Sentences with phrase «50th anniversary»

«This year marks the 50th anniversary of National Poison Prevention Week and through my Outreach we are continuing the program's efforts of prevention and education.

The upgrades at the Niagara Power Vista, which welcomed its seven millionth visitor in 2013 during its 50th anniversary year, will begin this summer, with the work to be completed by the spring of 2016.

A person walks past the artwork of the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Art Collection and is on display during the 50th anniversary of the collection which adorns the walls of the Concourse of the Empire Plaza Feb. 2, 2016 in Albany, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)

Watertown's City Hall celebrated its 50th anniversary Friday.

The New York Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators is gearing up to mark its 50th anniversary in Albany next weekend, and will be honoring two veteran New York City politicians.

Funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, is being targeted for budget cuts by lawmakers and an influential conservative think tank whose findings have helped shape the Trump administration's still - forming budget.

Ambode however, called on participants outside Lagos to find time to visit the tempo of ceremonies for the 50th anniversary of the state.

Also at 6 p.m., de Blasio and NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray host a reception to mark the 50th anniversary of the Lindsay administration, Gracie Mansion, 88th Street and East End Avenue, Manhattan.

There can be spikes and troughs in attitudes towards the NHS itself: the coverage of the 50th anniversary saw a 10 point rise in support for it, for example.

At 9:30 a.m., Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul will address Vietnam - era veterans on the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War, George F. Lamm American Legion Post, 962 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville.

Also at 6 p.m., Macy's hosts a fashion show to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, hosted by costume designers from «Made in NY» Patricia Field and Jacqueline Demeterio, Macy's Herald Square, 151 W 34th St., Manhattan.

He said this year's edition also coincided with Lagos 50th Anniversary celebration, saying that it would also offer opportunity to woo Nigerians in diaspora and tourists alike to visit Lagos.

In 2015 it celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Also at 10 a.m., Waterkeeper Alliance President of the Board Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Riverkeeper President Paul Gallay mark Riverkeeper's 50th anniversary year with a press event aboard a Durst Class NY Water Taxi, to present «State of the Hudson and Our Water Supply,» Battery Park, 22 Battery Pl., Manhattan.

He said: «Like you mentioned this a year of celebration, you know Lagos is marking 50th anniversary but what matters is the future of Lagos in another 50 years.

It is lamentable that the British government should mark the 50th anniversary of international abandonment of this unique and spiritual people by effectively conceding to Beijing.

2012 is also the centenary of the opening of Britain's first automatic telephone exchange in Epsom and the 50th anniversary of the launch of TELSTAR, the communications satellite which captured the world's imagination.

At 7:30 a.m., the Puerto Rican Bar Association holds a march over the Brooklyn Bridge in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 225 Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn.

At 10:30 a.m., Sen. Kathy Marchione and Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner present their bipartisan Legislative Resolution honoring SPAC's 50th Anniversary, outside the Senate Chamber, State Capitol, Albany.

«What they saw during the sit - at - home exercise to mark the 50th anniversary celebration of Biafra declaration by General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu marvelled them irrespective of the promises made to them by their stooges in Biafra land.

Pro-Tibet activists are putting pressure on the UK government to secure action from China on the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising.

At 10 a.m., NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Commissioner Julie Menin will deliver remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, joined by Alicia Keys, John Leguizamo, Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal, Museum of the Moving Image, 36 - 01 35th Ave., Queens.

Thursday Morning Roundtable is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and Miner's speech had the same title as the inaugural speech given by Republican Mayor William Walsh in March 1965: «Our major strengths and weaknesses, as seen from city hall.»

The Minority Caucus acknowledged National Poison Prevention Week's 50th anniversary during its March 15, 2012 session.

Coaches get excited about the 50th anniversary of the Army - Notre Dame college football match - up, which will be played at the new Yankee Stadium in November.

505, a resolution commemorating the Higher Education Act's 50th anniversary.

«This is the 50th anniversary of National Poison Prevention Week and its efforts have proven effective based on the drop in reported deaths associated with accidental poisonings over the years.»

The book's 50th anniversary in 2006 sparked a new debate with leading Labour figures including Gordon Brown, Jack Straw, [4] Ed Miliband, [5] Roy Hattersley [6] and others setting out views of its relevance to the next generation of «post-New Labour» politics.

«This year we are celebrating the Hall of Fame's 50th anniversary of recognizing the talent in Westchester that has had such an important impact in advancing sports.»

WHITE PLAINS, NY — Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino announced that the 50th Anniversary Westchester Sports Hall of Fame dinner and ceremony will be held beginning at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, at the Westchester County Center in White Plains.

The Head of State spoke at the 50th anniversary of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan.

Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of the civil rights marches in Selma, Alabama that came to be known as «Bloody Sunday.»

Approximately 2,500 people visit Pavilion during celebration NYC Parks» Queens Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski today joined Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, Assemblywoman Margaret Markey and National Trust for Historic Preservation board member Paul Goldberger to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 1964 - 65 World's Fair and announce that Flushing Meadows Corona Park's New -LSB-...]

Photo: Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell presents CAST president Denis Noncarrow with a proclamation in September honoring CAST's 50th anniversary.

Sen. Betty Little (R - Queensbury) and faculty member Larry McFaddin were each honored during the event, held as part of the institution's 50th anniversary celebration.

A bustling crowd of members and well - wishers turned out at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Suffern for the RBA's 50th anniversary party.

We just celebrated the 50th anniversary of Selma, but there is no real celebration for Westchester residents.

The 50th anniversary of the launch of the 3Rs concept, published in the book «The Principles of Humane Experimental Technique» by William Russell and Rex Burch, was marked in 2009 with several organisations expressing concern about the number of animals still being used in research.

«The 50th anniversary of Chisholm's election to Congress shows the kind of leadership that has incubated in New York,» she said.

Even though agency finances were in shambles, the board also approved two parties in April and May 2009 to celebrate the district's 50th anniversary at a combined cost of almost $ 2,800.

Mills and China's former President Hu Jintao, marked the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two nations, at the Great Hall of the People on 20 September 2010.

In the evening, Pence will deliver keynote remarks at a dinner on Advancing Prosperity & Economic Growth Throughout the Western Hemisphere honoring AACCLA's 50th Anniversary & AmCham Chile's 100th Anniversary.

The Broome County Urban League 50th Anniversary Gala will be on Saturday, May 5 at the McKinley in Endicott from 6 to 10 p.m. Tickets are $ 75 and can be purchased here.

Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it to the actual awards ceremony in NYC Friday evening, since I'll be down in Texas for a family event (we're having a big party for my parents» 50th anniversary, with kinfolk coming in from all over).

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of her election, the SNP is now the third party in the House of Commons and in its third term as the Government of Scotland.

At 7 p.m., Hochul delivers remarks to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Dr., Harlem.

At 5:30 p.m., Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr. hosts an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Bronx County Building, Veterans» Memorial Hall, 851 Grand Concourse, the Bronx.

The NYS Bar Association and NYS Court System are marking the 50th anniversary of Family Court this Friday.

The incident happened during rallies to mark the 50th anniversary of the defunct Biafra Republic.

Col. Azubike Nass, a retired officer of the Nigerian Army, who saw war as a member of the Boys Brigade, before later going on to train at the Nigerian Defence Academy, writes on Baifra's 50th anniversary.