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Niagara Falls State Park will host Cascades of Fire International Fireworks Competition viewing parties for all six nights of the series.

Join Anchor Bar Niagara Falls and the Niagara Falls Community Development Department for the second annual Jingle Falls Street Hockey Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 1.

The veterans page at smokefree.gov poignantly states: "If you can make it in the military, you can quit smoking."

Our Lady of Fatima Shrine Knights of Columbus Council No. 14622 will host its 11th annual spaghetti dinner from 3-7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, in the Shrine Dining Hall, 1023 Swann Road, Lewiston.

Youth flag football is coming to Niagara Falls, thanks to a grant from the Buffalo Bills Foundation. The flag football league will start in July 2019 as part of the department's "Summer In Your City" series.

WWE is bringing its "Holiday Tour" to KeyBank Center at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 30. Tickets go on sale at noon on Friday and range from $119.50 to $19.50 (includes $4.50 facility fee). They can be purchased at the KeyBank Center box office, online at www.tickets.com, or by calling 888-223-6000.

Due to maintenance being done on the wall of the Niagara Gorge, the Great Gorge Trail between the Schoellkopf Power Plant Ruins and the Aquarium of Niagara will be closed today through Thursday, Nov. 8.

With several hunting and trapping seasons now open, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation are encouraging outdoor enthusiasts to follow some commonsense safety precautions this fall and winter.

In 2013, after vacationing with family, Michaela, her brother, Ben (Josh Dallas), and his ill young son, Cal (Jack Messina), boarded Montego Air Flight 828 headed back home to New York City. Their flight, while turbulent, didn't appear to be anything out of the ordinary. But when they touched down, Michaela and company were informed five years had passed.

Every year, volunteers from the Historical Association of Lewiston meet to wash and put a coat of wax on Lewiston's two large-scale bronze monuments. Last Sunday's weather was perfect and the crew met at the Freedom Crossing and Tuscarora Heroes monuments to perform their magic.

Do you enjoy wrapping gifts? If so, Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara has a volunteer opportunity for you!

Today's national average price for a gallon of gasoline is $2.76, down 6 cents from last week. One year ago, the price was $2.53. The New York state average is $2.94 - down 2 cents from last week. A year ago, the state average was $2.66.

Each year, November is recognized as National Adoption Awareness Month. During this month, leaders in the foster care and adoption communities raise awareness, specifically about the 110,000-plus children and youth who are currently in foster care and awaiting forever families.

Three years after the release of their debut Christmas album, "It's Almost Christmas, Volume I," Jon & Valerie Guerra are back to charm hearts with more warm, nostalgic holiday tunes with "Volume II." Since their debut album burst onto the scene in 2015, the married couple have officially become "Praytell," a general market duo that has toured nationally and internationally, while continuing to tour with Jon's solo project, Jon Guerra.

New York State Office of the Attorney General, Enterprise Community Partners Inc. and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) have made funding available across New York state for newly formed land banks. Enterprise is now dedicating additional funding to support land banks, with funds coming from a bank settlement negotiated by the office of the attorney general. Enterprise selected the Niagara Orleans Regional Land Improvement Corp. (NORLIC) as a recipient of a grant in the amount of $500,000.

"Holiday Kick-Off Lewiston Style" will take place Saturday, Nov. 10. Inspirations on Canvas owner Kathy Pignatora and You & Me proprietor Laura Mann Falsetti came up with the idea, hoping to spur additional foot traffic in a traditionally slow time of year.

"Phew." That was the first gasp out of Niagara-Wheatfield girls volleyball coach Brandi Cochran after her team defeated Williamsville South in the Class A Sectional Finals, 3-2.

The first of three free giveaways of coats and winter items resulted in a Colvin Cleaners "Coats For Kids" record one-day distribution of nearly 6,500 coats, gloves, scarves and hats Saturday at the Kenmore Knights of Columbus. The result of the overwhelming outpouring of families in need was a call by the company for more donations of kids' winter coats, gloves, hats and scarves.

University at Buffalo Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash involving a pedestrian that occurred just before 10 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 1) on Hadley Road in front of the Hadley Village Apartments on UB's North Campus.

Soma Cura Wellness Center - a yoga studio, massage center and vegan café near Tops in the Benderson plaza - is now home to the first salt beach room in Western New York.

