Youngstown Yacht Club – December 20, 2012

Youngstown Yacht Club after a December snow storm… a far cry from mid-July temps!

Suspect takes leap

[From Niagara-Gazette.com]

Falls police believe a man responsible for an attempted robbery of a convenience store in the 9100 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard Friday afternoon attempted to evade arrest by jumping from the third floor of an apartment complex moments later.

Read rest of article here: http://niagara-gazette.com/local/x1525000362/Suspect-takes-leap

 

 

Image of the Day – December 29, 2012

Preparations being made for New Year’s Eve at the Giacomo for
the city

NiagaraHub Video: Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center introduces “SAL”

The Hub’s own Craig Avery takes a crack at operating Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center’s new surgical machine “SAL” (Save A Life).

Pre-Snap Reads: Anything but a win against the Jets!

The Bills close out their sorry 2012 season on Sunday with a game against their division rival, the New York Jets. There was a time – Kemp vs. Namath, Ferguson vs. Todd, Kelly vs. O

Installing the rigging for the 2013 New Year’s Eve Guitar Drop

Workers continue the rigging process for Monday night’s 2013 New Year’s Eve Guitar Drop:

Hooking up the big guitar to the rigging installed on the side of the Giacomo

Top installation

I know many of the NiagaraHub

Heritage plan wins U.S. approval

[From the BuffaloNews.com]

Congress has approved a 327-page management plan and environmental assessment that will permit a local commission to

Christmas Eve, Niagara Falls, New York

Christmas Eve night (early Christmas Morning) 3:30am – At the Falls in snow and darkness.

City officials hoping to keep operations of Old Falls Street in hands of state

[From the Niagara-Gazette.com]

Mayor Paul Dyster is working on a deal that would keep Old Falls Street operations in the hands of the state.

The city council voted unanimously to approve a resolution submitted by Dyster giving him the authority to execute a deal with USA Niagara Development Corp. that would keep Old Falls Street under the watch of the agency through 2013 without any financial contribution from the city at Wednesday’s council meeting.

Read full article here: http://niagara-gazette.com/local/x1524999839/City-officials-hoping-to-keep-operations-of-Old-Falls-Street-in-hands-of-state

DalPorto named new Niagara Falls police superintendent

[From the Niagara-Gazette.com]

The city of Niagara Falls has a new police chief.

Mayor Paul Dyster announced his appointment of Det. Lt. Bryan DalPorto to the position of Superintendent of Police at Wednesday’s city council meeting.

Read full article here: http://niagara-gazette.com/local/x1524999788/DalPorto-named-new-Niagara-Falls-police-superintendent