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Thursday, March 12, 2015
ENP STAFF REPORTS
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The Shamus Restaurant will host the 11th annual "History Center Night" from 4-8 p.m. March 25 to benefit the Niagara History Center.
For this fundraiser, dinner guests are welcome to order their selections from the menu as usual. The Shamus will then provide a generous donation from the evening’s proceeds to the History Center.
Niagara History Center Executive Director Melissa Dunlap said “We appreciative the Shamus’ continuing support of our educational programs through the annual History Center Night. The Shamus offers a perfect evening of great food in a beautiful setting.”
The Shamus, 98 West Ave., is celebrating some history of its own. This year marks the 25th anniversary for the restaurant under the ownership of Anne Murphy-Beaulieu and Robert Beaulieu. The 150-year-old building was originally converted from a house to a restaurant in 1973 before the Beaulieus took over in 1990. Former owner James Murphy, who established the original Lockport restaurant at another site in the 1950s, called it “Shamus,” the Gaelic version of his own first name.
Guests are asked to phone in their reservations for the “History Center Night” directly to the Shamus Restaurant at 433-9809.
news@eastniagarapost.com
The Shamus Restaurant will host the 11th annual "History Center Night" from 4-8 p.m. March 25 to benefit the Niagara History Center.
For this fundraiser, dinner guests are welcome to order their selections from the menu as usual. The Shamus will then provide a generous donation from the evening’s proceeds to the History Center.
Niagara History Center Executive Director Melissa Dunlap said “We appreciative the Shamus’ continuing support of our educational programs through the annual History Center Night. The Shamus offers a perfect evening of great food in a beautiful setting.”
The Shamus, 98 West Ave., is celebrating some history of its own. This year marks the 25th anniversary for the restaurant under the ownership of Anne Murphy-Beaulieu and Robert Beaulieu. The 150-year-old building was originally converted from a house to a restaurant in 1973 before the Beaulieus took over in 1990. Former owner James Murphy, who established the original Lockport restaurant at another site in the 1950s, called it “Shamus,” the Gaelic version of his own first name.
Guests are asked to phone in their reservations for the “History Center Night” directly to the Shamus Restaurant at 433-9809.
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Friday, July 11, 2014
ENP STAFF REPORTS
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TOWN OF LOCKPORT — Some of Lockport's most prominent citizens of days gone by are "returning" to help raise money for Cold Springs Cemetery.
The Niagara History Center’s “Step Back in Time Players” will offer a tour of the cemetery at 1 p.m. Sunday, in which the re-enactors will bring to life well-known figures now residing in that cemetery, including trailblazing female physician “Dr. Sarah Lamb Cushing” (Kay Burgess); quarry owner “James Schuler” (Geoff Koplas); early Lowertown physician “Dr. Josiah Skinner” (Charlie Begley); and Lockport settlers “Amy Spalding” (Carol Caisse) and “Lyman Spalding” (Dennis Caisse).
“Step Back in Time Players” dress and speak as their characters, whom they have carefully researched, and give a personalized account of that individual’s life and accomplishments here in our community. They also present their characters within the context of local history, creating a vivid picture of both the person and the world in which he or she lived. Let the “Step Back in time Players” take you back to old Lockport as you walk through Cold Springs Cemetery’s beautiful grounds and support its restoration.
Individual tickets are $5, while family tickets are $15, payable at the gate. Reservations are not necessary. Attendees are asked to use the Route 31 entrance.
For more information, call the Niagara History Center at 434-7433.
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Cold Springs Cemetery will be the host and benefactor
of a fundraiser Sunday. (HEATHER N. GRIMMER /
CONTRIBUTOR)
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The Niagara History Center’s “Step Back in Time Players” will offer a tour of the cemetery at 1 p.m. Sunday, in which the re-enactors will bring to life well-known figures now residing in that cemetery, including trailblazing female physician “Dr. Sarah Lamb Cushing” (Kay Burgess); quarry owner “James Schuler” (Geoff Koplas); early Lowertown physician “Dr. Josiah Skinner” (Charlie Begley); and Lockport settlers “Amy Spalding” (Carol Caisse) and “Lyman Spalding” (Dennis Caisse).
