Fri, Aug 24th 2012 08:10 am
The Lewiston Kiwanis Club seeks entries for the annual Lewiston Kiwanis Peach Festival Parade. The parade will take place on Saturday, Sept. 8, at 11 a.m.
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Fri, Aug 24th 2012 08:10 am
Advance ride tickets are now available for the Lewiston Kiwanis Peach Festival. They are good for all three days of the event, and will provide 50 percent savings for all rides. A strip of 14 tickets costs $22, and one ticket is good for one ride. Tickets must be purchased by the morning of Saturday, Sept. 8.
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Fri, Aug 24th 2012 07:40 am
I have had the pleasure of seeing Jane's Addiction before, first at the inaugural Lollapallooza Festival (of which Mr. Perry Farrell is the founder), and in New York - both in larger venues than Artpark. But those, like myself, lucky enough to be at the Jane's Addiction concert on Aug. 20 at Artpark were entertained, dazzled and then some
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Fri, Aug 24th 2012 07:00 am
The American Red Cross is planning two local blood drives this weekend.
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Fri, Aug 24th 2012 07:00 am
Niagara County weather has been nothing if not extreme this year. Rapid changes include warm winter transforming to sudden cold in March and April, and the onset of one of the driest summers to date.
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Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 10:00 pm
Highwire artist Nik Wallenda returned to Niagara Falls on Thursday, Aug. 23, to update the media about his plans to open a daredevil museum. It was Wallenda's first trip back to the area since he crossed over the falls to Canada on June 15.
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Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 08:55 am
Members of the community are invited to bring their classic cars and join the residents and employees at Northgate Health Care Facility for a 1950s Night on Tuesday, Aug. 28, at 6:30 p.m. at 7264 Nash Road, Wheatfield.
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Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 08:55 am
St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 6167 Walmore Road in Sanborn, will host its monthly contemporary worship gathering, "Saturday Night Alive," on Saturday, Aug. 25, starting at 5:30 p.m.
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Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 08:55 am
Visitors to this weekend's Historic Lewiston Jazz Festival are advised that Center Street in the Village of Lewiston will be closed to vehicular traffic from the intersection of Center and Seventh streets west to Center and Fourth streets. The Center Street stretch will close at 5 a.m., Friday, Aug. 24, and reopen Sunday, Aug. 26, at 1 a.m.
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Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 08:55 am
The Niagara-Wheatfield Board of Education meeting was off to an appreciative start last week with a reception honoring the 2011 and 2012 district retirees.
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Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 08:50 am
Wheatfield's county legislators William Ross (2nd District), Kathryn Lance (7th District) and David Godfrey (10th District) will hold a six-month review of Niagara County government at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, in the Wheatfield Community Center, 2790 Church Road, adjacent to the Wheatfield Town Hall.
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Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 08:50 am
On Thursday, Aug. 23, only, from noon to 8 p.m., the Niagara County SPCA will feature a pick your own adoption fee promotion just for the cats rescued from the recent Somerset hoarding case.
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Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 08:45 am
About 80 percent of the roads in the Town of Niagara will be repaved in a five-year plan proposed by Supervisor Steve Richards at Tuesday's Town Board meeting.
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Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 08:45 am
The SPCA is usually all about the animals - like Gabby, shown in the photo at right, taking a cooling dip in a plastic pool.
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Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 08:40 am
Hospice and Palliative Care Group Inc. President and CEO John Lomeo has announced the 2012-13 HPCG, Niagara Hospice, Niagara Hospice Alliance, and Palliative Home Care of Niagara boards of directors.
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Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 08:35 am
The third time is certainly a charm for the Eternal Brothers Motorcycle Club. The club recently hosted the third annual Elizabeth Bondi Memorial Bike Run in support of the programs and services of Niagara Hospice.
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Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 08:35 am
The War of 1812 comes alive at Old Fort Niagara over Labor Day weekend as the historic site presents its annual War of 1812 Encampment.
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Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 08:30 am
Niagara University is again ranked as one of the best colleges in the Northeast, according to the nationally known education services company, The Princeton Review. It is one of 222 institutions The Princeton Review recommends in its "Best in the Northeast" section of its website feature, "2013 Best Colleges: Region by Region," that posted Aug. 20 on www.PrincetonReview.com.
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Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 08:30 am
Local historians Paul Gromosiak and Christopher Stoianoff, writers of "Niagara Falls 1850-2000," will sign copies of their new book on Monday, Aug. 27, from 1 until 3 p.m. at the Niagara Gorge Discovery Center.
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Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 08:25 am
The Marble Orchard Ghost Walks, presented by the Lewiston Council on the Arts, begin promptly at 7 p.m. on Saturdays, beginning starting Sept. 1. They continue each Saturday night through Oct. 29.
