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Mayor-Elect Robert M. Restaino.

Restaino Putting Final Touches on New Cabinet

Niagara Falls December 11, 2019 at 4:33 pm

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 There will be a lot of new faces around Niagara Falls City Hall next year as Paul Dyster exits the mayor’s office after 12Read More

HAMILTON: Wounded Knee and Niagara Falls’ Sgt. Toy Says Rescind the Doggone Wounded Knee Medals!

HAMILTON: Wounded Knee and Niagara Falls’ Sgt. Toy Says Rescind the Doggone Wounded Knee Medals!

Niagara Falls December 11, 2019 at 4:32 pm

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: Ken Hamilton In light of Massachusetts’ Senator Elizabeth Warren’s former but now debunked claims that she was indeed part Native American, it is still humorous toRead More

Chris’s Corner: City Employees and City Workers

Chris’s Corner: City Employees and City Workers

Niagara Falls December 11, 2019 at 4:28 pm

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: Chris Voccio Niagara Falls City Councilman I learned shortly after my last column was published that a lot of city workers read it and understood whereRead More

TOMPKINS: Getting the Facts Straight on the Garbage Fee

TOMPKINS: Getting the Facts Straight on the Garbage Fee

Niagara Falls December 5, 2019 at 9:58 am

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:   Kenny Tompkins Niagara Falls City Councilman Being an elected official is great when it’s clear to everyone what you’re doing is in their best interests.Read More

Niagara Falls City Council

City Council Drama in Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls December 5, 2019 at 9:56 am

Please click the link below to subscribe to a FREE PDF version of each print edition of the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     Tompkins Under Fire After User Fee Vote. Touma Defends Council Vote.  Kennedy Says Nothing Left to Cut. Voccio Slams Vote But Put Forward No Proposed Cuts /Read More

HAMILTON: Tompkins, Kennedy are Targets of the Wrath of Dave

HAMILTON: Tompkins, Kennedy are Targets of the Wrath of Dave

Niagara Falls December 5, 2019 at 9:53 am

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: Ken Hamilton Dave Biekska is a gruff, rough and tumble sort of a guy who’s worked hard all of his life, wisely invested his money andRead More

User Fee Passes; Voccio Says City Needs to Stop Feeding the Beast

User Fee Passes; Voccio Says City Needs to Stop Feeding the Beast

Niagara Falls November 28, 2019 at 2:48 pm

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 Niagara Falls City Council has gone along with outgoing Mayor Paul Dyster’s proposal for a garbage user fee ($181) next year byRead More

HAMILTON: Are Tompkins’ Voters Looking for the “Morning-After the Vote Pill?”

HAMILTON: Are Tompkins’ Voters Looking for the “Morning-After the Vote Pill?”

Niagara Falls November 28, 2019 at 2:45 pm

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: Ken Hamilton The vote on who would make the sub-decision on raising taxes or paying a garbage fee was up to the voters; however, with thatRead More

Kennedy, Touma & Tompkins Give Green Light to User Fee in Niagara Falls

Kennedy, Touma & Tompkins Give Green Light to User Fee in Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls November 22, 2019 at 8:40 am

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 City Council Chairman Andrew Touma reports lawmakers have approved a charter amendment allowing for the mayor to Include a garbage user fee in the 2020Read More

Niagara Falls City Hall -- where Cauley sets to work on fixing the services needed in this city.

Anello Asks: Window Dressing or Real Cuts by City Leaders?

Niagara Falls November 19, 2019 at 8:39 pm

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 Former Niagara Falls Mayor Vincent Anello thinks some of the council’s cost-cutting budget maneuvering is more for show than dough and doesn’t amount toRead More

Niagara Falls City Council

HAMILTON: Should Niagara Falls Have Total Control Over the Disbursements of Casino Money?

Niagara Falls November 19, 2019 at 8:36 pm

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: Ken Hamilton Perhaps it is time that while the Seneca casinos’ issue is still tied up in litigation that Niagara Falls reassess both the distribution andRead More

The End of the  Dyster Era in Niagara Falls

The End of the Dyster Era in Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls November 13, 2019 at 5:50 pm

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 Robert Restaino has won the General Election and, with his win, the Dyster Era, with an ugly 12 years of depression and decline, risingRead More

From the treetops of NFR's land we can see the one beneficiary of the mayor's arena plans

Ruling Could Bring Restaino, Senecas to New Beginning

Niagara Falls November 13, 2019 at 5:47 pm

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 mayor-elect of Niagara Falls, Robert Restaino, may be in a position to win a major financial victory in the coming days, and someRead More

Niagara Falls Boy Battling Leukemia in Need of Our Love & Support

Niagara Falls Boy Battling Leukemia in Need of Our Love & Support

Niagara Falls November 13, 2019 at 5:46 pm

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: Staff Reports Jaziah “Bams” Jackson just turned 4 years old and for the past almost 2 1/2 years he has a really rough road. Jaziah wasRead More

HAMILTON: DePaul, Norstar & Raid on Buffalo City Hall – Is There a Relationship?

HAMILTON: DePaul, Norstar & Raid on Buffalo City Hall – Is There a Relationship?

Niagara Falls November 13, 2019 at 5:42 pm

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: Ken Hamilton Down Big Six! With only two months left in office, and like the Biblical story of when David loaded a rock into the leatherRead More

Restaino Wins Big Victory in Niagara Falls Mayoral Race; Tompkins & Spanbauer Lead Council Race

Restaino Wins Big Victory in Niagara Falls Mayoral Race; Tompkins & Spanbauer Lead Council Race

Niagara Falls November 6, 2019 at 6:12 pm

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 Less than an hour after the polls closed at 9 p.m. Tuesday night, Robert Restaino thanked his cheering supporters gathered at the Como Restaurant Read More

HAMILTON: We Ought to Act Like Women are Veterans, Too!

HAMILTON: We Ought to Act Like Women are Veterans, Too!

Niagara Falls November 6, 2019 at 6:08 pm

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: Ken Hamilton Dateline: Late August, 1973. “I’m not saluting her,” I said to my male classmate, as we were walking to the base meal hall forRead More

Alicia Kenyon in 2014 standing with former City Councilwoman Grandinetti, Former Councilman Walker, and current City Council Chairman Touma.

Former Councilwoman Grandinetti Endorses Kenyon for City Council

Niagara Falls November 5, 2019 at 11:01 am

Please click the link below to subscribe to a FREE PDF version of each print edition of the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9       Staff Reports The Niagara Reporter was forwarded a statement from former Niagara Falls City Councilwoman Kristen Grandinetti regarding the heated 2019 council race between Alicia Kenyon,Read More

Mayoral Candidate Glenn A. Choolokian.

CHOOLOKIAN: Voters of Niagara Falls We Must Change the Status Quo!

Niagara Falls November 1, 2019 at 1:10 pm

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: Glenn A. Choolokian Candidate for Mayor of Niagara Falls The election for Niagara Fall’s next Mayor is less than a 1 week away. After ten longRead More

Candidate John Spanbauer

SPANBAUER: The Change That Is Needed

Niagara Falls November 1, 2019 at 1:06 pm

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: John Spanbauer Candidate for Niagara Falls City Council I love the city of Niagara Falls, where I was fortunate to be born and raised. It isRead More

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