The Buffalo Chronicle
The Buffalo Chronicle
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Lackawanna official goes off on a ‘very, very mad and concerned’ Lackawanna resident
BY JAMES KUNA Dear Very, very mad and concerned Lackawanna resident — I read, with dismay, your letter to the editor in the Front Page newspaper edition of December 7th, 2016, wherein, you…
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Robert Seth Hayes pens ‘freedom letter’
Editor’s Note: Robert Seth Hayes is currently incarcerated at the Sullivan Correctional Facility. The Black Liberation Army (BLA) was an underground, black nationalist militant organization that operated in the United States from 1970 to 1981. Composed largely of former Black…
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A short take on today’s news
BY JOE GENCO –Walked in and out of Colter Bay Grill last night. It was too crowded and noisy. Walked up the block on Allen Street to Giacobbi’s. Don’t let the spelling…
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Schroeder: ’tis the season to be jolly and thoughtful
BY BUDD SCHROEDER Time to prepare for the Christmas celebration! We hope that all who have families will be together to enjoy the festivities and can share all the special feelings that…
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Mascia to lead Marine Drive redevelopment at Canalside
Former city housing commissioner Joe Mascia is set to lead a task force comprised of residents of the Marine Drive Apartments to study redevelopment opportunities and new governance models for the sprawling…
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A short take on today’s news
BY JOE GENCO –”I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries”. Nothing says Merry Christmas like insults from Monty Python. If we can’t…
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Justice Penny Wolfgang is retiring after long and distinguished career
BY TONY FARINA It is hard to know where to begin when trying to capture the essence of a much-honored and accomplished professional who is retiring after a long and very distinguished…
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A short take on today’s news
BY JOE GENCO –”Do a good turn daily” so is the simplest requirement of Boy Scouts. Check out this heartwarming story about a Gasport Cub Pack bringing Christmas gifts to a family…
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Carl Paladino responds to controversial remarks
Editor’s note: Along with dozens of others, Carl Paladino was asked by Artvoice to answer four questions about the coming year. Respondents answers were published on 12/22/16. [http://artvoice.com/2016/12/23/want-2017-lot-different-opinions/#.WF1fzRsrJhF.] Paladino’s comments about…
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Niagara Falls 2016: another year older, deeper in debt
BY MIKE HUDSON 2016, the year that began with Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster taking the oath of office for a historic third term, was in many ways a watershed year for…
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McNall stays at top county slot, but others eyeing post
The unsurprising news broke late Tuesday night: the chairman of the Niagara County Legislature, Keith McNall, R-Lockport, would be keeping his job. In the annals of Niagara County’s political news, this wasn’t…
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Alan Roscetti highly regarded as he launches bid for city court
BY TONY FARINA “The citizens of Niagara Falls would be hard-pressed to find a better candidate for a seat on the City Court bench than Alan Roscetti,” says longtime pharmacist Robert Kendzia…
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Niagara Falls citizens organize to take back the city from Albany, but must reckon with pro-Albany mayor
BY FRANK PARLATO Earlier this year the Niagara Gazette announced that a group of locals organized something called “Reclaim Niagara” – formed to “get Albany out of our pockets.” To combat the…
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Robinson urged to challenge Brown
Terry Robinson, the city’s most respected city planning advocate, is being urged by activists to seek the Democratic Party nomination for Mayor of Buffalo. The embattled three term Mayor Byron W. Brown…
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A short take on today’s news
BY JOE GENCO –I have never been to a meat raffle, but think it might be fun. Who wants to go on Saturday, Jan. 28 to support David Johnson’s Spartans Little League…
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A short take on today’s news
BY JOE GENCO –Here’s to the photographer recording the assassin in Turkey. It takes some guts for a journalist to witness a murder and, rather than fleeing, rely on his skills to…
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A short take on today’s news
BY JOE GENCO –You might think the mess in Flint, Mich. is over, but not for the people who live there, who still can’t drink the water. At least they are still…
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As Brown’s support collapses, many are considering the mayoral contest
The allegations are egregious: that Mayor Byron W. Brown — the city’s first Black mayor — refused to allow the construction of 50 privately funded affordable housing units on the East Side…
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A short take on today’s news
BY JOE GENCO –The 538 members of the Electoral College today affirm the election of President Donald Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/125fa84a-c327-11e6-8422-ea… –Trump supporters in Montana have begun targeting Jewish people. Not that they are…
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Scathing affidavit disclosed in racketeering case against Mayor Brown
Former Deputy Mayor Steve Casey is providing affidavit testimony in the racketeering case against the three-term Mayor Byron W. Brown at the crux of corruption charges that could send him to prison.…
