Sat, Sep 14th 2013 07:00 am
The following streets will have their water shut off on Tuesday, Sept. 17, from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m., Sept. 18 for a water system improvement project: Cayuga Drive, Cliff Street, Creek Road Ext., Hillside Drive, Hillview Court, Meadow Drive, Orchard Drive and Ridgeview Drive.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 07:00 am
Eastern Niagara Hospital and Niagara Hospice recently established a partnership to provide a high standard of care to seriously ill patients nearing the end of life. The two health care providers worked collaboratively to facilitate a contract that addresses the special needs of patients with a prognosis of approximately six months or less to live.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 07:00 am
Opera singer Martina Arroyo, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer Herbie Hancock, pianist, singer and songwriter Billy Joel, actress Shirley MacLaine and musician and songwriter Carlos Santana will receive honors for 2013 on The 36th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, to be broadcast Sunday, Dec. 29 (9 p.m.), on the CBS Television Network. The special has been broadcast on CBS each year since its debut.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 07:00 am
"The Chew" rolls into autumn with an all-new lineup with shows dedicated to party platters, celebrating the humble cheeseburger as well as veggies galore, and welcomes Maria Bello, Lenny Venito, Tamera Mowry, chef Susan Feniger and food celebs Kat Odell and Sunny Anderson as guests.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 07:00 am
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center will celebrate the first anniversary of its River Road Primary Care Center with a free, outdoor health and wellness fair from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 07:00 am
The award-winning casual-dining franchise Quaker Steak & Lube took the coveted Festival Favorite award, an honor voted on by fans, at the 2013 National Buffalo Wing Festival in Buffalo. This marks the second year in a row that The Lube has been named Festival Favorite, and the third time overall.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 02:35 am
Fans can begin to purchase individual game tickets for all Sabres home games beginning today at 9 a.m.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 02:35 am
The "A Conversation with Marv Levy" event scheduled for Sept. 20, 2013 at the Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo, has been cancelled.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 02:30 am
New York State Industries for the Disabled Inc. will hold its annual corporate event on Monday, Sept. 16, at 5 p.m., at The Saratoga Hilton in Saratoga Springs, during which job creation for people with disabilities will take center stage.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 02:25 am
The Niagara Regional Theatre Guild has announced its 91st season of community theater on the Niagara Frontier will include five shows:
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 02:20 am
It was an unforgettable summer for Michelle Ball, a new senior at Lewiston-Porter High School.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 02:00 am
The Historic Palace Theatre opens its 2013-14 season with "Mike Randall as Mark Twain Live!" on Sept. 14 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 15 at 3 p.m.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 02:00 am
The Niagara County Department of Health Emergency Preparedness Division encourages community members to remember their pets and service animals when planning for emergencies.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 01:50 am
A Chiavetta's drive-thru chicken dinner will be held at St. James United Methodist Church, 4661 Porter Road, Niagara Falls, from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 01:45 am
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center is celebrating the end of summer with free, outdoor health and wellness fairs at two of its primary care sites this month.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 01:35 am
Is your phone ringing with a health insurance offer you just have to consider? You're not alone. Upstate New York residents are contacting Better Business Bureau questioning the calls. BBB is urging consumers to watch out for solicitations involving the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 01:15 am
Seneca Casinos will continue its tradition of offering festive holiday shows at each of its two casino/hotel resort properties to celebrate the season.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 01:15 am
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced this week a panel of arbitrators threw out Big Tobacco's $800 million claim against New York and instead ordered the companies to pay the state more than $92 million that they had withheld from their 2003 annual payment due under the 1998 landmark tobacco master settlement agreement.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 01:15 am
