Fri, Apr 5th 2019 07:00 am
The Lewiston/Niagara-on-the-Lake Rotary Club is sponsoring an event on Saturday, May 4, that will allow residents to not only help themselves dispose of unwanted documents, but also do something beneficial for the community, as well.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 04:25 pm
Democrat Congressman Brian Higgins announced the House of Representatives approved H.R. 1585, The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019. Initially passed in 1994 and fully reauthorized four times since, most recently in 2013, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) ensured access to essential services for victims of domestic violence and abuse and established the Office on Violence Against Women within the Department of Justice.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 04:25 pm
Nine professional bakers battle it out on the new season of "Best Baker in America," premiering Monday, May 13 (9 p.m. ET/PT). Food Network's Scott Conant returns to host, tasking the bakers over seven episodes with challenges designed to put their baking skills and technical proficiency to the test for a chance to walk away with $25,000 and the coveted title.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 04:25 pm
Empire State Development announced London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) will invest approximately $3.1 million to expand in Buffalo, moving The Yield Book Inc., a leading global provider of fixed-income analytics and data products and solutions - and part of its information services business - Into newly renovated downtown office space.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 04:25 pm
Maddie & Tae are featured on the soundtrack for the movie "Breakthrough," which includes music from and inspired by the highly anticipated motion picture. The two were sent the film and were "blown away" by the inspirational flick.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 01:30 pm
Artpark & Company announced the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation will provide a $250,000 grant to fund the development for Artpark's future planning. Money will go toward a master plan - a long-term phased transformation that will revitalize the park grounds, improve connectivity with surrounding parks/trails/communities, facilities and programs.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 01:30 pm
The students and staff at the Niagara Academy had a successful fundraiser recently. The Orleans/Niagara's BOCES School had an egg sandwich sale in March and will use the proceeds to donate to charitable causes, pay for guest speakers and offset student costs for yearbooks and T-shirts.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 01:30 pm
The students in Debbie Wilczak's fashion design/interior decorating program recently had a chance to help out a local business and get their schoolmates ready for prom.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 01:25 pm
Chef Scott Steiner, assistant professor and culinary arts program coordinator at the Niagara Falls Culinary Institute, was awarded the American Culinary Federation Chef Educator of the Year for the Northeast Region.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 01:20 pm
Last spring, the Niagara-Wheatfield Falcons baseball team strolled into the Section VI Class AA final winners of nine consecutive games before their fall versus Williamsville North, 3-2.
During the streak, the bats and pitching arms of the Falcons were as hot as could be.
For the 2019 season, the team will return a bulk of the talent that led them on the streak.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 01:15 pm
The Historical Society of the Tonawandas has announced its April program - Nikola Tesla: The Man, The Inventor.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 01:15 pm
It's the beginning of April and, as the fresh spring air brings a renewed sense of life to Western New York, it also brings with it National Donate Life Month. Americans are encouraged to consider becoming an organ donor and giving the gift of life.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 01:15 pm
The North Tonawanda Department of Youth, Recreation and Parks announced last Thursday they are accepting reservations for the gentle yoga program - session two.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 01:10 pm
Recently, Greater Niagara Federal Credit Union announced Maria Myers was named the new branch manager of the North Tonawanda bank.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 01:10 pm
North Tonawanda Alderman-at-Large Austin Tylec is proposing legislation that will bring energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements to NT by establishing an Energize NY Open C-PACE financing program.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 01:05 pm
An Easter egg hunt will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 13, snow, rain or shine in the wooded area of Pine Woods park in North Tonawanda. The event is sponsored by the North Tonawanda Department of Youth, Recreation and Parks, the North Tonawanda Youth Board, NT Student Council and the NT mayor's office.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 01:05 pm
Last Friday, Bob Zima of Imagine Community Gardens presented on the organization at the Lumber City Church, 383 Vandervoort St., North Tonawanda.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 01:00 pm
Niagara County Community College was established in 1962 and was temporarily located in downtown Niagara Falls.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 12:55 pm
As part of an ongoing service project, seventh- and eighth-grade students from Holy Ghost Lutheran School volunteered at Elderwood Assisted Living Facility.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 12:50 pm
The Rotary Club of Niagara County Central and the Wheatfield Lions Club will present the first "Market in the Country," from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 8. The free-admission event will occur at the Wheatfield Lions Club's Five Senses Park, 6535 Ward Road.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 12:50 pm
A group of Town of Niagara residents and historians have organized a Farmland Conservancy to preserve some of the remaining land in the town that has been farmland since the early 1800s.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 12:50 pm
Residents of North Tonawanda and Wheatfield showed up in full force Saturday at the Wheatfield Community Center.
