>BY FRANK PARLATO During my tenure as a press consultant for purported cult leader, Keith Raniere, and his benefactors, Clare and Sara Bronfman (heiresses of the Seagram’s liquor fortune), I was tasked with improving Raniere’s public image and that of his company, NXIVM. Officially, NXIVM conducts “human potential and ethics”Read More

By Anna Howard The Niagara Falls Reporter continues to catch flack for recommending Kristen Grandinetti for council chairwoman. We recommended, not once, but twice, that she be given the big chair in the council chambers. Why’d we do that? Frankly, it’s because we see her as a breath of fresh airRead More

John Tavares (right) is retiring after an illustrious career with the Buffalo Bandits 2015: The Year In Sports > BY ANDREW KULYK AND PETER FARRELL The University of Buffalo mens basketball team finally, finally made it to the Dance and the NCAA tournament after so many years of trying. ThatRead More

Memorial, UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine to offer free baseline testing to “Concussion” attendees Athletes age 12-30 with ticket stub to test free; others to receive 50% discount   The Niagara region’s leader in sports medicine and concussion management is making a special offer to athletes to celebrate the releaseRead More

>BY FRANK PARLATO   This week in our series on that fascinating conman, Shmuel Shmueli, we go to Shmueli’s native country Israel. Shmueli, who by our calculation has sued or was sued about two dozen times, finds it easy to participate in litigation, for win or lose he rarely paysRead More