The Buffalo Chronicle
The Buffalo Chronicle
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‘Call the Midwife’
BY NORBERT RUG We’ve been recently been watching Call the Midwife Sunday nights on PBS (WNED). This is a British Broadcasting Corporation drama about a team of nurse/midwives that worked in London during the late 1950s and…
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How will you live your life?
BY NORBERT RUG How will you choose to live your life? This isn’t a trick question. I am asking if you have chosen to live your life fully or just exist day…
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Alan Bedenko’s legal work for Erie County raises questions of Poloncarz patronage
The local blogger Alan Bedenko has been known to relentlessly smear weak opposition candidates for public office who dare to challenge headquarters aligned Democrat incumbents. His political musings had once appeared as a…
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Jacobs announcement sets off frenzied speculation over 60th district
Senator Chris Jacobs‘ announcement that he intends to primary Rep. Chris Collins in the Republican Party primary contest in the 27th congressional district is creating a frenzy of speculation and posturing from…
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A convention center was stolen from Niagara Falls in 2002 — and it was never replaced
In 2002 the State of New York struck a deal with the Seneca Nation of Indians as part of a Compact with the sovereign Indian Nation to bring a ‘Vegas-style’ gaming venue that…
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Fremont Street in Las Vegas could be a model for ‘Tesla Street’ in Niagara Falls
Now that Empire State Development has acquired a key downtown parcel along Old Falls Street — one in a series of transactions with local businessman Joe Anderson — at the rate-setting price of…
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Trump likely to back Langworthy for Republican chairmanship in New York
Erie County Republican Party Chairman Nick Langworthy is likely to receive the support of President Donald J. Trump in his bid to unseat Ed Cox — an establishment figure from Manhattan who…
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Hogenkamp, City Treasurer, calls Tonawanda tax increases unsustainable
City Treasurer Joe Hogenkamp thinks that it’s unfair for Tonawanda to continue to raise property taxes on already highly burdened residents and that the City’s current fiscal trends are unsustainable. He is…
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In Reese v. Board of Elections, questions of Republican judge’s political bias loom over suspect ruling
A recent ruling in an election law case made by local State Supreme Court Judge Christopher Burns is raising eyebrows in the legal community and is raising questions about his partiality in…
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As water infrastructure crumbles, what do Niagara Falls’ mayoral candidates plan to do with Sewer Plant?
In recent years, the City of Niagara Falls’ water treatment plant has become an international embarrassment. In 2017, the unsightly and confounding stenches of untimely sewage discharges — merely a few hundred…
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Read to your children
BY NORBERT RUG There are many reasons to read to your child. Reading to your child, shows them that they are important to you and can open their eyes to the wonders…
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Hugs, they’re not for everyone
BY NORBERT RUG There’s currently a Puritanical idea that has pervaded our culture in which touch and sex are inherently linked and it is doing us a great disservice. I think that…
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Misinformation about child vaccinations worries parents
BY NORBERT RUG Though vaccinations can prevent a number of childhood illnesses, some believe mandatory vaccination violates individual rights and can actually do more harm than good. Many people do not believe…
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In praise of the front porch
BY NORBERT RUG It’s almost summer and it’s nice to sit on my porch again. The house that my wife and I purchased over 40 years ago has a full-width porch on…
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A few good people
BY NORBERT RUG I am a septuagenarian (look it up), as such I am not quite as active as I once was. No more roofing, no more biking and no more volleyball.…
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Average Port Authority pay reaches six-figures
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) employees were paid an average of $100,302 last year, according to data released todayon SeeThroughNY.net, the Empire Center’s transparency website. Payroll at Port Authority…
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Overtime surge fuels $400M payroll hike at MTA
Overtime payments jumped nearly 16 percent last year at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), fueling agency-wide average pay hikes of 6 percent, according to newly posted payroll records at SeeThroughNY.net. The increase in MTA…
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Report claims Downstate declined twice as fast as Upstate last year
BY EJ McMahon In a turnabout from recent trends, downstate New York’s population decreased twice as fast as upstate’s last year, according to the latest Census Bureau annual estimates. To see where…
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Judicial Watch sues DOJ for communications between Peter Strzok and Bruce Ohr
Ohr Testified He Had At least Two Meetings with Steele, Justice Department Told Judicial Watch it Has No Responsive Records Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit…
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Africans, Bangladeshis, Syrians, Afghans in Mexico caravan awaiting U.S. asylum
The chronic onslaught of illegal immigrants heading to the United States isn’t just coming from Central America, the caravan includes large groups of Africans, Indians, Bangladeshis, Afghans, Pakistanis and Syrians that have…
