Archive for April, 2023

Mayoral Hopeful Nix Sues To Stay On Dems Primary Ballot

Mayoral Hopeful Nix Sues To Stay On Dems Primary Ballot

Elections 2023, Local News April 30, 2023 at 1:15 pm

Demetreus Nix is serious about changing the Niagara Falls political landscape. He’s so serious he’s hired a well-known Buffalo lawyer to help him do it. Libertarian Lawyer Represents Nix James Ostrowski is a trial and appellate lawyer and author who is no stranger to politics. He ran for Governor ofRead More

Coffee with Chris and NF Housing Authority’s Cliff Scott

Coffee with Chris and NF Housing Authority’s Cliff Scott

Community News April 29, 2023 at 1:26 pm

Coffee with Chris and Housing Authority Executive Director Cliff Scott Niagara Falls Housing Authority Executive Director Cliff Scott will join County Legislator Chris Voccio at Coffee with Chris on Saturday, May 6th at 9:00 a.m. “Cliff Scott has big plans for the Housing Authority and he’s a very dynamic speaker,”Read More

The Right Side: End Gun Violence By Enforcing Existing Laws

The Right Side: End Gun Violence By Enforcing Existing Laws

The Right Side - J. Gary DiLaura April 26, 2023 at 1:24 pm

The Right Side WANT TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE…ENFORCE THE EXISTING LAWS! START BY INCREASING THE CHARGES AND THE BAIL! By J. Gary DiLaura, Retired FBI Agent You know there comes a time when you get sick and tired of hearing the same things…gun control…buybacks…reduce penalties…open the jails and release theRead More

Attorney Nicholas D. D'Angelo.

Niagara Falls Lawyer Nicholas D’Angelo Takes Plea on Sex Abuse Case; Gets 6 Months Jail, 10 Years Probation

Local News, News, Niagara Falls April 25, 2023 at 6:33 pm

Niagara Falls attorney Nicholas D. D’Angelo, 30, pleaded guilty before State Supreme Court Justice Debra Givens to four counts of first-degree sexual abuse, class D felonies, two counts of third-degree criminal sexual act, and two counts of third-degree rape, class E felonies. He will serve six months in a countyRead More

Demetreus Nix seeks to bring awareness to local issues and community investment.

Nix Removed From Mayoral Ballot, Fights To Get Back On

Elections 2023, Local News, News April 25, 2023 at 10:31 am

Demetrius Nix, a Niagara Falls mayoral candidate, has been removed from the ballot in the upcoming Democratic party mayoral primary election.

Glenn A. Choolokian is a former Niagara Falls City Council member and is a Mayoral Candidate

Choolokian: Knock on Every Door to Learn What We Need in a Run for Mayor

Local News, News, Niagara Falls April 25, 2023 at 10:14 am

Glenn Choolokian is running for mayor of Niagara Falls and will primary Niagara Falls Mayor Robert Restaino on the Democratic Party line. The Friends of Glenn Choolokian cordially invite you and anyone you know to a fundraiser to help Glenn become the next mayor of Niagara Falls. Choolokian’s fundraiser isRead More

Man Charged for Attempting to Burn Down Church planning to Host Drag Shows

Man Charged for Attempting to Burn Down Church planning to Host Drag Shows

State and National News April 24, 2023 at 10:00 pm

A federal indictment was returned charging an Ohio man with a violation of the Church Arson Prevention Act for using Molotov cocktails against the Community Church of Chesterland, in Chesterland, Ohio, in an attempt to burn the church to the ground last month. Aimenn Penny, 29, was also indicted onRead More

The city needs the right name for Restaino's legacy to himself.

Too-Smart Mayor Will Spend $30 Million for Parking Ramp in City With Too Much Parking

Local News, News, Niagara Falls April 24, 2023 at 7:20 pm

Mayor Robert Restaino is the smartest man in the room. Any room. And if he wants to build a Centennial Park across the street from the Seneca Nation entranceway, we don’t need to question. Why should we? He is the smartest guy in the room, including, especially, the big roomRead More

Drunk who Fled Scene of Fatal Accident Gets Slap on the Wrist

Drunk who Fled Scene of Fatal Accident Gets Slap on the Wrist

Citycide April 22, 2023 at 2:15 pm

LOCKPORT, NY: Earlier this week, County Court Judge John Ottaviano sentenced David P. Draper, 59, of Niagara Falls, to two to six years in State Prison on his conviction of Leaving the Scene of a Fatal Motor Vehicle Incident Without Reporting. Draper admitted to striking and killing 61 year oldRead More

