Kiwanis Club of Lewiston President Marty Pauly has announced that Jillian Colucci has been named Chairperson of the 2018 Niagara County Peach Festival. Colucci is the first woman to serve in the capacity as Chairperson in the history of the Festival which is celebrating its 61^st year. This year’s Niagara County Peach Festival will be held September 6^th, 7^th, 8^th and 9^th at Academy Park on Center Street in Lewiston.     

Jillian Colucci is Vice President/Commercial Bank Manager for M&T Bank and has been a member of the Lewiston Kiwanis Club for three years. “The Peach Festival has been such a wonderful part of the Niagara County community, and the Lewiston Kiwanis Club is happy to be bringing people together again for the 61st year,” said Colucci. “The Niagara County Peach Festival is run solely by volunteers, and all of the proceeds go back into our local community. This year, we are especially excited to begin the Festival one day earlier on Thursday September 6th, so that our visitors will have an additional day to enjoy all that the Festival has to offer, “added Colucci.

The Niagara County Peach Festival is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Lewiston and again this year will feature their famous peach shortcake made with locally grown peaches from Bittner Singer Orchards. The Niagara County Peach Festival will also feature forty amusement rides, Buffalo sports mascot and superhero night, peach recipe competition, twenty-two food vendors, Peach Queen Pageant, Peach Blossom and Peach Fuzz contests, Saturday Parade, cheerleading contest, 5K run and live entertainment.

The Peach Festival has raised over one million dollars since 1958 and is sponsored in part by the WGRZ-TV, the Buffalo News and Star 102.5. For more information go to lewistonpeachfestival.org. #NiagaraCountyPeachFestival, #JillianColucci

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Town of Niagara Supervisor Lee Wallace has announced that the annual “Pride in the Park” Independence Day celebration will take place Saturday July 7^th from 2 to 10 PM at Veteran’s Memorial Community Park, 7000 Lockport Road. “This is a great family event with plenty of food vendors, beer and cold beverages, four terrific bands and of course a fantastic fireworks display,” said Wallace.

The day will feature popular local food vendors such as Viola’s Subs, The Meeting Place, Romana’s Pizza, Tim’ Horton’s, Soliday’s, The Great Foodini, What’s Cookin At, Mr. Winter’s Snack Shack and Lloyd’s Tacos. The event also includes a beer & wine tent manned by Niagara Active Hose volunteers and grilled summer treats and soft drinks sold by the Town of Niagara Lions Club. “Our concert series and Pride in the Park event has become a great source of revenue for Niagara Active Hose, the Lions Club and local non-for profit who sell 50/50 tickets during the events,” said Lee Wallace.

“We have also had a tremendous amount of support this year from our sponsors which tells us the hard work by our special event and recreation staff is paying off,” said Wallace. “We are grateful to all of our sponsors and especially our three Premium level sponsors Republic Services, Rich Entertainment Group and CRB Holdings’ Tim Horton’s.”

“The lineup of bands is also exceptional this year,” added Wallace. “Chicago Authority starts us off at 2 PM, followed by a fantastic Paul McCartney tribute at 4 PM, Keep the Faith does Bon Jovi at 6 PM and direct from England we have an unbelievable Killer Queen performance to end the night.”

Park visitors are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets and no alcoholic drinks or pets are allowed except certified service dogs. Veteran’s Memorial Community Park is a smoke free zone.

The full music schedule is as follows:

2 PM- Chicago Authority

4 PM- McCartney Yesterday and Today

6 PM- Keep the Faith

8 PM- Killer Queen    

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