Sat, Dec 28th 2013 07:00 am
The Lewiston-Porter Sentinel is looking for the first baby born in its circulation area in 2014.
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Sat, Dec 28th 2013 07:00 am
Another year has passed us by and now a new one is here. We know one of the easiest things to break is a resolution we make and, silently, somehow, forget about it and, snap, it's broken and forgotten. Here is a resolution you should make and keep forever: "Take an elderly person fishing."
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Sat, Dec 28th 2013 07:00 am
The Town of Lewiston Senior Center, 4361 Lower River Road, announces its schedule of programs and activities.
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Sat, Dec 28th 2013 07:00 am
The Lewiston Public Library, 305 S. Eighth St., in the Village of Lewiston, announces the following programs, events and activities for the month of January.
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Sat, Dec 28th 2013 07:00 am
The law firm of Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP recently announced Diane M. Perri Roberts was named to Business First and the Buffalo Law Journal's Legal Elite of Western New York 2013.
Business First and the Buffalo Law Journal annually ask attorneys and businesses across Western New York to nominate "stellar" attorneys in various legal practice areas. Based on nominations submitted, they develop a list of attorneys to be named to Legal Elite of WNY.
Perri Roberts is special counsel at Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria.
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Sat, Dec 28th 2013 07:00 am
The International Joint Commission, which regulates levels in the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River system has announced water level adjustments for the winter season.
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Fri, Dec 27th 2013 03:40 pm
Before the Erie Canal, early local merchants successfully did business relying upon wagon shipments and handwritten accounts.
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Fri, Dec 27th 2013 03:40 pm
Twenty-four physicians from Roswell Park Cancer Institute have been named to Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.'s 2014 "America's Top Doctors" list. The list is compiled annually on the basis of recommendations from physicians. A regional "Top Doctors" directory appears in the January issue of Buffalo Spree magazine.
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Fri, Dec 27th 2013 03:25 pm
The Island Dispatch is looking for the first baby born in its circulation area in 2014.
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Fri, Dec 27th 2013 02:20 pm
The Niagara-Wheatfield Tribune is looking for the first baby born in its circulation area in 2014.
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Fri, Dec 27th 2013 02:20 pm
Local government leaders responded to a Niagara-Wheatfield Tribune survey this month on the good and the bad of 2013 and what's ahead for 2014.
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Fri, Dec 27th 2013 02:15 pm
Town of Lewiston officials will ring in the new year by taking their oaths of office at a ceremony to be held Wednesday, Jan. 1, at 11 a.m. at the Lewiston Senior Center.
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Fri, Dec 27th 2013 02:05 pm
Pitbull, "Mr. Worldwide," will appear in a live performance from the American Airlines Arena in Miami on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest," joining the country's biggest New Year's Eve celebration Dec. 31, beginning at 8 p.m., on ABC.
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Fri, Dec 27th 2013 02:05 pm
The Buffalo Sabres Green Team has again teamed up with the non-profit Cell Phones for Soldiers organization to provide troops serving in the United States military with cost-free methods of communication with their loved ones.
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Fri, Dec 27th 2013 02:05 pm
Something for everyone is in store for the remainder of Seneca Casinos' winter entertainment lineup in 2014.
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Fri, Dec 27th 2013 02:05 pm
Jim Toellner, president and general manager of WGRZ-TV, has been named Broadcasting & Cable Magazine's GM of the Year in markets 51-100.
Broadcasting & Cable Magazine, the pre-eminent trade magazine in the television industry, states, "An investment in reporting and a watchdog mentality are catalysts for Jim's success in turning WGRZ into the market leader in Buffalo."
"Television is a team sport, and our great team here at Channel 2 is responsible for this award," Toellner said.
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Fri, Dec 27th 2013 02:05 pm
On Friday, employees of the Erie County Agricultural Society gathered to publically thank Western New York for being named the 11th largest fair in North America (and fourth-largest county fair) according to a ranking recently published by CarnivalWarehouse.com. The ranking includes all county and state fairs, exhibitions, livestock and rodeo shows in the U.S. and Canada.
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Fri, Dec 27th 2013 07:00 am
Nationally syndicated morning talk show "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" announces the lineup of guests who will join hosts Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan during the week of Dec. 30 through Jan. 3.
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Thu, Dec 26th 2013 06:00 pm
UpstateLIVE recently released its staff and reporter picks for best venues, albums, shows and festivals in a five-part series on its website, www.upstatelive.com. Artpark was named one of the year's "Best Large Venues."
