Tue, Jan 31st 2012 07:00 am
Jayanta Chaudhuri, M.D., has been elected to a three-year term on the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center board of trustees.
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 07:00 am
Niagara Catholic High School is hosting its freshman enrollment night on Thursday, Feb. 9, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the school, 520 66th St., Niagara Falls. The event is for those incoming freshman students who have been accepted as a member of Niagara Catholic's Class of 2016.
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Tue, Jan 31st 2012 06:55 am
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center's third annual Healthy Heart Fair will serve as the centerpiece of a full month of free community health events promoting cardiac health during American Heart Month in February.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 06:00 pm
Congresswoman Kathy Hochul, representative from New York's 26th Congressional District, will meet Tuesday with Colonel Allan L. Swartzmiller and Colonel Jim S. McCready, Jr. at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station to discuss the recent announcement by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to make cuts to the defense budget.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 05:25 pm
Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-I-Lewiston, is helping to promote the launch of a groundbreaking, bipartisan reform coalition, "Citizens' Committee for an Effective Constitution." CCEC is online, open to the public at http://effectiveny.org and, according to Ceretto's camp, seeks to deliver a more effective state constitution - one inspired by the needs of New Yorkers in order to bring overdue reform to Albany and help make the Empire State a more attractive place to own and operate a business.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 05:10 pm
Nik Wallenda is coming to town Thursday, when he will meet senior members of Niagara Parks Commission staff to make another pitch to win approval for a wirewalk across the Niagara Gorge near the Horseshoe Falls this summer.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 04:35 pm
Television stars will have a chance to win $1 million for charity
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 04:30 pm
ABC will donate $1, up to $100,000, to Points of Light for every personal commitment posted online
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 03:35 pm
The WNY branch of the American Public Works Association recently named the restoration of the Piper Law Office/Lewiston Welcome Center as the 2011 Project of the Year - Historical/Preservation Award.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 02:35 pm
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation has announced that boaters who sign a slip rental agreement at Big Six Marina on Grand Island between Feb. 1 and April 15 will be entitled to a 10 percent discount off their 2012 rental.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 12:15 pm
Artpark has reinstated its highly successful musical theater apprentice program for a third year. The apprentice program provides an opportunity for up to eight high school music theater students of exceptional talent to participate in the company's Broadway musical production of "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella." Artpark will present the timeless fairy tale musical in the Mainstage Theater Aug. 9-17.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 09:45 am
Daniel Arrasjid stars as The Creature and Camryn Porter as Mary Frankenstein in the upcoming production of "Frankenstein" at the Ghostlight Theatre.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 09:45 am
Between Feb. 17-20, people all over North America will count birds seen locally here in the winter. Both the National Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology encourage bird enthusiasts in Western New York to participate in this event, called "The Great Backyard Bird Count."
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 07:00 am
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center and UB Orthopedics & Sports Medicine of Niagara have implemented ImPACT, the Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing program.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 07:00 am
During the recent Zonta Club of Niagara Falls initiation ceremony, held at the Niagara Falls Country Club, two new members were welcomed.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 07:00 am
The Niagara-Wheatfield High School Counseling and Career Department hosts a college information night at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, in the auditorium.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 06:00 am
The American Red Cross announces the following blood drives taking place this month: Tuesday, Feb. 7, from 2 to 7 p.m. at Ransomville Baptist Church, 2578 Youngstown-Lockport Road; Wednesday, Feb. 15, from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Lewiston First Presbyterian Church, 505 Cayuga St., and Tuesday, Feb. 21, from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Youngstown Volunteer Fire Co. firehall, 625 Third St.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 06:00 am
The Friends of the Ransomville Library will hold a used book sale on Friday, Feb. 10, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a bag sale from 3 to 4 p.m. Included will be used books, videos, CDs, DVDs and free refreshments.
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Mon, Jan 30th 2012 05:40 am
Veterans are encouraged to submit their works of art in the local Veterans Creative Arts Festival taking place at VA Western New York Healthcare System's Buffalo site, 3495 Bailey Ave., Buffalo, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in Freedom Hall (Room 301).
