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Copy of Niagara Falls Draft Audit

Niagara Falls September 1, 2017 at 5:34 am

 

"The City’s adopted general fund budget for 2017 was approximately $93 million." With casino revenue going away, it's about to hit the fan, and we don't mean this pie.

Mayor Dyster, do-nothing Council to thank for City of Niagara Falls’ Looming Fiscal Nightmare

Niagara Falls September 1, 2017 at 5:32 am

It hit us right between the eyes the instant we pulled it up on the computer. The as yet-unreleased New York State Comptroller’s draft audit, or “Report of Examination – City of Niagara Falls Financial Condition” for the period from January, 2015 to late June of this year, admonishes atRead More

Food Hall Concept Expected to Open in Niagara Falls, N.Y.

Food Hall Concept Expected to Open in Niagara Falls, N.Y.

Niagara County September 1, 2017 at 5:20 am

Chef driven food hall now accepting merchant applications Mercado Development has announced plans to develop a “chef driven” food hall at the Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls, USA. The food hall – which is called “HIP CITY” – is expected to be open for business in the spring of 2018.Read More

Chris Voccio

Former Gazette Publisher runs for City Council

Niagara Falls September 1, 2017 at 5:10 am

Why I’m running, where I stand By Chris Voccio On May 12th of this year I turned 50 and I retired from the newspaper industry, where I spent 30 years. Late that afternoon I also announced my candidacy for Niagara Falls City Council. That wasn’t originally part of the plan.Read More

Financial Pro Amber Hill States her case for Council

Financial Pro Amber Hill States her case for Council

Niagara Falls September 1, 2017 at 5:08 am

By Amber Hill-Donhauser My name is Amber Hill-Donhauser, and I am running on the Democratic line for Niagara Falls City Council. I wish to take one of the three spots that are available in this election, preferably the position to be left open by a retiring council member. I grewRead More

Robert Pascoal

Council Candidate Pascoal Opposes Reassessment

Niagara Falls September 1, 2017 at 5:06 am

By Robert Pascoal There is a fundamental difference between policy and politics. Politics is when what you do is motivated by how you can better the members of your party. Policy is when you are motivated to improve the general good of people regardless of party. I’ve always believed inRead More

Lewiston Peach Fest is just Around the Corner!

Lewiston Peach Fest is just Around the Corner!

Community News September 1, 2017 at 5:03 am

Billed as “An Old Fashioned Festival complete with a Parade, Peach Shortcake, food, vendors, carnival rides and 3 days of stage entertainment,” not to mention fireworks and a 5K Run for the Peaches, the Lewiston Peach Fest is scheduled to run from Thursday, Sept. 7 through Sunday, Sept. 10. ARead More

Power Authority Relicensing Proceeds’ Tortured Trail to your pocket

Power Authority Relicensing Proceeds’ Tortured Trail to your pocket

Niagara County September 1, 2017 at 5:02 am

By Paulette Glasgow Information is power. The more information you know, the more you are educated on the facts. Recently, I received a flyer referring to the $153 debit card Lewiston residents were receiving, and I wondered if those receiving the debit cards knew all the facts. In order toRead More

Niagara Falls Jokes

Niagara Falls Jokes

Uncategorized September 1, 2017 at 5:00 am

A city worker walks into the Third Street Tap Room and says, “Bartender, a round for everyone, on me!” The bartender says, “Well, seems you’re in a really good mood tonight, hmm?” “Oh, you can bet on it! I just got hired by the city to go around and removeRead More

HEY… CONGRESS!… WHAT  IS WRONG WITH YOU?

HEY… CONGRESS!… WHAT  IS WRONG WITH YOU?

