Tue, Jun 14th 2022 02:10 pm
Former heavyweight boxing champion and mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko will be honored with the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at the 2022 ESPYS, airing live Wednesday, July 20 (8 p.m. EDT), on ABC. The award is given to "a deserving member of the sporting world who makes a difference far beyond the field of play, impacting the world in indelible ways."
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Tue, Jun 14th 2022 02:05 pm
Erie County Department of Health offices will be closed for the Juneteenth holiday (observed) on Monday, June 20. This will affect COVID-19 services, including:
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Tue, Jun 14th 2022 02:05 pm
Youngstown Lions President Terry Cummings announced Richard Allen was awarded the Robert J. Uplinger Distinguished Service Award.
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Tue, Jun 14th 2022 01:55 pm
This year marks the 60th anniversary of Niagara County Community College. After a two-year hiatus, the annual NCCC Foundation Scholarship Gala will return in person with a special diamond theme to mark the occasion. This event is the primary fundraiser to support student scholarships, and will take place Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Niagara Falls Culinary Institute.
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Tue, Jun 14th 2022 01:55 pm
The Niagara County Community College Alumni Association is partnering with the Buffalo Bisons this summer to offer discounted tickets to home games for the 2022 season. A portion of each discounted ticket sold to Buffalo Bisons home games will benefit the NCCC Foundation/alumni.
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Tue, Jun 14th 2022 01:50 pm
Niagara County Legislator Tony Nemi announced the county's Department of Public Works will realign the intersection of Bear Ridge and Tonawanda Creek roads in the Town of Pendleton, which should improve public safety at the intersection. The changes follow a study DPW commissioned from engineering firm Wendel.
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Tue, Jun 14th 2022 01:50 pm
Buffalo Broadcasters Association (BBA) recently announced its slate of 2022 Hall of Fame inductees. Big WECK owner Buddy Shula is one of the 12 inductees in the class of veteran broadcast executives chosen for the prestigious honor.
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Tue, Jun 14th 2022 12:30 pm
The Niagara Falls National Heritage Area is seeking four artists to paint murals on Main Street and Depot Avenue in Niagara Falls. The "NF Murals Project" there is entering its fourth mural-making phase, following completion of 16 murals since 2019. Murals feature stories of freedom and champions of change in the Highland community of Niagara Falls.
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Tue, Jun 14th 2022 12:25 pm
Garth Brooks has set a new ticket on-sale date for Buffalo. Tickets will now go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, June 17. Tickets will cost $98.95, all-inclusive.
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Tue, Jun 14th 2022 12:25 pm
The Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center is extending its Juneteenth celebrations past Sunday, with events on Monday, June 20, and Friday, June 24.
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Tue, Jun 14th 2022 12:25 pm
The New York State Common Retirement Fund is committing another $350 million to two investment funds through its in-state private equity investment program, fund trustee and state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli recently announced.
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Tue, Jun 14th 2022 12:25 pm
St. John's Episcopal Church, overlooking the Niagara River on Main and Chestnut streets in Youngstown, will hold its annual Strawberry Fest. The event is set for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 25.
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Tue, Jun 14th 2022 12:25 pm
Master John Presti, owner of Presti Karate Centers in Niagara Falls and Lewiston, is once again teaming with his friend of 47 years - his teacher and grand master of UFAF - Chuck Norris.
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Tue, Jun 14th 2022 12:25 pm
The Land Conservancy is teaming up with New York State Parks, the Niagara River Greenway, the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center, the Buffalo Museum of Science, and more than a dozen local environmental organizations for a one-day celebration of the Niagara Gorge and its unique river.
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Tue, Jun 14th 2022 11:35 am
The Auxiliary of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center has donated $25,000 to the hospital's MRI campaign. Funds will directly support Memorial's quest to acquire a 3T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) unit, which will be the only one of its kind in Niagara County, and housed on the medical center's downtown Niagara Falls campus.
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Tue, Jun 14th 2022 11:35 am
The Niagara History Center Step Back in Time Players will host a public tour of Cold Springs Cemetery at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 26.
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Tue, Jun 14th 2022 11:35 am
On World Blood Donor Day, Congressman Brian Higgins is calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to change existing blood donation standards that, his team said, discriminate against the LGBTQ community.
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Tue, Jun 14th 2022 11:30 am
WNY Book Arts Center (Book Arts) will launch the 2022 PRINTING PARTNERS sessions in conjunction with community partner Carnegie Art Center. This program offers free, sequential art classes to children and families in their own neighborhoods, and as always it is free to participate in. Open to ages 8-plus, students will learn the art of origami, printmaking, as well as an array of bookmaking techniques with resident teaching artist Ruby Meritt.
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Tue, Jun 14th 2022 11:30 am
The Grand Island Lions Club held its Installation and awards banquet at the Buffalo Launch Club on Wednesday, June 8. Past District Gov. Lion Jeff Jarvis installed the board of directors for the 2022-23 year.
