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Image of the Day – June 26, 2014
June 25, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Falls couple indicted in Jan 26 shooting
June 25, 2014 By Leave a Comment
[From Niagara-Gazette.com]
A Niagara County grand jury has indicted a Niagara Falls couple in connection with a shooting incident that almost left a 7-year-old child wounded.
The grand jury charged Michael Anthony Lorraine, 26, of 2455 LaSalle Ave., Apt. 1, and Dominque Nicole Ferguson, 28, 479 25th St., lower, each with attempted first-degree assault, first-degree reckless endangerment and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Lorraine is also charged in a separate indictment with second-degree criminal mischief and two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon in connection with an incident that led to the shooting…
READ THE REST OF THE STORY HERE: http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/x1927820720/Falls-couple-indicted-in-Jan-26-shooting
Image of the Day – June 24, 2014
June 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal,
You can do whatever you feel …
City council unanimously opposes site of state parks police barracks
June 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
[From Niagara-Gazette.com]
City lawmakers officially marked their support in the effort to halt the construction of a state parks police barracks on the edge of the Niagara Gorge.
The Niagara Falls City Council unanimously approved a resolution calling on state parks to hold off on the construction of the new barracks, planned for a plot of land between the Rainbow Bridge and the Niagara Gorge Discovery Center, while alternate locations are considered…
READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/x1760111549/City-council-unanimously-opposes-site-of-state-parks-police-barracks
Falls Chamber seeks individuals for Community Service Award
June 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
[From BuffaloNews.com]
The Niagara Falls Chamber of Commerce wants nominees for its Business Community Service Award.
Individuals nominated should be involved or have been involved in the community, including people who donated their time outside of their occupation…
READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/niagara-falls/falls-chamber-seeks-nominees-for-community-service-award-20140623
City council ready to oppose parks police barracks plan
June 23, 2014 By Leave a Comment
[From Niagara-Gazette.com]
City lawmakers may soon add their names to the list of local, state and federal officials who are opposing plans to build a new state parks police station near the Niagara Gorge.
Council Chairman Charles Walker has sponsored a resolution calling on the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to “consider alternative locations” for the controversial project…
READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/x1927815348/City-council-ready-to-oppose-parks-police-barracks-plan
It’s good news for Falls when state listens
June 23, 2014 By Leave a Comment
[From BuffaloNews.com]
It’s no wonder Daniel Davis viewed the state’s attempt to build a Parks Police station on the rim of the Niagara Gorge as “arrogant, insensitive and arbitrary.”
Davis was a young man, in the service and away from his hometown, when Robert Moses bulldozed his way through the City of Niagara Falls to create a parkway that whisked visitors into the state park, isolating the city from the gorge…
READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/niagara-falls/its-good-news-for-falls-when-state-listens-20140622