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Dr. Matthew DiPaola to present  program on shoulder arthritis

Dr. Matthew DiPaola to present program on shoulder arthritis

Community News January 14, 2017 at 2:21 am

Although shoulders are less likely to be involved with arthritis than hips or knees, shoulder arthritis is quite common. But, its not always as straightforward as one might think. Matthew J. DiPaola, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon with extensive experience in treating shoulder arthritis, will discuss its diagnosis and treatment duringRead More

Bruce goes after the Chosen Few, with aplomb, panache, perjury and a lying informant

Bruce goes after the Chosen Few, with aplomb, panache, perjury and a lying informant

News January 12, 2017 at 8:16 am

Informant Ignasiak, like Bruce, was the true criminal in the case This week we continue our series on former Assistant US Attorney Anthony M. Bruce, who was with Department of Justice for 38 years before retiring in 2016. In one of Bruce’s more famous cases, against 20 members of theRead More

Food-Stamp Recipients Can Order from Amazon, Other Online Retailers

Food-Stamp Recipients Can Order from Amazon, Other Online Retailers

News January 12, 2017 at 7:59 am

Food-stamp recipients can use their taxpayer-funded benefit to order online from retailers like Amazon under a new Obama administration initiative that aims to facilitate the shopping experience for rural and urban residents. It marks the latest of many costly experiments by the administration to expand the fraud-infested program, which hasRead More

Gov. Cuomo “State of the State” speech deconstructed

Gov. Cuomo “State of the State” speech deconstructed

News January 12, 2017 at 7:46 am

Oblivious to the fact that most have “had it up to here” with his failed policies, and as a dress rehearsal for his run for the White House in a couple of years, Gov. Andrew Cuomo hit the road this week carrying his “Happy Days are here again, the skyRead More

Yellowstone National Park is evocative of "the popular image of Buffalo as a wintry cold place" in "Buffalo Views", the new book by Larry and Lyn Beahan.

“Buffalo View” chronicles WNY Ecology Scene

Erie County January 12, 2017 at 6:42 am

Readers of the Buffalo News are no strangers to the guest editorials written by local author and noted environmentalist Larry Beahan of Williamsville. Now a number of his thoughtful and erudite columns, spanning two decades, have been neatly tied together in book form, entitled “Buffalo View”. Wide-ranging topics from climateRead More

NFMMC Chairman Memorial Chairman James Roscetti (pictured with Dr. Sujatha Addagatla)

Memorial Gala to Honor Roscetti, Dr. Chandan

Community News January 12, 2017 at 6:41 am

It is a special night. The annual black tie gala sponsored by the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center’s Foundation will be held Saturday at the Seneca Niagara Casino, and will honor two of the area’s best, a medical professional and a veteran lawyer who have distinguished themselves with their contributionsRead More

Defendant Walker Elected Chairman; Touma Weighs Future

Defendant Walker Elected Chairman; Touma Weighs Future

Niagara Falls January 12, 2017 at 6:37 am

“Could only happen in Niagara Falls!” That’s what people were saying this week after Councilman Charles Walker – who is still dealing with four misdemeanor charges brought by the state attorney general for allegedly failing to file campaign finance reports – was elected to either his third or fourth two-yearRead More

New York State of Health website a boon for software giant Adobe Systems

New York State of Health website a boon for software giant Adobe Systems

State and National News January 12, 2017 at 6:35 am

As part of the implementation of the 2010 federal Affordable Care Act (ACA), popularly called “Obamacare”, an online insurance exchange was created to enable New York residents to purchase health insurance from private insurers participating in the new internet marketplace. Over 3.3 million New Yorkers purchased health insurance from “NewRead More

OBAMACARE-  A SCHEME TO DEFRAUD?

OBAMACARE- A SCHEME TO DEFRAUD?

