Archive for December, 2020

Batavia Downs giving away Bills playoff tickets to frontline workers

Batavia Downs giving away Bills playoff tickets to frontline workers

Niagara Falls December 31, 2020 at 7:11 pm

By Paul Ross Batavia Downs says it is giving away Buffalo Bills home playoff tickets to frontline workers and healthcare workers. “We are grateful to the Pegulas and to Governor Cuomo for allowing fans into the stadium for the playoff game, said Wojtaszek. “We wanted to make sure those whoRead More

MISSING TEENAGER: City of Tonawanda Seek Assistance Finding 17-Year-Old Tatiana VanVolkenburg

MISSING TEENAGER: City of Tonawanda Seek Assistance Finding 17-Year-Old Tatiana VanVolkenburg

News December 31, 2020 at 1:56 pm

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter City of Tonawanda Police are asking for public assistance in finding Tatiana VanVolkenburg, 17, who has been missing since December 11th. She was last seen in Buffalo’s Riverside neighborhood on DecemberRead More

GoFundMe Started for Victim of Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident

GoFundMe Started for Victim of Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident

News December 31, 2020 at 1:48 pm

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Avion Jacobs, 18, lost her life in a horrific motor vehicle accident in Buffalo on Monday, December 28th, 2020. Avion grew up in Niagara Falls on Byrd Avenue and she isRead More

City of Niagara Falls Acquires Used Police Vehicles from the Town of Niagara

City of Niagara Falls Acquires Used Police Vehicles from the Town of Niagara

Niagara Falls December 31, 2020 at 9:52 am

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Reporter Staff The City of Niagara Falls released the following statement regarding police vehicles obtained from the Town of Niagara through a new partnership: Mayor Robert Restaino and the City of Niagara FallsRead More

North Tonawanda Mayor Art Pappas

PAPPAS: Bring on 2021

NT news December 31, 2020 at 9:48 am

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Arthur Pappas Mayor of North Tonawanda As 2020 draws to a close it is the hope that 2021 will be a much better year for everyone.  This past year has been unprecedented toRead More

Niagara Falls Water Board Member Patrick Brown Defends Budget, Rate Increase

Niagara Falls Water Board Member Patrick Brown Defends Budget, Rate Increase

Niagara Falls December 31, 2020 at 9:45 am

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Patrick Brown Niagara Falls Water Board Member The Water Board recently approved, unanimously, their 2021 budget with a rate increase of 2.99% with all budget amendments being approved 5-0. While no rate increaseRead More

Brian Seaman Sworn in as Niagara County District Attorney

Brian Seaman Sworn in as Niagara County District Attorney

News December 30, 2020 at 3:26 pm

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Brian D. Seaman, with wife Donna by his side, was sworn in as Niagara County District Attorney on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 by Niagara County Court Judge Matthew J. Murphy III.Read More

Niagara County Reports Three New Deaths, 182 More COVID-19 Cases on Wednesday, December 30th, 2020

Niagara County Reports Three New Deaths, 182 More COVID-19 Cases on Wednesday, December 30th, 2020

News December 30, 2020 at 3:23 pm

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter The Niagara County Department of Health issued the following update on positive COVID-19 cases in Niagara County: We regretfully report the deaths of three Niagara County residents.  We extend our sincereRead More

CUOMO: 6,700 Fans Allowed at Buffalo Bills Playoff Games

CUOMO: 6,700 Fans Allowed at Buffalo Bills Playoff Games

News December 30, 2020 at 3:18 pm

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter During a press conference on Wednesday, December 30th, 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the Department of Health, Buffalo Bills and National Football League reached an agreement to allow a limitedRead More

Christopher Mazur Announces Candidacy for Niagara Falls City Court Judge

Christopher Mazur Announces Candidacy for Niagara Falls City Court Judge

Niagara Falls December 30, 2020 at 3:11 pm

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Long time Special Prosecutor and current City of Niagara Falls Corporation Counsel, Christopher M. Mazur, has announced his candidacy for Niagara Falls City Court Judge for 2021.  Mr. Mazur is seekingRead More

