Community News

Thanks to IBEW Local 237 for Lighting Up Schoellkopf Park

Thanks to IBEW Local 237 for Lighting Up Schoellkopf Park

Community News November 17, 2016 at 2:57 am

By  Joseph A. Ruffolo President & CEO Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Just in time for the upcoming holidays, beautiful Schoellkopf Park on the campus of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical is again shining brightly as a beacon of goodwill for the entire community. Thanks to members of International Brotherhood of ElectricalRead More

Beautiful Lewiston Homes to be on Display

Beautiful Lewiston Homes to be on Display

Community News November 17, 2016 at 12:38 am

Only 17 days left before the doors swing open at this year’s Lewiston Tour of Homes, which will take place at the following dates and times: Saturday, December 3 and Sunday, December 4 from 9:30am to 1:15pm, and again from 1pm to 5pm. Each home on the tour has beenRead More

Precautions in Niagara Falls, #1 for Burglaries in NY

Precautions in Niagara Falls, #1 for Burglaries in NY

Community News November 17, 2016 at 12:17 am

By John Hazel (Ed. Note: The following is in response to the Reporter article last week announcing that Niagara Falls ranks #1 in  burglaries in New York State.) Home burglaries occur most often during the day, while the residents are at work and the house is unoccupied. Most burglars do notRead More

The Littlest Fight Fan

The Littlest Fight Fan

Community News November 12, 2016 at 4:52 pm

By Matt Cole The Spectacle that was the UFC 205 Weigh-ins, the first televised UFC event ever to be held inside Madison Square Garden, – the holiest of holies to sports fans worldwide – definitely did not disappoint. From the nearly 20,000 screaming fans, to the ever popular chats ofRead More

UFC 205, Day 1: Open Workouts

UFC 205, Day 1: Open Workouts

Community News November 10, 2016 at 8:04 pm

by Matt Cole The first ever Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event at Madison Square Garden will take place this Saturday November 12th. The highly anticipated and globally watched event, which is long in the making, comes on the heels of the legalization of the sport of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)Read More

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Annual Lord’s Day Dinner/ Missionary Yvonne and Matt Davis/ Founder

Community News November 10, 2016 at 6:01 am

A Public Service Announcement Annual Lord’s Day Dinner November 24,2016    Thanksgiving Day      FREE DINNER For areas neediest families V.F.W. 917 LaSalle Griffin Post      2435 Seneca Avenue Niagara Falls, NY. USA          12noon until 6:00 pm. Certified Elderly / Wheelchair bound / disabled in need of a dinner mustRead More

Interpreter Wanted to Understand Government Health Industry Language

Interpreter Wanted to Understand Government Health Industry Language

Community News November 10, 2016 at 5:11 am

Maybe we’re just a little bit dense, but we’re having a little trouble understanding some of the language of the Government Directed Health Care Industry. Help us out. For example, among Niagara Falls Community events scheduled for this week is a public forum titled “A Community Conversation on Mental HealthRead More

Black Studies Section in the Niagara Falls Public Library

Why Was Black African American Section removed from Niagara Falls Library?

Community News November 10, 2016 at 3:45 am

By Charles from Niagara Falls I was in the doctor’s office and just happened to pick up the paper, and it seems like you were sticking up for black people in Buffalo. Police are killing their dogs for petty weed that they find in their house. I’m contacting you because theyRead More

Debilitated Dog needs Helping Hand

Debilitated Dog needs Helping Hand

Community News November 3, 2016 at 1:17 am

A Niagara Falls woman has reached out to the Reporter to help save a family dog, which is desperately ill. “Please help Belle,” Jessica Lynn Stewart pleaded on Facebook, “She is a 4 month old mastiff/bull dog and has just been diagnosed with a rare medical condition. She has aRead More

Owner Still Grieves Over Ordeal in Dog’s Dying Days

Owner Still Grieves Over Ordeal in Dog’s Dying Days

Community News October 27, 2016 at 2:50 am

Perhaps the great Will Rogers said it best:  “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” All of us who know and love dogs understand what the great man was saying because I’m sure most of us feel exactly theRead More

