Image of the Day – May 23, 2017

Falls Street, Niagara Falls USA – 1960s

Northpointe to expand, not move, Niagara Falls methadone clinic

[From BuffaloNews.com]

Northpointe Council plans to expand its existing methadone clinic in Niagara Falls, according to an announcement Thursday from Niagara County, which owns the building.

The County Legislature decided Tuesday to hold a June 20 public hearing and vote on a 20-year lease for Northpointe on additional space in the Trott Access Center, 1001 11th St…

READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://buffalonews.com/2017/05/20/northpointe-expand-not-move-niagara-falls-methadone-clinic/

Image of the Day – May 22, 2017

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Firehall on 3rd St. (just south of the corner of Falls St.) circa 1910 – via Max Eddy

Image of the Day – May 20, 2017

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Antonio’s/Quality Inn and Wingate owner Frank Strangio kicks off the
tourist season with this year’s launching of the NFTA-METRO shuttle system.

Image of the Day – May 19, 2017

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The weekend is here! Time to turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream…

Image of the Day – May 18, 2017

Maid of the Mist 1910

c.1910

Wallenda’s wife plans to hang by her teeth from helicopter over Niagara Falls

[From BuffaloNews.com]

Five years after her husband walked a tightrope over Niagara Falls, his wife is planning her own teeth-clenching stunt there.

To be precise, Erendira Wallenda, a trapeze aerialist, plans to hang by her teeth from a tether connected to a helicopter flying over the Falls, Niagara County officials announced Tuesday night…

READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://buffalonews.com/2017/05/16/wallendas-wife-hang-teeth-helicopter-flying-niagara-falls/

Voters approve every school budget in Erie, Niagara counties

[From BuffaloNews.com]

Voters approved every school district budget in Erie and Niagara counties Tuesday in an election that saw the power of teacher union endorsements continue to be strong across the region.

Three budgets needing the supermajority to pass got over the 60 percent mark: In East Aurora, Maryvale and Niagara Falls…

READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://buffalonews.com/2017/05/16/voters-approve-school-budgets-erie-niagara-counties/

Image of the Day – May 17, 2-17

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 Viddy viddy intwisting…

Image of the Day – May 16, 2017

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3rd and Ferry (now Win on Third) – c. 1930