Wed, Dec 6th 2017 12:10 pm
The Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry has announced the return of Santa Land to Chestnut Ridge Park. Hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, and Sunday, Dec. 10. The Parks Department is partnering with the Chestnut Ridge Conservancy and the Town of Orchard Park Recreation Department again this year to present the popular weekend event, which features free family activities to brighten the holiday spirit.
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Wed, Dec 6th 2017 12:10 pm
The Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday announced the team assigned forward Matt Moulson to the Ontario Reign (AHL).
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Tue, Dec 5th 2017 10:45 pm
Playing two games in as many nights demands a lot out of basketball players from high school to pros. On Tuesday night, the Niagara-Wheatfield Falcons played their second of three games in a row. Fatigue was shown early, but as the game went along, the Falcons seemed to gain energy and pull through for their second straight win.
The Falcons defeated the Starpoint Spartans on the road, 48-41, behind a huge comeback run in the third quarter.
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Tue, Dec 5th 2017 07:25 pm
Through the better part of four seasons of "Chicago P.D.," Kim Burgess was "the nice one" - the sympathetic, reasonable officer working alongside the no-nonsense Sgt. Hank Voight and his rag-tag band of punch-first, look-the-other-way, all-for-the-greater-good intelligence unit policemen.
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Tue, Dec 5th 2017 05:40 pm
The Village of Lewiston has become a party to a lawsuit seeking to block polychlorinated biphenyls from entering the River Region.
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Tue, Dec 5th 2017 02:30 pm
Clyde's Feed & Animal Center, a Purina Certified Expert Dealer, is announcing its 2017 Purina Check-R-Board Days, a customer appreciation event. Stop by Clyde's Feed & Animal Center located at 351 Union St., Hamburg, at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, for a equine education seminar. Attendees can register to win feed vouchers and many other prizes.
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Tue, Dec 5th 2017 02:30 pm
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center's labor and delivery department will host a "Mist-ical Night of Paint & Sip" from 6:30-9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, at the Canvas Crashers Social Paint Studio, 2142 Military Road.
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Tue, Dec 5th 2017 02:30 pm
Fallsview Casino Resort introduces a stellar March lineup of celebrated performers, including 19-time Grammy winner Tony Bennett, The Zombies, and songwriter John Tesh. The fun continues with the award-winning stage spectacular "Magique," "The Everly Brothers Experience featuring the Zmed Brothers," and legendary Italian singers Pupo and Fausto Leali.
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Tue, Dec 5th 2017 02:25 pm
Award-winning rap artist Lecrae has released the new music video for his single "Broke." Directed by Daniel Henry, the surreal video embodies the powerful message of the song and shows the struggle that builds character.
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Tue, Dec 5th 2017 02:25 pm
Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and NFL Network analyst Kurt Warner will join NBC Sports' commentator Mike Tirico in the booth for a pair of NFL telecasts produced by NBC Sports later this month.
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Tue, Dec 5th 2017 02:25 pm
Bandsintown, the concert discovery platform, has launched "Big Break," the first and the most ambitious data-driven program designed to spotlight and support emerging artists in live music.
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Tue, Dec 5th 2017 02:25 pm
NBC's "Thursday Night Football" features an NFC South rivalry with playoff implications, as Drew Brees and the division-leading Saints (9-3) travel to Atlanta to face Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons (7-5) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Coverage begins at 7:30 p.m. ET with "Football Night in Atlanta" on NBC.
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Tue, Dec 5th 2017 10:40 am
Many people seem to get the term "gamer" very, very wrong. When it comes to gamers, of course, there are three distinct types: the casual gamers, who "hit the sticks" occasionally; the committed gamer, who spends a reasonable amount of time gaming; and the hardcore gamer, who literally lives in the game. Regardless of the gaming species, they tend to all get bunched into one group and stereotyped.
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Mon, Dec 4th 2017 05:10 pm
A donation by a prominent Western York auto dealer is brightening the holiday season for a popular patient transportation program at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.
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Mon, Dec 4th 2017 03:35 pm
Elected, cultural and tourism leaders from the Greater Niagara Region on Monday unveiled the results of a comprehensive rider survey and economic study detailing the Discover Niagara Shuttle's impact on the local economy.
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Mon, Dec 4th 2017 03:10 pm
Food Network's "Cookie Party" cook-along taking place this Friday, Dec. 8, has a new start time, now beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET. The live cross-platform holiday stunt will offer themed content across Food Network's Facebook, "Food Network Kitchen," new franchise "Food Network Finds," as well as Food Network's Snapchat Live Story and Discover channel, all leading into Saturday's holiday-themed episode of the Emmy-nominated series "The Kitchen," with series co-host Geoffrey Zakarian also joining some of the "Cookie Party" fun.
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Mon, Dec 4th 2017 03:10 pm
ABC and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the 90th Oscars telecast on Sunday, March 4, 2018, will now begin at 8 p.m. EST, a half-hour earlier than prior telecasts. As previously announced, late-night talk show favorite Jimmy Kimmel will return to host, and Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd will return to produce.
