Mon, Nov 1st 2010 02:00 pm
The board of directors for the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame will host its 20th annual awards dinner, Thursday, Nov. 4, at the Buffalo Hyatt Regency. The class of 2010 includes 13 Western New York sports legends and community icons. The evening begins with a 5:30 p.m. reception and silent auction, continues with a 7 p.m. dinner and concludes with the 8 p.m. induction ceremony.
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Mon, Nov 1st 2010 02:00 pm
Tops Friendly Markets has announced its stores in Western New York raised $338,582 for the WNY Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
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Mon, Nov 1st 2010 02:00 pm
The annual Biggest Bake Sale in Bergholz will be held on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 2, at Holy Ghost Lutheran School, 6630 Luther St., Bergholz.
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Mon, Nov 1st 2010 02:00 pm
St. John Lutheran Church will hold its Election Day Ham Dinner and Holiday/Gift Boutique from 4 to 6:30 p.m.
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Mon, Nov 1st 2010 02:00 pm
Facing a cancer diagnosis is difficult enough; worrying about how to get to weekly or daily doctor's appointments shouldn't be a concern. Road to Recovery is an American Cancer Society service program that helps give local patients more birthdays by providing free transportation to life-saving cancer treatments and home again.
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Mon, Nov 1st 2010 02:00 pm
Bryant & Stratton College Online recently announced that it is now accepting applications for its new "Pay It Forward" scholarship program.
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Mon, Nov 1st 2010 02:00 pm
On Oct. 7, the new officers and board of directors of the Kiwanis Club of Niagara-Wheatfield were inducted at the Red Coach Inn.
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Mon, Nov 1st 2010 01:00 pm
Unlike neighboring Wheatfield, things are quiet on the Town of Niagara budget front.
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Sat, Oct 30th 2010 03:20 pm
Niagara County Legislature chairman and former football coach Bill Ross brought up four fellow legislators to the podium and led a cheer among local officials attending a special announcement Thursday at Niagara Falls International Airport.
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Sat, Oct 30th 2010 03:00 pm
After holding a special meeting with members of the Lewiston Garden Club on Monday, the Village Board of Trustees appears to have found an answer to the question of what to do when festivals end on a Saturday evening and Center Street remains closed all night.
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Sat, Oct 30th 2010 03:00 pm
With the holidays rapidly approaching, the Little Yellow Chocolate House wants to help patrons with their gift-giving this year. The sugar shack will make a unique basket for customers, or allow them to bring their own and fill it with goodies, all for just a nominal fee (and bows, ribbons and packaging are free).
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Sat, Oct 30th 2010 01:50 pm
Bob McKeown, a former Niagara County Community College athlete and head coach, has been named NCCC's new athletic director, College Vice President for Student Services and current interim AD Bassam Deeb announced Thursday on the Sanborn campus.
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Sat, Oct 30th 2010 01:10 pm
The Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce has announced the top three winners of its 2010 Scarecrow Display Contest, which saw several unique creations found on the streets of Lewiston, Youngstown, Ransomville and Sanborn over the past month.
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Sat, Oct 30th 2010 01:00 pm
The Lewiston Council on the Arts held its first celebrity bartender event on Thursday night at the Brickyard Pub & BBQ on Center Street.
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Sat, Oct 30th 2010 01:00 pm
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Sat, Oct 30th 2010 01:00 pm
The following activity occurred Monday, Oct. 18, to Sunday, Oct. 24, as reported by the Lewiston Police Department. A total of 81 calls were answered by LPD during this period.
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Sat, Oct 30th 2010 01:00 pm
The Lions Clubs of District 20-N is now in its yearly effort to raise awareness on the need for world peace, according to Dennis Fulton-Sears, Peace Post chair, Lions Clubs of District 20-N.
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Sat, Oct 30th 2010 01:00 pm
Parent Network of WNY is sponsoring a free workshop, "Special Education: What's It All About?" On Friday, Nov. 19, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Niagara County Community College, Room C163 (use parking lot No. 4) on the Saunders Settlement Road campus in Sanborn.
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Sat, Oct 30th 2010 01:00 pm
In honor of Native American Heritage Month this November, Old Fort Niagara will host a series of Native American skills workshops.
