NiagaraHub’s image of the Day: March 1, 2013

Hard Rock Cafe manager, Dominic Verni discusses plans for the summer with Niagara Hub’s Chris Stoianoff.

There goes the neighborhood! And boy is it gonna go!

A convoy of moving vans arrived

Town of Niagara IDA agrees to tax deal for $71 million for Fashion Outlets

[From Niagara-Gazette.com]

The proposed $71 million expansion at the Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls moved one step closer to becoming a reality on Wednesday.

During a meeting at town hall, the board of directors for the town’s industrial development agency voted unanimously to accept an application for a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes deal that the mall’s owner says is needed to allow the expansion to proceed.

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The Topper Social Club – Support local small business!

The Topper Social Club is the place to be in Niagara Falls!

Image of the Day – February 27, 2013

Justin Tyme (Cayuga Drive Extension) in the Town of Wheatfield – Great food!

SEAsonings spices up the Aquarium

Whether it

Mayor Dyster asks City Council to reconsider Oishei Foundation Challenge Grant

Car drives into Military Road store

[From Niagara-Gazette.com]

Town of Niagara Police say no one was injured when a car drove into a store in the 2400 block of Military Road Tuesday morning.

The accident happened just after 11 a.m., when a 60-year-old man, driving a 2003 Toyota, pulled into the store parking lot. The driver told police the throttle on the car stuck and he accelerated into the building.

Police said the store was closed at the time of the accident.

The driver was not charged in connection with the crash.

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Man who took his life in falls identified as college student

[From BuffaloNews.cm]

A man who witnesses said took his life by walking into the Niagara River above the falls at Goat Island has been identified by Houghton College.

College officials said on their website that they were

Mayor Paul Dyster announces

Strategic code enforcement blitzes will target commercial blight

Mayor Paul Dyster is directing city forces to crack down on vacant and blighted buildings. The blight blitzes are scheduled to start within a month. Mayor Dyster highlighted this strategy in his 2013 State of the City Speech as one way to combat commercial speculation.