Thu, Oct 20th 2016 06:05 pm
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center will mark completion of more than $2 million in upgrades at its Schoellkopf Health Center at 11 a.m. Tuesday with a rededication ceremony and a tribute to the employee for whom its hospice unit is named.
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Thu, Oct 20th 2016 06:05 pm
Petty Officer 1st Class Vincent Cannon, left, from Los Angeles, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Ferrer, from Buffalo, load a chaff round aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45).
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Thu, Oct 20th 2016 06:00 pm
The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation has announced significant changes to its grant application process and timeframes, including a change from one to three opportunities per year for its core programs and services grants.
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Thu, Oct 20th 2016 06:00 pm
Empire State Development announced Global NY, the agency's international division, has been awarded a $602,115 State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration to support the growth of New York exports to foreign markets around the globe.
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Thu, Oct 20th 2016 06:00 pm
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced New York is offering state grants to public schools throughout the state to fund field trips to state parks and historic sites for environmental, history and physical education programming.
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Thu, Oct 20th 2016 05:55 pm
A Niagara University grant intended to support research and/or service projects that seek to alleviate poverty has been awarded to the Resurrection Life church and food pantry in Cheektowaga.
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Thu, Oct 20th 2016 05:55 pm
On Oct. 22, a rare evening performance featuring the Old School B-Boys and vocalist Melissa Kate will take place at the all-new Varsity Theatre on 3165 Bailey Ave., Buffalo. The night will be filled with the moves and soul of the Temptations, Mary Wells, Barbara Acklin, Marvin Gaye and more.
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Thu, Oct 20th 2016 04:55 pm
Bravo Media has revealed the eight returning chefs back for redemption on the new season of "Top Chef," airing Thursday, Dec. 1, with a supersized premiere from 10-11:15 p.m. ET/PT. It's the ultimate challenge of old blood versus new, on the Emmy and James Beard award-winning series, as the chefs head to Charleston to battle it out alongside eight "Top Chef" newcomers.
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Thu, Oct 20th 2016 03:15 pm
Four part-time officers were hired, pending civil service approval, at Tuesday's Town of Niagara Board meeting.
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Thu, Oct 20th 2016 07:00 am
As a tribute to local health care professionals, Mount St. Mary's Hospital will hold a special liturgy on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the Our Lady of Fatima Shrine in Lewiston.
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Wed, Oct 19th 2016 02:55 pm
Mount St. Mary's Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Quality Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll.
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Wed, Oct 19th 2016 02:50 pm
Hillsong Worship's latest, "let there be light." CD/DVD is available now. Remarked as one of the best albums of the year (The Christian Beat), "let there be light." is a bold prayer over this world today, that the light that has shone on through the gospel be the light now borne and shining forth from the church.
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Wed, Oct 19th 2016 02:30 pm
Anthony Anderson partners with Gordon Ramsay to take on Jordana Brewster and Christina Tosi.
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Wed, Oct 19th 2016 01:50 pm
The classic animated Halloween-themed "Peanuts" special, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," created by late cartoonist Charles M. Schulz will air Wednesday, Oct. 19 (8 p.m. EDT), on the ABC Television Network.
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Wed, Oct 19th 2016 01:45 pm
The eight remaining celebrities will dance to some of the most popular songs throughout the decades, as "Eras Night" comes to "Dancing with the Stars," live, Monday, Oct. 24 (8-10:01 p.m. EDT), on the ABC Television Network.
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Wed, Oct 19th 2016 12:30 pm
New York State Sen. Rob Ortt led two-dozen local veterans Wednesday morning in the second annual Western New York "Warriors Flight" to Washington, D.C. The veterans will visit several war memorials dedicated in their honor.
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Wed, Oct 19th 2016 12:15 pm
Artpark & Company's annual meeting, held at the Niagara Falls Country Club on Wednesday, Oct. 12, celebrated the 2016 season, which was filled with new and expanded programs.
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Wed, Oct 19th 2016 11:50 am
In what would appear to be an unlikely alliance, John Persons and Michael Keating are seated at a boardroom table inside Niagara University's Bisgrove Hall, strategizing toward a common goal.
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Wed, Oct 19th 2016 11:20 am
Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Peter Cetera comes to the Seneca Allegany Event Center at 7 p.m. Saturday, January 7, 2017. Three weeks later, actor and Grammy Award-winning singer Kris Kristofferson visits to entertain his fans.
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Wed, Oct 19th 2016 11:20 am
In March of 1966, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said, "Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and most inhumane."