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Sun, Jan 29th 2012 01:55 pm
They say the third times the charm - Ransomville Speedway management certainly hopes so, as the Hangover 150 "Take Two" has now become the Hangover 150 "Take Three." The soaking rains Thursday night into Friday morning left the parking lot completely saturated, forcing co-promoters Jamie and Joel Friesen to postpone Saturday's event for the second time this year.
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Sat, Jan 28th 2012 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 February.
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Sat, Jan 28th 2012 07:00 am
John R. Yurtchuk, chairman of the board of directors of the American Red Cross, serving Erie and Niagara counties, recently announced the appointment of four new members.
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Sat, Jan 28th 2012 07:00 am
Town of Lewiston Recreation Director Mike Dashineau says the ice skating rink in Academy Park is closing for the season at the conclusion of skating on Sunday.
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Sat, Jan 28th 2012 05:30 am
More comments, many of them vocal and the majority negative, were heard by members of the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works Restoration Advisory Board toward the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tuesday at the Lewiston-Porter Community Resource Center.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 06:15 pm
Hosted by celebrity chefs Mario Batali, Michael Symon and Carla Hall, entertaining and style expert Clinton Kelly and health and wellness enthusiast Daphne Oz, "The Chew" invites viewers into its kitchen weekday afternoons to dish about everything from easy entertaining to making meals on a budget, while celebrating and exploring through food.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 06:15 pm
NBC's "Fashion Star" revealed this week the 14 designers competing to become America's next big fashion icon and a chance to win the multi-million dollar prize of launching their collections in three of America's largest retailers: Macy's, H&M and Saks Fifth Avenue.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 06:05 pm
Throughout the winter around here you regularly see boats on trailers coming on and off the Moses Parkway, and up and down Center Street heading for the Lewiston Landing.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 06:00 pm
Catholic Schools Week, Sunday, Jan. 29, through Sunday, Feb 5, is being observed throughout the country, and St. Peter's R.C. School in Lewiston is among many in the Diocese of Buffalo participating.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 05:40 pm
The following is a sampling of response calls by the Niagara County Sheriff's Office in the Lewiston, Porter and Wilson areas from Monday, Jan. 16, to Sunday, Jan. 22.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 05:40 pm
The following activity occurred Monday, Jan. 16, to Sunday, Jan. 22, as reported by the Lewiston Police Department. LPD logged a total of 92 responses during this period.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 05:35 pm
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 05:35 pm
Town of Wilson residents will soon see their recyclables collected every other week and in a new way.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 05:30 pm
Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls USA issued checks as part of its charity program with Town of Niagara on Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Town of Niagara Community Center.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 05:25 pm
On Jan. 13, Niagara County Community College hosted Tech Wars 2012, a multi-district technology competition for middle and high school students. Twenty school districts competed in events such as mousetrap cars, Sumo-Bots, and CO2 car racing. In attendance were about 300 students, teachers, and spectators.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 05:25 pm
Longtime insurance agent and former Lewiston businessman Joel Holka has relocated. He recently opened Joel Holka Insurance Agency at 8575 Niagara Falls Blvd., Niagara Falls.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 05:20 pm
Kallie Banker became Grand Island High School's all-time leading scorer in basketball during a win at Niagara Falls on Jan. 19.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 05:15 pm
Newly appointed Grand Island Councilman Chris Aronica signs paperwork after taking his oath of office from Grand Island Town Justice Mark Frentzel.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 05:15 pm
Janet Brady (née Pack) entered into rest Monday, Jan. 23. She was a resident of Grand Island.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 05:10 pm
Just in time for Super Bowl Sunday, the Grand Island Rotary Club has returned to a favorite fundraiser: a chili sale.
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Fri, Jan 27th 2012 05:00 pm
Two Island students have been named the winners in a poster contest sponsored by Grand Island Knights of Columbus Mary Star of the Sea Council No. 4752.
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