Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) will host a grand opening of his new office serving Niagara County.

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The city council is continuing its stand against Mayor Paul Dyster

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Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the former Summit Park Mall on Sunday morning for a large water break inside the building.

The inside of the now-closed mall was flooded, with water about 4 to 6 inches in places, and was water was pouring out of the mall into the parking lot when deputies arrived about 9 a.m. A property manager said most of the store spaces were flooded.

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After decades of population loss, Niagara Falls has found a way to draw young people downtown by offering to pay off their student loans.

Now comes the challenge of drawing the businesses the young creative types will demand.

The honeymoon capital this year will place the first of 20 recent graduates into homes and apartments near the falls, the first step in building a market for what officials hope will become an Elmwood Village of the north.

The idea is to inject young people into a downtown area that edges closer toward disrepair each year. Federal urban renewal funds will pay two years of the graduates