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Thu, Dec 26th 2013 05:50 pm
Two storied NHL franchises will face off at one of college football's most historic stadiums in front of more than 100,000 fans on New Year's Day, when NBC presents the 2014 NHL Winter Classic between the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs Wednesday, Jan. 1, at 1 p.m., from Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor.
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Thu, Dec 26th 2013 05:50 pm
The NFC East champion will be crowned on NBC this Sunday night when Nick Foles and the NFC East-leading Philadelphia Eagles (9-6) travel to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, to take on the second-place Dallas Cowboys (8-7) in a win-or-go-home contest on "Sunday Night Football."
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Thu, Dec 26th 2013 05:50 pm
The North American Aerospace Defense Command's "NORAD Tracks Santa" program exceeded its own records in the number of calls, emails and social media followers this year. The program, which began after a misprinted ad in a local paper in 1955, has more than 1,200 volunteers and NORAD staff answering queries on the location of Santa Claus as he circles the globe delivering presents.
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Thu, Dec 26th 2013 10:50 am
Old Fort Niagara recently held its annual "Castle by Candlelight."
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Thu, Dec 26th 2013 10:20 am
State University of New York Empire State College will hold public information sessions about its associate and bachelor's degree programs at its Niagara Frontier Center, Appletree Business Park, 2875 Union Road, Cheektowaga, on:
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Thu, Dec 26th 2013 10:20 am
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center has announced its January schedule for Niagara County service sites it operates in support of NY State of Health, the official health plan marketplace designed to help people shop for and enroll in health insurance coverage.
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Thu, Dec 26th 2013 07:00 am
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will sponsor 24 guided hikes in state parks and historic sites on New Year's Day as part of the third annual "First Day Hikes" program taking place across the nation.
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Thu, Dec 26th 2013 07:00 am
The following is a sampling of calls received by the Town of Niagara Police between Dec. 11 and 20.
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Thu, Dec 26th 2013 07:00 am
Marguerite C. Newton, design drafting technology professor at Niagara County Community College, received the Dr. Carol Jamieson Award at a ceremony held recently on the NCCC Sanborn campus.
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Tue, Dec 24th 2013 07:00 am
Home Free were declared the season four winners of NBC's a-capella musical competition series "The Sing-Off."
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Tue, Dec 24th 2013 07:00 am
The Taste of Buffalo presented by Tops is accepting online applications year-round from Western New York restaurants, food trucks and wineries interested in participating in Buffalo's premier summertime food festival.
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Tue, Dec 24th 2013 07:00 am
Several homes in the Village of Lewiston have big, bright, colorful Christmas displays on their front lawns.
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Tue, Dec 24th 2013 07:00 am
Award-winning actors Neil Patrick Harris and Nick Cannon will join television anchor Lara Spencer in the holly jolly spotlight Dec. 25 to host the "Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade" television special.
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Tue, Dec 24th 2013 07:00 am
Eminent artists, friends and peers of this year's five Kennedy Center honorees gathered in Washington, D.C., Dec. 8 to present entertaining and heartfelt tributes at the 36th annual event, an entertainment special to be broadcast Sunday, Dec. 29 (9 p.m.), on the CBS Television Network. Honorees this year included Martina Arroyo, Herbie Hancock, Billy Joel, Shirley MacLaine and Carlos Santana.
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Tue, Dec 24th 2013 12:25 am
Staff at New Directions Youth and Family Services reveled in the holiday spirit as they wrapped gifts the agency collected for children enrolled in the agency's preventative services through its social media Angel Tree program.
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Tue, Dec 24th 2013 12:20 am
Members of the Interact Club of Grand Island High School are volunteering to support the Salvation Army's red kettle Christmas drive.
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Tue, Dec 24th 2013 12:20 am
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Tue, Dec 24th 2013 12:15 am
At the regular meeting of the Grand Island Board of Education Monday evening at Veronica E. Connor Middle School, board President Tak Nobumoto announced the appointment of Susan Anstett Marston to fill the seat left vacant by the passing of trustee Joan Droit on Oct. 5.
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Tue, Dec 24th 2013 12:15 am
St. Stephen's Mission Club students were busily preparing Christmas greeting cards for the elderly. These cards, made with loving care, are being delivered to the residents at Our Lady of Peace Skilled Nursing Facility.
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Tue, Dec 24th 2013 12:10 am
Happy holidays, Grand Islanders!
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Tue, Dec 24th 2013 12:10 am
The following incidents occurred from Dec. 9 to 15, as reported by the Grand Island Fire Co. A total of 29 calls were answered by the department during this period. The GIFC has now responded to 1,361 calls so far this year. (The GIFC responded to 1,391 calls in 2012.)
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