raised her first sole Niagara Frontier League title, and then ventured off to the Section VI Class A championship for the first time in program history, where they were eventually defeated. Nevertheless, Cochran knows, even though last season was good, 2018 could be better.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 03:45 pm
It's been way too long, but Niagara-Wheatfield athletics are back up and running.
Some sports have gotten a head start on others, but, nonetheless, the schedules are out, and it's time for another fall edition of Niagara-Wheatfield sports.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 03:30 pm
Last season, the Niagara-Wheatfield Falcons faced one of the most difficult schedules in Class AA of Section VI, going against state title runner up Lancaster on the road, and sectional runner up Williamsville North at home. This year, the Falcons were classed as A1, and coach Russ Nixon hoped the team could improve off of last season.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 02:25 pm
GATEWAY's new live worship album, "Greater Than," has been announced to release on Sept. 28. The pre-order is available now with the instant download of the song "Deliverance."
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 02:25 pm
Keeping the children of North Tonawanda and the surrounding area safe is important to the North Tonawanda Police Department and Greater Niagara Federal Credit Union.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 02:25 pm
After a two-month hiatus, Niagara Falls City Council member Chris Voccio has scheduled his next "Coffee with Chris" for 8 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at Power City Eatery, 444 3rd St.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 02:25 pm
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos announced the release of a draft amendment to the 1990 final campground and day-use area generic unit management plan for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 02:25 pm
Niagara Falls Community Development has extended the voting period for participatory budgeting (PB) 360 to Friday, Sept. 14. Niagara Falls Community Development has allocated $360,000 in its federal funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for public space improvements in three neighborhoods of Niagara Falls: north end, middle Pine and south end. Each neighborhood will receive $120,000 of public space improvements based on how residents vote for the proposed projects.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 02:25 pm
The Miss America Organization and ABC announced the celebrity judges for the final night of The 2019 Miss America Competition, airing live on ABC from Atlantic City's Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall on Sunday, Sept. 9 (9 p.m. EDT).
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 02:25 pm
NBC Sports kicks off its 28th season of Notre Dame Football on NBC this weekend with a clash of two of the most storied programs in college football history, as the No. 12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish host the No. 14 Michigan Wolverines at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana, on Saturday, Sept. 1 (7:30 p.m. ET), on NBC. Coverage begins with "Countdown to Kickoff" at 7 p.m. on NBCSN.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 02:25 pm
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos announced fishing for trout and salmon in Lake Ontario has set records this year, with veteran anglers reporting some of the best fishing in decades.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 01:50 pm
The following is a list of "Because We Care" speaker events presented at Sandra Lane Senior Apartments, 705 Sandra Lane, North Tonawanda.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 01:40 pm
The North Tonawanda Botanical Garden Organization will sponsor a community workday from 9 a.m. until noon on Saturday, Sept. 15, at the North Tonawanda Botanical Garden, 1825 Sweeney St.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 01:35 pm
At the July board meeting, the trustees of the Carrousel Society of the Niagara Frontier renewed the terms of trustees Kelly Ferguson, William Nichols and Raphaelle Proefrock to another three-year term, expiring 2021. The other active members of the board of trustees are as follows: Doug Bathke, Ward Bray, Reanna Darone, Edward Janulionis, Robert Leteste, Andrew Mantione, Charles Proefrock, Nancy Rogge, Ian Sutherland and Jay Wilcox.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 01:30 pm
The newly created NORLIC land bank is a comprehensive and inclusive approach to community development. Economic development leaders from across the region have now identified a missing piece in their economic development toolbox.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 01:30 pm
From 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 8, Tonawanda Aglow International will host Mary Genovese at the Wheatfield Community Center, 2790 Church Road.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 01:25 pm
Wheatfield Commons, a DePaul Senior Living Community, in partnership with Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, present a health-themed speaker series this fall. All presentations are open to the public, begin at 2 p.m. and include refreshments.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 01:25 pm
Elderwood has introduced Elderwood Staffing Solutions to its talent acquisition program to help maintain consistent staffing and continuous quality care. The in-house agency effectively creates a reserve work force of registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants and home health aides to fill in during the temporary absence of an employee.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 01:05 pm
On Saturday, at the Bergholz Volunteer Fire Co., 2470 Niagara Road, hosted a propane safety training exercise for emergency responders across New York.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 12:30 pm
On Sunday, families gathered at Fairmount Park for the 40th annual Wheatfield Family Picnic. The day of festivities kicked off around 10:45 a.m. and lasted until 5 p.m.
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Thu, Aug 30th 2018 12:30 pm
The Summit Park Mall along Williams Road in the Town of Wheatfield used to be a gathering place for families and friends to shop, socialize and have an enjoyable time. In 2018, the mall is completely vacant, as the two remaining tenants - Sears and The Bon Ton - have shut their doors.
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Wed, Aug 29th 2018 10:25 pm
Children and fans of the 1980s were in their glory as Artpark & Company ended the 2018 "Tuesdays in the Park" concert series with Tom Bailey of Thompson Twins, the B-52's and Boy George & Culture Club.
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Wed, Aug 29th 2018 03:55 pm
The International Trade Commission has released a unanimous 5-0 ruling determining that antidumping and countervailing tariffs on Canadian imports of uncoated groundwood paper did not cause material harm to the U.S. paper industry, and has nullified them.
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Wed, Aug 29th 2018 02:55 pm
The Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday announced the team will open its main training camp on Thursday, Sept. 13, when veteran players are scheduled to report for testing and physicals. Beginning Friday, Sept. 14, the team's practice sessions at Harborcenter will be open to the public, with practices broken down into multiple sessions throughout each day.
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Wed, Aug 29th 2018 02:55 pm
AAA forecasts the national gas price average will drop to $2.70 this fall and has the potential to drop even more. That is 14 cents less a gallon compared to today's price and more than a quarter cheaper than this year's recorded high of $2.97 set in May.
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Wed, Aug 29th 2018 02:55 pm
The Miss America Organization and ABC announced choreographer, host and dancer Carrie Ann Inaba will host The 2019 Miss America Competition. Joining Inaba as co-host for the evening is television personality Ross Mathews when the competition airs live on ABC from Atlantic City's Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall on Sunday, Sept. 9 (9 p.m. EDT).
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Wed, Aug 29th 2018 02:55 pm
The Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday announced ticket prices for the team's 2018 preseason games at KeyBank Center.
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Wed, Aug 29th 2018 02:40 pm
As the Sept. 15 launch date for NASA's new ice-monitoring satellite approaches, University at Buffalo scientists are among many worldwide who are counting down the days.
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Wed, Aug 29th 2018 02:35 pm
On Wednesday, New York State Sen. Rob Ortt presented $40,000 in education funds to five local museums from across Niagara County for improvements in educational programs currently offered, as well as the addition of new educational resources. Joining the host of the event, the Niagara Aerospace Museum, was the Herschell Carousel Factory Museum, the Historical Society of North German Settlements in WNY, the Historical Association of Lewiston, and the Sanborn Area Historical Society.
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