Thu, Apr 2nd 2015 12:05 pm
Empire State Development, Buffalo Niagara Enterprise and TROVE Predictive Data Science today announced a significant expansion that will result in a $3.3 million investment and creation of 36 new, high-tech, high-paying jobs.
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Thu, Apr 2nd 2015 12:05 pm
Do you have dinner with your kids? It's become almost a luxury today, with our crammed schedules. And yet, numerous studies show that no other hour in your children's day will deliver as many emotional and psychological benefits as the one spent unwinding and connecting over food and conversation.
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Thu, Apr 2nd 2015 12:00 pm
Beginning Friday, April 3, and running through Friday, April 10, children and families can travel the world around buffalo this spring break, visiting a different area of the globe each day at Explore & More Children's Museum.
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Thu, Apr 2nd 2015 12:00 pm
Owen received the most votes from the "Idol" "Fan Save" and therefore continues in the competition, while Seavey, from Vancouver, was eliminated.
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Thu, Apr 2nd 2015 12:00 pm
With March Madness in the rear-view mirror for the University at Buffalo men's and women's basketball teams, both squads took some time to thank a key contributor to their success this season: The fans.
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Thu, Apr 2nd 2015 12:00 pm
The National Crime Prevention Council (home to McGruff the Crime Dog), Nevada first lady Kathleen Sandoval and AlertID founder Keli Wilson have teamed to raise awareness and offer resources for victims in commemoration of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (April).
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Thu, Apr 2nd 2015 12:00 pm
Brother Emmanuel, a member of the ecumenical monastic community in Taizé, France, will visit classes, offer lectures during lunch and dinner, and present a three-hour retreat April 9 at Niagara University.
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Thu, Apr 2nd 2015 10:40 am
Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz unveiled a new re-use project that adds a new dimension to one of Erie County's oldest facilities: the old and unused public health lab.
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Thu, Apr 2nd 2015 07:00 am
Lions Clubs International celebrates April as new membership month. The Lewiston Community Lions Club will hold a prospective new member dinner from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, at The Brickyard Pub and B.B.Q., 432 Center St., Lewiston.
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Thu, Apr 2nd 2015 07:00 am
Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz and Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein have announced upcoming rabies clinics to be held in May and September in communities across Erie County, including Buffalo, Orchard Park, Tonawanda, Amherst and Cheektowaga.
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Thu, Apr 2nd 2015 07:00 am
The Niagara River Greenway Commission announced today the public comment period has opened for the 44th round of projects, which will be considered at the group's May 19 meeting.
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Thu, Apr 2nd 2015 07:00 am
KeyBank recently signed on as the exclusive sponsor of the 31st annual Chalk Walk Competition presented by the Lewiston Council on the Arts. The colorful event is the highlight of the Lewiston Art Festival, and features teams of talented high school art students from across Western New York.
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Wed, Apr 1st 2015 11:35 pm
The Buffalo Sabres today announced they will hold an online auction of the second set of the team's game-worn away jerseys and the first set of the game-worn third jerseys from the 2014-15 season.
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Wed, Apr 1st 2015 11:35 pm
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation today announced Letchworth State Park, one of New York's flagship parks, took the 2015 USA Today Readers' Choice Award for Best State Park.
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Wed, Apr 1st 2015 12:50 pm
State Sens. Rob Ortt and Marc Panepinto and Assemblyman John Ceretto offered the following thoughts on the state budget.
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Wed, Apr 1st 2015 12:35 pm
"For the fifth year in a row, the state budget holds spending growth below 2 percent and continues a record of fiscal discipline that has reversed decades of budgets that increased spending faster than inflation or personal income growth."
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Wed, Apr 1st 2015 07:00 am
The Buffalo History Museum announces the receipt of travel grants in the amount of $1,000 to allow four museum staff members to visit the Corning Museum of Glass.
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Wed, Apr 1st 2015 07:00 am
Family & Children's Service of Niagara recently received a $20,000 grant from the Verizon Wireless HopeLine program to help support domestic violence survivors through the Passage Program and Passage House Shelter in Niagara County.
