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COTTRELL ACTIONS RAISE ETHICS CONCERNS

By Frank Parlato Jr.

It looks like a conflict of interest. 
Tour company owner Kevin Cottrell agreed that, while serving as the city's $74,800-a-year Underground Railroad promoter, he would not book tours through his private company, Motherland Connextions, a company founded by him that offers tours of sites connected with Underground Railroad history. 

EDITORIAL: HOLIDAY MARKET MISLEADS PUBLIC IN CLAIMING $31,000 LOSS

The Niagara Holiday Market ran last year from November 26 to December 31 and every dime of public money - $225,000 from the city and $251,000 from the state, through USA Niagara, is gone. After the final bills are paid, less than $1,000 will remain in the account.

WERE TENT EXPENSES AT THE HOLIDAY MARKET INFLATED?

By Frank Parlato Jr.

For those who have followed the Niagara Falls Reporter’s repeated attempts to get information from the decidedly non-transparent Dyster administration, we are pleased to announce that we have received word from Nadine Wasson, Principal Clerk of the Niagara Falls City Clerk's Office. 

HOLIDAY MARKET: BOUNCED CHECK, SHORTCHANGED WORKERS

By Frank Parlato Jr.

There is growing evidence that numerous people that did business with Holiday Market developer Mark Rivers were shortchanged, if not outright cheated.
In the wake of earlier reports, two employees of the Market called the Niagara Falls Reporter to say that Mr. Rivers shorted them on their paychecks. One sent copies of her actual paychecks and time sheets to attempt to prove it. One of them was an $8 per hour employee who said she was stiffed on her last check at Christmas time. 

SOME THINGS AREN'T WHAT THEY SEEM

By Mike Hudson

There was more to it than that, of course.
In the oddly blended mixture of Buddhism and Shintoism that constitutes organized religion throughout much of Japan, there is a belief that old and thrown away objects, after a certain period of time, became possessed by demons angered by their casual abandonment. These were the dread tsukumogami.

CERETTO CANDIDACY GAINS ENDORSEMENTS

By Joseph F. Donovan

What makes the recent list of endorsements of New York State Assembly candidate John Ceretto, a Republican, so interesting is that they come from a diverse group of supporters.
 Mr. Ceretto is running for a second term this year in a newly re-drawn 145th Assembly District that encompasses much of his present 138th district. His principal opponent is likely to be Democrat, Robert Restaino, a lawyer and former judge.

Dr. CORASANTI'S TESTIMONY STILL TO COME

By Tony Farina

During my many years as a working journalist, I’ve covered just about every kind of story you can imagine, from pathological racist Joseph Christopher’s one-man war against blacks that began in 1980 and claimed at least 13 victims, one in Niagara Falls, to the brutal attack on Councilman Robert Anderson’s daughter that left her in a coma.

WALLENDA RUFFLES DYSTER'S FEATHERS

By Shellene D. Reich

Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster fought hard to give Mark River’s “spectacular failure,” the Niagara Holiday Market $225,000 and fought to give the billion dollar Hard Rock Café Inc. more than $600,000 for their wasteful “Mayor’s-vanity” summer concert series. It was the public's money, not his of course.

GAMING ODDS STACKED AGAINST NEW YORKERS

By Lenny Palumbo

The New York State Legislature recently voted in favor of a constitutional amendment that would allow seven Las Vegas-style, non-Indian-owned, private casinos. The amendment will need to be approved by the Legislature again and then by voters to become law. New York State’s hypocrisy regarding the prohibition of gambling may be coming to an end.

MAIN STREET SUMMER FESTIVAL WILL SHOWCASE 28 BANDS

By Frank Thomas Croisdale

ick Crogan and Michele Altman are leading a group of volunteers to put on the 2nd Annual Main Street Music and Art Festival, to be held on June 23 and 24, the weekend of the Niagara Homecoming.  The festival, which debuted last year, will feature 28 bands and a variety of offerings from food vendors and the work of dozens of local artisans. Niagara Hub, a local news and film internet site, will be covering the event.

ANELLO: "NO PLANS" TO RUN FOR OFFICE

A rumor has been widely circulating in the city that former Niagara Falls Mayor, Vince Anello will run for city council in 2012 and that he has already opened a campaign bank account.

PUTTING FOR PENGUINS GOLD OUTING SET FOR JULY 13TH TO BENEFIT AQUARIUM OF NIAGARA

By Tony Farina

One of the aquatic treasures in our own backyard (and in this case, I’m not talking about the falls) is gearing up for its seventh annual golf party July 13th at the Newfane Pro Am course that will feature day-night action on the links to help keep the treasure afloat.

MARINELLO ACCUSED OF NOT DOING "HOMEWORK" IN SCHOOL BOARD CAMPAIGN

By Nick Vilardo

An individual running for the Board of Education has submitted letters to local papers casting aspersion on the work of the school district and its leadership. He most recently asserted that the District ranks poorly academically, that student attendance is down, teacher turnovers are up, and the graduation rate is low. He laid the blame for these supposed failings at the feet of the district leaders and the Board of Education.

LOCKPORT GYNECOLOGIST, FOUNDER OF ARTEMIS, USING ADVANCED ROBOTIC SURGERY AT MEMORIAL

By Ron Churchill

Dr. Julie A. Madejski, a gynecologist and surgeon, is a progressive doctor, providing, besides physician’s care, massage therapy, Reiki, and holistic medicine for her patients at Artemis Center for Health and Wellness, Western New York's Holistic Gynecology Practice in Lockport .

 

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Publisher: Frank Parlato Jr.
Editor in Chief: Mike Hudson
Managing Editor: Dr. Chitra Selvaraj
Senior Editor: Margaret Coghlan
Contributors: Tony Farina, Ron Churchill, Lenny Palumbo, Joseph F. Donovan, Frank Thomas Croisdale, Shellene D. Reich,
Marketing Director: Michelle Reeb