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NIAGARA FALLS: Woman gunned down in Ashland Avenue alley (Niagara Gazette)
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:36:36 GMT
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Falls police are searching for leads in just the second homicide of the year in the Cataract City.Officers responding to a call of a disturbance just after 11 a.m. Friday, found the body of Dorothy Joelle Banks slumped in the front seat of her car in an alley in the 1300 block of Ashland Avenue.
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CRUNCH: Peachy performance for Grand Island (Niagara Gazette)
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:25:01 GMT
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Amidst a driving rain storm, including a lightning delay, the Vikings rushed for 228 yards en route to a commanding 28-0 shutout victory over their former Class A North rivals.
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CRUNCH ROUNDUP: Wilson falls to Gowanda; Starpoint loses (Niagara Gazette)
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:25:20 GMT
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Christian VanMote had 22 rushes for 133 yards and a score Gowanda topped Wilson 21-7 in a Class C North football contest. Gowanda (1-0 Class C North) receiver Dylan Huch added eight catches for 59 yards and caught a touchdown from Aaron Benten. Benten was 8-for-14 on the night for 59 yards.
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NCCC: College mourns loss of tech center director (Niagara Gazette)
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Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:30:10 GMT
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Robert Lord, a 62-year-old instructor of Niagara County Community College’s new geographic information system program, unexpectedly died Saturday. The cause of death is not known, according to NCCC spokeswoman Michele Schmidt.Lord had played a role in developing the college’s GIS 29-credit hour certificate program for careers in geospatial science, remote sensing, image interpretation and global ...
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BORDER: A new Nexus of cross-border travel (Niagara Gazette)
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Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:29:59 GMT
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Residents on both sides of the border can now enroll in the NEXUS program — for low-risk, pre-approved travelers — at the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge in Niagara Falls.
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ChicagoSports.com gets a new address (Chicago Tribune)
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:16:05 GMT
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GREENWAY: Riverwalk to get signage (Niagara Gazette)
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Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:32:48 GMT
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Signage for the riverwalk in the town and city of Tonawanda has been listed among the first three projects to be funded by the Buffalo and Erie County Greenway Fund.The greenwayfund’s standing committee announced the projects during a press conference Tuesday in Isle View Park. The commission is charged with creating a series of inter-connected parks and trails along the Niagara River as part of ...
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STATE PARKS: 75 years and counting for workers (Niagara Gazette)
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Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:17:53 GMT
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Adolf Glemb started working at Niagara Falls State Park at a time when visitors could buy two hamburgers, potato salad, a large coke and an ice cream for $1.45.While the prices may have changed considerably in the 75 years since the Niagara Falls native’s first day on the job, Glemb’s commitment to his seasonal work at the state park has not.
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WOMEN'S SOCCER: New Niagara field makes debut, Eagles fall 1-0 (Niagara Gazette)
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Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:02:09 GMT
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Michael Thomas won his first game as University at Buffalo women’s soccer coach, benefiting from Lindsey Bailey’s scoring strike, Amy Coron’s goaltending, and strong midfield play, as the Bulls beat Niagara 1-0 in the first game played at the Purple Eagles’ new outdoor venue.
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FIXER-UPPER: Old stone house, uninhabited for 60 years, is on the market. (Niagara Gazette)
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Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:02:49 GMT
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It’s stood on the Summit Street hill in Lockport for almost 175 years, silently watching the world change around it.
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