Tue, Aug 14th 2018 03:20 pm
The New York Power Authority has issued a request for information to identify potential public and private partnerships that will help address key barriers to electric vehicle expansion in New York state. The RFI also will help maximize the impact of NYPA's recently announced EVolve NY program, which will allocate up to $250 million through 2025 toward accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles across the Empire State.
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Tue, Aug 14th 2018 03:20 pm
The Great New York State Fair visitors who submits the best name for the dory built at the event last year will win it. Those who submit "Name That Boat" entries at the new "Path Through Maritime History: NY Lighthouses and Lifesaving" exhibit will also have the opportunity to win a daily prize of a family pass to the H. Lee White Maritime Museum at Oswego.
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Mon, Aug 13th 2018 05:10 pm
The Rotary Club of Lewiston and Niagara-on-the-Lake participated in the Lewiston Art Festival weekend as members have done for the past 47 years.
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Mon, Aug 13th 2018 05:05 pm
The Niagara County Law Enforcement Academy is accepting applications for its next class of sworn recruits and pre-employment students. The next part-time academy starts Sept. 4.
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Mon, Aug 13th 2018 05:05 pm
A full week of "Summer In Your City" events are on tap for this week. Join Niagara Falls Community Development and the Niagara Falls City School District in city parks for one, or all, of the events below. Each is free and brought to patrons without the use of local taxpayer dollars.
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Mon, Aug 13th 2018 05:05 pm
Sheriff James R. Voutour announced Niagara County law enforcement agencies will participate in a special enforcement effort to crackdown on impaired driving.
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Mon, Aug 13th 2018 05:00 pm
Chef, writer and culinary explorer Andrew Zimmern comes to Food Network as the host of a new primetime series "Big Food Truck Tip," premiering with back-to-back episodes on Wednesday, Sept. 19 (10 p.m. ET/PT). Join Andrew as he travels the country over six episodes in search of the most passionate food truck entrepreneurs who are chasing the American dream, serving up exceptional food to the public and daring to become their own boss.
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Mon, Aug 13th 2018 05:00 pm
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Principal Pops Conductor John Morris Russell have agreed to extend their contract for three more years after the initial agreement expires in August 2019. Russell will continue to conduct at least five pops programs per season and will take the lead in planning pops programming.
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Mon, Aug 13th 2018 05:00 pm
NBC Sports is scheduled to present 109 NHL regular-season games during the 2018-19 season - its most since acquiring NHL rights prior to the 2005-06 season. Coverage begins Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, when Alex Ovechkin and the Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals raise their championship banner to the rafters and host the Boston Bruins.
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Mon, Aug 13th 2018 05:00 pm
"Broken With You," the Burtonwood Records debut from singer/songwriter Nathan Sheridan, will release Sept. 14, distributed by New Day Christian Distributors (physical) and Capitol CMG (digital). Featuring 11 songs written or co-written by Sheridan, the collection draws from the young artist's powerful life story of overcoming profound adversity and loss.
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Mon, Aug 13th 2018 05:00 pm
St. Paul's Lutheran Church will hold a rain or shine yard sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 25; and 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Aug. 26, at the church, 220 Young St. (corner of Young and McChesney streets), Wilson.
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Mon, Aug 13th 2018 04:55 pm
Multitalented actress/singer Christy Carlson Romano and Emmy and Grammy Award-winning actor/comedian Patton Oswalt have joined the cast of the live-action "Kim Possible," a Disney Channel Original Movie about an everyday high school girl who, in her spare time, saves the world from villains.
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Mon, Aug 13th 2018 01:50 pm
The Niagara County Peach Festival recipe contest will be held at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, on the stage at Academy Park in the Village of Lewiston. The 2018 event is sponsored by the Niagara Falls Culinary Institute, Niagara Gazette and Niagara Frontier Publications.
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Mon, Aug 13th 2018 12:05 pm
The Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday for Niagara Outfitters. As the outdoors company has no brick and mortar location, the event took place at the foot of Water Street in Lewiston.
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Mon, Aug 13th 2018 08:30 am
The 52nd annual Lewiston Art Festival took place over the weekend, with more than 175 top artists along Center Street, and future exhibitors on display via the high school KeyBank Chalk Walk competition and College Alley.
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Sat, Aug 11th 2018 02:15 pm
Congressman Chris Collins released the following on Saturday:
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Sat, Aug 11th 2018 02:10 pm
The 52nd annual Lewiston Art Festival has begun.
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Sat, Aug 11th 2018 01:50 pm
At 86 degrees and sunny, the weather could not have been any more perfect. While many people were enjoying the Thunder on the Niagara, there was another event happening right around the corner last weekend. With everyone dressed in red, white and blue for the patriotic theme, the Precious Plate and Precision Process annual company family picnic raised funds for WNY Heroes.
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Sat, Aug 11th 2018 07:05 am
In an article last week, The Silo Restaurant proprietor Alan Hastings said customers come first. He's taking those words and putting them into action, offering River Region customers two special end-of-the-season offers.
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Sat, Aug 11th 2018 07:00 am
Meet the new man behind the counter at Villa Coffee House.
