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Construction begins on new cardiac catheterization lab at Heart Center of Niagara

Construction begins on new cardiac catheterization lab at Heart Center of Niagara

Community News October 20, 2016 at 1:21 am

Construction is under way on the new cardiac catheterization laboratory in The Heart Center of Niagara at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. The lab is the result of a unique community collaboration between Catholic Health, Kaleida Health, Erie County Medical Center Corporation and Niagara Falls Memorial to address the pressingRead More

The End of our beautiful Ash Trees?

The End of our beautiful Ash Trees?

News October 20, 2016 at 1:17 am

By Jared Porter The city of Niagara Falls needs to act now to combat the invasive Emerald Ash Borer beetle. The beetles only attack ash trees about 6″ in diameter or more. Therefore, cutting down infected trees before they die allows them to send up new growth that won’t beRead More

Frank Dux, a living martial arts legend, divides his time between Los Angeles, Houston and Western New York.

“DON’T FOLLOW THE CROWD”

Uncategorized October 20, 2016 at 1:10 am

By Frank W. Dux (Editor’s note: Frank Dux is the legendary martial artist, teacher, author, fight choreographer, stunt coordinator, film writer, consultant, security advisor, coauthor of the US Navy SEAL Special Warfare Combat Fighting Course used by military elite units throughout the world, and holder of 16 martial arts worldRead More

The Right Side

The Right Side

Uncategorized October 20, 2016 at 12:57 am

WHAT THE FBI AND COMEY DIDN’T DO, BUT STILL CAN! By J Gary Dilaura In any investigation there is a subject or subjects with one or more being a main subject. When you encounter a single subject case, the investigation is generally more difficult. If there are 10, 15 or moreRead More

National Attention to Buffalo Police Shooting Dogs

National Attention to Buffalo Police Shooting Dogs

Erie County October 20, 2016 at 12:39 am

By Nathan Winograd (Editor’s note: A world renowned animal advocate, Nathan Winograd is considered to be the father of the No Kill movement. His comments on our Oct. 13 article “SPCA Report Contradicts Police Version of Shootings that Killed Pit Bulls in Drug Raids” for his national animal rights audienceRead More

Niagara Falls Jokes

Niagara Falls Jokes

Uncategorized October 20, 2016 at 12:13 am

When the town of Wheatfield applied to Assemblyman John Ceretto’s office for state aid, his response was “Go jump off a Cliffe.” ************************************** There’s a new drinking game that’s taking place at Apple Granny’s on Center Street in Lewiston – you do a shot every time John Ceretto switches politicalRead More

Niagara Falls jokes

Niagara Falls jokes

Uncategorized October 13, 2016 at 6:58 am

Now that autumn is here, some of the nights are getting a little cold. In fact, it’s been getting so chilly, some in city government were observed recently with their hands in their own pockets!   ***********************************************************************   Mayor Dyster wanted to find out from Gov. Cuomo why, after havingRead More

Movie Review: The Birth of a Nation

Movie Review: The Birth of a Nation

Niagara Falls October 13, 2016 at 6:04 am

by Niagara Falls City Councilman Ezra P. Scott, Jr. Released on October 7th 2016, I recently had an opportunity to view The Birth of a Nation as a social study of American History. Unlike the original 1915 American silent film The Birth of a Nation (The Clansman), that was directed and co-produced by D.Read More

Questions on Raises and Stipends

Questions on Raises and Stipends

Niagara Falls October 13, 2016 at 6:02 am

by Niagara Falls City Councilman Kenny Tompkins On September 30, my council colleagues and I were handed the 2017 city budget. Over the next several weeks, we’ll individually scrutinize the details enclosed in the thousands of small-print pages of the book that contains the cost and revenue figures our cityRead More

Tax & Spend Dyster Offers Huge Pay Increases + 8 New Positions

Tax & Spend Dyster Offers Huge Pay Increases + 8 New Positions

Niagara Falls October 13, 2016 at 5:05 am

by Ann Williams And Once Again, He Expects Us to Pay for it Through Tax Rate Increases & Looming Reassessments Committee to Stop the Reassessments & Continuous Tax Increases Mayor Paul Dyster is yet again proposing huge pay increases for mayoral appointees and the creation of eight new positions inRead More