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced this week that his office reached a settlement with Sears, Roebuck and Co. over a refund policy the retailer applied to consumers who participated in its "Come Back Cash" promotion. In the promotion, a consumer who purchased merchandise above a "qualifying threshold" amount was given a $10 or $20 promotional award card. However, if the consumer later returned some of the merchandise, Sears reduced the refund by a pro-rated amount of the value of the award card, even if the cost of the unreturned merchandise remained above the qualifying threshold and/or if the customer did not cash in the award.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 01:15 am
Paula Wagner will produce the fifth annual Governors Awards for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced. The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and three Honorary Awards will be presented to Angelina Jolie, Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin and Piero Tosi, respectively, on Saturday, Nov. 16, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 01:05 am
The Grand Island of Commerce is putting on the second annual Light Up the Boulevard Electric Light Parade and Festival on Nov. 23, from 5 to 9 p.m.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 01:05 am
Rivershore Inc. will hold its fourth annual gala dinner, "Celebrating Community Partnerships," from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, at the Niagara Falls Country Club, 505 Mountainview Drive, Lewiston.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 01:05 am
The New York State Department of Transportation announced this week that bridge maintenance has begun on the Robert Moses Parkway, in the vicinity of Four Mile Creek State Park, in the Town of Porter.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 01:00 am
"Dancing with the Stars" is back with an all-new cast and fresh show format. The competition begins with the two-hour season premiere, live, Monday, Sept. 16 (8-10:01 p.m.) on the ABC Television Network.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 01:00 am
Tuesday's primary in the Town of Porter may have paled in comparison to the supervisor's contest in Lewiston, but the lone race for town justice nonetheless was interesting.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 01:00 am
Penalties and poor ball control cost the Bills in the fourth quarter, as New England went on to take the season opener.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 12:55 am
It might have rained on the Lewiston Kiwanis Peach Festival parade this year, but it was a good weekend for Wheatfield-area residents competing in Peach Festival contests.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 12:55 am
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 12:55 am
Sisters Sarah Mallare and Christine Carr of Grand Island have opened a new bakery in the City of Tonawanda. Magpie's Bake Shop & Café, named after their mother, Christine "Maggie" Smith, recently celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting. Located at 38 Niagara St., they offer soups, pizza, cakes, pastries, many other baked goods.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 12:35 am
Everybody remembers their first day of school on a school bus, said Jack Burns, the director of transportation in the Grand Island Central School District.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 12:35 am
Wheatfield Supervisor Bob Cliffe and Councilman Art Gerbec, both incumbents, and newcomer Randy Retzlaff swept the Republican primary election on Tuesday.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 12:30 am
Billie Jean Harper of Grand Island passed away Aug. 31, 2013.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 12:30 am
Mary Isabelle (Deeves) VanderVoort, 82, of Grand Island died on the 30th day of August, 2013, at Kenmore Mercy Hospital, with her family by her side.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 12:30 am
Robert E. Brick of Grand Island died at the age of 91 on Aug. 28, 2013.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 12:30 am
The following incidents occurred from Aug. 26 to Sept. 1, as reported by the Grand Island Fire Co. A total of 29 calls were answered by the department during this period. The GIFC has now responded to 966 calls so far this year.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 12:30 am
The Erie County Sheriff's Office responded to 147 calls from Aug. 24 to 30. Below is a sampling of the noteworthy incidents on Grand Island.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 12:30 am
At its monthly meeting on Aug. 19, the Grand Island Town Board issued a proclamation thanking the members of the Cinderella Isle Garden Club "for their continuing dedication to serving" the Grand Island community.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 12:30 am
The Erie County Conservative Party recently sponsored a family picnic at VFW Post No. 8113 in West Seneca. Party members and endorsed candidates wished to meet and thank supporters and especially those who worked to obtain signatures on petitions for those seeking office this fall.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 12:30 am
The next Wheatfield Business Association social is scheduled Monday, Sept. 16, at the Walmore Inn, Lockport and Walmore roads.
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Sat, Sep 14th 2013 12:30 am
"So You Want to Be a Clown," a five-week, hands-on, interactive class, will begin Wednesday, Sept. 18, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Niagara Falls High School. For more information on the class, phone Niagara Clown Alley at 716-754-7112.
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