Fri, May 18th 2018 09:25 pm
It isn't surprising that when hospital emergency departments become overcrowded, care becomes more fragmented, but a recent study by University at Buffalo researchers has found that technologies designed to track and eventually improve staffing levels must be judiciously chosen.
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Fri, May 18th 2018 09:25 pm
Old Fort Niagara welcomes the public to its "Soldiers through the Ages" military history re-enactment event on Saturday and Sunday, May 26 and 27, over Memorial Day weekend. This annual event features special displays of military vehicles, period camps from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, weapons demonstrations, uniform programs and hands-on activities for families. In commemoration of the centennial of the Battle of Cantigny in World War I, a special program will also be presented in the Fort Niagara Officers' Club.
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Fri, May 18th 2018 09:25 pm
Mount St. Mary's Hospital held its 15th annual EMS Appreciation and Awards dinner on May 16 at the Niagara Falls Country Club. Representatives and honorees from 16 area volunteer fire companies, the City of Niagara Falls Fire Department and guests attended.
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Fri, May 18th 2018 09:20 pm
Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino is counting down to the Guinness World Records title attempt for the Largest Marriage Vow Renewal Ceremony on Saturday, June 23. Currently, the venue is seeking volunteers to assist that day in order to bring the record to Niagara Falls and be part of history in the making.
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Fri, May 18th 2018 09:15 pm
Larry Martin, a second-grade teacher at Belinder Elementary School in Prairie Village, Kansas, won the "Jeopardy!" Teachers Tournament in an episode that aired Friday. He claimed the $100,000 grand prize and secured an automatic berth in the next edition of the "Jeopardy!" Tournament of Champions. Claire Bishop, a Latin teacher at Tates Creek High School in Lexington, Kentucky, placed second and took home $50,000. Steve Mond, a math teacher at Real Salt Lake Academy in Herriman, Utah, finished in third place and earned $25,000.
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Fri, May 18th 2018 09:15 pm
Superstar recording artists Jason Aldean, James Bay, Florence + the Machine, Halsey featuring Big Sean, Dua Lipa and season 13 winner Chloe Kohanski are set to perform on the live two-hour Tuesday, May 22, season finale (9-11 p.m. ET/PT) of NBC's four-time Emmy Award-winning musical competition series "The Voice."
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Fri, May 18th 2018 09:15 pm
Fair Trade Services' Jasmine Murray will release her anticipated full-length debut project, "Fearless," in less than one month - on June 15. Today, the preorder for her album is available at the links below, along with several instant tracks for download and streaming.
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Fri, May 18th 2018 09:15 pm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is surveying for the European cherry fruit fly in Niagara County.
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Fri, May 18th 2018 09:10 pm
Capitol Christian Music Group announced Jesus Culture artist Chris McClarney will debut his sophomore live album, titled "Breakthrough," on June 15. The album announcement follows the release of the project's anthemic first single and live music video, "Hallelujah For The Cross," which was introduced the week of Easter. With a digital pre-order campaign officially kicking off today, both the album's title song and "Hallelujah For The Cross" are instant grat tracks.
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Fri, May 18th 2018 09:10 pm
BEC Worship welcomes worship leader London Gatch to the family with her debut single, "Jesus Only You," releasing everywhere today. Click here to get the single at all formats. Her single will be followed by a solo debut album later in 2018.
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Fri, May 18th 2018 09:10 pm
Celebrating one of the greatest musical events in television history, NBC will honor a true legend when it airs "The 50th Anniversary of the Elvis Comeback Special," a look back at the network's iconic 1968 special that put Elvis Presley back on the map.
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Fri, May 18th 2018 09:10 pm
The New York State Public Service Commission announced the cost for electricity is expected to remain near historically low levels this summer. In addition, peak power demand forecasts continue to fall thanks in large part to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) strategy. The decline in the amount of electricity consumed during the year helps lower costs for consumers and helps save the environment by reducing air pollution from power plants.
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Fri, May 18th 2018 09:05 pm
In advance of Kids to Parks Day, celebrated nationwide on May 19, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced more than 500 Connect Kids to Parks Field Trip Grants have been awarded to schools from Western New York, sending 32,000 school students on visits to public lands throughout the western regions of New York state, including Niagara, Erie, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua counties since September 2017.
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Fri, May 18th 2018 09:05 pm
A Salvador Dali art exhibition owned by Niagara University's Castellani Art Museum is on its way to Finland.
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Fri, May 18th 2018 09:05 pm
Girl Scouts of Western New York has announced Camille Chambless of Buffalo as a 2018 Gold Award Girl Scout. Chambless' project, "The Give and Take Closet," provides donated clothes to those in need. The closet is run two to three days a week at Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church.
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Fri, May 18th 2018 08:00 pm
NBC Sports' exclusive coverage of the Stanley Cup Eastern and Western Conference Finals continues this weekend with three games across NBC, NBCSN, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.
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Thu, May 17th 2018 05:00 pm
North Tonawanda High School social studies teacher Peter Fezer loves to bring in guest speakers to talk to his students. He was thrilled that ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) Special Agent Gerry O'Sullivan and his K9 Dolly agreed to spend some time talking to his students.
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Thu, May 17th 2018 05:00 pm
The McGuire Group's Northgate Health Care Facility in North Tonawanda recently announced that Sandy Bastille of Sanborn was honored as the Volunteer of the Year at the facility's 25th annual volunteer awards ceremony held at The Hideaway Grille in North Tonawanda.