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Sat, Aug 11th 2018 07:00 am
As more and more people visit the Lewiston Artisan Market in Academy Park, the neighboring Syros Restaurant has seen an influx of new customers. These folks couldn't pick a better time to visit than Saturdays, when the Greek-American restaurant offers its signature specials: discounted steak and eggs in the morning, and ribs and lamb shanks in the afternoon and evening.
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Sat, Aug 11th 2018 07:00 am
The legendary bacon cheeseburger at Apple Granny Restaurant has recently become a big brother to two new sandwich creations: a barbecue burger, and a burger topped with mac-and-cheese.
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Sat, Aug 11th 2018 07:00 am
On the shore of the Niagara River, the Sandy Beach Yacht Club will provide a one-of-a-kind setting for the Buffalo Pinball Summer Open '18, one of the year's biggest pinball tournaments, featuring top competitors from across the U.S. and Canada.
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Sat, Aug 11th 2018 07:00 am
The Grand Island Town Board approved, by a 5-0 vote, an application for funding from the New York State Department of Transportation's Transportation Alternative Program for ADA-compliant sidewalks in the center of town on Baseline Road. If the $375,000 grant is approved, the state would provide $300,000, and the town would provide 20 percent of the funding, or $75,000.
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Sat, Aug 11th 2018 07:00 am
The Town of Grand Island Parks Department reports deck replacement of the bridge on the linear bike path between Bedell and Long roads was started the morning of Aug. 7 and finished the next day.
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Sat, Aug 11th 2018 07:00 am
More people attended the 2018 National Night Out on Grand Island Tuesday than at least the last four National Night Outs events combined.
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Sat, Aug 11th 2018 07:00 am
The Grand Island Board of Education will hear a presentation concerning a possible capital project at its Aug. 27 meeting.
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Sat, Aug 11th 2018 07:00 am
The Lewiston-Porter High School Academy of International Business and Finance invites all to discover more about the its offerings during a summer fundraiser from 5-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, on the grounds of the Youngstown Yacht Club.
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Sat, Aug 11th 2018 07:00 am
This summer, Ransomville's Porter Empty Return is celebrating five years of serving communities from Lewiston to Olcott, and all areas around and between.
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Fri, Aug 10th 2018 08:00 pm
YouTube came to life Thursday, as Lindsey Stirling expertly paired her wildly popular videos with a live stage performance that would make Marvel Studios jealous.
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Fri, Aug 10th 2018 07:25 pm
This week, University at Buffalo geologist Tracy Gregg is in Moscow for a scientific meeting. Next stop? Venus.
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Fri, Aug 10th 2018 07:10 pm
With a career that spans more than 15 years in the music business, it's safe to say Dierks Bentley knows how to captivate his audience by this point.
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Fri, Aug 10th 2018 06:45 pm
On Thursday, former Niagara Catholic students, teachers, administrators, board members, friends and family gathered at Antonio's to reminisce and say farewell to the high school, which is now closed. Those in attendance shared stories, laughs, and even some sad moments as they dined together in the Falls.
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Fri, Aug 10th 2018 05:05 pm
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of Transportation, and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority announced listening sessions in locations across the state to help advance a cleaner, safer, and more reliable low-carbon transportation future.
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Fri, Aug 10th 2018 05:00 pm
WWE Superstars Triple H, A.J. Styles, The Miz and Charlotte Flair will be at Fan Expo Canada for the first time in show history to take part in "WWE Night." During a special one-day-only event on Thursday, Aug. 30, WWE fans will have a chance to meet their favorite Superstars for an evening of autograph signings and photo ops.
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Fri, Aug 10th 2018 05:00 pm
Already recognized among the country's top 10 small private schools for American military veterans and their families, Niagara University will make major upgrades to its veterans lounge to better serve the needs of veteran students on campus.
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Fri, Aug 10th 2018 05:00 pm
No one likes to fail, but from failure brings the opportunity to learn, commit to the goal and ideally succeed. To recognize National Failure Day on Wednesday, Aug. 15, and provide those who have experienced failure with the tools and motivation to try again, RPM Raceway, America's all-electric indoor karting and entertainment destination, announced it will offer one free race to guests who failed their driving test as incentive to prepare for their next attempt.
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Fri, Aug 10th 2018 04:55 pm
University at Buffalo researchers have received a five-year, $3 million grant from the Troup Fund of the Kaleida Health Foundation to apply the power of big data to enhance liver health in the region.
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Fri, Aug 10th 2018 04:55 pm
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center announced Jane Kou, M.D., will join its medical staff as chief of psychiatry effective Nov. 1. The announcement was made by Senior Vice President for Service Line Operations Sanjay Chadha.
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Fri, Aug 10th 2018 04:55 pm
A dance-infused music video for "Everything," the latest toe-tapper from TobyMac, is available everywhere followed by a bevy of early radio adds as the track officially hits radio today. The video initially premiered on K-LOVE after the seven-time Grammy winner surprised fans with the track's release in July. "Everything" follows "I just need U." which marked TobyMac's biggest single in six years, soaring quickly to the top of the radio charts and Billboard's Hot Christian Songs Chart.
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