Lewiston-Queenston Bridge celebrating 50th anniversary
LEWISTON – The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission is planning a series of commemorative activities to mark the 50th anniversary of the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge and the 75th anniversary of the commission...
View ArticleFarm Museum Festival in Sanborn marks its ninth year
SANBORN – The popular Niagara River Dancers will return to the ninth annual Farm Museum Festival on Saturday and next Sunday, with the help of a state arts grant.The Sanborn Area Historical Society’s...
View ArticleNiagara County faith-related events July 21-28
Monday PRAYER: The Healing Rooms of Buffalo Niagara is open to pray for anyone who needs physical, emotional or spiritual healing, 7 to 9 p.m., Potters House Christian Community Church, 723 Seventh...
View ArticleBaseball traditionalist turns memories of wooden bats into a cottage...
LOCKPORT – Searching for something to keep him off the couch during the winter months, Russ Chaffee descended into what his wife, Brenda, now calls “the bat cave.”Chaffee’s one-man mission: to bring...
View ArticleHamburg supervisor calls for town’s school districts to share a...
Hamburg’s town supervisor has called on the two school districts in the town to combine their administrations, following the recent announcements that the schools chiefs for both districts are...
View ArticleLockport likely to increase bed tax to support Towpath Trolley
LOCKPORT – The city is likely to raise its bed tax on hotel and motel bills from 4 percent to 5 percent, with the extra money being used to pay for the Towpath Trolley, the summer tourist shuttle...
View ArticleIn Lewiston, conservancy plans Greenway’s first nature preserve
LEWISTON – A quarter-mile of land bordering the Niagara River soon may become a nature preserve, the first project of that type in Niagara County since the Niagara River Greenway was launched five...
View ArticleSummer storm slams Niagara, Erie counties with rain, power failures
Ajit Kolethe and his family had just returned to his in-laws’ home on Woodlawn Avenue in Niagara Falls on Friday night, when the strong winds and heavy rains hit at about 9:30 p.m., knocking out power...
View ArticleHohl’s of Tonawanda is likely contractor for Lockport’s Flight...
LOCKPORT – A Town of Tonawanda company submitted the only bid that was under the allotted $1.81 million budget for the reconstruction of part of the 19th-century Erie Canal locks to working order.Hohl...
View ArticleFour-year agreement continues collection of school tax bills
LOCKPORT – The Common Council last week ratified a four-year agreement with the Lockport City School District, under which the city Treasurer’s Office will continue to collect all of the district’s...
View ArticleCeretto’s ‘listening tour’ to be tuned in into November
LEWISTON – Assemblyman John D. Ceretto has begun his second districtwide “listening tour” in the 145th Assembly District, which includes most of Niagara County and Grand Island.Ceretto, R-Lewiston,...
View ArticleHeritage reclaimed: A portrait of Native Americans in Buffalo
Robert J. D’Alimonte quit his corporate career designing websites to become a woodcarver, just as, years earlier, his Tuscarora grandfather left his construction company to carve art from bones.Hilary...
View ArticleAround Town / Niagara County meetings and hearings this week
Lewiston The Town Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday in Town Hall, 1375 Ridge Road. Lockport The city Zoning Board of Appeals will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Municipal Building, One Locks Plaza.Also...
View ArticleMount View sale near completion in Lockport; Davison Road deal could be...
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Legislature could be ready to vote on a final sale of the former county nursing home as soon as its Aug. 6 meeting, County Attorney Claude A. Joerg said.Joerg said his...
View ArticleRetired trooper drops out of race for Lockport town justice
LOCKPORT – William R. Fish, a retired state trooper, has dropped out of the race for Lockport town justice.Fish said that after he filed his nominating petitions on the Republican, Conservative,...
View ArticleNiagara Regional Federal Credit Union donates $1,000 to Camp Happiness
LOCKPORT – The Niagara Regional Federal Credit Union, located in North Tonawanda, recently presented a $1,000 check to Camp Happiness, operated by Lockport Elks Lodge 41, the Lockport Family YMCA and...
View ArticleJustice Kennedy to speak at Chautauqua today on ‘Pursuit of...
CHAUTAUQUA – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy will turn his attention from the Constitution to the Declaration of Independence when he speaks at 3:30 p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy at...
View ArticleNiagara Falls police probe $257 charge for tourist’s night at Niagara...
NIAGARA FALLS – City police are probing the business practices of a couple of local companies after a Spanish-speaking Ecuadorean tourist was reportedly charged $257 for a one-night stay at a Niagara...
View ArticlePopeyes restaurant proposed for Mil-Pine Plaza
NIAGARA FALLS - A Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen - which would be the second in Western New York - has been proposed for the corner of Niagara Falls Boulevard and Military Road.A proposal for the project...
View ArticleCuomo to discuss flood aid in Lockport on Tuesday
LOCKPORT – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will be in Lockport Tuesday morning to discuss the state’s flood relief efforts for Lockport homeowners and businesses affected by last month’s storms, Mayor Michael W....
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