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Niagara County’s Super Lawyer Series: Michael H. White to the Defense

Niagara County’s Super Lawyer Series: Michael H. White to the Defense

Community News March 6, 2018 at 1:52 pm

Please click the link below to subscribe to a FREE PDF version of each print edition of the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9   When an individual is going through the criminal justice system, there is often nothing in their life more important to them than what the outcome will be. ItRead More

Could U.S. Gaming Hurt Niagara Tourism?

Could U.S. Gaming Hurt Niagara Tourism?

Local News March 5, 2018 at 11:50 am

Please click the link below to subscribe to a FREE PDF version of each print edition of the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9 Niagara Falls is one of the most famous tourism destinations in North America, and is unique in its situation straddling the U.S.-Canadian border. There’s some chance however that changesRead More

COMMUNITY NEWS: North Tonawanda In-Rem Auction on Saturday March 10th

COMMUNITY NEWS: North Tonawanda In-Rem Auction on Saturday March 10th

Community News March 5, 2018 at 11:20 am

This Saturday, March 10th, 2018, at North Tonawanda City Hall there will be the annual In-Rem auction for foreclosed properties. Registration is at 9am, bidding starts at 10am. Winning bid must have 10% that day for City. Attached is a link to all Residential, Commercial, and Vacant Land properties availableRead More

Dave’s Christmas Wonderland to Open New Store Location in Niagara Falls

Dave’s Christmas Wonderland to Open New Store Location in Niagara Falls

Community News March 5, 2018 at 9:52 am

Dave’s Christmas Wonderland announces the addition of a fourth store location at the Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls in Niagara Falls, New York.  Dave’s Christmas Wonderland is a division of Gordon Companies, a family-owned and –operated business based in Cheektowaga, N.Y. Dave’s Christmas Wonderland will occupy an 8,200-square-foot space locatedRead More

Morinello Targets Stronger Legislation to Benefit Military Veterans

Morinello Targets Stronger Legislation to Benefit Military Veterans

Community News March 4, 2018 at 4:28 pm

Assemblyman Angelo J. Morinello (R,C,I-Ref-Niagara Falls) stood during session to speak on a bill which would provide sick leave to state employees who have served our military in combat theater or combat zones. The legislation designates that these sick days are to be used specifically for any and all periodsRead More

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N.Y.S. Lawsuit Against Wynn Resorts Paints Gruesome Picture of Wynn as Predator/Opportunist & Board Complicit

News March 4, 2018 at 3:14 pm

In the lawsuit  filed by the New York State Common Retirement Fund filed against the Board of Directors of Wynn Resorts Ltd., the complaint paints a nasty picture of Steve Wynn, 76. It also alleges that the board of directors were aware that their CEO was making unwanted sexual advances and pressuringRead More

New York State Retirement Fund Sues Wynn Board of Directors for Ignoring CEO Wynn’s Alleged Sexual Abuses

New York State Retirement Fund Sues Wynn Board of Directors for Ignoring CEO Wynn’s Alleged Sexual Abuses

News March 4, 2018 at 3:09 pm

New York State Retirement Fund, which invests in Wynn Resortss, Sues Wynn Board of Directors for Ignoring CEO Steve Wynn’s Alleged Sexual Abuses The New York State Common Retirement Fund filed a lawsuit against the Board of Directors of Wynn Resorts Ltd. The complaint, filed by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli,Read More

N.Y.S. Comptroller: 1/3 of New York State University Foundations Operating Without Oversight

N.Y.S. Comptroller: 1/3 of New York State University Foundations Operating Without Oversight

News March 4, 2018 at 11:20 am

A third of the 30 State University of New York (SUNY) campus foundations were operating without the contracts they are required to have with their campuses while overseeing and managing billions in donations and resources, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. More than half of theRead More

Councilman Chris Voccio

Chris’s Corner: A Conservative-Libertarian Approach to Fighting Poverty

Community News February 27, 2018 at 12:12 pm

I attended a presentation recently of the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative (ESPRI), a state-funded program announced last year with the noble intention of reducing poverty by helping people enter the workforce and gaining important life skills. We’ve been waging a War on Poverty for half a century now, sinceRead More

Restaurant Review: Kelly’s Corner

Restaurant Review: Kelly’s Corner

Local News February 26, 2018 at 9:33 pm

Lent has arrived!! My favorite time for reviews. I love a good fish fry, which is where Kelly’s Corner comes in. There was no way that I was not going to stop in for a fish fry on the first day of Lent. As usual, I was not disappointed withRead More

NHL Hockey: A Lost Buffalo Sabres Generation

NHL Hockey: A Lost Buffalo Sabres Generation

Community News February 24, 2018 at 10:40 am

Young fan base tuning out as team’s fortunes swoon By Andrew Kulyk and Peter Farrell Go back to Christmas vacation in the mid and late 70s, starting in 1973. That was the time for the much heralded Buffalo Sabres annual open practice. The team would pass out free tickets toRead More

NYS Assembly Member Angelo Morinello.