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Mon, Dec 4th 2017 03:10 pm
Pickleball enthusiasts can now play the new game at the St. Peter Lutheran Church and School gymnasium, 4169 Church St., Lockport. The court is open from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays.
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Mon, Dec 4th 2017 03:10 pm
LeChase Construction has placed the last steel beam onto the top of the $29 million Explore & More Children's Museum at Canalside in downtown Buffalo. A milestone event, called a "topping off" ceremony in the construction industry, was held recently with members of the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp., museum leaders and local schoolchildren to celebrate the occasion.
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Mon, Dec 4th 2017 03:05 pm
Singer/songwriter Grace VanderWaal has released the official video for her uplifting new single "So Much More Than This." The dreamy video embodies the song's theme of getting so lost in the music that it transports one somewhere completely different.
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Mon, Dec 4th 2017 03:05 pm
The Lewiston Community Lions provided needed toiletries for this year's "Holiday Hero" program through the American Red Cross.
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Mon, Dec 4th 2017 03:05 pm
Residents at The GreenFields Continuing Care Community in Lancaster recently presented a check for more than $10,000 to the Alzheimer's Association of WNY.
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Mon, Dec 4th 2017 03:00 pm
Mount St. Mary's Hospital has recognized Jennifer Moore, R.N., with a DAISY Award.
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Mon, Dec 4th 2017 02:55 pm
According to a new AAA survey, an estimated 20 million Americans who purchased a real Christmas tree in the past three years did not properly secure it to their vehicle, risking serious vehicle damage and dangerous road debris.
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Mon, Dec 4th 2017 02:55 pm
The City of Niagara Falls, Old Falls Street, The Conference & Event Center, Destination Niagara Falls USA and Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino hosted a grand tree-lighting ceremony Saturday to celebrate the season and kickoff the new Jingle Falls promotion. The event took place at Seneca Square (in front of Seneca Niagara), and featured a performance by Michael Cavanaugh of Broadway's "Movin' Out" before the light switch was turned on illuminating a 35-foot Blue Spruce.
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Mon, Dec 4th 2017 01:55 pm
The Buffalo Sabres on Monday announced forward Matt Moulson was placed on waivers at noon for the purpose of assignment.
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Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 10:35 pm
The North Pole temporarily relocated to Lewiston this weekend.
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Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 09:50 pm
If you are the type of person who keeps writing a travel bucket list, you probably have destinations all over the world. However, you should think about many factors when choosing destination, such as security, cost, weather and culture. Considering all of them, especially, culture, exploring Korea will be valuable trip in your college life.
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Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 09:45 pm
You're sitting in a small concert venue in a big city. The curtain is a pastel pink drape with flowers. The lights go down and you hear the first chord sung. When the curtain drops, Harry Styles is standing on stage in a patterned suit and singing his hit, "Ever Since New York." People start screaming and Styles commands the stage with his presence and "unique" dance moves. He struts around the stage with pride flags and water bottles, and sings "Happy Birthday" to an audience member.
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Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 09:40 pm
One of the biggest problems for many Americans is budgeting and saving their money. After all, we live in a society that prides itself on its egoism and materialistic desires - where there are holidays for buying "things," and people get trampled to death so that someone can get a good deal on a new television.
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Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 09:40 pm
As the fall semester comes to a close, more students are finding their way to Niagara University's library.
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Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 09:40 pm
Thanksgiving day had ended without any misadventure. The firearm accident in Lasvegas and the truck attack in Manhattan made U.S. authority to pay attention to the enhanced security. The Sayfullo Saipov, Florida resident who arrived in the U.S. in 2010 from Uzbekistan killed eight and injured 11 pedestrians who were walking on 6th avenue and cyclists along a bike path on the West Side highway.
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Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 09:30 pm
In the year 2017 alone, America saw more mass shootings and violence than ever before. So, what role does media play in this? Little change has been made in the past 20 years regarding gun laws and the mental health system. What has changed, however, is the amount of media coverage on each shooting.
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Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 09:30 pm
Rotten Tomatoes was founded 20 years ago with the purpose to tally up overall critic scores and create a score by taking the average score - like some kind of "Frankenstein's monster."
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Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 09:25 pm
The YMCA's school-aged child care program is more than booming in the Western New York area. In particular, the Lewiston-Porter school-age child care program is doing exceptionally well and the children who attend the program are learning valuable lessons from the program.
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Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 08:30 pm
There's no time to rest for the Niagara men's hockey team, as working toward success is time-consuming. The team meets for skating Monday through Thursday and workouts take place Monday through Wednesday. On Fridays, the team has games, so the skates are optional.
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Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 10:30 am
The Charles N. DeGlopper Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 9249 will host a Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 7, at noon at the post, 2121 Grand Island Blvd.
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Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 10:30 am
Kelly's Country Store made a donation to a local service organization as part of the store's annual holiday fund drive.
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Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 10:25 am
Wearing the red jacket she wore in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Pearl Sciolino-Coffey was honored during Monday's meeting of the Grand Island Board of Education.
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Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 10:20 am
Recently, there was a grand opening celebration at 7-Eleven, 492 Oliver St., North Tonawanda, with Fran Davis, the new 7-Eleven franchisee along with her husband Rick and family.
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