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Thu, May 17th 2018 05:00 pm
A group of local college students filmed the short film 'Last Trip' in Western New York, which screened and took home the "People's Choice Best Film" award at this year's Niagara County Community College Film and Animation Festival on Saturday, May 5.
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Thu, May 17th 2018 05:00 pm
On Sunday, June 10, the Niagara-Wheatfield High School hockey team will host its annual golf tournament at Willowbrook Golf Course, 4200 Lake Ave., Lockport.
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Thu, May 17th 2018 05:00 pm
Perfect games in baseball are as rare as they come. In the MLB a pitcher must retire all 27 batters he faces without giving up a hit, walk, hit by pitch or a runner reaching on an error. In turn, everything literally must go perfect.
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Thu, May 17th 2018 05:00 pm
On Saturday, the Niagara County Central Rotary Club held its 35th annual Roger W. Andrews Senior Citizen Breakfast in the cafeteria at Niagara-Wheatfield High School.
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Thu, May 17th 2018 05:00 pm
At 11:12 p.m. Monday, May 14, the Niagara County Dispatch Center received several 911 calls reporting a serious injury accident having occurred in front of 4637 Saunders Settlement Road in the Town of Cambria.
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Thu, May 17th 2018 05:00 pm
The North Tonawanda Department of Youth, Recreation and Parks in conjunction with the mayor's office, Niagara County Legislature, Niagara River Greenway Committee, and Community Development Office, announced Monday there will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new bandshell at Raymond Klimek Veterans Park. This unveiling will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at the park, 700 River Road, North Tonawanda.
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Thu, May 17th 2018 05:00 pm
The Town of Niagara Town Board held its regular meeting Tuesday night and majority of the time was taken up by residents voicing their opinions on certain subjects.
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Thu, May 17th 2018 05:00 pm
On Tuesday, residents of the Niagara-Wheatfield Central School District voted on the $72,179,915 budget for 2018-19. The vote was approved with 547 "yes" votes to 212 "no" votes.
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Thu, May 17th 2018 05:00 pm
The Wurlitzer Building along Niagara Falls Boulevard has provided a setting of history and elegance since its construction in 1892. Over 125 years later, that same history and elegance can be seen in the new Events at the Wurlitzer complex.
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Wed, May 16th 2018 11:50 pm
CBS on Wednesday unveiled its 2018-19 primetime lineup featuring three new comedies, five new dramas and the return of the critically acclaimed "Murphy Brown." The new series will join 24 returning hits to build on the success of "America's Most Watched Network."
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Wed, May 16th 2018 09:45 pm
Law enforcement personnel who died in the line of duty were honored Wednesday at the 21st annual Niagara Interfaith Chaplaincy Police Memorial Service. The event took place at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 400 Ridge St., Lewiston.
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Wed, May 16th 2018 09:10 pm
New York State Sen. Chris Jacobs announced he has secured $5.5 million for the Town of Tonawanda for a project to construct a new water system to supply several major employers along River Road.
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Wed, May 16th 2018 09:10 pm
DiMino's Lewiston Tops is once again sponsoring the open gardens during the 13th annual Lewiston GardenFest. The event scheduled for June 16-17, is free to attend.
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Wed, May 16th 2018 09:05 pm
By the numbers, district voters approved the Lewiston-Porter Central School District's $46.7 million 2018-19 budget by an unofficial count of 693 to 291 on Tuesday.
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Wed, May 16th 2018 09:05 pm
Coming off a successful "City of Light" holiday-lighting event this past December, all-volunteer organization B Team Buffalo returns to the Black Rock/Riverside neighborhood to continue its charity work. A second signature event for B Team Buffalo, "Send Hunger Packing," will provide hundreds of packages of trail mix and personal care items for Hearts for the Homeless, a local mobile soup kitchen.
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Wed, May 16th 2018 09:05 pm
For the second consecutive year, Pegula Sports and Entertainment has proudly teamed with Unyts in calling upon the Western New York business community to take action in expanding the collection of lifesaving donations in the second annual One Buffalo Challenge for Life.
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Wed, May 16th 2018 09:00 pm
A 1998 Niagara-Wheatfield High School graduate and Niagara Falls native is serving as part of the pre-commissioning unit for the future Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116). Chief Petty Officer David Vendetti is a fire controlman assigned to DDG 116 in Bath, Maine. As a fire controlman Vendetti is responsible for training and the professional development of junior sailors.
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Wed, May 16th 2018 09:00 pm
On Tuesday, Endless PAWSibilities celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce board of directors, elected leaders from Lewiston, and friends and family. Endless PAWSibilities is a dog grooming business owned by Tyler Smith.
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Wed, May 16th 2018 09:00 pm
The new home of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo has won an Excelsior Award for public architecture in the category of New Construction from the American Institute of Architects New York State.
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Wed, May 16th 2018 09:00 pm
Mount St. Mary's Hospital congratulated six of its registered nurses as graduates with Bachelor of Science degrees from the Niagara University School of Nursing on May 12. All graduated as part of an initiative between Catholic Health and Niagara University.
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Wed, May 16th 2018 09:00 pm
After three weeks of competitive dancing, the final three couples advance to the finals of "Dancing with the Stars: Athletes," live on Monday, May 21 (8-9 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network, streaming and on demand. It's been a very close race this season, and each and every couple has stepped up to the plate and given their all on the ballroom floor.
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Wed, May 16th 2018 09:00 pm
The Television Academy Foundation has launched its new website for "The Interviews: An Oral History of Television" (TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews), featuring never-before-seen interviews with many of television's most beloved stars, show creators and behind-the-scenes innovators.
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