Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:40 pm
Health and nutrition expert Kathleen Downey will visit Mangia Café, 621 Center St., Lewiston, Saturday, Aug. 3, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., to host a book signing for her new work, "Healthy is Delicious, an Essential Guide book for Self-Healing through an Inflammation Free Diet."
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:35 pm
Showtime Networks' customers nationwide have had their services disrupted by Time Warner Cable today, when for the first time in Showtime history, a distributor has chosen to remove the network's programming - despite the network's authorization to allow carriage while negotiations continue.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:35 pm
Effective 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Time Warner Cable has dropped CBS in New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas and several other markets (CBS remains on the air in Western New York). We deeply regret this ill-advised action, which is injurious not only to our many affected viewers, but also to Time Warner Cable itself.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:10 pm
Congressman Chris Collins, NY-27, has voted to approve legislation that improves how the EPA will go about its ongoing study of the relationship between hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," and groundwater.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:00 pm
Congressman Brian Higgins, NY-26, led more than 30 of his House of Representatives colleagues in a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano objecting to further funding cuts to the Urban Area Security Initiative program, and asking that eligibility be restored for all cities that have participated in the UASI program in the past.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:00 pm
This morning on "LIVE with Kelly and Michael," hosts Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan announced the Mustache Mobile food truck from Atlantic City, N.J., was chosen as the winner of "LIVE's" Truckin' Amazing Cook-Off" and took home the $20,000 grand prize.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:00 pm
After years of development and consumer testing as "NY1" and "NY2," Cornell University and New York Apple Growers have given the hottest new apples in the Empire State names worthy of their unique assets: "SnapDragon" and "RubyFrost."
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:00 pm
Television star Ellen DeGeneres will return to host the Oscars for a second time, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. The Academy Awards will be broadcast live on "Oscar Sunday," March 2, 2014, on the ABC Television Network.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:00 pm
Global chart-topping star Jason Derulo will perform his hit single "The Other Side" on NBC's "America's Got Talent" results show, Wednesday, Aug. 7 (9 p.m.).
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:00 pm
On Aug. 10, single tickets will go on sale for all Buffalo Philharmonic performances in the 2013-14 season, including the highly anticipated season opening gala with Yo-Yo Ma.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:00 pm
After being highlighted as Western New York's most productive legislator by NYPIRG in early July, State Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-I-Buffalo, had six bills (of 18 that passed both houses) signed into law this week. The bills range from dealing with lowering bow hunting registration fees to pet dealer licensing.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:00 pm
Susan G. Komen has announced the recipients of the 2013 national research grant awards. This year's $42 million research portfolio includes more than $3.3 million in new funding to researchers across New York, including $450,000 to Katerina Gurova, M.D., Ph.D., of Western New York's Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:00 pm
Cancer does not rest, and this year's Relay For Life won't either! Returning this year, with intent to surpass the ample success of last year's event, the Relay For Life festival of Lewiston/Niagara will take place at a new location, Reservoir State Park, on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 3-4, from 1 p.m. to 6 a.m.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 10:00 pm
Michael Johnson, Town of Lewiston finance director and long-time community leader, has announced his candidacy for the Town of Lewiston supervisor on the Democrat Party line. He is well regarded for his work with members of all political parties for the benefit of the Lewiston residents.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 06:45 pm
The Miracle League of Grand Island and Western New York held another feature game with celebrity buddies.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 06:30 pm
NOCO Express Stores, its customers, and employees recently joined forces to support Hospice Foundation of Western New York. Throughout the entire month of June, paper sunflowers were sold for $1 each at all of NOCO Express' 35 locations to benefit Hospice for a total donation of $11,410.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 06:30 pm
Members of the Kaegebein Playground Committee served up hot dogs, chips and water during a fundraiser July 20 at the Grand Island Fun Fest, held at Say Cheese Pizza Company.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 06:30 pm
Grand Island residents are about to benefit from a national backpack giveaway campaign.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 06:25 pm
Chief Bruce Mack of Wheatfield's Frontier Volunteer Fire Co. recently was awarded the Liberty Mutual Firemark Award, during a drill with his fellow firefighters.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 06:25 pm
The NWAA Soccer Club is looking for youth soccer players interested in participating in the clubs travel soccer program.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 06:25 pm
Submit up to three photographs of the Historic Oakwood Cemetery in Niagara Falls by Aug. 9 for the Friends of Oakwood photo contest.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 06:25 pm
Randy W. Retzlaff has announced that he is a candidate for the Wheatfield Town Board.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 06:25 pm
The Wheatfield Farmer's Market welcomed a special visitor.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 06:25 pm
Councilman Arthur Gerbec has announced that he is a candidate for re-election to the Wheatfield Town Board.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 06:25 pm
Since the 1970s, some 40 infectious diseases have been discovered, including SARS, HIV, Ebola, avian flu, and swine flu. In fact, the World Health Organization has warned that infectious diseases are emerging at a rate never previously seen.