Wilson Building Inspector Accused of Pocketing Cash for Work Permits

Wilson Building Inspector Accused of Pocketing Cash for Work Permits

Niagara County April 22, 2023 at 11:25 am

The Niagara County District Attorney Brian D. Seaman announced charges against former Town of Wilson building inspector Christopher L. Jordan, 47. Jordan was charged with Corrupting the Government in the Third Degree, a class D felony; Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree, a class E felony; and Official Misconduct, aRead More

The Right Side – Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Digital Money Is a Scam

The Right Side – Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Digital Money Is a Scam

The Right Side - J. Gary DiLaura April 20, 2023 at 1:55 pm

The US dollar has always been backed by gold, silver, and other assets, but what backs Bitcoin and Crypto? Answer: Nothing! Be cautious.

Skrlin Reports on April Niagara Falls Democrat Committee Party

Skrlin Reports on April Niagara Falls Democrat Committee Party

Gerald Skrlin, Local News, Niagara Falls April 20, 2023 at 1:33 pm

By Gerald Skrlin The Niagara Falls New York Democrat Party held a fundraiser on April 14, at the Third St. Eatery. At the Democrat Party’s party, they had a trivia contest in which the questions got progressively easier to answer, mostly because they were too hard and one question wasRead More

Erie County DA John Flynn

DA Flynn Should Hope Justice Kevin Carter Disqualifies Him in Pigeon Case

A Miscarriage of Justice, Local News April 20, 2023 at 1:14 pm

Heather Dennis is employed in education. For the sake of disclosure, she knows Steve Pigeon, is familiar with his case, but is not part of his legal team. She did not discuss this post with Pigeon or his legal team before submitting it to Frank Report. Her opinions are herRead More

Steady Progress on Sal Maglie Stadium $1.67 Million Renovation Project

Steady Progress on Sal Maglie Stadium $1.67 Million Renovation Project

NF Power Baseball April 19, 2023 at 9:45 am

Installation of artificial turf and addition of a batting cage and new bullpens are some of the improvements being made to Sal Maglie Stadium on Hyde Park Blvd. in Niagara Falls. Sal Maglie was a Niagara Falls native who pitched for Major League Baseball teams including the Yankees, Brooklyn Dodgers,Read More

Public Alert for Farmers

Public Alert for Farmers

Niagara County April 18, 2023 at 10:15 pm

Lockport,NY – Law enforcement across the region was made aware of an animal activist meeting taking place on Saturday, April 15th.  The meeting was advertised on social media as a forum to encourage animal rescue.  It further offers instruction on stages of animal rescue, researching of facilities and winning atRead More

National Fuel takes Greenwashing to a New Level with Sham Earth Day

National Fuel takes Greenwashing to a New Level with Sham Earth Day

Climate Change, Community News April 18, 2023 at 9:27 pm

Editor’s note: Greenwashing: misleading or deceptive publicity disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally-responsible public image. For example, “the recycling bins in the cafeteria are just feeble examples of their corporate greenwash.” The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) was signed into law on July 18, 2019 toRead More

Council Candidate Abbondanza: Centennial Park will “sink us financially”

Council Candidate Abbondanza: Centennial Park will “sink us financially”

Elections 2023 April 17, 2023 at 9:53 pm

James Abbondanza (D) will seek a seat with the Niagara Falls City Council this election cycle. Abbondanza, who ran in 2021, is a vocal advocate for governmental transparency, financial responsibility, and quality of life issues for the people of Niagara Falls. Abbondanza stated, “The efforts and resources of our localRead More

Erie County District Attorney John Flynn

NYS Justice Kevin Carter to Decide Pigeon’s Motion to Disqualify DA Flynn for ‘Bias,’ ‘Animosity,’ in Child Rape Prosecution

A Miscarriage of Justice April 17, 2023 at 1:57 pm

Justice Carter, an administrative judge in Western New York, hears arguments on the disqualification of DA John Flynn in Steve Pigeon’s case.

Choolokian: “Your Last Chance for Change”

Choolokian: “Your Last Chance for Change”

Elections 2023 April 15, 2023 at 8:51 pm

There is no experience that prepares you better when you are running for political office than going door to door during the campaign season. The campaign trail isn’t meant to be a simple game of math where we figure out the best strategy to gather up enough votes for aRead More

Councilman Donta Myles Demands Transparency On Mayor’s Centennial Park Project

Councilman Donta Myles Demands Transparency On Mayor’s Centennial Park Project

Ken Cosentino, Local News, Niagara Falls April 14, 2023 at 3:08 am

Mayor Restaino accused of disconnection from public and lack of transparency in Centennial Park project by Niagara Falls Councilman Myles.

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