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You’ve probably whipped along on Lower Mountain Road, forgetting we’ve got a burgeoning business right here in our own backyard.
So it’s nice when a subtle reminder gets dropped in our lap. For example, Weather.com selected the Niagara Wine Trail among its top 10 wine regions on a piece that’s up at the site now.
Sure, they lumped us in with the Canadian wineries, but there’s still a solid plug.
According to the story,
Removal of the old Trolley Tracks along Rte 104 Lewiston Rd. near Vanderbilt Ave - Photo from NF North End Construction News Facebook Page
City officials are still awaiting word as to when the Lewiston Road project will be completed.
Catholic Health appears to be the winner in the process to get Niagara County’s home health care license.
A pair of committees voted on Tuesday, with each coming back in favor of Catholic’s $2.65 million bid.
Also in the running for the license, which includes the McCauley Seton home car division, was Kaleida Health’s Visiting Nursing Association, which offers $2.5 million.
Catholic Health is expected to keep all nine employees currently employed by the county.
The county legislature will still need to ratify the decision when it meets on Feb. 7.
Robert Moses Parkway Poll – keep it maintained and in use or remove it and restore gorge rim:
Poll Closed – Results are:
Keep it – 61 votes =
He’s never been the biggest guy on the court, but Calvin Murphy’s name is the biggest in the history of the Niagara University men’s basketball program.
And the Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer will be in town to watch the Purple Eagles host Loyola and Manhattan this weekend.
Murphy will be in attendance to watch the men
The Orleans/Niagara BOCES students at the Niagara Falls Alternative High School really had Martin Luther King, Jr. Day brought to life for them by their teachers.
Ann Marie Riggie, who teaches English and Dan Barrancotta, who teaches Social Studies, coordinated their lessons to bring to life who Dr. King was and how his hard work has benefitted African Americans in this country.
(Editor’s note: This column is from Western New York businessman and former New York State gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino and not the view of NiagaraHub.com. Paladino has promised to be a regular contributor to this space.)
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A Hartland man who had mental health issues plunged to his death Monday at the Niagara County jail as he was being transported to a state prison.
50-year-old Harold Case of Carmen Road climbed atop a railing and jumped two floors, all after leaving a suicide note in his cell. Case dove headifst and died from injuries sustained in the fall.
Case was in jail after being recently convicted for sexually assaulting a woman in Lockport back in March of 2011.
Niagara County Sheriff Jim Voutour said it was the first suicide in the jail in three years.