Morinello Urges Legislature to Act on Reform

News February 24, 2018 at 9:33 am

The 2018 Legislative Session is well under way, yet the state Assembly has little to show for the nearly two months we’ve spent in Albany. When I first ran for office it was my goal to reduce corruption and establish an open and transparent government. Now in my second yearRead More

Who Wants to be the Next Mayor of Niagara Falls?

Who Wants to be the Next Mayor of Niagara Falls?

Local News February 23, 2018 at 7:26 pm

This is, most definitely, the article that many of you have been waiting all year for. In less than twelve months from now, mayoral campaigns will be in full force as they march toward Primary Day, which, for those of you that are looking forward to such a date, willRead More

High Achievement New York to Board of Regents: Move to Full Computer Adaptive Testing by Spring 2021

High Achievement New York to Board of Regents: Move to Full Computer Adaptive Testing by Spring 2021

News February 19, 2018 at 8:02 am

Members of High Achievement New York [HANY] wrote to the State Board of Regents supporting the decision not to pursue a costly Innovative Assessment Pilot under ESSA, and urged the State Education Department to move instead to replace paper and pencil tests with computer adaptive testing by Spring 2021. InRead More

Gearing Up for the Community Memorial Day Parade

Gearing Up for the Community Memorial Day Parade

Community News February 9, 2018 at 1:27 am

By Councilman Kenny Tompkins You wouldn’t know from the frigid temps and falling snow that in a mere three and a half months, we’ll host our third Community Memorial Day Parade. On Saturday, May 26, at 10 am, units will march from the City Market parking lot, up Pine Avenue,Read More

A City by the People: A Developing North Tonawanda Story

A City by the People: A Developing North Tonawanda Story

Community News February 9, 2018 at 12:47 am

By  Zachary S. Niemiec As someone who is originally from North Tonawanda, I’m proud of recent community action against the reestablishment of commercial truck routes on Robinson and Wheatfield Streets. In response to the considered change to commercial truck routes, North Tonawanda residents organized, sent letters, made phone calls, attended meetings, voicedRead More

 FISA WARRANTS ISSUED AGAINST CARTER PAGE UPON APPLICATION AND AFFIDAVIT BY THE FBI, DOJ

 FISA WARRANTS ISSUED AGAINST CARTER PAGE UPON APPLICATION AND AFFIDAVIT BY THE FBI, DOJ

Uncategorized February 8, 2018 at 10:36 pm

The Right Side  by J Gary DiLaura, FBI-RED I have read the Congressional Memo issued by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI). Assuming that the memo is accurate since the cover letter to Chairman Devin Nunes is signed by Speaker Paul Ryan and Congressman Adam Schiff, I can safely explainRead More

October 05, 2017-North Tonawanda, NY- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announces that four Western New York communities have been selected to receive up to $10 million in funding from the Buffalo Billion II initiative. The City of Dunkirk, City of North Tonawanda, City of Lackawanna and Village of Gowanda are recipients of Smart Growth Community Funds for projects that utilize existing infrastructure to support placemaking, walkable communities and sustainable development.

N.T. Council Shades Solar Panel Resolution, Water Treatment Upgrades on Tap for NT/Lockport

Community News February 8, 2018 at 6:12 pm

A position in North Tonawanda city government vacant since Election Day, and one of two full-time positions in the mayor’s office, that of Assistant to the Mayor, has been filled by David Divirgilio, who will earn $45,000. Mr. Divirgilio had previously worked for the city briefly in 2017 as aRead More

Gordon Stewart III To Step Down as City Chair of the Niagara Falls Democratic Committee

Gordon Stewart III To Step Down as City Chair of the Niagara Falls Democratic Committee

Local News February 1, 2018 at 8:13 pm

The Niagara Reporter has just learned that Gordon Stewart III will step down as City Chair of the Niagara Falls City Committee over the next week. Mr. Stewart, who has been Chair for more than three years, said that it was a “family decision.” Democrat Suzanne M. Macri, current NiagaraRead More

GUEST VIEW: A Resident’s Response To Learning The Niagara Falls Police Station Is Closed On Weekends

GUEST VIEW: A Resident’s Response To Learning The Niagara Falls Police Station Is Closed On Weekends

Community News February 1, 2018 at 6:29 pm

The Niagara Falls Reporter received the following email from a concerned resident in Niagara Falls:   “Are you aware that the Niagara Falls Police Office is closed to the public on weekends? I had reason to take a lady to the police station at 5:10 p.m. this past Saturday toRead More

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