Fri, Sep 22nd 2017 01:50 pm
On Tuesday night at the Town of Niagara Town Hall, the Town Board had its monthly meeting and while many motions were passed at the well-attended session, several citizens voiced concerns on the proposed Bri Estates behind Colonial Drive and Miller Road homes.
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Fri, Sep 22nd 2017 07:00 am
The 13 celebrities dance to some of the most classic ballroom styles that everyone knows and loves, as "Ballroom Night" comes to "Dancing with the Stars," live, Monday, Sept. 25 (8-10:01 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. Each couple will perform timeless favorites, including a quickstep, waltz, tango, foxtrot or Viennese waltz, vying for America's vote. At the end of the night, the first elimination of the season will take place.
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Fri, Sep 22nd 2017 07:00 am
It's back! "The Great American Baking Show," based on the U.K. sensation "The Great British Bake Off," returns for a third season on ABC this December.
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Thu, Sep 21st 2017 05:25 pm
Two-time Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick ("How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," "The Producers," "Manchester by the Sea") will star as the narrator in FOX's live musical event, "A Christmas Story Live!," airing Sunday, Dec. 17 (7-10 p.m. ET live), on FOX.
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Thu, Sep 21st 2017 05:25 pm
The Erie County Department of Senior Services has announced an upcoming falls prevention seminar series that brings together a panel of experts to discuss falls, their causes, identifying home hazards and ways to improve balance, and other falls prevention topics with area seniors.
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Thu, Sep 21st 2017 05:25 pm
The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts presents "An Intimate Solo Evening with Amos Lee" with special guest Mutlu at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23.
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Thu, Sep 21st 2017 05:25 pm
St. Peter R.C. School has been formally accepted into Cohort 4 of the Buffalo Diocese STREAM initiative. "STREAM" is an integrated approach to education that brings science, technology, religion, engineering the arts and mathematics to all students in all grades. The goal is to better prepare students for successful careers in the 21st century workforce.
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Thu, Sep 21st 2017 05:25 pm
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos on Thursday announced New York has finalized revisions to the state's solid waste management regulations, commonly referred to as Part 360. In the first major overhaul of the program in 20 years, these regulations set design standards and operational criteria for all solid waste management facilities and go into effect on Nov. 4.
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Thu, Sep 21st 2017 05:20 pm
NBC Sports continues its presentation of "Sunday Night Football" this weekend as Kirk Cousins and the Washington Redskins (1-1) host Derek Carr and the Oakland Raiders (2-0) at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, in what will be just the second primetime game between the two storied franchises since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger. Coverage begins with "Football Night in America" at 7 p.m. ET on NBC.
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Thu, Sep 21st 2017 05:20 pm
The Kenan Center, in collaboration with The Carriage House Players, will present The Buffalo Jazztet in "A Tribute to Harold Arlen" at the Taylor Theater on Saturday, Nov. 4. This is the third concert in the Kenan Center's 50th Anniversary Jazz Series featuring some top names in jazz - both locally and nationally.
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Thu, Sep 21st 2017 05:20 pm
The Space Between (theSpaceBetween.center), a training and problem-solving workspace, opened Thursday in a historic three-building complex on the Erie Canal in Lockport. Designed to help companies improve their processes and teamwork, The Space Between offers a wide range of guided services, as well as the ability to rent space for offsite meetings or training sessions.
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Thu, Sep 21st 2017 05:20 pm
Actor Michael McKean takes viewers on a culinary journey to help unwrap the mythology and adages behind some of our favorite foods, in a new season of "Food: Fact or Fiction?" premiering Sunday, Oct. 22 (10 p.m. ET), on Cooking Channel.
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Thu, Sep 21st 2017 11:35 am
The first Vincentian university established in the U.S. has scheduled a full slate of events to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Vincentian charism.
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Thu, Sep 21st 2017 11:35 am
"There are two models in this world for unconditional love," says The Rev. Dr. Howard Whitaker of St. Peter's Episcopal Church. "One is God. The other is a good dog."
