Sat, Jul 27th 2019 07:00 am
Come Saturday, Aug. 3, Lower Niagara Moose Lodge No. 584 is proud to present "Moose's Mission," a benefit for Lewiston's all-inclusive playground project at Marilyn Toohey Park.
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Sat, Jul 27th 2019 07:00 am
Lee Simonson's public awareness campaign regarding the placement and functionality of signs and wires in the Village of Lewiston continues to gain steam. His 36-page analysis recently received an endorsement from the Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce.
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Sat, Jul 27th 2019 07:00 am
The Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce hosted an open house Friday to debut its new look.
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Sat, Jul 27th 2019 07:00 am
A loving and incomparable wife, mother, aunt, colleague, and friend, Frances Jensen died peacefully on June 30, 2019, after bravely battling cancer. She was 81.
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Sat, Jul 27th 2019 07:00 am
The newly constructed pavilion at Veterans Park is up and ready for use.
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Fri, Jul 26th 2019 06:10 pm
Ten-time Grammy Award-winning global superstar Taylor Swift will be honored at Teen Choice 2019 with the first Icon Award. The star-studded two-hour live event airs, for the first time in Teen Choice history, from Hermosa Beach, California on Sunday, Aug. 11 (8 p.m. ET live), on FOX.
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Fri, Jul 26th 2019 06:10 pm
Christian rock hitmakers and fan favorites Random Hero are set to drop "Tension," their anticipated RockFest Records debut, on Aug. 23. Produced by Memphis May Fire's Kellen McGregor, "Tension" is the band's most melodic, hook-laden release to date, providing a musical foundation squarely focused on elevating Random Hero's urgent message of hope and healing.
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Fri, Jul 26th 2019 06:10 pm
Food Network has signed an exclusive deal with Molly Yeh for new episodes of daytime series "Girl Meets Farm" and multi-platform content across all digital platforms, it was announced by President Courtney White.
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Fri, Jul 26th 2019 06:10 pm
In his new joint venture with Provident Label Group/Sony Music and his imprint Story House Music, Matthew West has released a brand-new song and music video for "The God Who Stays." The song is available now on all digital platforms HERE.
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Fri, Jul 26th 2019 06:10 pm
Worship leader and songwriter Cody Carnes has a brand-new song, "Run To The Father," currently available everywhere.
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Fri, Jul 26th 2019 06:10 pm
After more than 50 years of hit songmaking and international success, esteemed singer-songwriter and musician Gordon Lightfoot will perform in Western New York this fall. Lightfoot brings his "80 Years Strong" tour to Buffalo at 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28.
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Fri, Jul 26th 2019 06:10 pm
Today, in a deal with Sony Pictures Television, Hulu has announced it acquired the rights to fan-favorite comedy "Designing Women." The series set to stream on Hulu on Aug. 26: Women's Equality Day!
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Fri, Jul 26th 2019 06:10 pm
Disney Junior has ordered a third season of the hit, Emmy Award-nominated "Muppet Babies," ahead of its season two premiere. A sneak peek of the new season will be available in DisneyNOW on Friday, Aug. 2, prior to its official debut Friday, Aug. 9 (8:30 a.m. EDT/PDT), on Disney Channel.
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Fri, Jul 26th 2019 05:35 pm
For generations, the annual arrival of the James E. Strates Shows train has been an anticipated occasion for fairgoers and enthusiasts of Americana. The movement of the colorful freight train filled with wagons and amusement rides into the Village of Hamburg is a signal that opening day of the Erie County Fair is just a week away.
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Fri, Jul 26th 2019 05:35 pm
With one year until the Games of the XXXII Olympiad from Tokyo, Japan, NBC Olympics and Twitter announced a partnership in which both parties will work together to amplify NBC Olympics' vast coverage of the Games by creating a daily, original studio program live from Tokyo, a daily poll that will allow fans on Twitter to choose one live look-in to NBC's primetime or primetime plus broadcasts each night, and video highlights throughout each competition day.
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Fri, Jul 26th 2019 05:35 pm
For decades, bacterial infections in people suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have been treated primarily with traditional antibiotics. While such drugs can be effective in treating acute infections, they have had little clinical effect on the patient population as a whole: The disease remains the third-most-common cause of death in the U.S., and death rates have doubled since 1970.
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Fri, Jul 26th 2019 04:35 pm
The Town of Lewiston's independent outside auditing firm, Drescher & Malecki LLP, delivered an overall positive report to the Town Board last week regarding the 2018 fiscal year - albeit with some cautionary advice for the future.
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Fri, Jul 26th 2019 04:25 pm
Congressman Brian Higgins on Thursday announced the House of Representatives approved H.R 3375, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, protecting consumers against predatory calling practices.
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Fri, Jul 26th 2019 03:30 pm
New York State Parks has selected Montana International, LLC to manage all concessions operations at State Parks on Grand Island for the next 20 years. This includes Big Six Marina at 3219 Whitehaven Road.
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Thu, Jul 25th 2019 06:15 pm
Thursday evening, co-promoters of the 2019 Release the Kraken Bench and Deadlift Meet, Tom Stevenson and Mark Becht, handed the Niagara SPCA, 2100 Lockport Road, a check for $640.
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Thu, Jul 25th 2019 05:00 pm
Rebecca St. James was on top of the mountain.