The Community Survivors Group recently raised a whopping $21,000 at a one-day benefit event held at The Lewiston Stone House.

In recognition of Veterans Day, on Saturday, Oct. 20, the Fin-Feather-Fur Conservation Society in Lewiston (3F Club) played host to a small group representing the country's recent past heroes of conflict.

Etched glass biographies of Grand Island servicemen killed in action are moving closer to completion thanks to the efforts of Island benefactors and student volunteers working out of the Grand Island High School technology wing.

Lorene F. Soares passed away peacefully at Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital on Oct. 28, 2018.

On Nov. 6, the Upside Down will return to Universal Studios Florida as the incredibly popular "Stranger Things" haunted house returns for one day to commemorate the anniversary of Will Byers' disappearance in the critically acclaimed Netflix series.

The Town of Lewiston Republican Committee held its "Lewiston Election Rally" on Thursday evening at The Brickyard Pub & B.B.Q.

Mary Alice "Ginger" McNally died peacefully at Niagara Hospice in Lockport, New York, on Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. She was the daughter of Maj. Gen. Clinton F. and Mary Rossen Robinson.

Are you struggling with dark mornings on your way to work and as the kids head out to school? It's about to change. With daylight saving time ending Sunday, Nov. 4, at 2 a.m., Americans will "fall back" and set their clocks back one hour to standard time.

The Niagara Falls Peacemakers will respond to the needs of the people by holding free kids' coat drive, in partnership with Dream Homes Property Management, City of Niagara Falls Youth Director Sanquin Starks and Cameron's Transport.

Generation Z, meet "Jeopardy!" The "Teen Tournament" is back, and it starts Wednesday, Nov. 7. Fifteen of America's sharpest students aged 14-17 will compete over the course of the two-week event; only one will claim the $100,000 grand prize.

Award-winning guitarist Stephane Wrembel, specialized in the Django Reinhardt style, will perform at the Sportsmen's Tavern, 326 Amherst St., Buffalo, on Saturday, Nov. 10.

The Veteran Post Restoration of Erie County, NY Inc. presented Russell J. Salvatore with its first "milestone flag," signifying the first $10,000 raised to improve and modernize local veteran posts.

The Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority board of directors on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution approving the proposed 2019 Erie County budget and accompanying four-year plan, submitted by the Poloncarz administration on Oct. 12. In its resolution, the ECFSA board stated its finding that "the 2019-22 financial plan is complete and compliant with NYS Public Authorities Law," and that, as a result, the ECFSA itself would remain in an advisory status.

Jesus Culture's Kim Walker-Smith is releasing a brand-new Christmas single, "Love Came Down," available HERE. Fans will be able to hear this new single along with other holiday favorites from her past Christmas project on the upcoming K-Love Christmas Tour with Big Daddy Weave and Brandon Heath.

Listeners can unwrap "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" and "Silent Night" from Riley Clemmons in a brand-new, digital multi-track unveiled today. This marks the first holiday tunes from the 18-year-old singer/songwriter who dropped her self-titled debut earlier this year to a resonating 27 million global streams.

The Afters' "The Beginning and Everything After" is available today, offering a memorable musical journey. The dozen-track greatest hits collection celebrates the triumphs, including chart-topping singles, TV placements, an MTVU Award, GMA Dove Awards and other accolades alongside two new offerings: "Well Done" and "Fear No More."

Scientists at the University at Buffalo's Clinical Research Institute on Addictions (CRIA) recently received more than $4 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the effects of drinking, smoking and marijuana use during pregnancy.

Gotee Records announces the newest member to its family: Cochren & Co. The singer/songwriter and piano player Michael Cochren hails from Montgomery, Indiana, and released his label debut two-song single earlier this week. It features the songs "Church (Take Me Back)" and "Grave."

Researchers within the University at Buffalo department of oral biology were recently awarded six grants totaling $6.6 million, helping to double funding received by the department from the previous year.

Join the Castellani Art Museum at Niagara University from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, to learn about the folk art of Jewish paper-cutting, led by Aharon Baruch. Participants in this hands-on workshop will learn about the history, tools, techniques and common designs of this traditional art, and make their own paper-cut works.