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Mayor Restaino Accused of Withholding Funds from Centennial Park Opponents

Mayor Restaino Accused of Withholding Funds from Centennial Park Opponents

Data Campus, Featured, Local News August 19, 2023 at 10:08 pm

During the ongoing debate surrounding the controversial Centennial Park Project and its cost to the community, various organizations and groups have shed light on a concerning trend: Mayor Robert Restaino’s alleged withholding of community development funds and grant money for those who oppose his vision for Centennial Park. Reports suggestRead More

Turning Adversity into Advocacy: The Story of Guy W. Gane, Jr.

Turning Adversity into Advocacy: The Story of Guy W. Gane, Jr.

Community News, Local News August 13, 2023 at 7:57 pm

By Staff How does someone start over after being falsely accused of a crime? This was a question we put to Guy W. Gane, Jr. recently. “You put your faith in God, and you organize a reasonable plan for your life.” Gane, who was castigated unmercifully by the media whenRead More

The Time is Now for Niagara Falls to Act As Competing Projects Tied Up in Court

The Time is Now for Niagara Falls to Act As Competing Projects Tied Up in Court

Data Campus, Local News August 13, 2023 at 4:11 pm

         By Tony Farina According to a story in the Niagara Gazette, Mayor Robert Restaino “expected” the notice of appeal filed by Niagara Falls Redevelopment against a decision last month by the Fourth Department of the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court in favor of the city’sRead More

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Restaino Victim Reveals Sordid Details of Infamous 2005 “Cell Phone Incident”

Elections 2023, Ken Cosentino, Local News August 13, 2023 at 12:19 am

By Ken Cosentino The Niagara Reporter spoke with one of Mayor Robert Restaino’s 46 victims from the infamous 2005 “cell phone incident.” In 2005, Judge Robert Restaino wrongfully imprisoned 46 people after verbally abusing them for two hours, in an event that was described as “two hours of inexplicable madness”Read More

Job Creation: NFR’s Niagara Digital Campus and Restaino’s Centennial Park Compared

Job Creation: NFR’s Niagara Digital Campus and Restaino’s Centennial Park Compared

Data Campus, Local News August 10, 2023 at 11:58 pm

Job creation is one of Niagara Falls Mayor Robert Restaino’s highest priorities. Mayor Robert Restaino In his effort to stop NFR and Urbacon’s Niagara Digital Campus, a 600,000 state of the art data center from being developed, Restaino points to the marvelous job creation opportunities his project, Centennial Park, aRead More

Stadium Cost Overruns a Signal to Niagara Falls on Project Costs

Stadium Cost Overruns a Signal to Niagara Falls on Project Costs

Data Campus, Local News August 10, 2023 at 11:38 am

By Tony Farina Multiple published reports indicate the new Bills football stadium under construction in Orchard Park may already be facing cost overruns for as much as $300 million and that’s only after three months. Initially pegged as a $1.4 billion project in March of 2022, the stadium cost isRead More

From Boom to Blockade: Mayor’s Interference Halts Niagara Falls Tech Project

From Boom to Blockade: Mayor’s Interference Halts Niagara Falls Tech Project

Data Campus, Local News August 8, 2023 at 5:48 pm

Niagara Falls, NY: Urbacon is a developer of commercial and industrial properties in Canada and the United States. Niagara Falls Redevelopment (NFR) has the land. The two companies planned to develop 60 acres of land in Niagara Falls as the “Niagara Digital Campus.” It was to be a $1.5 billion technologyRead More

Buffalo News Editorial Gets it Half Right on Niagara Falls

Buffalo News Editorial Gets it Half Right on Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls August 4, 2023 at 12:41 pm

By Tony Farina The Buffalo News editorial today on Niagara Falls got it half right and we certainly applaud the strong endorsement of the major expansion of the Niagara Falls Aquarium, already a bit of a small wonder next to the world wonder that the whole world knows. The editorialRead More

Szwedo: Continuing to Administrate Past Failures

Szwedo: Continuing to Administrate Past Failures

Featured, Niagara Falls August 3, 2023 at 12:07 pm

By Jim Szwedo Once again, I feel compelled to write another article on behalf of the citizens of Niagara Falls. The current administration, just like our past administrations, has decided to lead its constituents down a rabbit hole of half-truths, endless egos, unreachable goals, and insurmountable debt. From the beginning,Read More

Two Lockport Residents Convicted of Aggravated DWI in Separate Jury Trials; Both Are Facing Prison Time

Two Lockport Residents Convicted of Aggravated DWI in Separate Jury Trials; Both Are Facing Prison Time

Local News, Niagara County August 2, 2023 at 1:13 pm

LOCKPORT, NY: Niagara County District Attorney Brian D. Seaman announced that Niagara County juries returned guilty verdicts in two separate Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated trials in as many weeks. Peter Brounscheidel, age 30 of Lockport, was convicted of Aggravated DWI and common law DWI by a County Court jury afterRead More