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Thu, Jul 25th 2019 03:50 pm
The Buffalo Sabres on Thursday announced the team signed forward Evan Rodrigues to a one-year contract with an average annual value of $2 million. The terms of the contract were based on the ruling of an independent arbitrator.
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Thu, Jul 25th 2019 09:55 am
The 20th annual Jack Beatty Memorial Hospice Cruise and Clambake, a popular fundraising event held for Niagara Hospice, was held Friday, July 12, at the Porter on the Lake. The high water levels of Lake Ontario required many last-minute changes to be made, but organizers said the event was still an exceptional celebration.
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Thu, Jul 25th 2019 09:55 am
Congressman Chris Collins announced the U.S. Department of Transportation's Low or No Emission Program has allocated $2,500,000 to the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority. This grant provides funding to state and local governmental authorities for the purchase or lease of zero-emission and low-emission transit buses.
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Thu, Jul 25th 2019 09:55 am
The New York State Department of Transportation will host a public information meeting from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, at the Porter Town Hall, located at 3265 Creek Road, Youngstown. The informal, open house meeting will cover a proposed project to replace three bridges located on NY Route 93, Youngstown-Lockport Road, and NY Route 425, Cambria-Wilson Road, over Twelvemile Creek and branches of Twelvemile Creek, in the towns of Porter and Wilson.
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Thu, Jul 25th 2019 09:55 am
Attorney General Letitia James announced consumers can now visit a new website, www.EquifaxBreachSettlement.com, and input limited information to see if their personal information was compromised in Equifax's breach of 2017 that ultimately affected more than 147 million consumers.
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Thu, Jul 25th 2019 09:55 am
Congressman Brian Higgins, D-NY-26, announced the House of Representatives has approved the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2019 (HR 2507). The bipartisan bill, cosponsored by Higgins, assists states in improving and expanding newborn screening programs, supports parent and provider newborn screening education, and ensures laboratory quality and surveillance.
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Thu, Jul 25th 2019 09:55 am
Congressman Brian Higgins, D-NY-26, took to the House floor during debate and spoke in support of the H.R. 397, Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019, also known as the Butch Lewis Act. Union leader Butch Lewis led efforts to save troubled multiemployer pensions.
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Thu, Jul 25th 2019 09:55 am
New York State Sen. Chris Jacobs announced Wednesday he introduced legislation that would rescind New York State's Green Light bill, which, in part, gives driver's licenses to illegal aliens. His camp said there was bipartisan opposition to the legislation that passed by a vote of 33-29 late in the legislative session. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill into law.
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Thu, Jul 25th 2019 07:30 am
The Niagara County Fair, Western New York's family fair and largest youth fair in the state, with fun for the whole family will make its return July 31 to Aug. 4, at 4487 Lake Ave., Lockport.
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Thu, Jul 25th 2019 07:30 am
Chris Castellani of Supermarket Liquors pledged $5,000 a year for park maintenance for the new Castellani Columbus Square Park-Heritage Walk at a recent dedication in Niagara Falls.
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Thu, Jul 25th 2019 07:15 am
Congratulations was recently extended to the Class of 2019 from the Orleans/Niagara BOCES' Niagara Academy.
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Thu, Jul 25th 2019 07:15 am
Orleans/Niagara BOCES recently announced that Workforce Development Case Manager Rhonda Bivins-Talley, MS.Ed, has been recognized by the LaSalle Educational Club Inc. She received the Community Service Award at the 50th annual awards banquet, whose theme was "Why Should We Give Back."
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Thu, Jul 25th 2019 07:00 am
The 41st annual picnic will be held at Fairmount Park, Nash and Stieg roads, on Sunday, Aug. 18. The picnic starts at 10:45 a.m.
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Thu, Jul 25th 2019 07:00 am
It was a sad day Friday for those who might have attended the old Military Road School. A fire inside the building brought an eventual end to its presence in the Town of Niagara.
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Wed, Jul 24th 2019 08:00 pm
Monday night, the "Music Mania Mondays" concert series in the Town of Niagara's Veterans Memorial Community Park continued to rock.
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Wed, Jul 24th 2019 08:00 pm
Kalos Health commemorated its fifth anniversary of managing health care for Western New Yorkers with a reception and ribbon cutting with the Niagara USA Chamber on Wednesday, July 17.
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Wed, Jul 24th 2019 07:45 pm
Wheatfield Town Historian and artist Justin J.M. Higner/Higner Maritime Artworks unveiled the mixed-media artwork "Laurentic III" theoretical cruise liner of White Star Line Cruises (1998). The liner succeeded the "Oceanic IV" (2004), which was on display for over a month. It was restored for the Castellani Art Museum show in 2018-19 and can be seen at Firth Jewelers, 2435 Military Road.
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Wed, Jul 24th 2019 07:45 pm
The Town of Wheatfield Lions Club will host its fifth Service Club Steak Night at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, at the Club's Five Senses Park, 6535 Ward Road, near the American Legion Post.
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Wed, Jul 24th 2019 07:00 pm
Members of the Kupiec family, along with Unyts and the Shawnee Volunteer Fire Co., are hosting a community blood drive honoring the memory of North Tonawanda native Brandon Kupiec from 1 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 1. Kupiec died unexpectedly in 2013 at the age of 20. His family holds this yearly event in his honor. Shawnee Volunteer Fire Co. will host the event at the firehall, 3747 Lockport Road.
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