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Thu, Sep 21st 2017 11:35 am
New York State Sen. Chris Jacobs on Wednesday announced he secured an allocation of $50,000 in state education dollars for the Northwest Buffalo Community Center (NWBCC). The monies will be used to support the renovation of the education center that provides educational assistance programs for children in grades 1-12.
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Thu, Sep 21st 2017 10:20 am
The votes are in and America has crowned 12-year-old singing ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as the season 12 winner of the most-watched season in the 12-year history of summer's No. 1 show, NBC's "America's Got Talent."
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Thu, Sep 21st 2017 10:20 am
Wednesday night, season eight of "MasterChef" came to an unforgettable conclusion as Emmy Award-nominated host, judge and executive producer Gordon Ramsay, along with fellow judges Christina Tosi and Aarón Sánchez, and finale guest judge Joe Bastianich, named Dino Luciano the winner.
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Thu, Sep 21st 2017 07:00 am
Acclaimed author Yaa Gyasi will be the featured presenter for the first-ever installment of the Peggy and John Day University Honors Lecture Series at Niagara University.
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Thu, Sep 21st 2017 07:00 am
The 28th annual Lewiston Porter/Niagara Pioneer alumni soccer game will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, on the Lewiston-Porter Central School District campus on Creek Road in Lewiston. All males and females who are graduates of Lewiston-Porter or the Niagara Pioneer soccer program are eligible to participate.
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Wed, Sep 20th 2017 07:25 pm
Former "MasterChef" and "MasterChef Junior" judge and award-winning restaurateur Joe Bastianich returns as a permanent judge on season six of "MasterChef Junior," airing during the 2017-18 season on FOX. Additionally, Bastianich joins chefs Gordon Ramsay, Christina Tosi and Aarón Sánchez on the "MasterChef" season eight finale airing tonight (8-10 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
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Wed, Sep 20th 2017 07:20 pm
Raise your beer stein high and give "Prost" to the eighth annual Old Falls Street Oktoberfest, taking place from 1-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, on Old Falls Street's middle block in downtown Niagara Falls. The German-themed event will be held rain or shine and is free and open to the public. As per tradition, the day will kick-off with the ceremonial tapping of the kegs at 1 p.m.
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Wed, Sep 20th 2017 07:20 pm
Congressman Brian Higgins joined leaders from the Massachusetts Avenue Project and Grassroots Gardens of Western New York to announce a federal grant totaling $389,088 for the Buffalo Community Food Hub Project.
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Wed, Sep 20th 2017 07:20 pm
This Friday, Sept. 22, Red Rocks Worship releases their label debut full-length album, "HERE," in partnership with Sony Music/Essential Worship. The anticipated 11-song live project, which has been the most pre-ordered album at iTunes' Christian and gospel genre this week, was recorded this past May at Denver's iconic Paramount Theatre in front of a sold-out crowd. It features songs such as "Fill This Place," "Right Here Right Now" and "Nobody Like You."
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Wed, Sep 20th 2017 07:15 pm
Cassia co-owners Kim Luu-Ng and chef Bryant Ng will host the second LA Chefs for Human Rights (LACHR) fundraising dinner, benefitting Program for Torture Victims (PTV), at their Southeast Asian brasserie in Santa Monica on Sept. 25. The exclusive event will honor Chris Cornell posthumously for his original song, "The Promise," recorded for the film of the same name about the Armenian genocide, and for his philanthropic and humanitarian efforts on behalf of vulnerable children around the world.
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Wed, Sep 20th 2017 12:25 pm
The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts presents Pixies with special guest Sunflower Bean at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1.
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Wed, Sep 20th 2017 11:55 am
Singer, songwriter and recording artist Jake Miller recently announced dates for his highly anticipated 2017 "Back To The Start Tour." The multi-city trek will feature support from alternative rock band The Stolen, and will hit a number of major cities across the U.S. including San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia.