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Wed, Apr 1st 2015 07:00 am
(716) Food and Sport will continue the "Ultimate Fan Destination Series" Sunday, April 12, with the Masters Championship brunch.
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Wed, Apr 1st 2015 07:00 am
Mental Health Peer Connection, part of the WNY Independent Living Inc. family of agencies, is presenting its seventh annual Policymaker's Breakfast.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 07:00 pm
YMCA Buffalo Niagara today announced the sale of its building at 1317 Portage Road in Niagara Falls to the Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission. The sale will close in approximately 60 days and the Y will cease operations in the building May 31.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 04:20 pm
The Buffalo Sabres today announced plans for "Fan Appreciation Weekend," which will take place during the team's final home and away games of the 2014-15 regular season.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 03:55 pm
The winner of Niagara University's first-ever poverty-focused social entrepreneurship competition is The Community Kitchen.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 01:40 pm
NBC will debut a new live television production of the hit Broadway musical "The Wiz" Thursday, Dec. 3, it was announced Monday by Robert Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 01:40 pm
The New York State Common Retirement Fund has committed an additional $30 million to Primary Venture Partners to invest in state-based companies, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced Monday.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 01:35 pm
New York Lottery has teamed up with "America's Game Show," "Wheel of Fortune," to bring national attention to the state and to give New Yorkers a chance to win fabulous prizes.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 01:35 pm
As a leading health care provider, each year Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center provides millions of dollars in charity care, health education and wellness programs to the local community.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 01:35 pm
Starting in April, beams of steel will rise at the construction site at the corner of Main and High streets in downtown Buffalo, providing passersby with their first glimpse of the new University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, which will open in 2017.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 01:35 pm
Mark your calendars: The Stoll Brothers Band will be rocking the Historic Palace Theatre, 2 East Ave., Lockport, at 7 p.m. Monday, April 6.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 01:35 pm
Just the word "drive-in" evokes a flood of memories for generations of Americans raised on movies and automobiles. Today, drive-ins are few and far between, but Niagara County is fortunate to have two still in operation.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 01:25 pm
Visiting Niagara Falls USA was something Lisa Powers and her family did because it was "in their backyard." When she began dating her now husband, she always wanted to see it again, but never got the chance - until now.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 01:25 pm
Lewiston Council on the Arts Executive Director Irene Rykaszewski recently met with several employees at Sevenson Environmental Services to say "Thank you" for their sustained corporate support of LCA's ambitious schedule of cultural programming.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 01:25 pm
Judges, defense attorneys and prosecutors - including Niagara County District Attorney Michael J. Violante - assembled at Niagara University this month for a criminal procedure practicum seminar.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 01:25 pm
NYPA fishing facilities, including the fishing pier at the base of the New York Power Authority's Robert Moses Niagara Hydroelectric Power Plant, will open for the season, Monday, April 6, weather permitting. The fish cleaning station also will be available as long as temperatures remain above freezing.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 01:25 pm
International superstar recording artists Maroon 5 will perform "Sugar," their third single from their latest album, "V," on the Monday, April 6, telecast (8-10 p.m. ET/PT) of NBC's Emmy Award-winning musical competition series "The Voice."
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 01:00 pm
The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation have announced the launch of Find Your Park, a public awareness and education campaign celebrating the milestone centennial anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016 and setting the stage for the next 100 years.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 12:40 pm
On March 21, the rock music sounds of Wide Right, a band from Buffalo, filled Mallwitz's Island Lanes during a fundraiser, organized by the Mallwitz Cancer Crew, one of Grand Island's Relay For Life teams.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 12:40 pm
Western New York Adaptive Water Sports embarks on a new summer season of sports that are accessible for the disabled.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 12:40 pm
Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs wants to caution all Erie County motorists to watch for a misleading solicitation that looks like an official notice from the Department of Motor Vehicles.
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Tue, Mar 31st 2015 12:40 pm
At 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, Grand Island firefighters responded to a chimney fire at the West River Road residence of Larry Lloyd.
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