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CHRIS’S CORNER: Why I’m Running

CHRIS’S CORNER: Why I’m Running

Niagara Falls February 3, 2021 at 9:31 pm

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Chris Voccio Niagara Falls City Councilman In May of 2017, I announced my candidacy for the Niagara Falls City Council, running on a record of success in the private sector and a commitmentRead More

Niagara Falls Sees First Homicide of 2021 as 26-Year-Old Is Gunned Down on 20th Street

Niagara Falls Sees First Homicide of 2021 as 26-Year-Old Is Gunned Down on 20th Street

Niagara Falls February 1, 2021 at 4:12 pm

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter At approximately 1:30 a.m. on Monday, February 1st, 2021, the Niagara Falls Police Department responded to the report of a man lying on the ground for about 30 minutes at theRead More

Restaino Announces New Process for Police Incident Reports to be Released to Media Outlets

Restaino Announces New Process for Police Incident Reports to be Released to Media Outlets

Niagara Falls February 1, 2021 at 4:05 pm

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Mayor Robert M. Restaino released the following statement regarding a new process for allowing media outlets access to police incident reports. The Niagara Reporter was the first news publication to bringRead More

Restaino Promises Solution to Police Incident Reports Being Withheld from Media in the Next Week

Restaino Promises Solution to Police Incident Reports Being Withheld from Media in the Next Week

Niagara Falls January 30, 2021 at 8:51 am

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Reporter Staff Niagara Falls Mayor Robert M. Restaino released his most recent city update on Friday, January 29th, 2021, which included a minute and a half segment on police incident reports. The CityRead More

GoFundMe Started to Assist Family Displaced by Vehicle Crashing Into Home in Niagara Falls

GoFundMe Started to Assist Family Displaced by Vehicle Crashing Into Home in Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls January 27, 2021 at 9:26 pm

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter A mother, father, and three small children have found themselves without a place to live after a vehicle smashed into their rental home on the 7000 block of Stephenson Avenue onRead More

Three Indicted in Death of Niagara Falls Resident Kenneth Walaszek

Three Indicted in Death of Niagara Falls Resident Kenneth Walaszek

Niagara Falls January 27, 2021 at 11:20 am

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Niagara County District Attorney Brian Seaman announced that two Adolescent Offenders, as well as an adult, Tramaine Sanchez, were arraigned today on an Indictment in Niagara County Youth Part by theRead More

Niagara Falls City Council Chairman Responds to Patrick Brown’s Resignation from the Niagara Falls Water Board

Niagara Falls City Council Chairman Responds to Patrick Brown’s Resignation from the Niagara Falls Water Board

Niagara Falls January 27, 2021 at 11:11 am

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter On Tuesday, January 26, 2021, the Niagara Falls City Council received Patrick Brown’s request to step down as the Niagara Falls City Council’s appointee to the Niagara Falls Water Board. TheRead More

Restaino Defends Police Report Policy on Privacy Grounds; Decries Those Seeking Information for “Ratings” or “Clicks”

Restaino Defends Police Report Policy on Privacy Grounds; Decries Those Seeking Information for “Ratings” or “Clicks”

Niagara Falls January 26, 2021 at 6:57 pm

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Niagara Falls Mayor Robert M. Restaino released the following statement on Tuesday, January 26th, 2021, defending his administration’s decision to no longer allow the dissemination of police reports without a FOIARead More

Michael Gawel on Road to Recovery After 67 Days at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center

Michael Gawel on Road to Recovery After 67 Days at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center

Niagara Falls January 26, 2021 at 2:47 pm

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Tony Farina After 67 days, mostly on a ventilator in ICU with Covid and complications, CPA and former Niagara Falls Councilman Michael Gawel left Memorial Medical Center on Tuesday, cheered by staff andRead More

HAMILTON: Water Board Woes – Is it Ra-cism or is it Renae-cism?

HAMILTON: Water Board Woes – Is it Ra-cism or is it Renae-cism?