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 06:25 pm
A birds-eye view of Niagara Falls atop the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel was a breathtaking experience that left me awestruck and reminded of my humble mortality. What better time to be reminded of fragile existence than when dangling by a rope from the top of the tallest hotel in the area?
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Fri, Aug 2nd 2013 06:25 pm
With all the things that can cause parents gray hairs these days, you would think something as innocent as a birthday cupcake or the childhood staple of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches wouldn't be on the list.
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Thu, Aug 1st 2013 05:25 pm
The average 19-year-old spends his summer hanging out with friends, working a menial job and preparing to return to college.
Connor Jessup? He spent his summer traveling through parts of Europe and Japan before participating in a Comic-Con panel discussion on "Falling Skies," and preparing to return to Vancouver to shoot season three of his hit TNT sci-fi series.
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Thu, Aug 1st 2013 04:15 pm
Keith Urban, a four-time Grammy winner who has sold more than 15 million albums, will return to "American Idol" as a judge.
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Thu, Aug 1st 2013 03:35 pm
Ms. MWI International - "The Premiere Pageant for Women Over 35" - presents its international pageant Aug. 4-9 at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel in downtown Niagara Falls. As part of the weeklong celebration, contestants will spend time in the Village of Lewiston on Monday. They will make a stop in the business district and pay a special visit to the residents at Our Lady of Peace nursing home.
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Thu, Aug 1st 2013 02:45 pm
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has announced the opening of a competitive request for applications process for funding to rebuild and restore neighborhoods hit hard by the housing crisis.
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Thu, Aug 1st 2013 02:45 pm
Community Missions of Niagara Frontier will hold its third annual lobster fest on Thursday, Aug. 15, at the LaSalle Yacht Club in Niagara Falls.
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Thu, Aug 1st 2013 02:45 pm
Syfy has announced it will air the third season of the popular time-traveling police series "Continuum." The No. 1 original cable drama in its Friday 10 p.m. time period, "Continuum" will return to the network in 2014 with 13 all-new episodes.
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Thu, Aug 1st 2013 02:45 pm
In its quest for undiscovered talent, "American Idol XIII" will embark on the "American Idol Audition Bus Tour" to search the nation for the next superstar. Beginning later this month, the hit competition series will hit the road for a five-town mobile tour offering hopefuls a chance to audition for "American Idol XIII."
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Thu, Aug 1st 2013 02:45 pm
Rachael Ray and Guy Fieri are back to battle it out for ultimate bragging rights, but this time mentoring the most talented kid chefs around, in "Rachael vs. Guy: Kids Cook-Off," premiering Sunday, Sept. 8, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
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Thu, Aug 1st 2013 02:45 pm
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, Aug 1st 2013 02:45 pm
Congressman Brian Higgins, NY-26, announced the Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $509,174 in Community Development Block Grant funding to the Town of Amherst, $1,529,726 in CDBG funding to the Town of Tonawanda, and $2,756,253 to Erie County.
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Thu, Aug 1st 2013 02:10 pm
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was joined Wednesday by Seneca Nation President Barry E. Snyder Sr. to present a check for $89 million to the City of Niagara Falls, delivering the first payment as part of the landmark agreement reached in June that resolved a multi-year dispute between the state and the nation.
"By working together and both sides coming to the table in the spirit of collaboration and respect, the state and Seneca Nation of Indians were able to end years of dispute and reach an agreement that is a major victory for all parties involved," Cuomo said.
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Thu, Aug 1st 2013 12:35 pm
Just take one look at Colton Dixon's hair and you know he's different.
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Thu, Aug 1st 2013 12:30 pm
It's hard to imagine for KING & COUNTRY's Luke and Joel Smallbone, when growing up in Australia and then Tennessee, factored Buffalo into their future plans. But Western New York, surprisingly, has become a strong Christian music market, and Kingdom Bound a can't-miss concert venue.
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