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 05:40 pm
As one of country music's most talented and decorated male solo artist's, globally known superstar Brad Paisley launched his "World Tour 2022" with five concerts over the last two weekends.
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 05:35 pm
Celebrated annually in the city of Sanremo, Italy, the acclaimed Sanremo Music Festival brings a talented mix of artists to the Avalon Theatre. On Aug. 6 and 7, singer and television sensation Gigi Vigliani hosts international stars Mal, Cosetta Gigli and Riccardo Fogli and his band, as they deliver performances with their award-winning Italian hits.
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 05:30 pm
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday announced a "major step forward" in the transformative Kensington Expressway project in the City of Buffalo.
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 05:30 pm
Food Network star, award-winning restaurant owner and New York Times best-selling author Michael Symon is headed to the biggest and toughest barbecue competitions across the country to bring viewers a front-row seat to all the action in the new primetime series, "BBQ USA," premiering Monday, July 11 (9 p.m. ET/PT), on Food Network.
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 05:30 pm
The mountains will rock when Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino welcomes the "Live to Rock Tour" featuring Skid Row, Warrant and Quiet Riot for a monster show inside the Seneca Allegany Event Center on Saturday, Sept. 17 (8 p.m.). Tickets go on sale at noon this Friday, June 17.
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 03:45 pm
Kleinhans Music Hall announced the "Art of Jazz" series for the 2022-23 season.
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 03:40 pm
The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University (CAM) has many summer opportunities for visitors of all ages and interests.
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 03:40 pm
The Buffalo History Museum has debuted a new exhibit by Stitch Buffalo, "Creative Journeys: Celebrating the Art of Refugee Women in Western New York."
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 03:40 pm
"42nd Street" - the big, bright tap-dancing extravaganza - is set to take Lockport by storm!
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 03:40 pm
Pop singer/songwriter and recording artist Sean BE stands poised to enter a fresh season of music and ministry with the autobiographical new track "Step Into My Story," available now from WieRok Entertainment/Syntax Creative. The hope-fueled anthem - penned by Sean BE and multi-Dove Award-winning hit songwriter Tony Wood - chronicles the artist's own journey of surrender, offering encouragement to those who struggle.
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 03:35 pm
David & Nicole Binion recently introduced their new single, "The Mighty Chorus," featuring worship leader John Wilds (Jesus Image, Bethel Music), also accompanied by an audio video. Written by David Binion and Mitch Wong, the song is based on Revelation 5, and "how our mandate - our earthly assignment as worshippers - is to draw others into the presence of the Lord, singing 'the mighty chorus.' "
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 03:35 pm
Leslie Jordan's name "has become synonymous with meaningful and groundbreaking worship music," her team said. The Nashville-based singer-songwriter and worship leader unveils new songs, starting with "Great I Am," available now.
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 03:05 pm
Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced New York state was awarded $2.7 million in Reach and Resiliency grant funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand The Emergency Food Assistance Program's reach into remote, rural, Tribal, and low-income areas currently underserved by the program.
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 03:05 pm
Frishta Abawi, D.O., has joined the primary care team at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, located at the Lewiston Primary Care Center, 4600 Military Road, Suite A, Niagara Falls.
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 03:05 pm
A new study led by a researcher in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo has important implications for developing future treatments for Parkinson's disease (PD), a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement and often includes tremors.
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 03:05 pm
Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced Niagara and Wyoming counties achieved accreditation through New York state's local emergency management accreditation program. Niagara County Emergency Services and the Wyoming County Office of Emergency Services are the latest emergency management organizations in New York to achieve accreditation, joining Albany, Broome, Chemung, Erie, Livingston, Madison, Montgomery, Nassau, Oneida, Saratoga, Washington and Wayne counties, as well as New York City.
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 03:05 pm
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos recently announced the open (harvest) season for largemouth and smallmouth bass, collectively known as black bass, begins Wednesday, June 15, and runs through Nov. 30.
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 03:05 pm
Premier 2022 co-chair Dr. Ravinder Devgun, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center's chief of anesthesiology, recently presented a check for $120,000 to Chief of Diagnostic Imaging Dr. Mark D. Perry.
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 03:05 pm
On the 98th anniversary of the founding of the American Heart Association, Buffalo-area leaders are making bold commitments to stand with the association as it drives toward its 2024 "Impact Goal," which is focused on improving cardiovascular health for all while identifying and removing barriers to health care access and quality.
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 01:55 pm
The women in Dr. Roselind Bogner's special topics: peer-helping program class were a diverse group representing schools and community-based organizations in Niagara Falls. But they had a common goal: to develop a peer-helping program for the people they serve.
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Mon, Jun 13th 2022 01:55 pm
Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced the State University of New York Board of Trustees directed all 64 SUNY campuses to update their policies regarding the use of a chosen name and pronouns to ensure that transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary students' identities are fully reflected and represented in campus systems. This change is the next step taken in SUNY's mission to create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment for students within the LGBTQIA+ community.
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