Although the subject was electricity, no representatives of National Grid or the state Power Authority attended a meeting held in a small room at the Tuscarora Indians' brand new $7 million community building.
Looking back, maybe it was a bad idea to fire Roger Melchior. Financially, anyway. Even though the chronically unemployed former fire chief only lasted two months, at least he was earning the base salary of $79,092. Since Melchior was fired in February 2011 for making racial remarks on a website, the city has been without a fire chief for nearly a year.
With all the talk about head injuries to athletes in the mainstream media lately, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center is taking action to provide training and treatment for sports-related concussions.
We've been writing for years now about what a sad-sack loser county Democratic Chairman Dan Rivera is, and the results of the past two general elections have done nothing to disabuse us of that notion.
A few weeks ago, Niagara Falls Republican City Chairman Robert Krause sent a letter to Niagara County District Attorney Michael Violante asking his office to investigate whether Niagara Falls City Councilmember Kristen Grandinetti intentionally or accidentally collected overpayments totaling $5,670 last year on her health insurance opt-out bonus from the city.
Ever since Joncaire dug a little trench at the rapids just above the falls to divert some water power, the question of abasement of the grandeur of the cataracts came into existence.
The new movie about the events in the life of a young boy after the aftermath of 9/11, "Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close," has been receiving mixed reviews. Many critics are acting as if the filmmakers behind this excellent work have committed some sort of cinematic sin by invoking the events of the day that forever changed America and placing all the weight of a weary world on the shoulders of a child.
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