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Wed, Sep 20th 2017 11:00 am
The speaker's event hosted by the First Presbyterian Church and Kenan Center in Lockport featuring noted social and faith leader Sister Joan Chittister, originally slated for Saturday, Sept. 23, has been cancelled due to illness.
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Tue, Sep 19th 2017 03:45 pm
A few weeks ago, after the landfall of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, country singer John Berry was scheduled for a writing appointment in Nashville with award-winning songwriter Chuck Jones. The two went into the session with no intentions, but walked away with the newly penned song, "All Come Together."
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Tue, Sep 19th 2017 03:15 pm
The U.S. will face Canada at 3 p.m. ET on Friday, Dec. 29 at New Era Field in the first outdoor game in the history of the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship. It will be the teams' first meeting since the gold medal final of the 2017 World Junior Hockey Championship in Montreal, where the U.S. skated to a 5-4 shootout victory to claim the nation's third gold medal.
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Tue, Sep 19th 2017 03:10 pm
NBC Sports presents a pair of NHL preseason games this week, highlighted by the 2017 Kraft Hockeyville USA matchup featuring the St. Louis Blues and the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
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Tue, Sep 19th 2017 03:10 pm
The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University will host its fall fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 14, at The Conference & Event Center Niagara Falls. The museum is calling this new event "CAMfest," and described it as a fun and casual event featuring a variety of hearty hors d'oeuvres, an open bar and live music by the Custode & Parisi Jazz Duo.
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Tue, Sep 19th 2017 03:10 pm
A new study by scientists in the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions has shown pregnant smokers are more likely to quit if they can learn to manage negative emotions that lead to smoking.
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Tue, Sep 19th 2017 03:10 pm
On Tuesday, Create A Healthier Niagara Falls Collaborative introduced a new leadership model powered by four resident "change agents"/co-chairs. Sarah Obot, Brian Archie, Keyona Dunn and Evelyn Harris, all Niagara Falls advocates, will lead change from within. This grassroots, resident-lead effort, is an approach the collaborative members said they hope will foster tangible improvements across the community.
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Tue, Sep 19th 2017 01:05 pm
Superstars Kelly Clarkson, Shania Twain, Derek Hough, James Arthur, Kevin Nealon, Jeff Dunham and season two winner Terry Fator are set to perform on the live two-hour season finale of the most-watched season in the 12-year history of summer's No. 1 show, NBC's "America's Got Talent." The finale will air Wednesday (8-10 p.m. ET/PT).
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Tue, Sep 19th 2017 01:05 pm
The Office of Mental Health announced New York is the only state in nation to have received a grant award from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Zero Suicide grant program. The award of $3.5 million over five years will help implement and strengthen the state's suicide prevention efforts.
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Tue, Sep 19th 2017 01:05 pm
It was 20 years ago today that Christian music lost one of its greatest poets and prophets, Rich Mullins. For those that knew him, he often served as a "voice in the wilderness" calling us all to a greater love, a deeper compassion and an absolute commitment to an awesome God.
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Tue, Sep 19th 2017 01:05 pm
Stella Niagara Education Park, a 108-year-old educational institution that combines classroom learning and outdoor education for a holistic learning experience, has introduced a newly designed and mobile-friendly website at stella-niagara.com. The site was created and implemented by J. Fitzgerald Group, an integrated marketing communications firm based in Lockport.
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Tue, Sep 19th 2017 01:05 pm
The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts presents "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood LIVE: King for a Day!" at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. Tickets go on sale at noon Friday, Sept. 22. A limited number of VIP tickets (premium seating, meet and greet) are available for purchase.
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Tue, Sep 19th 2017 01:05 pm
Niagara Catholic Jr./Sr. High School, a private, Catholic institution that welcomes students from all denominations and provides tuition rates based on financial need, invites readers to its annual open house. The event will take place from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, and from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25.
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Tue, Sep 19th 2017 01:05 pm
Two students of the Niagara County Law Enforcement Academy were recently presented with $500 scholarships from the Judges and Police Executives Conference of Niagara County Inc.
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