On hand was the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to present the results of the comprehensive environmental investigation for the Niagara Sanitation Landfill.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 12:45 pm
In recognition of the recent merger between The Food Bank of Western New York and Meals on Wheels for Western New York, KeyBank, in partnership with the First Niagara Foundation, is awarding a $25,000 proactive grant to applaud the nonprofit agencies for merging into a new entity called FeedMore WNY. The newly formed organization will share services and reduce expenses to increase food distribution over a larger geographical area and provide additionally enhanced programs to help even more people in the local community.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 12:40 pm
Freeform's popular drama series, "Marvel's Cloak & Dagger," premieres its second season with two all-new, back-to-back episodes tonight (8-10:01 p.m.).
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 12:40 pm
Cecil Foster will take part in a reading and book signing event at Talking Leaves Books, 951 Elwood Ave., Buffalo, at 7 p.m. April 25. The event is free and open to the public.
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Thu, Apr 4th 2019 12:40 pm
On Monday night, the Town of Wheatfield Town Board held its first meeting of April. Prior to the meeting, the board held a public hearing regarding a proposed telecommunications law in the town.
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Wed, Apr 3rd 2019 06:55 pm
One of the most immediately recognized and widely respected superstars in pop music history, Celine Dion, announced today she will embark on her "Courage World Tour," set to kick off in the fall and visit KeyBank Center at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5.
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Wed, Apr 3rd 2019 04:00 pm
The Old Fort Niagara Association recently recognized its corps of volunteers, who collectively contributed 40,858 hours to reenacting, guiding tours and assisting with special events and programs in 2018, at an annual volunteer breakfast ceremony held in the fort's Officers' Club.
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Wed, Apr 3rd 2019 03:10 pm
Ten of the "American Idol" Top 20 finalists will perform duets with all-star celebrity partners from The Wiltern in Los Angeles, as the search for America's next superstar continues on The ABC Television Network, Sunday, April 7 (8-10:01 p.m. EDT), streaming and on demand.
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Wed, Apr 3rd 2019 03:10 pm
Dale Earnhardt Jr., one of racing's most popular personalities and an NBC Sports motorsports analyst, will attend his first Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 26, as a member of NBC Sports' broadcast team when the 103rd iteration of the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" airs on NBC for the first time.
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Wed, Apr 3rd 2019 12:35 pm
New York State Sen. Chris Jacobs said, "$100 million in new money for New York City subways while we see no new money for roads and bridges across the state, that basically summarizes the theme of this year's budget."
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Wed, Apr 3rd 2019 12:20 pm
Hard Rock Cafe, Niagara Falls USA, presented a $5,000 check to the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame's Musician Medics program on Tuesday. Funds came as the result of a 2019 Hard Rock Heals Foundation grant awarded to the Prospect Street restaurant.
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Wed, Apr 3rd 2019 10:55 am
North Tonawanda's Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum, located at 180 Thompson St., will open for the 2019 season today.
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Wed, Apr 3rd 2019 10:55 am
Kimberly Renda of North Tonawanda was elected president of the Carnegie Art Center in North Tonawanda. She is a business office manager for Brookdale Senior Living and has BA and MPA degrees from Buffalo State College.
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Wed, Apr 3rd 2019 10:55 am
Congressmembers Brian Higgins (D-NY-26) and Peter King (R-NY-2) are leading a bipartisan effort in Congress to provide at least $6.522 billion in overall funding for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in fiscal year 2020 - a $378 million increase over FY2019 levels, and $1.275 billion more than proposed in the White House 2020 budget.
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Wed, Apr 3rd 2019 10:55 am
It's shaping up to be an epic battle of wits - with the community's most knowledgeable, experienced, and competitive citizens squaring off to claim the title of "Lewiston Jeopardy" champions.
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Wed, Apr 3rd 2019 10:55 am
This week, Republican Assemblyman Angelo J. Morinello co-sponsored a bill (A.675) limiting robocalls to residents in New York state and requiring telephone service providers to offer free call-mitigation technology to telephone customers. He said, each year, state residents are overwhelmed with a scourge of unwanted robocalls and this legislation would make it unlawful to utilize robocalls without prior consent from the consumer.
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Tue, Apr 2nd 2019 07:35 pm
On Tuesday, GOP Niagara County Legislator Jesse Gooch spoke out against the controversy surrounding a proposed Chick-Fil-A restaurant in the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. News broke last week that BNIA was considering bringing a Chick-Fil-A to the airport's food court. However, after criticism from Buffalo Assemblyman Sean Ryan, the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority announced it would not be bringing Chick-Fil-A to BNIA.
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Tue, Apr 2nd 2019 04:25 pm
Artpark & Company will present a new music festival that celebrates the beginning of a new season and the unification of communities through music, dance and art. The Strawberry Moon Festival will be held from 3-11 p.m. Saturday, June 22, in the Artpark Amphitheater.
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Tue, Apr 2nd 2019 03:00 pm
On Tuesday, one of Western New York's own teams dove into the Beilein family tree.
Niagara University introduced Patrick Beilein, son of John, as its 22nd men's basketball coach in program history.
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