Uncategorized January 12, 2017 at 6:34 am

The Right Side By J Gary DiLaura How can highly educated people possibly be as dumb as they seem to be? It seems impossible… implausible, freaking incredible, to me! Some do the stupidest things possible… or do they?  Was passing a sweeping health reform bill without ANY bipartisan input, withoutRead More

Destino Speaks Out On His Untimely Firing by Dyster

Destino Speaks Out On His Untimely Firing by Dyster

Niagara Falls January 12, 2017 at 2:39 am

By Johnny Destino “(I)t is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. Can you forgive me?” – Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest When I accepted the position of Purchasing Agent with the city ofRead More

Niagara Falls jokes

Niagara Falls jokes

Uncategorized January 12, 2017 at 1:04 am

Shortly after the new year, Mayor Paul Dyster called in four employees for a meeting. “Staff,” he said, “this really cuts me to the quick, but I’m going to have to let one of you go.” The Black employee spoke up right away: “I’m a protected minority.” Then the femaleRead More

Print edition: Jan 12, 2017

Print edition: Jan 12, 2017

Online Newspaper January 12, 2017 at 1:02 am
Assemblyman Angelo J. Morinello

Assembly Member Morinello’s Committee Roles Position Him to Fight for Local Control of Tourism

Niagara County January 12, 2017 at 1:01 am

Newly elected NYS Assemblyman Angelo J. ‘Judge’ Morinello (R,C,I,Ref-Niagara Falls) whose district includes Niagara County and Grand Island in Erie County, has been assigned several committees for the 2017-2018 Legislative Session. This session, Morinello will serve as member of the Codes, Higher Education, Housing and Tourism Committees, and will serveRead More

Schwandt is going over to NYPA, will resign as Alderwoman in North Tonawanda 

Schwandt is going over to NYPA, will resign as Alderwoman in North Tonawanda 

News January 12, 2017 at 1:00 am

North Tonawanda Alderwoman-at-Large Catherine Schwandt will be resigning from her elected position with the city of North Tonawanda to pursue a full-time position with the New York Power Authority (NYPA), she announced this week. NYPA is the behemoth, quasi-governmental authority that the late Robert Moses headed and which, since 1957,Read More

Dyster fires Destino on day before civil service kicked in

Dyster fires Destino on day before civil service kicked in

News January 7, 2017 at 4:46 am

By Frank Parlato; Firing him on the last day before his job became protected by civil service law, Mayor Paul Dyster has fired Johnny Destino, the director of purchasing for Niagara Falls. Destino was hired in May 2015, shortly after Dyster announced he was running for reelection as mayor ofRead More

Reflections on… My First Year in Council

Reflections on… My First Year in Council

Uncategorized January 7, 2017 at 4:02 am

By Kenny Tompkins Niagara Falls City Council January 1 marked my first official year as a Niagara Falls City Council member. What a year this has been! There was a mix of successes and frustrations that come with government. The biggest plus of this job has been the opportunity toRead More

Source: Cuomo Finds Ceretto Cushy Job at State Parks

Source: Cuomo Finds Ceretto Cushy Job at State Parks

News January 6, 2017 at 7:23 pm

This just in: Since publishing our article on “Are Democrats Scrambling to Find a Job for Ceretto”, we have been informed that former Assemblyman John Ceretto (Democrat  -> Republican -> Democrat) has landed a job with NY State Parks and will be stationed at the Niagara Falls State Park. His “title”Read More

CAROLINE WOJTASZEK SWEARING-IN SPEECH –December 31, 2016

CAROLINE WOJTASZEK SWEARING-IN SPEECH –December 31, 2016

Niagara County January 6, 2017 at 2:27 pm

(Editor’s note: The role of the District Attorney is an important one and in Niagara County, residents have a new person in the position. Inasmuch as Niagara County DA Caroline Wojtaszek ran unopposed last year, residents perhaps had less exposure to her plans and ideals than they might have hadRead More

Meet the new Grand Island waterfront after the West River Connector Trail is completed.

Grand Island, “An Island without Fear”

News January 6, 2017 at 1:54 pm

 2016—year in review,  2017—continuing the path By Nate McMurray Supervisor Grand Island Roundabout: I spent the first month in office working to keep a campaign promise by literally sitting in the waiting room until the DOT agreed to commit to a new landscaping plan for the roundabout (adding rock and 14Read More

Assemblyman Angelo Morinello joined by his mother in taking his oath of office.

MORINELLO SWORN INTO OFFICE

Niagara County January 6, 2017 at 9:57 am

Today, Assemblyman Angelo Morinello (R,C,I,Ref-Niagara Falls) took his oath of office and was sworn in as a member of the New York State Legislature. Morinello was elected on November 8, 2016, defeating the incumbent of six years. Morinello will represent parts of Niagara and Erie counties, including the towns ofRead More

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