Numbers Tell the Good Story at WROTBC As Legal Challenge to New Board Set

Numbers Tell the Good Story at WROTBC As Legal Challenge to New Board Set

Local News, Niagara Falls August 1, 2023 at 12:57 pm

By Tony Farina The revamped Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. board, including four new members who were in attendance last Thursday but not licensed yet, got a firsthand look at the stunning financial numbers being generated by the public benefit corporation made up of 15 counties and two cities. TheRead More

Niagara County Clerk Joe Jastrzemski Presented With Achievement Award

Niagara County Clerk Joe Jastrzemski Presented With Achievement Award

Niagara County July 28, 2023 at 4:38 pm

Bill Ross, former Niagara County Legislature chairman, presents Achievement Award to Niagara County Clerk Joe Jastrzemski on Thursday night at Niagara County Conservative Party fund-raiser at Wheatfield Lion’s Club. Ross is party chairman. The event drew big crowd.  

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Niagara Falls at a Development Standstill of Its Own Making

Local News, Niagara Falls July 27, 2023 at 9:37 am

By Tony Farina One could argue that Niagara Falls is spinning its wheels  in an election year in its battle with Niagara Falls Redevelopment (NFR) over about 12 acres of South End property that the city wants to acquire through eminent domain from NFR for the mayor’s $150-million Centennial ParkRead More

Trevino’s Response to Tompkins’ Article Makes Good Sense

Trevino’s Response to Tompkins’ Article Makes Good Sense

Local News, Niagara Falls July 26, 2023 at 12:08 pm

By Tony Farina I think NFR’s Roger Trevino makes very strong arguments in response to Councilman Kenny Tompkins’ op-ed in piece in the Niagara Gazette this week on needing to work together to foster development. Trevino, in today’s Guest View article in the Gazette, quite accurately points out the omissions inRead More

Social stratification in the USA defined Clearly in Niagara Falls, New York

Social stratification in the USA defined Clearly in Niagara Falls, New York

Gerald Skrlin, Local News July 24, 2023 at 11:57 am

Social stratification in the USA defined Clearly in Niagara Falls, New York      No. 2       Definitions and explanations         Cause = Primordial Hi, and welcome to our continued series on Social Stratification. How it all Began In the last article I spoke of a new era of progressive occurringRead More

From ‘Crazy Judge’ to Troubled Mayor: Restaino’s Long Battle With Mental Health Suspicions

From ‘Crazy Judge’ to Troubled Mayor: Restaino’s Long Battle With Mental Health Suspicions

Elections 2023, Niagara Falls July 18, 2023 at 5:13 am

The one big question in Niagara Falls is whether Mayor Robert Restaino merely snapped – when he placed his hand in front of a camera – or whether he is unraveling and headed for another mental health breakdown. His history of suspected mental illness is not new. On March 11,Read More

Another Home Run for Batavia Downs Gaming

Another Home Run for Batavia Downs Gaming

Local News, Niagara Falls July 13, 2023 at 12:13 pm

   By Tony Farina I’ve recently written several articles, including in the Buffalo News (Another Voice), about the amazing success of WROTBC/Batavia Downs Gaming in returning many millions of dollars to its member counties and cities to help reduce local property taxes since its inception 50 years ago. The publicRead More

Former Niagara Falls City Councilman Michael Gawel

Mike Gawel Event at Player’s Bar Tuesday Night

Featured, Niagara Falls July 9, 2023 at 12:21 pm

By Tony Farina There will be a fun-filled fundraiser for Niagara Falls City Council hopeful Michael Gawel on Tuesday night, 5:30 to 7:30, at the always electric Player’s Bar at 528 Niagara St., Niagara Falls. Beer, pizza and music on the patio for $25, with checks payable to the CommitteeRead More

Paranoia Protection Program: Police Work Overtime as Drama King Restaino’s Bodyguards

Paranoia Protection Program: Police Work Overtime as Drama King Restaino’s Bodyguards

Elections 2023, Featured, Ken Cosentino, Local News July 2, 2023 at 12:53 am

By Ken Cosentino After the video of Mayor Restaino’s meltdown was posted to Twitter, over 100,000 people viewed it online within 24 hours. Among those commenting on Twitter was Daniel Telvock, who said, “File assault charges. He cannot touch Ben or his equipment. Bizarre is putting that lightly. Still waitingRead More

Guest View: The Indifference of Good Men!

Guest View: The Indifference of Good Men!

Elections 2023, Local News July 1, 2023 at 4:28 pm

By Matt Cole This 138 year old city of ours – who’s name is quite literally known in all corners of the Earth – has hosted Presidents, Kings & Queens, legendary celebrities, and built engineering wonders that have changed our world. Yet, somehow, the same city has been plagued withRead More

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