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December 17, 2015
December 10, 2015
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December 03, 2015
LEAD STORIES
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November 27, 2015
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November 19, 2015
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November 12, 2015
November 05, 2015
October 29, 2015
October 22, 2015
October 15, 2015
September 29, 2015
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September 22, 2015
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September 15, 2015
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September 08, 2015
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September 01, 2015
- LEAD STORIES
- No Plea Negotiations or Settlement
Talks in Kane Case, Source Confirms :By Tony Farina
- Touma Calls for Special Meeting to Fund the Frozen Pipe Fix on 72nd Street :By Anna Howard
- Wasting Taxpayer Cash to Fight Matteo Anello
Verdict, is Very ‘Appealing’ to Mayor Dyster : By Anna Howard
- Dyster’s Shameful Performance on 72nd Street
He Denied it Before he Admitted it, he Hid it Before he Found it,
And Passed the Buck Before he Took up the Cause... : By Anna Howard
- 72nd Street Residents’ Suffering Has Been Lost in the Dyster Shuffle
- Mendacity and Duplicity as Dyster’s
Water Boys Attempt Run to the Rescue : By Mike Hudson
- Stewart III Parrots Forster Line
On 72nd Street Water Main Freeze : By Mike Howard
- City Dems Expect Leaders To Work Together : By Gordon Stewart III
- Anderson’s Council Run Offers Voters
Chance to Reelect a Good Honest Man! : By Mike Hudson
- Choolokian Supporters Rally at Local #91 : By Peter Reese
- Hastings to Sell Main Street Properties, Reporter has Learned
- Staying at the Grand Hamister Hotel : By Peter A. Reese
- Lewiston: Reiter Throws Support Behind Rose for Highway Super, But Why? : By Daria Jurek
- Cuomo's 2015 State Energy Plan More of the Same,
Except Even More Local Hydropower Going to NYC: By James Hufnagel
- Roundup Part 2
Francine DelMonte Returns; a Host of Town and Country Races Reviewed: By Deborah Eddel
- Kane Cooperating in Rape Probe, Sources Say
- Lewiston’s Riverwalk Problems Continue Like Bad Dream : By Daria Jurek
- In Wheatfield, BSing About Manure :By Deborah Eddel
- Lewiston: The Poor Practice of Only Relying on Past Practice : By Daria Jurek
- Accardo: Abolish ‘Dyster Double-Dip’ Insurance Subsidy For Mayoral Appointees, Council Members
- Thoughts on the Dyster Campaign Flyer:By Anna Howard
- Only in NT: We Want our City Back!
- Szwedo Pushing Hard in GOP Primary for Mayor:By Tony Farina
- Some Dyster Directed Disasters
You May Have Forgotten About :By Mike Hudson
- Finger Pointing all Around as Welfare
Rent Program Becomes Silly Season Fare:By Mike Hudson
- The FBI and Hillary “Rotten” Clinton:By J. Gary DiLaura
- Big Daddy Dyster takes Mendacity,
Duplicity to Entirely New Level Here
- Ten More Reasons to Vote
“Anybody But Dyster” in 2015
- City Hall Jokes
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August 25, 2015
- LEAD STORIES
- Dyster’s Skatepark Bought for $10,000
Grant from Tony Hawk: Who Benefits? :By Mike Hudson
- Tony Hawks Extensive Line of Retail Fits
Perfectly With Spohn Ranch Business Plan :By Mike Hudson
- Skateboard Gurus Hawk, Spohn Absolved
Of Liability For Injuries at New Park Here : By Mike Hudson
- Lack of Open Meetings at BOE
Could Result in Lawsuit Here : By Mike Hudson
- City Finances Must be De-Constructed
Before Re-Structured by State Board : By Anna Howard
- Dyster Sees the Light on 72nd Street
As Reelection Woes Continue to Mount : By Mike Hudson
- Dyster Launches Attack Ads Against
Rival Choolokian in Primary Race : By Mike Howard
- Reporter Knew Cause of 72nd St. Problem
19 Months Ago, Dyster Finally Catches On : By Mike Howard
- Paul Dyster Doesn’t Know How to Say No, and For That he Wants the Voters to Say Yes to his Re-election : By Anna Howard
- Grandinetti Remains Quiet of Facebook
Loyalty to Her Master Dyster Overrides Ego : By Mike Hudson
- Support Niagara’s Veterans Memorial Park : By Rick Sirianni
- Kane Cooperating in Rape Probe, Sources Say : By Tony Farina
- Despite Crisis, State Audit of ECC Still Not Done : By Tony Farina
- More Asbestos in Shaw Bldg. Remediation
Than Had Been Imagined, Admitted To: By Mike Hudson
- Dice Run Will Aid Western NY Heroes: By Sam Archie
- Ceretto: Prodigal Son or Judas Iscariot? : By Deborah Eddel
- Why is DelMonte Upset by Latest News About Ceretto? : By Daria Jurek
- Memorial Announces Premier 2016 Co-Chairs
- Candidates Round-Up for This Election Season
Dyster’s Not the Only One Fighting for His Political Life : By Deborah Eddel
- Only in NT - We're Mad as Hell and Won't Take it Anymore!: By Sweeney Payne
- Lewiston Highway Superintendent Announces Reelection Bid
Explains his Approach to Managing Roads For Safety, Efficiency
- Donald Trump for President of the United States: By J. Gary
DiLaura
- What a Difference Early Cancer Screenings Can Make
- Letters to the Editor
- City Should Regulate Property
Management Companies:By Robert Ventry Jr
- Niagara County Legislator Candidates Calls Out to LaSalle Residents:By Rob Bilson
- Rally in Bainbridge to Push for Upstate New York Seceding From Socialist NYC
What part of Shall Not Be Infringed don't you understand?