Niagara Falls Water Board Approves 2.99% Rate Increase; Down from 5.5% Originally Proposed

Niagara Falls Water Board Approves 2.99% Rate Increase; Down from 5.5% Originally Proposed

Niagara Falls December 30, 2020 at 12:04 pm

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter The Niagara Falls Water Board has passed a 2.99% rate increase for 2021. The increase is less than the 5.5% increase originally proposed, but comes on the heels of a propertyRead More

Meet Madeline! 5-Year-Old Labrador Poodle Mix at Niagara County SPCA Looking for Furever Home

Meet Madeline! 5-Year-Old Labrador Poodle Mix at Niagara County SPCA Looking for Furever Home

News December 30, 2020 at 11:59 am

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Meet Madeline!! She is a 5-year-old Labrador poodle mix who arrived at the Niagara County SPCA as a stray in November in such poor shape that her ear was as swollenRead More

Niagara County Sheriff’s Office Celebrated Retirement of Deputy Craig Beiter

Niagara County Sheriff’s Office Celebrated Retirement of Deputy Craig Beiter

News December 30, 2020 at 11:55 am

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office celebrated the retirement of Deputy Craig Beiter after more than 21 years of service on Tuesday, December 29th, 2020! Deputy Beiter was appointed as a RoadRead More

Sheriff’s Office Announces 12 Positive COVID-19 Cases at Niagara County Jail

Sheriff’s Office Announces 12 Positive COVID-19 Cases at Niagara County Jail

News December 30, 2020 at 11:45 am

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office announced on Wednesday, December 30th, 2020, that during a recent round of testing in the correctional facility 12 inmates tested positive for the coronavirus. All inmatesRead More

Niagara Falls Water Board Updates Residents on City Hall Bill Payments

Niagara Falls Water Board Updates Residents on City Hall Bill Payments

Niagara Falls December 30, 2020 at 11:41 am

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter On December 12, two utility poles that carry the Spectrum-owned communications cable linking the City’s billing and collections office to the Water Board’s computer system were downed as a result ofRead More

Niagara County Announces 303 New COVID-19 Cases on Tuesday, December 29th, 2020

Niagara County Announces 303 New COVID-19 Cases on Tuesday, December 29th, 2020

News December 30, 2020 at 11:38 am

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter The Niagara County Department of Health issued the following update on positive COVID-19 cases in Niagara County: 303 new positive cases Total of 8103 positives to date (isolations + recoveries +Read More

Jennifer cloudburst flambé beef bourguignon blaze Jennifer bouillon Garner

News December 30, 2020 at 2:25 am

Jennifer Garner has a affable confession: She about austere bottomward her kitchen this Christmas. The Alias extra accepted that she had a flambé blow while authoritative Ina Garten’s beef bourguignon during the anniversary season. On Wednesday, Dec. 29, Jennifer aggregate a video of herself cloudburst Cognac into her bouillon  Spider-Man:Read More

Spreading Christmas Cheer: Niagara Falls Attorney Delivers Holiday Cheer to Autistic Child

Spreading Christmas Cheer: Niagara Falls Attorney Delivers Holiday Cheer to Autistic Child

News December 28, 2020 at 12:07 pm

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Christmas is traditionally known as the season of giving. Over the past several weeks, the Niagara Reporter has highlighted numerous initiatives where individuals or organizations have sought to give back toRead More

Chris’s Corner: Follow The Money

Chris’s Corner: Follow The Money

Niagara Falls December 28, 2020 at 11:33 am

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Chris Voccio Niagara Falls City Council Chairman If you read some of the comments on social media, it seems that some of the commenters feel that Niagara Falls’ problems stem from overpaid politiciansRead More

Erie County Inmate Breaks Off Sprinkler Head, Floods Cell, Then Inserts Sprinkler Into Rectum

Erie County Inmate Breaks Off Sprinkler Head, Floods Cell, Then Inserts Sprinkler Into Rectum

News December 28, 2020 at 11:31 am

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9       By: Staff Reporter Frie County Sheriff Timothy B. Howard reports Deputies charged an inmate with two criminal counts after he deliberately set off the sprinkler system at one facility and damaged a sprinklerRead More

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