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Sat, Oct 30th 2010 01:00 pm
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Sat, Oct 30th 2010 01:00 pm
Niagara County Legislature chairman and former football coach Bill Ross brought up four fellow legislators to the podium and led a cheer among local officials attending a special announcement Thursday at Niagara Falls International Airport.
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Sat, Oct 30th 2010 01:00 pm
Area residents, be they Modern supporters or opponents, came to Lewiston Town Hall in droves Monday to hear Modern's latest proposal before the Lewiston Town Board.
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Sat, Oct 30th 2010 09:00 am
I don't know what's harder, making it out of Buffalo or maintaining success in the record industry for two decades. Somehow, the Goo Goo Dolls have managed to do both.
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Fri, Oct 29th 2010 02:00 pm
Bravo has greenlit "Going Platinum," (working title), a new music competition series showcasing emerging singer-songwriters on their quest to become the next big hitmaker.
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Thu, Oct 28th 2010 02:25 pm
Sheriff James R. Voutour has announced a First Nighter Law Enforcement Explorers Post will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 15, at the Niagara County Sheriff's Office, 5526 Niagara St. Extension, Lockport (Building One, in the Patrol Room).
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Thu, Oct 28th 2010 02:20 pm
The Historic Riviera Theatre presents the American Legion Band of the Tonawandas performing its Veterans Day Concert on at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7.
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Thu, Oct 28th 2010 02:15 pm
The Niagara men's basketball team was picked eighth and Niagara women's basketball team was tabbed sixth in the 2010-11 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Coaches' Preseason Poll announced on Tuesday from the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City.
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Thu, Oct 28th 2010 02:05 pm
AAA Members Insurance Agency is seeking applications from local high school seniors for the third-annual AAA Insurance Scholarship for Community Excellence.
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Thu, Oct 28th 2010 02:00 pm
The following is a sampling of the calls the Town of Niagara Police responded to between Oct. 12 and 17. During that time period, 125 calls were received.
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Thu, Oct 28th 2010 02:00 pm
The YWCA Tonawandas will host a training session for the Winter Walk KidBiz at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 30 at 49 Tremont St., North Tonawanda.
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Thu, Oct 28th 2010 02:00 pm
Eleanor Moll has been named ticket chairman for the Martin Luther Birthday Dinner to be held at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 13, at St. James Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, Niagara Road, in Bergholz.
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Thu, Oct 28th 2010 02:00 pm
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary reports that a Paddlesports America course will be offered Saturday, Nov. 6, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Gander Mountain at the Lodge, 880 Young St., Tonawanda.
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Thu, Oct 28th 2010 02:00 pm
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Thu, Oct 28th 2010 02:00 pm
If Wheatfield's tentative 2011 budget passes as is, town residents will no longer be able to use the services of a local public library.
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Thu, Oct 28th 2010 01:55 pm
The gravestone of baby August Gustav Wilhelm Williams was brought to St. James Lutheran Church Cemetery on Niagara Road in Bergholz recently.
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Thu, Oct 28th 2010 01:50 pm
Town of Niagara Supervisor Steve Richards was working late one night in 1996 in his Town Hall office, when he heard footsteps. He came out and looked down the hall.
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Thu, Oct 28th 2010 01:05 pm
Spirit Airlines today announced that it will begin non-stop service from Niagara Falls to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Myrtle Beach, S.C., offering upstate New Yorkers and Canadians easy access to ultra low fares throughout the U.S., Caribbean and Latin America.
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Thu, Oct 28th 2010 01:00 pm
The Niagara County Community College Life Sciences Division unveiled its new surgical technology lab at a ribbon-cutting ceremony held Oct. 13 in the Science Building on the Sanborn campus.
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Thu, Oct 28th 2010 01:00 pm
Dr. Michio Kaku, an internationally recognized authority in Einstein's unified field theory and host of the Science Channel's "Sci Fi Science" program, will speak at Niagara County Community College at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in NCCC's Theatre Auditorium, located near the entrance of F Building.
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Thu, Oct 28th 2010 01:00 pm
The New York State Public Service Commission on Oct. 14 granted Verizon New York Inc. permission to provide residential white page directories only to customers upon request in order to reduce paper waste and improve the environment.
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