- Reporter Article Fails to Accurately Pinpoint Blame For Lewiston Finance Woes
- We, The Taxpayers, Must Get Out and Vote for GLENN CHOOLOKIAN for Mayor on September 10th
OR
Suffer Four More Years of Mayor Dyster’s Out of Control Spending & Continuous Tax Increases
- City Hall Jokes
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August 18, 2015
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August 11, 2015
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August 05, 2015
- LEAD STORIES
- Cricket Now Proceeding Apace in City
Dyster Cuts Ribbon and Plays an Inning of the Grand
Sport of the Imperial British Raj he Brought to the Falls
- Buffalo Niagara Cricket Club More of Buffalo than Niagara
- Questions Somebody Should Ask the
Mayor About his Cricket Field? : By Frank Parlato
- It’s a Mystery How the Dyster Administration Gets Away With it
Riddle us This, Mayor Dyster : By Anna Howard
- From Planned Parenthood, to “Sexy” Actors, Grandinetti’s Facebook Shows Councilwoman Driven : By Avner Benyamen
- Grandinetti Gets Dyster Order to Cool
Facebook Activity Till After Primary : By Mike Hudson
- Chilton Avenue a Bit Safer Today
As Pescrillo’s Financial Woes Worsen : By Mike Hudson
- New PEF Leaders Sworn In, Commit to Fair Contract and Strengthening the Union : By Mike Hudson
- County Cited for Eight Violations in
Shaw Bldg. Asbestos Case
- Niagara Frontier Loses Out on Legal Pot
In the Same Way it Loses Out on Everything : By Mike Hudson
- Dyster Fumbles Attempt to Defend
Hamister Hotel Deal in TV Interview : By Mike Hudson
- Dyster Has the Numbers do the Residents Have the Will? : By Anna Howard
- The Niagara Falls Reporter’s Top 20 Reasons
Why Niagara Falls is Not Gaining Ground
- Dyster Waterfront Record Deplorable,
Will Cause Lasting Damage to City: By James Hufnagel
- Only in NT: Canal Fest Parking and Other Recommendations: By Sweeney Payne
- Ceretto Makes Headlines for Spending
$11 more Than Assembly Competition : By Mike Hudson
- ECC Facing Second Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit : By Tony Farina
- Red Cross Needs Niagara Blood Donors
- Niagara Catholic Welcomes
New Administrators
- More Roads Added to the Paving List
- A Message From Carl Paladino
The Clock
- Sen. Schumer, Comedian Amy Schumer Call for (Even) More Federal Control of State Gun Laws
- The Doctor's Son Can
- Memorial to Expand Primary Care Services,
Open New Medical Office on Military Road
- Gunfight, Bank Robbery, Kidnapping, What’s Next? - Part 2
- David Nail to Perform FREE (with gate
admission) at the Erie County Fair
- City Hall Jokes
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July 28, 2015
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July 21, 2015
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July 14, 2015
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July 7, 2015
- LEAD STORIES
- Grandinetti Tells Falls' Residents, If You Don't Like it 'Move, You Are Not a Tree'
- Accardo to State Comptroller: City is Rapidly Approaching Insolvency, Request State Audit, Will Hold Press Conference
- Accardo Call for Truth-in-Budgeting From Falls Mayor Says Cataract City is on the verge of insolvency
- Skrlin Hoists Sign Focused on "Missing Money" Mentioned in City Audit by State Comptroller
- Walker Forgot a Few Details in Recent Interview About His Unpaid Property Taxes
- Is Skrlin's Canvas a Sign or Master Artwork
- Poor Planning or Vandalism at Root of Destruction of Wallenda Monument at State Park?
