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GUEST VIEW: Being Neighborly To Tourists (and how it started from the top)
Please click the link below to subscribe to a FREE PDF version of each print edition of the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9 By: Peter Green The other day a friend and I were driving along Whirlpool Avenue close to the Whirlpool Bridge. Ahead of us was a car with out-of-state license plates and they were driving like someone who was lost, which so often happens to all of us when we are in a strange city. We pulled alongside and motioned to speak with the driver. We asked if they were lost, and they replied they had
Aquarium of Niagara, a Must See Attraction, Continues to Upgrade Despite Pandemic
Please click the link below to subscribe to a FREE PDF version of each print edition of the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9 By: Reporter Staff Having completed $10 million in renovations and exhibit upgrades in the past few years, the Aquarium of Niagara has transformed itself before our very eyes. It seems as though new and exciting attractions are being added every year. In the past three years alone, the Aquarium added a $3.6 million Penguin Coast habitat for their Humboldt penguins, a state-of-the-art jellyfish exhibit called ‘Aliens of the Sea,’ and the forthcoming M&T Bank Shark and Ray
Photo Gallery: Grand Opening of SPoT Coffee in Niagara Falls
Please click the link below to subscribe to a FREE PDF version of each print edition of the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9 NIAGARA FALLS SPOT COFFEE GRAND OPENING PHOTO GALLERY By: Staff Reporter The newest addition to Downtown Niagara Falls, SPoT Coffee, located at 24 Buffalo Avenue, is officially open! Regular hours for SPoT are 7:00am to 9:00pm. Free parking is available in front of the building and also across the street in the city lot. SPoT Coffee has been headquartered in Buffalo since 1996 and the company prides themselves on offering the “highest quality coffee and fresh hand
RESTAINO: Working Together to Overcome Challenges and Make Great Changes to the City
Please click the link below to subscribe to a FREE PDF version of each print edition of the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9 By: Robert M. Restaino Mayor of Niagara Falls Reviewing the first six months of our administration, it has clearly been a time of challenge. A simple review of the headlines paints the picture that Niagara Falls and many other cities across the state, and nation, have had to address. Entering office, I knew that our budget was a fragile document, which going forward, would need a steadier hand and clearer direction to move Niagara Falls into a
Tourism Down in Falls as Typical Tourists are Banned From Coming
Please click the link below to subscribe to a FREE PDF version of each print edition of the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9 By: Frank Parlato Annually, Niagara Falls State Park is the destination of millions of people from around the nation and the world, who come to see one of the greatest natural wonders of the world. Most visitors come from late May to early September, and previous State Park estimates have been as high as 8 million annual visitors. Nothing like that is happening this year. The July 4th holiday, which is traditionally the busiest time of the
Restaino and Other Local Officials Attack Trusted Traveler Status Ban
Please click the link below to subscribe to a FREE PDF version of each print edition of the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9 By: Tony Farina The battle between the Trump Administration and New York State is escalating and according to state and local officials the fallout from the loss of trusted traveler status imposed by Trump’s Homeland Security Department could negatively impact Western New York’s economy. The state has filed a federal awsuit claiming the federal government’s actions blocking Global Entry and other programs that help travelers avoid security lines is intended to punish the state for new laws
Expedia Names Niagara Falls, NY, as Top-16 Honeymoon Destination – But Travel Writer May Not Have Ever Visited?
Please click the link below to subscribe to a FREE PDF version of each print edition of the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9 By: Frank Parlato Niagara Falls NY was selected by Expedia as one of the top 16 best honeymoon destinations in America! Expedia.com rounded up what they claimed are their Top 16 based on a ranking system of 4 criteria that make these cities “very appealing to travelers”and ideal for newlyweds. . The four criteria are: Adventures available Picture-perfect scenery Swoon-worthy vibes Affordability. The results were announced on October 8, 2018 and published online at https://viewfinder.expedia.com/features/top-honeymoon-destinations-in-the-us/#NiagaraFalls. According to Expedia, Niagara Falls NY scored well in all of
‘Closed for Business’ at City Hall?
Please click the link below to subscribe to a FREE PDF version of each print edition of the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9 By: Frank Parlato The doors to the present Niagara Falls City Hall on Main Street were first opened in 1924. Prior to that, the mayor’s office was in the Gluck Building on Second and Falls Streets. It was Mayor William Laughlin who first enjoyed welcoming residents into the building with its big, wide welcoming wooden doors and graceful staired approach. Since then Frank A. Jenss,, Dr. W. Levell Draper, Ernest W. Mirrington, Jr., Eugene C.
Dyster Using Uncertain $12.3 Million to Keep Status Quo at City Hall
Please click the link below to subscribe to a FREE PDF version of each print edition of the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9 By: Nicholas D. D’Angelo Managing Editor The timing couldn’t have been better. Days before Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster was to unveil his proposed budget for 2019, NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo announced he planned to propose in his NYS budget to the legislature that they approve “advancing” up to $12.3 million of future casino revenue to the City of Niagara Falls. It was a fine public gesture from the governor – during his election year – even
A $106 Million Budget
Please click the link below to subscribe to a FREE PDF version of each print edition of the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9 Dyster Administration Proposes Garbage ‘User Fee,’ Salary Increases & Curious Job Change for Piccirillo at Taxpayer Expense! By: Frank Parlato & Nicholas D. D’Angelo Mayor Paul Dyster’s proposed budget for 2019 came less than two days after Governor Andrew Cuomo advanced $12.3 million of future Seneca casino money to the City of Niagara Falls. Over the past few months, word from City Hall was that this was going to be Dyster’s “smallest budget ever.” It leaked
Something ‘Rotten’ in Job-Shuffling for Mayoral Hopeful Seth Piccirillo
Please click the link below to subscribe to a FREE PDF version of each print edition of the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9 Dyster seeks to ‘illegally’ create job for his protégé so he can legally run for mayor. By: Frank Parlato At a meeting of the Municipal Civil Service Commission on Sept. 20, something odd happened. There were some 26 items on the agenda – most of them about specifications for various civil service jobs and who was chosen to fill them. But there were two jobs – new ones it seems – to be created –
SOCK IT TO ME BABY: Dyster Administration Proposes Garbage ‘User Fee,’ Tax Increase & Cuts to Police / Fire Departments
Please click the link below to subscribe to a FREE PDF version of each print edition of the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9 By: Frank Parlato Paul A. Dyster became Mayor of Niagara Falls on January 1, 2008, shortly after the casino revenue started being paid to the City. In an unprecedented windfall – unknown anywhere in the USA where a city so small got so much – Niagara Falls, population 50,000, began to receive from $16 to $22 million annually from a negotiated contract with the Seneca Nation of Indians – made prior to Dyster taking office.