Help is available on health insurance
Anyone looking to purchase health insurance coverage on the state’s new health insurance exchange can make an appointment with a representative of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center for help with...
View ArticleFlight of Five construction progresses; boat building planned
LOCKPORT – With construction underway on the restoration of two of the five 19th century Erie Canal locks, planners are readying for a public boat construction effort to produce a replica craft that...
View ArticlePower Authority vote forces delay in Greenway funds for Lockport bleachers
LOCKPORT – A request from the Town of Lockport for Niagara River Greenway funds for bleachers at two soccer fields has been held up by the New York Power Authority.But the $25,400 request apparently...
View ArticleGreater Niagara Ballet Company’s ‘Nutcracker’...
One of Western New York’s oldest productions of “The Nutcracker,” Greater Niagara Ballet Company’s 36th annual version of the ballet, filled the stage of the Performing Arts Center at Niagara Falls...
View ArticleDemocrats will try to reduce raises for top Niagara County officials
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Legislature Democrats said last week they intend to introduce budget amendments to cut proposed salary increases for several Republican officials that exceed the 2 percent...
View ArticleRoy-Hart club to read Christmas stories at library
MIDDLEPORT – The Future Teachers Club of Royalton-Hartland High School will be reading children’s books and providing Christmas music again this year at the Royalton Hartland Community Library from 11...
View ArticleWinery to host Nutcracker themed celebration
APPLETON – The Niagara Wine Trail’s Winery at Marjim Manor will celebrate the holidays with its annual Holiday Tea at 1 p.m. next Sunday, with the theme “The Narrated Nutcracker.”The winery is located...
View ArticleNiagara Falls schools to get $200,000 grant for synthetic turf
NIAGARA FALLS – The city School District will receive a $200,000 grant toward the installation of a synthetic turf field at Nicoletti Field.The funding comes from the National Football League’s Youth...
View ArticleNiagara Falls Memorial Medical Center has new women’s services floor
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center last month unveiled a half-million dollars in renovations to its women’s services floor, including upgrades to its labor and delivery suites.The...
View ArticleNew display and map at Town of Porter Historical Museum
PORTER – A reception is planned for 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Town of Porter Historical Museum to unveil a new display and release a new historic 1812-1829 map to commemorate the burning of the town...
View ArticleHoliday events planned at Sanborn-Lewiston Farm Museum
SANBORN – A small crew of “elves” has been busy decorating the community center for the second annual “Christmas at the Farm” – a free event planned from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and next Sunday at...
View ArticleOld Fort Niagara to offer an old-fashioned Christmas
YOUNGSTOWN – Bundle up and trek to Old Fort Niagara to experience some old-fashioned, pre-holiday magic during the annual Castle by Candlelight program planned from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday and...
View ArticleNewfane book drive honors victims of Sandy Hook tragedy
NEWFANE – Children helping one another, in memory of children whose lives were cut tragically short, is the theme of a new book drive under way at Newfane Middle School. Titled “Peace Begins With a...
View ArticleCortland State basketball coach cherishes local ties
Tom Spanbauer has two trusted assistants coaching basketball with him at Cortland State College, but his support staff swells every time the Red Dragons play in Buffalo.“I’ve got a couple brothers who...
View ArticlePorter historian, pastor create new children’s book
PORTER – An artistic collaboration has brought together a town historian and village pastor in the creation of a new children’s book that addresses social justice.“Johnnie’s Adventures: Lewiston’s...
View ArticleNiagara Q&A: Robert Emerson, the man who lives with history at Old Fort...
YOUNGSTOWN – Across the Niagara River from Canada and tucked in a strategic corner of Fort Niagara State Park where the river empties into Lake Ontario, Old Fort Niagara contains more than three...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
CAMBRIA• Plank Road, Robert C. Newton; Maureen M. Newton to Dennis T. Kirst; Carol J. Kirst, $140,000.HARTLAND• Quaker Road, Thomas E. Sullivan; Joanne L. Sullivan to Kevin J. Sullivan, $140,000.•...
View ArticleHistory Center announces more days for attraction
LOCKPORT – The Col. William Bond/Jesse Hawley House will be open two additional Saturdays in December for tours, the History Center of Niagara announced Monday.All 12 rooms in the Bond-Hawley House,...
View ArticleGerald N. Clark, owner of Twin City Ambulance
Nov. 29, 1932 – Dec. 8, 2013Gerald N. Clark, owner and president of Twin City Ambulance for almost 50 years, died Sunday in DeGraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, after a short illness. He was...
View ArticleDrug arrests spike in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – When Police Superintendent E. Bryan DalPorto took office at the beginning of the year, he put more police officers on the streets. The Narcotics Intelligence Department also increased...
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