- Council Candidate Smith Will Answer Tough Questions
- Sweet of Brooke to be Dyster’s Campaign Photographer
- Blame Game Over Moody Downgrade Rising
- Moody's Downgrades Lewiston, NY's GOLT to A1; Outlook Negative
- Early Morning Fog Befuddles Dyster’s Grasp of Railroad Station Time, Budget
- Ceretto: 2015 Legislative Session, Making State Govt Work For You Again
- Games People Play
- Taxpayers Can’t See Clearly Now, or Ever, As Dyster Defies Transparency
- Scott Runs in Crowded Race; Could Tip the
Majority on City Council to School Teachers
- Reporter Asks Scott for More Than Platitudes
- Scott Seeks to Connect with City Voters Through Modern Methods
- DiPaolo’s, Lombardo’s to Mark Anniversaries at Italian Festival
- Many Await Results of State Audit of ECC
- Only in NT: Oliver Street Transformation Stagnant in North Tonawanda
- Niagara Falls 5K Experience Back on Top
Council Chair Lights Up Downtown Course
- Affirmative Action, Free Housing, Free Lunch,
Free Everything, Yes, We Have No More to Give
- Sabres, Bills Getting Plenty of Hype From Local Media
- Series to Chronicle Life of FBI Special Agent J. Gary DiLaura
- Shame on You
- Skrlin Flies Confederate Flag in honor/defiance of Obama
- Letters to the Editor
- Deer spotted in back yard near Pine Ave.
- City Hall Jokes
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June 30, 2015
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June 23, 2015
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June 16, 2015
June 9, 2015
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June 2, 2015
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May 26, 2015
- Briglio's Seeking to Succeed Brochey As Next Lewiston Town Supervisor
- Brochey Won’t Seek Second Term; Cites
Family in Las Vegas Reason for Departure
- A Tricky Plan Devised by Kimball, Motorola, Helps County Pull a Fast One on Lewiston, North Tonawanda
- To Achieve Success, New Intermodal Transportation Center Must Be More Than Train Station
- No Lease Between Amtrak, City May
Mean Future Surprises for Train Station
- Mayor’s Cricket Plan Hands Little League a Sticky
Wicket; Baseball, Hotdogs, Apple Pie and… Cricket
- Will Beard and Mustache Competitors Seek Accommodations at Hyde Park?
- Enough Already, The Name's Too Long
- Collapsed House Puts Spotlight on Mysterious Isaiah 61
- Dreadful 5K Race Features Carbon Monoxide, Gay Slur, Politician
- Candidate Szwedo Urging
Residents to Get Out, Vote
- Only in NT: Word on the Street And Rumors in the Wind
- Quinn’s Rambling ECC Message
Has No Silver Bullets
- Memorial Medical Center, Women & Children’s Hospital Partner To
Enhance Labor and Delivery
Services in Niagara
- Global Warming Revisited
- Memorial Day Parade, Banner,
Promotes Dyster Candidacy
- Woods May be Done, But He Has Made His Mark
- City Hall Jokes
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May 19, 2015
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May 12, 2015
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May 05, 2015
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Apr 28, 2015
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Apr 21, 2015
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Apr 14, 2015
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Apr 07, 2015
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Mar 31, 2015
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Mar 24, 2015
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Mar 17, 2015
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Mar 10, 2015
- LEAD STORIES
- Hamister Report
Nothing Appears as is Said
Our Report on the Proposed Hamister Hotel
Through a Series of Connected but Separate Stories :By Frank Parlato
- Hamister Seeks Tax Discounts, Grants, Discounted Real Estate -- Totaling $9.4 Million
- Job Promises, Job Delivery - Vast Errors By Expert State Officials
- Hamister to Build Lower Quality, Lower Density Than RFP Sought:By Frank Parlato
- Price Doesn't Sound Right
- How Was Hamister Selected?
