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Last year, when Lauren Haydel began her first sober holiday season, she wondered how difficult it would be to avoid alcohol ...

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I travel a particular road quite often as it puts me near a marsh and the possibility of getting some wildlife shots.

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The Senate passed legislation early Saturday to boost Social Security payments for millions of people, pushing a longtime ...

Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would ...

SUNY Niagara is not only experiencing its first enrollment increase in more than a decade, it is among the leading colleges ...

Lockport firefighters helped load up vehicles with food, toys and clothing at the Salvation Army’s Cottage Street citadel ...

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The pace of redevelopment on the massive land area once occupied by Somerset Generation Station picked up considerably in ...