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Double Dipping Lewiston Police Officer Gets Booted, Forced to Repay Money

Double Dipping Lewiston Police Officer Gets Booted, Forced to Repay Money

Local News, News May 4, 2023 at 9:25 am

LOCKPORT, NY: His dual role came to an end. Niagara County District Attorney Brian D. Seaman announced that James F. Ullery, a former officer of the Lewiston Police Department and the Village of Youngstown Police Department, entered a guilty plea in Porter Town Court this week to one count ofRead More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Mayor Restaino Wasting Millions of Tax Dollars on Centennial Park Land Grab

Mayor Restaino Wasting Millions of Tax Dollars on Centennial Park Land Grab

Ken Cosentino, Local News, Niagara Falls April 14, 2023 at 2:55 am

Mayor Restaino should consider relocating Centennial Park to the city-owned site on Niagara and Third Street, bringing jobs and tax savings.

Jennifer Lamoy tried to run for council, but was unsuccessful.

Inside Look at Niagara County BOE Petition Process: ‘I Tried to Run for NF Council’

Local News, News April 14, 2023 at 2:42 am

Jennifer Marie LaMoy almost ran for Niagara Falls City Council.  She gives readers a little insight into the world of political petitions and the Board of Elections.  By Jennifer Marie LaMoy I made the decision on Friday, March 9, 2023, to begin the petition process for the position of NiagaraRead More

NFR Partner Urbacon Speaks Out About NFR’s High-Stakes Battle with Mayor: The Truth Behind the Niagara Digital Campus Project

NFR Partner Urbacon Speaks Out About NFR’s High-Stakes Battle with Mayor: The Truth Behind the Niagara Digital Campus Project

Local News, News, Niagara Falls April 8, 2023 at 1:34 pm

One of the most persuasive arguments Mayor Robert Restaino has in his fight to force Niagara Falls Redevelopment LLC (NFR) to sell 10 acres of its land to the City through eminent domain is that NFR isn’t serious about developing the land. That the company only spoke about developing theRead More

NFR Proposes ‘Two Project’ Solution to Mayor Restaino’s Eminent Domain Quest to Take Land

NFR Proposes ‘Two Project’ Solution to Mayor Restaino’s Eminent Domain Quest to Take Land

Local News, News, Niagara Falls April 7, 2023 at 7:05 pm

The ongoing dispute between the City of Niagara Falls and Niagara Falls Redevelopment (NFR) over a 10-acre plot of land may prove pivotal in this year’s mayoral election. Mayor Robert Restaino, up for reelection, has chosen this issue as his primary focus, despite its unpopularity among voters due to theRead More

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Skrlin: I Become a Reporter, Flunk My First Assignment Walking Out on BS at Centennial Park Public Hearing

Gerald Skrlin, Local News, News April 6, 2023 at 10:08 pm

  By Gerald Skrlin Yeah, I’m a newspaper reporter; whoopie-hoo-hoo, I made it to my dreams, and what did I do? I flunked my first assignment! I was supposed to record the Eminnemce Doo-main public hearing initiated by our latest white-headed mayor, but I just could not sit there andRead More

Financial Questions Linger Over Funding of Mayor Restaino’s Centennial Park

Financial Questions Linger Over Funding of Mayor Restaino’s Centennial Park

Local News, News, Niagara Falls April 5, 2023 at 1:18 am

Niagara Falls Mayor Robert Restaino recently announced hopeful discussions with Albany legislators regarding funding for his proposed Centennial Park project. The ambitious plan includes a 7,000-seat auditorium and a parking ramp across from the Seneca Nation’s gambling and retail complex. The forested area labeled myopic is where Mayor Restaino wantsRead More

The Mayor is Watching You

The Mayor is Watching You

Niagara Falls March 30, 2023 at 1:22 pm

Mayor Restaino launches Security Camera Rebate Program to include local Not-For-Profits Organizations (Niagara Falls, New York) March 30, 2023 ─ In an effort to help local business owners and not-for-profit organizations increase security at their property, Mayor Robert Restaino has launched a Security Camera Rebate Program to now include localRead More

We asked AI-driven ChatGPT, “What ails Niagara Falls?”

We asked AI-driven ChatGPT, “What ails Niagara Falls?”

News, Niagara Falls March 28, 2023 at 8:31 pm

We asked the online computer program ChatGPT, a new AI (artificial intelligence) “chatbot” available on the internet, to report back on our fair city’s dire circumstances. This is the question we posed: “What ails the city of Niagara Falls?” Remember, what follows was not written by a human being. We’veRead More

Falls Mayor Defines Forest Land as “Blight” in desperate Eminent Domain land grab

Falls Mayor Defines Forest Land as “Blight” in desperate Eminent Domain land grab

News, Niagara Falls March 21, 2023 at 5:57 am

Last week, Niagara Falls residents gathered in the city council chambers for the third public hearing on Mayor Robert Restaino’s idea for a Centennial Park. It was clear from the speakers that there is opposition to Mayor Restaino’s plan to use eminent domain to take 10 acres of forest landRead More

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