- Financing in Question? :By Frank Parlato
- Hamister Hotel History - A Shrinking Deal
With Escalating Handouts :By Frank Parlato
- A Key Property, if Built as a Hyatt Place,
Will Be Underdeveloped
- The City Hall Good Life:By Frank Parlato
- Former Lockport Youth Director At Center of Credit Card Investigation Files Complaint with State :By Frank Parlato
- Council Unanimously Approves Hyde Park Pavilion Bond Resolution:By Tony Farina
- Why I Voted for Ice Pavilion Renovation - But Paid For With Casino Cash:By Glenn Choolokian
Niagara Falls Council MemberBy Glenn Choolokian
Niagara Falls Council Member
- The Best Community to Live, Work, and Raise a Family
Ortt Reaches Out To Reporter Readers:By Rob Ortt
- Niagara Falls Getting Hamister Hotel, Not Nik Wallenda :By Tony Farina
- Only in North Tonawanda: Questions for Common Council :By Sweeney Payne
- Sound Off on Steroids? No Sweeney, it's Not All The Republicans Fault :By Remington Nash
- Mayoral Candidate Szwedo
Talks His Talk with Sense of Humor :By Jim Szwedo
- Native American Marijuana Production
A Bad Bet for Niagara County Taxpayers :By Mike Hudson
- Findings Warn About Continuing CMO Vacancy at Erie County Correctional Facilities.:By Tony Farina
- Casino Cash - Gone with the Wind :By Anna Howard
- Paladino Carrying Fight to Minority Board Members :By Tony Farina
- Military-Strength Anti-Bleeding Product Coming to Stores :By Tony Farina
- Skrlin Hammers Home a Homely Masterwork
- The Great One Scores Again: Skrlin Deftly Weave a Monster Story
- Letters to the Editor
- City Hall Jokes
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Mar 03, 2015
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Feb 24, 2015
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Feb 17, 2015
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Feb 10, 2015
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Feb 03, 2015
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January 27, 2015
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January 20, 2015
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January 13, 2015
- LEAD STORIES
- Throw Dyster's Garbage Plan Savings
Projections Out With Yesterday's Trash : By Mike Hudson
- Moving The Goalposts as Dyster's Trash Plan Unravels :By Sarah Martinez
- City to See Invasion of Homeless While Registered
Predators Rape; Dyster Discusses Comedian's Joke :By Mike Hudson
- Meet the New Dyster Administration Same as the Old Dyster Administration
Second Verse, Same as the First : By Anna M. Howard
- Handicapping the 2015 Race for Mayor : By Anna M. Howard
- Blunder of Historic Proportions Made on Cayuga Island with Jayne Park Plan
- Western New York Great Fodder for Late Night Jokes:By Tony Farina
- Only in North Tonawanda: Who Will Replace Kiedrowski? :By Sweeney Payne
- McDonald's to Award Military Rd. Manager
With National Ray Kroc Award
- El Cubilete Brings Authentic, Savory Mexican Food to Niagara Falls
- Local "Hate Groups" a Blight on Falls, Niagara County :By James Hufnagel
- Success for Niagara Falls Tour Company Comes without Government Subsidy
- Director Tells SPCA's Side of Challenge with City
Pit Bulls Not the Problem :By Amy Lewis
Executive Director
Niagara County SPCA
- Common sense precautions can help make flu season safer for all:By Rajinder Bajwa, M.D., and W. Hank Cullers, R.N., B.S., B.S.N., C.I.C.
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
- Memorial to Dedicate Tenth Street Cafe
- Scientists: Great Lakes teeming with tiny plastic fibers : BY JOHN FLESHER, Associated Press
- Woman Plunging San Diego Toilet Pulls Up 5 1/2-Foot Snake
- Russia lists transgender people among those unfit to drive
- Man Tells Cops 'Everyone Drives Drunk' on New Year's Eve
- Cops: Dad cut dreadlocks off teen daughter's male friend
- Kerry Gets It Wrong on Climate's Impact on New Zealand's Dairy Farmers
- Afghanistan Set Record for Growing Opium in 2014
- White Unemployment, 4.8% -- Black Unemployment, 10.4%
- Reporter to examine legalization of marijuana in New York State
- Ice Fishermen Asked To Consider Ice Thickness, Bait Regs
- Niagara Falls Crime Blotter : By Sarah Martinez
- 52 yr old Repeat Sex Offender Rapes and Impregnates 11 yr old Girl
- Obama Administration's Free Community College Will Shift 'Significant' Costs to Taxpayers
- WBFO-FM 88.7 Launches Weekly Hockey Segment "Behind the Bench"
- Alaska Leads Nation in Alcohol Poisoning Deaths
- Ryan Gets Welcome Fit for a King But Still Needs a QB
- Letters to the Editor
- Religious News will be sent at the end
- Heard Around City Hall and Other Jokes!
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January 06, 2015