Construction begins on new cardiac catheterization lab at Heart Center of Niagara

Construction begins on new cardiac catheterization lab at Heart Center of Niagara

Community News October 20, 2016 at 1:21 am

Construction is under way on the new cardiac catheterization laboratory in The Heart Center of Niagara at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. The lab is the result of a unique community collaboration between Catholic Health, Kaleida Health, Erie County Medical Center Corporation and Niagara Falls Memorial to address the pressingRead More

OCTOBER 21 IS NATIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY DAY

OCTOBER 21 IS NATIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY DAY

Community News October 13, 2016 at 4:53 am

By Renae Kimble             In 1993, then President William Clinton proclaimed the third Friday in the month of October as National Mammography Day.  On this day and throughout the entire month of October, women are encouraged to make a mammogram appointment with their health care provider.             Women lead extremelyRead More

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The “Singing, Praying” Walnut Avenue Christian Church Celebrates 100th Anniversary

Community News September 28, 2016 at 11:49 pm

“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in the time of need” is the scripture verse theme for the 100th Anniversary Celebration of The Walnut Avenue Christian Church, at 601 – 28th Street and Walnut Avenue in NiagaraRead More

Play Fore Pink supports women’s services at Memorial

Play Fore Pink supports women’s services at Memorial

Community News September 28, 2016 at 11:18 pm

Participants in the 2016 Play Fore Pink Golf Tournament at Niagara Falls Country Club present a $5,000 gift to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.  The proceeds from the tournament will support services to patients at Memorial’s OB/GYN Center who have been diagnosed with cancer. On hand were, from left, OB/GYNRead More

FREE MOVIE NIGHT FRIDAY Oct. 21

FREE MOVIE NIGHT FRIDAY Oct. 21

Community News September 28, 2016 at 11:13 pm

Niagara Falls Church to Show “War Room” The community is invited to see “WAR ROOM” from the creators of Fireproof and Courageous. WAR ROOM is a drama that explores the power that prayer can have on marriages, parenting, careers, friendships, and every other area of life. A #1 movie inRead More

Rev. Mark Breese of Community Missions

Community Missions, NFMMC announce Sixth Annual Community Prayer Service for Mental Illness Recovery & Understanding

Community News September 28, 2016 at 11:06 pm

A pair of prominent mental health service providers are joining to support a day of recovery and understanding with an interfaith community prayer service on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 3:30 p.m. Community Missions and Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center will host the event at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 822Read More

History Museum to Host Last Used Book Sale of 2016

History Museum to Host Last Used Book Sale of 2016

Community News September 22, 2016 at 4:58 am

The North Tonawanda History Museum will host its last Used Book Sale of 2016 on Saturday, October 1st, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Books are 3/$1 paperback or 50 cents each, 3/$2 hardcover or $1 each, or you may fill a bag for $5 with as many books as you can fit. Come stockRead More

Joseph A. Ruffalo, President and CEO, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center

Crucial Drug Discount Program at Risk  

Community News September 22, 2016 at 2:38 am

By Joseph A. Ruffolo, President & CEO Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center   Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center is a safety-net facility. That means we treat all sick people regardless of their ability to pay. Many of our patients are on Medicaid, Medicare or lack health insurance altogether. A little-known federalRead More

Niagara Falls Among Top 15 Cities For Healthcare Professionals

Niagara Falls Among Top 15 Cities For Healthcare Professionals

Community News September 15, 2016 at 1:53 am

  ValuePenguin, a leading personal finance company  has published a report looking at the Best Cities to Be a Healthcare Professional, and the Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Metro ranked 12th  The study evaluated 200 metropolitan statistical areas across 20 key data points, covering everything from education quality and salary to insurance rates and medical malpracticeRead More

Independent Living of Niagara County can help YOU register to vote!

Independent Living of Niagara County can help YOU register to vote!

Community News September 15, 2016 at 1:47 am

   If you’ve been intending to register so you can vote in the November General Election, but  haven’t gotten around to it and you’re going to be in Niagara Falls, New York on Tuesday September 27, 2016, Independent Living of Niagara County (ILNC) is participating in National Voters Registration Day.Read More

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