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[From Niagara-Gazette.com]
Mayor Paul Dyster has vetoed the city council resolution that cut health care benefits for future lawmakers.
Dyster said his decision is justified by a need to incentivize effective political candidates…
READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/dyster-vetoes-health-care-benefits-cut/article_67115333-f1ba-507e-b1f9-88464ce38a12.html
[From BuffaloNews.com]
A new option for medical care will become available in western Niagara County with the opening of the Niagara Falls Urgent Care Center on Monday.
The grand opening celebration and community open house will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. and the center will open for service at 6 p.m. at 3117 Military Road, near the Casa Nova Restaurant in the Town of Niagara…
READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/niagara-falls/grand-opening-planned-for-niagara-falls-urgent-care-center-20160131
One of my all time favorite “old timey” photos – Silberberg’s Department Store,
Main St. & Ontario Ave after a fire at W.T. Grant store (left) February 1936.
Via Max Eddy – Niagara Falls Public Library Local History Department
The Old Stone Chimney in its new location – Photo by Bill Clark
A friend’s new tattoo – Her son’s zombie drawing!
[Press Release]
My Thai is excited to announce we will be moving to 8213 Niagara Falls Blvd. (next door to La Galera) in Niagara Falls in the Office Max Plaza on Military & Niagara Falls Blvd!
Our last day of operation in our current location will be Saturday, February 6th.
Please stay tuned for an opening date at our brand new location.
All gift cards will be honored at the new location.
[From Niagara-Gazette.com]
The newly appointed superintendent of the Niagara Falls School District graduated from the city’s former high school in 1980 and began his career in the education system as a classroom monitor.
Some 31 years on, Deputy Superintendent Mark Laurrie was named to the district’s to post in a unanimous decision by the city’s board of education Thursday night…
READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/mark-laurrie-to-lead-niagara-falls-school-district/article_7795c4a8-dc27-5af3-b5ef-a77c08cf1d04.html
[From BuffaloNews.com]
Niagara Falls police closed a Main Street bar early Friday morning following a loud music complaint and finding an intoxicated female younger than 21 sitting on a nearby sidewalk.
Police told bar employees to instruct all patrons inside Karma Lounge, 2109 Main St., to exit shortly before 2 a.m., according to a police report…
READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/police-blotter/police-close-niagara-falls-bar-friday-morning-20160129
[From BuffaloNews.com]
Remember when the common tern was blamed for stopping construction of a signature bridge between Buffalo and Fort Erie, Ont.?
Well, a lot of birds fly around Niagara Falls…
READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/niagara-falls/could-common-tern-concern-stop-project-to-dry-up-niagara-falls-20160129
We thought this pic would be perfect for this week with all the talk about possibly dewatering Niagara Falls again.This is a photo from our Local History department that shows what it looked like in 1969. What a thing to see! – Photo via Niagara Falls Public Library Facebook page.