By Frank Dux; Despite its name, ‘Mixed Martial Arts’ (MMA) is not a martial art. It’s a professional sport. It is a business and athletes are paid to compete. The perception that MMA training is superior to traditional Martial Arts in terms of preparedness in dealing with a street crimeRead More

By Frank Parlato; Rus Thompson is about to stand trial in New York State Supreme Court, before Hon, Justice Russell Buscaglia, on felony charges of voter fraud. For the record, this is the first time the Erie County District Attorney’s Office has been known to criminally charge a citizen forRead More

By Frank Parlato; It’s no secret that Gov. Andrew Cuomo takes care of his friends, and Jeremy Jacobs, of Delaware North has certainly been a friend to Cuomo. From funneling millions through the Committee to Save New York to promote Cuomo to donating so much to his campaign that itRead More

NU, NCC, a Craft Beer Brewery, a free parking ramp, student dorms reportedly part of plans By Frank Parlato Sometime soon Gov. Andrew Cuomo will arrive in Niagara Falls to announce the Hotel Niagara will be developed and operated by Delaware North. He won’t say he is gifting the hotelRead More

  By J Gary DiLaura [FBI Special Agent; Retired]; The President of the United States has the absolute power to protect the American Citizens! He is cognizant of information that no one else has. This information comes to him from numerous Intelligence sources and confidential sources. Because of the President’sRead More

By Frank Parlato; A lawyer who the New York State Attorney General alleges was extorted by Steven Pigeon has left Buffalo. Edward A. Betz, 30, joined the Carlisle Law Firm, P.C. in Ogdensburg, NY. Ogdensburg, pop. 11,000, is in Saint Lawrence County, about 300 miles from Buffalo and 30 milesRead More

By Kenny Tompkins; Niagara Falls City Councilman One area that continues to be a problem in Niagara Falls is our code enforcement of derelict properties in our city. These properties pose a safety hazard for residents, decreases property values, and make our city unappealing. Last summer, I rode around withRead More

  The Niagara Arts & Cultural Center (NACC) is holding an art exhibition entitled Artists of Color: Freedom through March 19 at their Townsend Gallery. The works of African American artists of Western New York, including Niagara Falls, Buffalo and Rochester are on display, according to exhibit curator Ray Robertson.Read More

By Jim Ostrowski; I have advocated a free market approach to transportation since 1989.  In an article, published in Business First, I proposed allowing drivers of smaller vehicles to compete with buses and provide a better product including door-to-door service.  After the digital age came along, companies like Uber beganRead More

By Tony Farina; It is truly a David vs. Goliath story playing out in Albany these days as the ride-sharing giant Uber and its smaller competitor, Lyft, inch closer to their goal of operating beyond New York City and likely overwhelming conventional taxi services across the state, especially if theyRead More

  The medical director of the new cardiac catheterization laboratory at The Heart Center of Niagara will be the featured speaker Wednesday (Feb. 15) during a Heart Month luncheon at the Elderwood Residences at Wheatfield Community Center, 2600 Niagara Falls Blvd. Neil Dashkoff, M.D., will discuss “Heart Health and theRead More

A Chronic Disease Self-Management Workshop will be held Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at Town of Niagara (Calvin Richards) Community Center (7000 Lockport Road, Niagara Falls, 14305) from 12:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. There is no charge to attend. The purpose of the workshop is to provide simple steps that helpRead More

By Tony Farina; Laureen Jacobs, the treasurer of former NY State Sen. George Maziarz’s campaign committee, has filed amended spending reports with the State Board of Elections covering three years (2010, 2012, 2013). Legal sources have confirmed the filing was emailed to the board by lawyers for Jacobs on TuesdayRead More

  By James Hufnagel; Ten years into the tenure of Mayor Paul Dyster, the streets of Niagara Falls have never looked worse. Shortly after Dyster was elected in 2007, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter gifted him $3.6 million of federal tax dollars for street repaving. Main Street, among several other streets downtown,Read More

By Frank Parlato; THE STATE CONTRACT FROM HELL Last week we began the story of Bhavesh H. Kamdar, a civil engineer from western India. This week we continue the story.                                        Read More

By Tony Farina; Could it be the start of a new era of bipartisanship, a new and exciting chapter in the city of Niagara Falls, a heavily Democratic urban core in a county where Republicans control the legislature 11 to 4? Well, nobody should jump to conclusions too quickly becauseRead More

By Tom Fitton;                                                                                              Read More

By Frank Parlato; Our esteemed colleague James Hufnagel has taken the time to address a serious issue in this edition – a New York State taxpayer-funded brochure promoting Andrew Cuomo, who is presently governor of New York State. The brochure entitled “NEW YORK STATE EXCELSIOR EVER UPWARD – Advancing theRead More

BMA has guidelines for right words for doctors to use…   The British Medical Association (BMA) has published a booklet for its 160,000 members entitled, “A guide to effective communication: inclusive language in the workplace”. The booklet is intended as a guide on what are right and wrong words forRead More

Ready To Run for Office? This year there are numerous public offices up for election. In Niagara County, all 15 seats in the County Legislature will be decided by voters this year. There will be elections for supervisor, mayor, alderman and council members, coroner, tax receiver, town justice, judge, andRead More