Mon, Jun 4th 2012 11:15 am
NU grad Kalani Personius and seniors Mary Gibson and Jessica Spellane work to help those in need at St. George's Church.
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Mon, Jun 4th 2012 11:15 am
Organizers of the Main Street Music & Art Festival are hosting "An Evening of Acoustic Music" with Under the Skylight, a popular acoustic duet featuring Ashley Altman and Dan Erickson performing songs from their newly released album.
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Mon, Jun 4th 2012 11:15 am
In advance of the upcoming development of the re-designed Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino, Seneca Gaming Corp. offers an opportunity for business with the corporation to companies located in the Buffalo area.
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Mon, Jun 4th 2012 07:00 am
The Lewiston Public Library, 305 S. Eighth St., in the Village of Lewiston, announces the following programs, events and activities for the month of June.
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Mon, Jun 4th 2012 07:00 am
Members of the Youngstown Lions Club will take to the streets of Youngstown, corner of Main and Lockport streets, on Saturday and Sunday, June 16 and 17, to raise funds as part of the annual "White Cane Day." Funds donated by community members will be used to further the cause of the Lions mission of "We Serve."
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Mon, Jun 4th 2012 07:00 am
Though he's performed professionally for more than a decade, and shared stages with some of the music industry's top acts, Marc Scibilia says his career is now finally beginning.
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Mon, Jun 4th 2012 07:00 am
Gentle Dentistry of Lancaster and Winning Smiles Pediatric Dentistry of Amherst have teamed up to help a local child diagnosed with a rare form of lower jaw cancer.
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Mon, Jun 4th 2012 07:00 am
The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University will open a new exhibition presented in conjunction with the War of 1812 Bicentennial celebration on Sunday, June 10. The event runs from from 2 until 4 p.m. and features a talk by guest curator Dr. Robert Giannetti as well as an information fair for Niagara 1812 Legacy Council partner organizations to promote their own events and programs.
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Mon, Jun 4th 2012 07:00 am
Niagara Hospice will hold its ninth Memorial Butterfly Release from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 7, in the Memorial Gardens located at 4675 Sunset Drive, Lockport.
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Sat, Jun 2nd 2012 07:00 am
Hops-n-Vines, the super-cool lounge located at 490 Center St. (below Casa Antica), is celebrating its first anniversary next week. Proprietors Chris Salada, Kurt Minervino and John DiMino will host series of special events to mark the occasion.
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Sat, Jun 2nd 2012 07:00 am
A garden reflecting the "Peaceful Rewards for Fruitful Labors" was dedicated at Murphy Orchards in Burt on Friday, June 1.
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Sat, Jun 2nd 2012 07:00 am
Motorists take note: The Village of Lewiston has converted the corner of Portage Road and Cayuga Street into a four-way stop. (photo by Joshua Maloni)
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Sat, Jun 2nd 2012 07:00 am
The Lewiston Peace Garden, located at 476 Center St., has definitely evolved over the years. Eva Nicklas from the Lewiston Council on the Arts explained how it began as a "funky gravel parking lot" and, after years of hard work, is now recognized as an International Peace Garden by the International Peace Garden Foundation.
"It's a beautiful green space that all of Lewiston is proud of," Nicklas said.
The Peace Garden contains a fountain, a stage, different kinds of flowering plants, and memory bricks throughout.
The garden has been host to various events over the years, including belly dancing, poetry readings, chainsaw artists, and fundraising events. But this summer will be different.
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Sat, Jun 2nd 2012 07:00 am
At the Youngstown Village Board of Trustees meeting on May 24, the executive director at Fort Niagara, Bob Emerson, started things off by bringing everybody up to date with what's going on at OFN this summer.
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Sat, Jun 2nd 2012 07:00 am
Lewiston-Porter's Board of Education put the wraps on the 2011-12 academic year by recognizing a number of students for achievement in art, history, wrestling, bowling and diving at its Tuesday, May 29, meeting.
