Niagara Gazette - Lewiston

Mon, May 12 2008

Lewiston

LEWISTON: Marra to seek re-election in village

Michael Marra confirmed Monday that he plans to run for re-election. ....more>>

LEWISTON: Confusion still exists in village race
Caucuses formally wrapped up Monday in the Village of Lewiston in preparation for the election of two village Board of Trustees seats in June.
But it appears the fun has just begun.
LEWISTON: Kiwanis Club marks 50th year
LEWISTON: Plumbing issue aims for soft landing
A hot-button issue that spurred a boisterous public hearing appears to be heading toward a soft landing in the Town of Lewiston.
PROFILE: Lewiston man heads corner custard stand
For many Lewiston residents, the coming of spring means the reopening of Hibbard’s Custard at Portage Road and Center Street.
LEWISTON: Marra loses out on GOP line in village caucus
In a surprising turn at Thursday’s Village of Lewiston Republican caucus, current village Trustee Michael Marra will not have the chance to run for re-election on the Republican line this June.
LEW-PORT: Hearing held in Lilly slander suit
The slander and libel suit filed by Ed Lilly against his former colleagues is on hold for now.
LEWISTON: Small fish, big party
The Village of Lewiston is plunging into its busy spring, summer and fall event schedule with a big party dedicated to a small fish.
LEWISTON: Caucus time in village
Two seats on the Lewiston Village Board of Trustees will open up soon to all challengers — as Democrat and Republican caucuses each loom near the end of April.
LEW-PORT: Lilly, board spar over legal representation
Kept off the Lewiston-Porter School Board for the past nine months and reinstated two weeks ago, Ed Lilly wasted no time making his presence felt at his first regular meeting back.

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News Refresh

• BREAKING: Man in standoff with police on 190
• MONDAY: Two Lockport-based county legislators will try again to persuade Niagara County to drop the tax it applies to the city’s raw water line. (6:09 p.m.)
• MONDAY: Hodgson Russ will work with BOCES as independent contractors (6:03 p.m.)
• MONDAY: WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has “massive concern” about whether its aid for Myanmar’s cyclone victims will get to those suffering from disease and lack of food and water, the director of the U.S. office of foreign disaster assistance said Monday. (4:55 p.m.)
• MONDAY: Teen charged with threatening boy with hockey stick (3:28 p.m.)

Sports

• COLLEGE ROUNDUP (May 12): NCCC falls to Hudson Valley
• BOWLING: Leighton Jr., Vitagliano roll 300s in USBC-BA Tournament
• HS SOFTBALL: Santa Maria pitches Ken West past NT
• HS BASEBALL: Adam Biano is Lockport’s ’Control Board’
• HS SOFTBALL: Twin guns having double the fun for Kenmore West

Opinion

• WHITE-WALKER: Fame or fabric?
• GUEST VIEW: Niagara’s own Berlin Wall
• GUEST VIEW: Time for a change in Lew-Port
• OUR VIEW: Scrap meters: All of them
• LUCINSKI: Avoid battle over Army Center

Communities

• TOWN OF NIAGARA: Purchase will help combat speeding
• YOUNGSTOWN: Former POW returns to Niagara
• TOWN OF NIAGARA: The trash talk is over
• LEWISTON: Marra to seek re-election in village
• YOUNGSTOWN: Languishing development upsets residents, officials

Night & Day

• MOVIES: 'Speed Racer' gets passed in its debut
• 'Speed Racer' reviewed
• MUSIC: Artpark schedule announced
• THEATER: Arthur opens Artpark season
• MUSIC: 'American Idols' messing up lyrics

Niagara Living

• AUDIO SLIDESHOW: The Niagara County Sheriffs' Mounted Division.
• TINY TREASURES: Geocaching in the Niagara region
• VIDEO: Watch the Puff Girls make marshmallow magic!
• VIDEO: Niagara Falls bed and breakfast owners band together
• VIDEO: Tour the Lockport Sleep Medicine Center

Lifestyle

• INDUSTRY: Family-owned businesses often fail because of infighting
• LIFESTYLE: Fictional mothers can teach us a lot
• ENViRONMENT: More Americans feel guilty for not living greener
• HEALTH: New dads twice as likely to become depressed
• HEALTH: Action is louder than weight

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