OCTOBER 21 IS NATIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY DAY

OCTOBER 21 IS NATIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY DAY

Community News October 13, 2016 at 4:53 am

By Renae Kimble             In 1993, then President William Clinton proclaimed the third Friday in the month of October as National Mammography Day.  On this day and throughout the entire month of October, women are encouraged to make a mammogram appointment with their health care provider.             Women lead extremelyRead More

The Right Side

The Right Side

Uncategorized October 13, 2016 at 2:00 am

I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR HILLARY…WHY? WHY DIDN’T YOU EVEN TRY TO SEND HELP???!!! By J Gary DiLaura According to Forbes, T. Boone Pickens’ business LOST over $1 Billion on his WIND Power project and he lost $150 million in personal wealth AND… was booted off the Forbes 400. When PresidentRead More

Niagara Falls joke

Niagara Falls joke

Niagara Falls October 6, 2016 at 8:41 pm

While walking down the street, a Niagara Falls resident is tragically hit by a bus and dies. His soul arrives in heaven and is met at the Pearly Gates by, to his surprise, the spirit of Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster.   “Welcome to Heaven,” says Mayor Dyster. “But weRead More

Look Good Feel Better® Program Helps Women Overcome Side Effects of Cancer Treatment

Look Good Feel Better® Program Helps Women Overcome Side Effects of Cancer Treatment

News October 6, 2016 at 4:55 pm

Look Good Feel Better®, a free national public service program for women who are undergoing cancer treatment, will be offered to female cancer patients on Monday, Oct. 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the HSBC Community Room at The Heart Center of Niagara, 571 10th St. Offered through aRead More

THE COLOR PINK SYMBOLIZES HOPE AND SOLIDARITY IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER

THE COLOR PINK SYMBOLIZES HOPE AND SOLIDARITY IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER

News October 6, 2016 at 4:54 pm

By Renae Kimble Program Coordinator, Cancer Services Program of Niagara County            October is the month in which women throughout the entire world are reminded by the color pink that it is time to focus on breast cancer awareness.             While pinkRead More

Chaos in the Middle East in 2011 and its Culprits

Chaos in the Middle East in 2011 and its Culprits

Uncategorized October 6, 2016 at 11:29 am

By Jim Ostrowski This is an excerpt from the new book, The Impeachment of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for High Crimes in Syria and Libya, by Michael Ostrowski and James Ostrowski (2016). The American interventions into Libya and Syria happened in a troubled part of the world with numerous and seeminglyRead More

Niagara County Corruption Obvious Even to a Woman in Great Britain

Niagara County Corruption Obvious Even to a Woman in Great Britain

Uncategorized October 6, 2016 at 11:24 am

By Alison Menage My sister is very much involved on the periphery of local politics and county politics in the area. She and her friends are fighting a long, hard fight against the corruption and abuse of patronage. It is so very bad in Niagara County, it seems totally endemic. Read More

The Right Side

The Right Side

Uncategorized October 6, 2016 at 11:19 am

By J Gary DiLaura Retired FBI Agent Offers Apology From ‘Silenced’ FBI Agents To America for Current FBI Director It seems that certain people are worried that Donald Trump will become President! They are worried for different yet similar reasons and are going all out to stop him! Barack Obama, HillaryRead More

Another taxpayer-subsidized proposal, adjacent to the tax free Seneca Casino. Had the Casino really been the catalyst for development government officials promised, property across the street surely would not need taxpayer subsidies. When will people start to learn that everything government officials in this city promise, will not come true. Perhaps they will learn this proven again and again truth by simply asking themselves --"what do their officials know about business or development anyway?" They're politicians, which means at the end of the day, they haven't the slightest scruples about telling the public Bullshit... And with all due respect this present project has all the earmarks of the promises of the past.

Rolling in that “spin off” from Seneca Casino

Niagara Falls October 6, 2016 at 11:18 am

by Matt Ricchiazzi The administration of Mayor Paul Dyster is advancing a redevelopment project at the corner of Niagara and 7th – directly across the street from the Seneca Niagara Casino.  The project is causing controversy because the Dyster administration is seeking $1 million in state capital for the project, before issuingRead More

Bonnie Fitzgerald

West River Road Resident Gives Her Side of Bike Path Story

Erie County October 6, 2016 at 11:16 am

Invites Public to “Come and Enjoy” the Glorious Eight Miles of West River By Bonnie Fitzgerald West River Rd. Resident Grand Island NY — In connection with the debate raging about the proposed West River Parkway bike path, we believe that the recent article entitled “The Great Nimby” was writtenRead More

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