Uncategorized August 31, 2017 at 10:58 pm

THE RIGHT SIDE By J Gary DiLaura IF THE REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE  DON’T PULL THEIR HEADS OUT OF THAT DARK PLACE THEY HAVE THEM STUCK AND BACK UP THEIR PRESIDENT…THEY WON’T HAVE TO WORRY WHAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS THINK!!! BEFORE: Even if, in the last 8 years, you neverRead More

When Debt Commands

When Debt Commands

Uncategorized August 31, 2017 at 1:43 pm

By Craig Reger “Even if we are ruined by it, it was still beautiful”. Many Nationalistic Germans had this to say about WWI. Fast forward one-hundred years, extremists detonate truckloads of explosives in war zones, near governmental buildings or well-attended pop concerts and European soccer matches, or choose to driveRead More

Council Candidate Thomason Opposes Reassessments

Council Candidate Thomason Opposes Reassessments

Niagara Falls August 25, 2017 at 10:35 am

By Candra Thomason I want you all to ask yourself this question: “Do the homeowners of Niagara Falls want their property assessments to rise between 17 and 40 percent next year?” That is the vital question facing voters this fall. We can’t afford to make the same mistake we madeRead More

Print Edition – Aug 18, 2017

Print Edition – Aug 18, 2017

Online Newspaper August 18, 2017 at 10:15 pm
Reassessments are on the Table Again City Council Members Touma & Grandenetti Led the Charge to Reassess Us in 2016 And Now They Want Our Vote – Well We Say No!

Reassessments are on the Table Again City Council Members Touma & Grandenetti Led the Charge to Reassess Us in 2016 And Now They Want Our Vote – Well We Say No!

Niagara Falls August 18, 2017 at 10:09 pm

By Committee to Stop the Reassessments & Continuous Tax Increases   The “hidden tax increase” called “reassessment” is back on the table for the residents and business owners of the most highly taxed City in the nation. In addition, to add insult to injury, it was recently announced that a reassessmentRead More

Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk or Discharged Dark Water

Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk or Discharged Dark Water

Niagara Falls August 18, 2017 at 5:29 am

For Niagara Falls residents, Saturday, July 29, 2017 will be a date that will live in odifery.  That’s the day the Niagara Falls Waste Water Treatment Plant released untold gallons of sewage and sediment into the Niagara River, causing a disgusting black discharge that enveloped a Maid of the MistRead More

Did Mayor Dyster’s “Friends and Family” policy cause Sewage Spill?

Did Mayor Dyster’s “Friends and Family” policy cause Sewage Spill?

Niagara Falls August 18, 2017 at 5:26 am

When Paul Dyster ran for the office of mayor of the city of Niagara Falls back in 2007, he promised an end to the traditional “friends and family” approach to running government. Over the succeeding years of his tenure at City Hall, however, it’s become clear that the campaign rhetoricRead More

Niagara Falls School Superintendent Mark Laurrie

Laurrie maintains high hopes for the Niagara Falls School District 

Community News August 18, 2017 at 5:24 am

By Darryl McPherson Niagara Falls School Superintendent Mark Laurrie is a man with a mission. Leading a school district with 7,101 students in 11 schools within an impoverished city is a daunting task, but the administrator is a veteran of the system, being the homegrown choice the Board of EducationRead More

Chris Borgatti and Friends will be performing at the inaugural Summerfest at the Sal

SummerFest at the Sal!

Community News August 18, 2017 at 5:22 am

A New Tradition By Councilman Kenny Tompkins SummerFest at the Sal is almost here! On Sunday, August 20, Sal Maglie Stadium in Hyde Park will be rockin’ out to six local bands. Admission is $10 and the show starts at 1 pm and runs until 7 pm. The best part:Read More

Source: NYS Department of Labor

Unemployment, Crime, Poverty, Taxes, Potholes, Credit Downgrades afflict City of Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls August 18, 2017 at 5:12 am

Despite 160 Tourists for each and every Resident Unemployment is a hardship, so much so that it comprises half of something called the Misery Index, a widely cited economic indicator (the other half is inflation). Unemployment is connected with all kinds of community, family and individual dysfunction. It leads toRead More

Sink your fork into a famed Peach shortcake... Yum!

Lewiston Peach Festival features music, food, fun

Uncategorized August 18, 2017 at 5:06 am

The gala 2017 Niagara County Peach Festival, a community celebration promising good times for young and old alike, enters its seventh decade from Sept 8-10 at the Academy Park in lovely Lewiston, NY. Featured events every year, this year being no exception, include the Youth Football, Town and All-Stars CheerleadingRead More

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