Hello Everyone, Welcome to this week’s edition of Ricky’s Corner. Our restaurant’s new name is Ricky’s Pub & Pizzeria located at the old Nifty Fifty 77http://southbuffalonews.com0 Buffalo Ave. Niagara Falls, NY http://southbuffalonews.com4304. Our number is 7http://southbuffalonews.com6-283-77http://southbuffalonews.com0. The wonderful staff and unique http://southbuffalonews.com950’s atmosphere that made The Nifty great is staying http://southbuffalonews.comhttp://southbuffalonews.com0% intact. Ricky’s will be offering an enhanced & expanded dinnerRead More

  Former Niagara Falls City Police officer James J. Conte, 48, was sentenced by Wheatfield Town Justice Erin P. DeLabio to a six month conditional release on a third-degree assault charge Tuesday. Niagara County District Attorney Michael Violante said by pleading guilty to a crime, even a misdemeanor, Conte wouldRead More

From the Los Angeles Times 20http://southbuffalonews.com5 was Earth’s hottest year on record, according to new data released today by NOAA and NASA. The average surface temperature across the globe was 58.47 Fahrenheit, a seemingly small but significant 0.23-degree increase from 20http://southbuffalonews.com4’s previous record, experts said. The new numbers confirm long-termRead More

  Over the past eight years, Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster has burned through around $200 million in revenue the city receives as the local share of the slot machine revenue from the Seneca Niagara Casino. And for almost as long, The Niagara Falls Reporter has been calling for aRead More

In NXIVM’s effort to destroy Barbara Bouchey – making a criminal computer trespass case out of a molehill  visit to a social media website – while ignoring a mountain of potential evidence against NXIVM founder Keith Raniere – certain facts have come to light. Perhaps the time has come –Read More

The American Red Cross urgently needs blood donors to make an appointment to give this winter. Eligible blood donors of all types are needed, especially those with O, AB, B negative and A negative. Blood is needed to respond to emergencies large and small, across the country every day.  Read More

With the average American budgeting $8,400 for travel in 20http://southbuffalonews.com6 and one-third of people planning to spend more than last year, according to TripAdvisor survey data, the stakes are also rising in terms of our decisions regarding rewards program membership. In order to help travelers maximize their savings, CardHub todayRead More

  IT MAKES SENSE TO ADVERTISE We think there are some pretty good reasons to advertise in our publications, Artvoice, The Niagara Falls Reporter, the Front Page and the South Buffalo News both in print and online editions: Our job – if I can see straight and hear clearly andRead More

As we have reported for some time, many at Erie Community College have questioned the commitment and leadership of President Jack Quinn who earns $http://southbuffalonews.com92,500 to run the school but has several outside assignments not related to college business that often take him away from the college and leave theRead More

Having evidently read several of my posts on NXIVM, a reader asks: How did they try to control your mind? It sounds like you were allowed close enough to the inner circle to be able to see at least the sex-charged nature of NXIVM, if not the criminality. Were thereRead More

They believe in neutro-linguistic programming (NLP), which in this case would be Ericksonian covert-hypnosis.  The first steps are for the controller to converse with you, preferably seated side by side, and subtly match your body language, which apparently goes a long way toward making most people trust the controller.  ThenRead More

Willie Anicic has spent a lifetime as an artist, creating metal sculptures with his welding skills, now available at Frankenstein Gallery, Niagara Falls, ON. The son of an artist, Anicic has upheld the family tradition of creativity. He is the sole creator of statuette for the annual Toronto-based Female EyeRead More

      Niagara Falls – It was our own resident genius, James Hufnagel, who wrote us this week, to say, “You know what would be really funny? A picture of Mayor Paul A. Dyster wearing the new traffic circle sculpture like a crown.” We agreed. Mr. Hufnagel was referringRead More

Crime doesn’t pay. At least not for too long. On January 6th at 3:00 a.m. the 7/http://southbuffalonews.comhttp://southbuffalonews.com, located at 23http://southbuffalonews.com0 Hyde Park Blvd, was robbed. Two suspects, one male and one female entered the store with the female staying near the door to watch for customers. The male walked toRead More

The personal finance website, WalletHub, has released a report this week called The True Cost of Smoking by State. WalletHub’s analysts calculated potential monetary losses — including the cumulative cost of a cigarette pack per day over several decades, health care expenditures, income losses and other costs — brought on byRead More

  North Tonawanda – The Historic Riviera Theatre and Performing Arts Center announces  “Stoogefest XXV Winter Edition” – on Saturday February 27, 20http://southbuffalonews.com6 at 7:30 pm. Ticket Info: General Admission: $http://southbuffalonews.com0 Adults / $7 Child Tickets Available At: Phone or In Person: Riviera Theatre Box Office: 7http://southbuffalonews.com6-692-24http://southbuffalonews.com3 In Person: World HollywoodRead More

AccuWeather Global Weather Center – January http://southbuffalonews.com8, 20http://southbuffalonews.com6 –  AccuWeather reports brutal cold will sweep into the eastern U.S. through early this week and will continue to leave its mark in the Midwest. The new arctic blast will be the harshest the Midwest and East have experienced so far this season.Read More

  A visit to the City of North Tonawanda’s website,  www.northtonawanda.org reveals there are some things on it that shouldn’t be on it and some that should be on the website that aren’t. Perhaps City Clerk-Treasurer Daniel Quinn should check out everything that is currently posted on the website and seeRead More

Jeb Bush’s Education Plan – Fulfilling the American Dream By Jeanne Allen* I disembarked my flight to Tallahassee International the morning of my speaking engagement in http://southbuffalonews.com995, tired from a long flight but ready to help solve Florida’s most pressing problems.  To my surprise, Jeb Bush was waiting for thoseRead More

Today, Americans pause to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., an American icon, baptist minister, winner of the http://southbuffalonews.com964 Nobel Prize for Peace, and leader of the U.S. Civil Rights movement. For thirteen years, beginning with the Bus Boycotts in Montgomery, Dr. King rallied our Nation to live up toRead More