NIAGARA FALLS REPORTER

The Falls' Only Locally Owned Newspaper
To comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Jan. 31 - Feb. 7, 2012
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LEAD STORIES

COUNCIL PUSHES FOR IN-HOUSE HIRING
By Ron Churchill
Mayor Paul A. Dyster's plan to find "the best and the brightest" to fill top city posts through nationwide searches has failed miserably.
COUNCIL SENDS LETTER TO GOV. CUOMO
By Ron Churchill
Two city council members and Mayor Paul Dyster met with Seneca Nation President Robert Porter and other Senecas last week, and the council fired off a letter inviting Gov. Andrew Cuomo to visit Niagara Falls.
THIRD ANNUAL HEALTHY HEART FAIR TO HEADLINE NFMMC'S AMERICAN HEART MONTH EVENTS
By Ron Churchill
Is your heart in the right place?
MARGARET L. WENDT FOUNDATION AWARDS $125,000 CHALLENGE GRANT TO NFMMC
By Ron Churchill
The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation has awarded a $125,000 challenge grant to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center to be used toward the renovation of a medical-surgical unit at the hospital.

COLUMNS

PALTRY PAYOFFS NO PRIZE FOR TUSCARORAS
By Mike Hudson
As members of the Tuscarora ruling junta scrambled to buy support for their regime with the promise of paltry individual payouts on the reservation last week, documents made available to the Niagara Falls Reporter show that a secret agreement being hammered out with the federal government threatens to keep the illegitimate leadership in power for years to come.
SPCA INVESTIGATION INVITES LOOK AT OTHER FORMS OF ANIMAL CRUELTY
FROM THE PUBLISHER By Frank Parlato Jr.
There is, of course, a lot of controversy and indignation over the alleged improper and excessive euthanasia of cats and dogs at the Niagara County SPCA.
FAITH THE DOG INSPIRING YET DISTURBING
By Frank Thomas Croisdale
Faith the dog freaks me the hell out. I know I should be happy that her life was spared and that she adapted to a whole new way of ambulatory movement, but looking at that dog get up and walk gives me the creeps in a way that few other things ever have.

LOCAL HISTORY

EXCITING NEW FINDS INVOLVING PORTERS
By Bob Kostoff
Rummaging through old stuff or simply surfing the Net can sometimes turn up exciting little gems, especially for history buffs.

SCREEN SCENE

WEB EXCLUSIVE! CLOSE DESERVES OSCAR FOR 'ALBERT NOBBS'
By Michael Calleri
In my review of "The Iron Lady," which stars Meryl Streep as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, I praised her acting, but I had reservations about the quality of the movie.



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Publisher: Frank Parlato Jr.
Editor in Chief: Mike Hudson
Managing Editor: Rebecca Hudson
Senior Editor: Margaret Coghlan
Contributing Editors: Michael Calleri, Frank Thomas Croisdale, Bob Kostoff
Contributor: Ron Churchill
Marketing Director: Dr. Chitra Selvaraj