Location: Como Restaurant Date/Time: Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. Once again the Judges and Police Executives Conference of Niagara County gathered for their annual Christmas celebration at the Como Restaurant.  Members of the organization enjoyed the Christmas celebration.  But much more than that, the group was again ableRead More

Mark Laurrie, the recently installed Superintendent of Schools for the Niagara Falls School District, has risen through the ranks of this school district and its city. He was a student of the district and worked in the district for years as an administrator before being appointed by the Niagara Falls School Board toRead More

Neil Dashkoff, M.D., a prominent Western New York cardiologist and the former director of the cardiac catheterization (cardiac cath) laboratory at Erie County Medical Center, will become medical director of the new cardiac cath lab at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. Currently under construction on the second floor of TheRead More

Sponsored by Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York, The Connection is a teen pregnancy prevention youth drop-in Center at 1700 Main Street in Niagara Falls. At The Connection, youth ages 11-19 years old can spend after-school hours doing homework, relaxing in a safe space or engaging in healthRead More

Proud parents Vik and Naveet Bhargava joyfully announce the birth of a daughter, Sahana Bhargava and have informed their friends that “Sahana looks forward to being a part of your world, and we look forward to you enriching her life!” Her father, Vik Bhargava, in addition to his varied businessRead More

By Matt Cole Lewiston has long been considered, by locals, to be the Hamptons of Niagara County. The quaint shops of Center Street, the elegant pre-Victorian era homes. It’s the combination of the historic and modern worlds that the community works so hard to protect and maintain. At the forefrontRead More

  By Patrick J. Bradley Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center is seeking the public’s help in identifying community healthcare needs. Input is being gathered via an online survey that will be posted until Dec. 5. The survey, accessible via the hospital’s home page at NFMMC.org, takes only a few minutesRead More

“Small Business Saturday” is a quaint new phenomenon that’s been gaining popularity the past few years, not just locally, but in many communities across the country. It’s to encourage patronage of small, local businesses, the true lifeblood of everyday Main Street, USA in terms of employment and economic activity, asRead More

The gala “Holly Trolley” featuring Santa Claus and his public sector equivalent, Mayor Paul Dyster, will be making the holiday rounds again this year on Dec. 2. The trolley will leave City Hall at 5:15 pm, stop at Gill Creek Park at 5:20 pm, Tom Barber Park, next to Foley’sRead More

(Editor’s note: Town of Grand Island Supervisor Nate McMurray sends out often lengthy, very well written and informative emails rather regularly to the public about the Town of Grand Island. We believe McMurray is a sincere and earnest man in a world of political cravens and is trying to doRead More

By Nate McMurray Supervisor, Grand Island I wanted to provide you a proper update on the meeting last week for the bike path. New York State will move forward with the Grand Island West River Parkway closure. In summary, the state’s plan is: · Safe—removal of 55 mph road, greatestRead More

By  Joseph A. Ruffolo President & CEO Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Just in time for the upcoming holidays, beautiful Schoellkopf Park on the campus of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical is again shining brightly as a beacon of goodwill for the entire community. Thanks to members of International Brotherhood of ElectricalRead More

Only 17 days left before the doors swing open at this year’s Lewiston Tour of Homes, which will take place at the following dates and times: Saturday, December 3 and Sunday, December 4 from 9:30am to 1:15pm, and again from 1pm to 5pm. Each home on the tour has beenRead More

By John Hazel (Ed. Note: The following is in response to the Reporter article last week announcing that Niagara Falls ranks #1 in  burglaries in New York State.) Home burglaries occur most often during the day, while the residents are at work and the house is unoccupied. Most burglars do notRead More

By Matt Cole The Spectacle that was the UFC 205 Weigh-ins, the first televised UFC event ever to be held inside Madison Square Garden, – the holiest of holies to sports fans worldwide – definitely did not disappoint. From the nearly 20,000 screaming fans, to the ever popular chats ofRead More

by Matt Cole The first ever Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event at Madison Square Garden will take place this Saturday November 12th. The highly anticipated and globally watched event, which is long in the making, comes on the heels of the legalization of the sport of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)Read More

A Public Service Announcement Annual Lord’s Day Dinner November 24,2016    Thanksgiving Day      FREE DINNER For areas neediest families V.F.W. 917 LaSalle Griffin Post      2435 Seneca Avenue Niagara Falls, NY. USA          12noon until 6:00 pm. Certified Elderly / Wheelchair bound / disabled in need of a dinner mustRead More

Maybe we’re just a little bit dense, but we’re having a little trouble understanding some of the language of the Government Directed Health Care Industry. Help us out. For example, among Niagara Falls Community events scheduled for this week is a public forum titled “A Community Conversation on Mental HealthRead More

By Charles from Niagara Falls I was in the doctor’s office and just happened to pick up the paper, and it seems like you were sticking up for black people in Buffalo. Police are killing their dogs for petty weed that they find in their house. I’m contacting you because theyRead More

A Niagara Falls woman has reached out to the Reporter to help save a family dog, which is desperately ill. “Please help Belle,” Jessica Lynn Stewart pleaded on Facebook, “She is a 4 month old mastiff/bull dog and has just been diagnosed with a rare medical condition. She has aRead More