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Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 08:25 am
Nik Wallenda will be back in town on Thursday, Aug. 23, for the first time since his historic walk over Niagara Falls. He will join State Sen. George Maziarz and Assemblyman John Ceretto at Niagara Falls State Park to discuss his visit and what's next for him.
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Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 07:50 am
Fifth annual 5k/10k road race expected to draw more than 1,500 participants and raise more than $150,000.
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Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 07:30 am
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Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 07:30 am
Michael Skupin ("Survivor: Australian Outback"), Jonathan Penner ("Survivor: Cook Islands") and "Survivor Micronesia - Fans vs. Favorites") and Russell Swan ("Survivor: Samoa") return for the first time since being medically evacuated from the game.
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Tue, Aug 21st 2012 03:55 pm
Audiences can begin and end their day with ABC News as "Nightline" shifts to 12:35 a.m. on Jan. 9, 2013, and adds a primetime hour every Friday at 9 p.m., beginning March 1.
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Tue, Aug 21st 2012 10:10 am
Niagara University Theatre has announced its 2012-13 season.
Steven Braddock, director of Niagara University Theatre said, "This season, you will find two Tony Award-winning musicals, three laugh-out-loud comedies by Neil Simon, Steve Martin (yes - that banjo strumming comedian) and Moliere, and a dark and lyrical mystery. In addition, our annual student-directed short play festival will offer comedies, dramas and everything in between. Also, our theater student group, the NU Players, will test their wings by entirely producing a contemporary adult drama about the searing effect of war on relationships."
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Tue, Aug 21st 2012 09:35 am
Rep. Kathy Hochul, along with Sen. Chuck Schumer, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Sen. Sherrod Brown, Rep. Louise Slaughter and Rep. Brain Higgins, sent a letter Monday to Joshua Gotbaum, director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., pressing him and the agency to meet with the Delphi salaried retirees.
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Tue, Aug 21st 2012 09:35 am
(readMedia) On Monday, the 2.5 million member New York State AFL-CIO announced endorsements of candidates running for State Senate and Assembly. The endorsements took place at the State Federation's 32nd Constitutional Convention.
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Tue, Aug 21st 2012 08:55 am
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center announced Monday that it will be providing primary care services to former patients of Dr. Matthew A. Bennett.
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Tue, Aug 21st 2012 08:55 am
A surgical team at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Monday performed Niagara County's first-ever da Vinci Single-Site cholecystectomy. The patient's gallbladder was removed through one tiny incision in the belly button or navel, making the procedure virtually scarless.
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Mon, Aug 20th 2012 07:15 pm
Series will follow a husband and father of three from New York dealing with family, career and challenges loosely drawn from Fox's real life.
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Mon, Aug 20th 2012 04:40 pm
Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-I-Lewiston, sent a letter Monday to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to express his concerns over the legislative leader's support for Assembly bill 10807, which would allow illegal aliens who "meet certain criteria" to receive higher education subsidies at taxpayer expense.
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Mon, Aug 20th 2012 04:30 pm
To foster its goal of preventing the further spread of wildlife rabies, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's wildlife services program has begun its 2012 distribution of oral rabies vaccine baits in select areas along the East Coast. This effort seeks to prevent the spread of raccoon rabies.
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Mon, Aug 20th 2012 04:05 pm
Stacey Zahno of Ransomville, wife of powerlifting American record-holder Dan Zahno, recently set two state records.
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Mon, Aug 20th 2012 04:00 pm
CBS announced 15 of the 18 castaways who will compete against each other on "Survivor: Philippines." The Emmy Award-winning series will return for its 25th season with a special 90-minute edition, Wednesday, Sept. 19.
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Mon, Aug 20th 2012 03:30 pm
The annual Newfane Town Celebration kicked off Friday night with Main Street filled with motorcycles for Bike Night. Lots of bikes on the street with some great custom and stock machines, old and new, along with perfect weather, brought a large crowd out to see the bikes, visit with friends and find a bite to eat.
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Mon, Aug 20th 2012 03:25 pm
Saturday was a great day to be in Ransomville for those who like to dance ... or to just sit and listen to the music and watch others get up and dance.
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Mon, Aug 20th 2012 11:55 am
On Aug. 21, the U.S. Border Patrol, Buffalo Sector, will conduct a change of command ceremony at the Niagara Falls Air Base Theater. This formal affair involves the swearing-in of Chief Patrol Agent Brian S. Hastings as chief of the Buffalo Sector.
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Mon, Aug 20th 2012 11:50 am
St. Peter R.C. Church Holy Name Society held its annual fundraiser during the Lewiston Art Festival on Aug. 11 and 12.
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Mon, Aug 20th 2012 11:50 am
Michael W. Cropp, MD, president and CEO of Independent Health, has been named the 2012 Buffalo Niagara Executive of the Year by the University at Buffalo School of Management.
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