Clik here to view.
Another Third Street business closes its doors
24 Below is the latest Third Street business to be shuttered. USA Niagara, City wasted millions on Tourism Pipedream Niagara Falls’ “Tourist District” just received another blow with the closing of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cuomo jokes about Niagara Falls’ loss of casino funds
Governor turns his back on World-Famous Tourist city “This agreement is a win-win-win; a win for the local governments of Niagara Falls, Buffalo, and Salamanca, a win for the Seneca Nation whose...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gov. Cuomo’s jobs “Strikeforce” invades Niagara Falls
Declares Victory, then retreats back to Albany “Niagara Falls Unemployment Rate highest in New York State” blared the headline for our lead story on August 13 of this year. As we reported, the Niagara...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Residents on new Upper Mountain Road housing development: “Not Now, No Way!”
Is local government stalling, wearing down citizen opposition? The debate over a new, high-density housing subdivision proposed for the town of Lewiston seems to be winding down, as only a handful of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Local school zone speed limits arbitrary, make little sense
The speed limit on Mapleton Road in front of the sprawling Starpoint Central School campus in the town of Pendleton has been lowered to 40 mph, and some have questioned the reasonableness of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hoyt resigns in disgrace
ESD President no friend to Niagara Falls The resignation this week of Empire State Development Regional President Sam Hoyt resonated with this writer, who has crossed paths with Mr. Hoyt several times...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mike Hudson deeply missed by Reporter staff
A profound sadness descended on all of us on the Reporter staff over the weekend on news of Mike Hudson’s passing. Mike was a guy much loved by everyone who knew him, even if mostly through his music,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Delaware North’s enormous windfall profits from Niagara Falls State Park...
Nearly two decades into their state contract to provide food service and other amenities in the Niagara Falls State Park, we have obtained hard numbers as to how much money the multinational fast food...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Were Polls infiltrated, Election process subverted by Democrats to aid...
The Reporter has it on good information that all may not have been “on the up and up” with regards to election day here in the city of Niagara Falls. “I hope the Board of Elections is looking into...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Breaking News Stories on Maid, NXIVM highlights of Publisher’s Accomplishments
Frank R. Parlato, Jr. If he was your traditional type of newspaperman, having slogged it out in journalism school for years prior to occupying a cubicle at any one of hundreds of humdrum dailies across...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Boundary Waters Sculpture soon to grace Downtown Niagara Falls
At $585,000, Mayor Dyster’s Boundary Waters sculpture is costing more than twice what the City Council saved the other night when it eliminated four police positions from the budget. It’s taken long...
View ArticleClik here to view.
State Parks trashes Niagara “Scenic” Parkway by tolerating commercial traffic
When it comes to Niagara Falls, it’s like the Wild West around here. That’s because New York State completely and willfully ignores the law when it comes to just about anything to do with the 80% of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Answer to Niagara Falls’ fiscal distress may lie in classic comedy film
“The Mouse that Roared” (1959) was a dark comedy that foreshadowed the classic “Dr. Strangelove” in which Peter Sellers played three roles in the movie. The Niagara Falls Reporter has a solution to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Niagara Falls City Council, Mayor Dyster exceed tax cap, cut Police
Budget Woes lead to big Tax Increases for Residents, Businesses It took less than twenty minutes. The meat cleaver came down hard on Mayor Paul Dyster’s proposed 2018 budget Wednesday afternoon,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Local Media mum as Greenway Director throws in towel after short stint
Jeanne Leccese had an extensive background in urban planning and outdoor activities, with university, government and non-profit experience… but wasn’t a good fit as Greenway director? Having held the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
First “Buffalo Billion” land deal in Falls just another Cuomo favor for...
As part of his “Buffalo Billion II,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced earlier this year that he had decided to purchase “distressed lands adjacent to Niagara Falls State Park” as part of a new “Strategic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reporter critical of Mayor Dyster’s “public art” from the start
There’s a saying that well sums up public opinion here in Niagara Falls with regards to the new Boundary Waters “public art” sculpture that was installed at the Rainbow Blvd. traffic circle last week –...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Poison Pen letter is sneaky, vicious attack on Niagara Falls Firefighters
Risky Sanabria, president of Local 714 Firefighters “You know there was a time when public servants really did care about the public they served,” the unsigned screed that arrived in the mail this week...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Did Touma endorsement compromise Conservative Party ideals, and vice versa?
New York is one of only eight states that perpetuates the antiquated system of “electoral fusion,” an arrangement by which two or more political parties cross endorse a candidate, and of those eight...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Talking Heads’ music video derided Falls, Moses Parkway decades ago
A Talking Heads music video from the late ’70’s was insulting to Niagara Falls. Being a tourist destination with international name recognition can be a double-edged sword, as the city of Niagara Falls...
View Article