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Sat, Jun 2nd 2012 07:00 am
The long-awaited firehall renovation at Lewiston Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1 is finally at hand.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 07:20 pm
Old Fort Niagara announced this week it will commemorate the bicentennial of the Declaration of the War of 1812 with a day of special programs on Saturday, June 16.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 07:20 pm
Niagara and Orleans counties will jointly oppose efforts to raise Lake Ontario water levels by as much as 12 inches, Niagara County Legislature Deputy Majority Leader Dave Godfrey, R-Wilson, announced following a meeting with his Orleans County counterparts earlier this week.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 07:15 pm
Organizers have been busy with last-minute preparations for the Town of Porter's 200th birthday celebration, which opened Friday night and continues this weekend at Porter on the Lake Park.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 07:00 pm
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 07:00 pm
Memorial Day observances in the area included "Soldiers through the Ages" at Old Fort Niagara, which featured activities honoring soldiers through three centuries of the fort's existence.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:40 pm
What started as "a little shoebox store" is celebrating 30 years in business this month.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:35 pm
Lauren Bonilla, fundraising coordinator for the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Western New York, accepts a $1,000 check from Robert Burns at his Wheatfield Tim Hortons location on Niagara Falls Boulevard.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:30 pm
The American Red Cross, Serving Erie & Niagara Counties responded to seven separate fires in the City of Buffalo over the recently completed Memorial Day weekend.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:30 pm
The Zonta Club of Grand Island installed officers and new members at its annual installation dinner at the Buffalo Launch Club.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:30 pm
At 4:25 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23, Grand Island Fire Co. rescue personnel responded to a collision involving a school bus and passenger vehicle in the driveway at Huth Road Elementary School, 1773 Huth Road.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:25 pm
On Friday, Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-I-Lewiston, asked the New York State Thruway Authority to reconsider its proposal to raise tolls 45 percent on commercial trucks, a plan that was green-lit by the public authority's board earlier this week.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:20 pm
Dr. John Huebschmann, an anesthesiologist at Mount St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, recently returned from a nine-day medical service mission in Europe with the "Hope For Tomorrow" foundation. This culminated in a meeting and blessing from Pope Benedict XVI on May 31.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:00 pm
On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on the Military Construction Appropriations bill and approved $6.1 million for construction of a C-130 flight simulator facility at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:00 pm
State Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-60th, announced Friday that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has made laws of two Grisanti bills.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:00 pm
Great Lakes Seaway Trail's "Sailors, Keepers, Shipwrecks, and the Maid" guidebook tells tales of shoreline's famous and infamous.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:00 pm
Batman fans of all ages will have a rare opportunity to get a firsthand look at the Tumbler and the Bat-Pod when the "Tumbler Tour" makes a stop at Darien Lake to promote the hugely anticipated finale to Nolan's "Batman" trilogy, "The Dark Knight Rises."
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:00 pm
Country music is inspiring breast cancer cures at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Country radio station 106.5 WYRK-FM has been busy collecting autographs, from country music stars who have come through Western New York in the past year, on a custom-designed pink guitar to be raffled off June 4.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:00 pm
The Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame will introduce its 14-member class of 2012, Wednesday afternoon, June 6, in the pavilion area at First Niagara Center.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:00 pm
Assemblyman John D. Ceretto, R-I-Lewiston, helped pass legislation Thursday that allows the names of all firefighters whose deaths resulted from services performed in the line of duty to be inscribed on the memorial at the Empire State Plaza in Albany.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 06:00 pm
Friday morning, 4,000 vouchers for the "Wallenda Walk" at Niagara Falls sold out within a few minutes www.walkthefalls.com received 9,000 visitors in 10 minutes.
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Fri, Jun 1st 2012 07:00 am
The Erie Canal Discovery Center, 24 Church St., Lockport, announces a free program and book reading will be offered on Saturday, June 9, at 11 a.m. by retired educator Carol Caisse, who will read her new children's book titled, "Jake Grape and the Snake."
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Thu, May 31st 2012 02:00 pm
Niagara University recently held a graduation ceremony. It didn't come with the pomp and circumstance that came with commencement exercises, but it was no less important.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 02:00 pm
NBC's popular reality series "The Biggest Loser" is launching a 13-city, cross-country search to find new contestants for the next edition of the hit show. Individuals who have at least 85 lbs. to lose are encouraged to apply for the new season, which will air in January 2013.
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Thu, May 31st 2012 01:55 pm
NBC will bring "The CLIOS: World's Best Commercials" to network television in a one-hour primetime special Wednesday, July 25, at 8 p.m. It's hosted by comedian JB Smoove and produced by JUMA Entertainment.
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