“Step Back in Time Players” dress and speak as their characters, whom they have carefully researched, and give a personalized account of that individual’s life and accomplishments here in our community. They also present their characters within the context of local history, creating a vivid picture of both the person and the world in which he or she lived. Let the “Step Back in time Players” take you back to old Lockport as you walk through Cold Springs Cemetery’s beautiful grounds and support its restoration.
Individual tickets are $5, while family tickets are $15, payable at the gate. Reservations are not necessary. Attendees are asked to use the Route 31 entrance.
For more information, call the Niagara History Center at 434-7433.
Monday, April 7, 2014
Seven Erie and Niagara County cultural attractions are teaming up to present a collaborative weekend, May 8-10, enabling guests to visit all seven locations for one low price. “History in Your Backyard” participants will receive a commemorative “passport” that will be stamped at each attraction. The passport will also contain discounts for numerous local restaurants.
Additionally, participants who visit and receive a stamp at each site will be entered into a drawing to win a helicopter ride over Niagara Falls courtesy of Rainbow Air Helicopter Rides. Participants will also be entered to win a gift basket from each participating attraction. Details will be available at each location.
Cultural attractions taking part in History in Your Backyard include:
Contact any of the participating attractions for more information. Each attraction will be operating under its usual weekend hours.
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FILE PHOTO - The Col. William Bond House is one of seven
cultural attractions featured on an upcoming "History in your
Backyard" tour.
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Cultural attractions taking part in History in Your Backyard include:
- Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village: 3755 Tonawanda Creek Road, Amherst, 689-1440.
- Col. William Bond/Jesse Hawley House: 143 Ontario St., Lockport, 434-7433.
- Erie Canal Discovery Center: 24 Church St., Lockport, 439-0431.
- Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum: 180 Thompson St., North Tonawanda, 693-1885.
- Museum of disABILITY History: 3826 Main St., Buffalo, 629-3626.
- Niagara Aerospace Museum: 9900 Porter Road, Niagara Falls, 297-1323.
- Niagara County Historical Society: 215 Niagara St., Lockport, 434-7433.
Contact any of the participating attractions for more information. Each attraction will be operating under its usual weekend hours.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014
The 9th annual award will honor a Niagara County citizen who “best promotes and exemplifies the community spirit, heritage and integrity of the historic Erie Canal.”
This year’s Key to the Locks award will be presented at 2 p.m. on May 4 at the Erie Canal Discovery Center, 24 Church St. in Lockport.
To recommend a recipient, print out a copy of the form and mail or bring it to the History Center, 215 Niagara St., or the Niagara County Historian’s Office, 139 Niagara St. Blank forms are also available at these sites. If you prefer, you can write your own message and mail or bring it in, including your nominee’s name, address, phone number, a paragraph about why this person deserves the Key to the Locks award, and your own contact information.
Previous winners include Becky Burns, Jeffrey Degnan, David Kinyon, Carol Schmelz, Clint Starke, former Mayor Mike Tucker, Joe Whalen and Jane Whitmore.
For further information, please contact Ray Wigle at 434-7433 or Craig Bacon at 439-7324.
Sunday, March 23, 2014
The annual fundraiser asks that people eat at the restaurant Wednesday between 4 and 9 p.m. A portion of each patron's bill (20 percent) will be donated to the History Center to help support its programs.
Guests are asked to phone in their reservations for the “History Center Night” directly to the Shamus Restaurant at 433-9809.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
The Col. William Bond House, a site on the National Register of Historic Places, is fully decorated for Christmas.Open to the public for the last two weekends, the Christmas-themed decorations will be available for viewing for the last time this year on Saturday.
Each room in the home is decorated for Christmas. In fact, there is at least one Christmas tree in every room of the house, including the kitchen.This historic house was built between 1823 and 1824 by Col. Bond. It later became the home of Jesse Hawley, whose letters helped to inspire the building of the Erie Canal. It is now owned and maintained by the Niagara County Historical Society.
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