Cuomo’s efforts at upstate development yield few results despite costing billions
Four new studies reveal that the $8 billion spent annually by the Cuomo administration on economic development – particularly upstate – has done relatively
Taxpayer ripoff at the Hotel Niagara: “Buy high, sell low” new Cuomo motto
“Buy low, sell high.” In the world of private investment, this time honored maxim – more than a century old and still used by
LEWD BILLBOARD! Billboard brouhaha breaks out in downtown North Tonawanda
Two North Tonawanda officials have asked one of the nation’s largest outdoor advertising companies to take down what they call a lewd billboard after
Let’s Get it Moving (We’re Talking Traffic Here)
By Councilman Kenny Tompkins We have a traffic problem here in Niagara Falls near the Niagara Reservation Park. Guess what? This is a good
The Buffalo Niagara Film Festival Returns
The Buffalo Niagara Film Festival has grown from its modest beginnings on the University at Buffalo campus in 2007. Since then, it has become the
DeVeaux Woods Carriage Barn previously doomed; now Centerpiece of state Outdoor Recreation proposal
“There may have been a time when preservation was about saving an old building here or there, but those days are gone. Preservation is
GEORGE MAZIARZ – A man of Honesty and Integrity
The Right Side By J Gary DiLaura I first met George Maziarz in 1985. He was a Niagara County politician with a good reputation
COLLUSION VS CONSPIRACY…WHAT’S THE CRIME?
The Right Side By J Gary DiLaura COLLUSION VS CONSPIRACY… WHAT ‘S THE CRIME? In all my years in law enforcement I never charged
Seneca gas prices competitive with white owned stations here
While area gas station owners and politicians voiced concerns that the Seneca Nation of Indians would undercut gas prices at the recently opened gas
The Seneca Nation Gambled on the Future, and Won
In 2002, at a time when New York State and its local communities were facing financial uncertainty, the many powers that be looked for
Grandinetti’s Buffalo fundraiser an insult to local city businesses
Why does Kristen Grandinetti even bother to live in Niagara Falls? The cat hating, Facebook addicted, formerly Catholic city councilwoman – whose bed and