Niagara Falls January 26, 2021 at 10:54 am

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By:Ken Hamilton Current Niagara Falls Water Board chairman Patrick Brown is accused of racism by African-American board member and former Niagara County Legislator Renae Kimble. Those supporting Kimble say that Brown has posted racistRead More

Niagara Falls Mayor Robert M. Restaino

Coalition For Open Government Demands Transparency from Restaino on Police Reports

Niagara Falls January 26, 2021 at 10:05 am

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     Dear Mayor: Obtaining police arrest reports in a timely way is important for the news media to be able to provide information to the public. It is our understanding that for decades police incidentRead More

Tompkins Drops Republican Affiliation & Announces He Will Not Seek Re-Election

Tompkins Drops Republican Affiliation & Announces He Will Not Seek Re-Election

Niagara Falls January 22, 2021 at 11:08 am

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Ken Tompkins Niagara Falls City Councilman Being a city councilman for the last six years has given me many opportunities to help people and the city I love in ways I would notRead More

PHOTO GALERY: Bernie’s Niagara Falls Adventure

PHOTO GALERY: Bernie’s Niagara Falls Adventure

Niagara Falls January 22, 2021 at 9:39 am

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Niagara Falls Family Caring for Baby Born with Rare Disabilities Says Buffalo Bills Gives Them Hope

Niagara Falls Family Caring for Baby Born with Rare Disabilities Says Buffalo Bills Gives Them Hope

Niagara Falls January 21, 2021 at 2:39 pm

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Baby Amara of Niagara Falls is only 3-months-old. She has no fingers and no toes. She has many deformities to her head and she had to have brain surgery on herRead More

City of Niagara Falls No Longer Releasing Police Reports Without FOIA Request

City of Niagara Falls No Longer Releasing Police Reports Without FOIA Request

Niagara Falls January 19, 2021 at 1:10 pm

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter     By: Staff Reporter For years, the Niagara Falls Police Department has sent out police reports on a daily basis to news organizations. These reports were then redacted by each news outlet and published as individualRead More

Niagara Falls Memorial Cancels Next Week’s Covid-19 Vaccine Clinics Due to Supply Shortage

Niagara Falls Memorial Cancels Next Week’s Covid-19 Vaccine Clinics Due to Supply Shortage

Niagara Falls January 15, 2021 at 3:15 pm

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Niagara Falls Memorial Center has not received enough COVID-19 vaccine doses to meet public demand.  We regret that the vaccination clinics scheduled during each of the days from January 18 throughRead More

Niagara Falls Mayor Restaino Announces the Disbursement of CARES Act Funds

Niagara Falls Mayor Restaino Announces the Disbursement of CARES Act Funds

Niagara Falls January 15, 2021 at 1:18 pm

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter On Friday, January 15th, 2021, Mayor Robert Restaino announces the disbursement of CARES Act grant funds to local community groups working to fight against the wide ranging effects of COVID-19 within theRead More

Photo contributed by Barbara Kindred, Bethel AME Church, Wilmington DE

Niagara Falls-Born Reverend Sylvester Beaman to do Benediction at Biden Inauguration

Niagara Falls January 15, 2021 at 11:18 am

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Photo contributed by Barbara Kindred, Bethel AME Church, Wilmington DE Reverend Sylvester S. Beaman of the Bethel AME Church of Wilmington Delaware, a family advisor of former Vice-President Joseph R. Biden,Read More

Memorial Experiences Difficulty with Covid-19 Vaccine Scheduling; Cancels Friday Clinic

Memorial Experiences Difficulty with Covid-19 Vaccine Scheduling; Cancels Friday Clinic

Niagara Falls January 14, 2021 at 4:43 pm

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Niagara Falls Memorial Center is experiencing difficulty with the online program used to schedule people from state Priority Groups 1A and 1B to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.  This temporary issue hasRead More

Memorial to Hold Offsite Vaccination Clinics as State Expands List of Those Who Are Eligible

Memorial to Hold Offsite Vaccination Clinics as State Expands List of Those Who Are Eligible

Niagara Falls January 14, 2021 at 10:39 am

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center will dispense COVID-19 vaccine to those who qualify at the Niagara Falls City School District Field House on the Niagara Falls High School campus. Although peopleRead More

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