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Wed, Oct 19th 2016 11:15 am
Food Network favorite Ina Garten heads back to where her career began, Washington, D.C., for an unforgettable trip that culminates in a once-in-a-lifetime visit with first lady Michelle Obama in the one-hour special "Barefoot in Washington," airing Saturday, Nov. 5 (1 p.m. all times), on Food Network.
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Wed, Oct 19th 2016 08:55 am
When October rolls into Western New York, it brings with it warm sunrays, crisp air and a bountiful harvest. There is a sense of nostalgia, getting back to routines and comfort that only a knit sweater and nature's sweet bounty can bring.
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Tue, Oct 18th 2016 09:55 pm
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo hosted the New York State Tourism and Craft Beverage Summit, where leaders in the tourism and craft beverage industries met with state officials to explore new industry opportunities.
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Tue, Oct 18th 2016 06:45 pm
When students returned to St. Peter R.C. School in September, they experienced some big changes.
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Tue, Oct 18th 2016 06:40 pm
The legend lives on. At 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, the Lewiston Council on the Arts will present "A Tribute to the Edmund Fitzgerald" at Water Street Landing, 115 S. Water St., Lewiston.
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Tue, Oct 18th 2016 06:35 pm
Construction is under way on the new cardiac catheterization laboratory in The Heart Center of Niagara at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.
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Tue, Oct 18th 2016 06:35 pm
Empire State Development today announced the Governor's Office of Motion Picture and Television Development recently reached a milestone with 1,000 applications for the state's film production tax credit received since 2011. That number represents almost 70 percent of all applications to the program since its inception in 2004.
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Tue, Oct 18th 2016 06:35 pm
As part of its initiative to bring awareness to diabetes, Mount St. Mary's Hospital will host a "Taking Charge of Your Diabetes" class from 6-9 p.m. Oct. 25-27. Diabetes educator Megan Kosmoski, R.N, will conduct the three-day course.
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Tue, Oct 18th 2016 06:35 pm
Next Generation United, an initiative of the United Way of Buffalo & Erie County, is seeking proposals from local nonprofit organizations to participate in "Pitch 10," a competition-style event where 10 chosen organizations will have a chance to "pitch" their project or idea to the public for a chance to win a grant of up to $5,000 to advance work.
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Tue, Oct 18th 2016 06:35 pm
The Academy of Hockey welcomes former Buffalo Sabre Matt Ellis to its coaching staff, along with Amherst native and Rochester Americans alumnus Nick Tuzzolino, and Tristan Musser.
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Tue, Oct 18th 2016 06:30 pm
International recording superstar Gwen Stefani is back and joining Alicia Keys, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton as coaches for season 12 of NBC's three-time Emmy Award-winning musical competition series "The Voice."
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Tue, Oct 18th 2016 06:30 pm
The Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo, presents Buddy Guy at 8 p.m. Friday, April 21. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.
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Tue, Oct 18th 2016 05:35 pm
For the second time this fall, it appears the Ellicott Development plaza proposal is nearing a final vote.
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Tue, Oct 18th 2016 02:20 pm
Firefighter Joe Casullo, left in the video, and Lt. Nick Egloff of the Grand Island Fire Co. hold a race to see who can put his turnout gear on the fastest, as children from Sidway Elementary School cheer them on.
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Tue, Oct 18th 2016 01:50 pm
The May 2, 2016, work session of the Grand Island Town Board included the first discussion of the proposed West River Connector Trail. The nearly three-hour meeting included a 25-minute discussion among Town Supervisor Nathan McMurray and council members Beverly Kinney, Chris Aronica, Mike Madigan and Ray Billica.
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Tue, Oct 18th 2016 12:55 pm
Anneliese Iacovitti of Niagara Falls has been awarded Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center's 2016 Junior Volunteer Scholarship.
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Tue, Oct 18th 2016 09:05 am
The Lewiston Council on the Arts and a rising Western New York event planner are reviving a popular, summertime Center Street event.
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Tue, Oct 18th 2016 07:00 am
Donald Jablonski has announced Niagara County's annual fall career fair - a county-run tool designed to help pair local jobseekers with employers looking for quality workers - will be held Wednesday.
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Mon, Oct 17th 2016 05:00 pm
The Buffalo Sabres Foundation, in conjunction with Saving Grace Ministries Inc. and True Community Development Corp., celebrated the grand opening Monday of the Patriot Heights Apartments Project. The establishment will provide affordable housing for single mothers who are military veterans.
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Mon, Oct 17th 2016 05:00 pm
The 26th annual Niagara County Community College Foundation Scholarship Gala took place Saturday at the Niagara Falls Culinary Institute.
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