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Genco’s short take on today’s news
BY JOE GENCO A short take on today’s news… –Hey! It’s Small Business Saturday. Take a walk around Clarence Center and spend some money on Main Street –Took a drive to Lockport…
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BY NORBERT RUG They start early in the morning. A sound wakes me up from a sound sleep and I’m still in a fog. I don’t remember setting my alarm clock for…
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From my family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving!
BY NORBERT RUG I value the traditions we have around the end of the year but some traditions are set in stone and some are a bit more fluid. We have burgers…
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Small changes make a big impact on winter heating costs
BY NORBERT RUG Buffalo winters could destroy your budget, because as the temperature goes down, it becomes more costly to heat your home. The good news is that you can reduce the…
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Rug: “Veteran hiring is good for everyone”
BY NORBERT RUG Hire a veteran, it’s good for everyone. That person behind the counter or clerk you meet in the aisle of a store that you encounter today just might be…
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Has Andrew Cuomo ever boned a guy? Young voters want to know.
In the course of every election cycle emerges a question — often from younger voters — that flusters a candidate, sometimes projecting an awkwardness that alienates him from a potentially critical swath…
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Collins urged to step aside for Rob Ortt in 27th district
Republican activists are asking Congressman Chris Collins to step down his reelection effort following an indictment by the Southern District of New York for insider trading and providing false information to a…
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The Castellani Art Museum could become as famous as The Louvre
The Castellani Art Center at Niagara University was founded by one of Niagara County’s most accomplished families — the founders of Tops Markets. Many in Niagara Falls, looking to build out a…
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Vanessa Williams for Congress?
A spate of recent articles in The Buffalo News detailing celebrity superstar Vanessa Williams‘ affection for Buffalo has sparked widespread speculation among local political operatives that she is contemplating a run for Congress…
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Tea Party sees a “Rust Belt Recovery Act” as next step in China trade war
Matthew Ricchiazzi, New York State’s leading Tea Party activist, is calling on President Donald Trump to propose a “Rust Belt Recovery Act” just ahead of midterm elections this November. “We need to…
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Tourism advocates say Milstein, Jacobs should partner on Niagara Zoo project
Manhattan real estate tycoon Howard Milstein owns development rights to a 140-acre parcel of property in downtown Niagara Falls, and has contemplated redevelopment options for the tract of land since the late…
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Cuomo, Schumer prodded to push league expansion in talks on sports betting
Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senator Chuck Schumer are being prodded to make upcoming talks on legalizing sports betting, at the state and federal level, contingent on major league sports’ willingness to significantly…
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Giambra will ‘phase-out’ rent control laws to solve NYC housing shortage
Plan will make market rents more affordable, introduce a Renters’ Tax Credit Gubernatorial contender Joel Giambra, the former two-term Erie County Executive, is pledging to end New York City’s decades-long housing crisis…
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43 North contracts with at least three recruitment firms to identify Director
The publicly funded business plan competition known as 43 North, has contracted with no fewer than three separate recruitment firms to identify its next Executive Director, raising serious questions about how ‘economic development’ funds…
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M&T Bank should appoint Betty Jean Grant to its Board of Directors
Betty Jean Grant may be retiring from the County Legislature (a body that she once chaired), but her supporters know she isn’t going anywhere. With the sheer force of her honest, humble,…
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Will Bishops Malone and Pridgen partner to preserve historic churches?
The Catholic Dioceses of Buffalo has been in decline for six decades. It was once a mighty institution and the cornerstone of so many of Buffalo’s ethnic communities. The Dioceses’ ornate churches…
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Pivotal political contests will animate much of 2018
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Andrew Cuomo hasn’t made it completely clear that he intends to run for reelection. He is widely expected to be a key witness in the upcoming public…
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Owners of slain dog pursue charges against neighbor
Raffaele Forte, the owner of Keeno, a three-year-old Dalmatian mix that was killed by a neighbor on Hutchings Road in the Town of Ogden last Saturday, has hired an attorney and is…
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Grant tells WBEN she will announce her candidacy for Mayor this week
In an interview on Hardline with Dave Debo, on WBEN NewsRadio 930 AM, County Legislator Betty Jean Grant said she intends to enter the race for Mayor of Buffalo in a formal announcement later…
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Ortt’s silence on Wheatfeild’s Love Canal Dump angers his NT base
The recently indicted Senator Robert Ortt (R-North Tonawanda) owes his political career to his mentor, the former Senator and also recently indicted George Maziarz (R-Newfane), who ruled over Niagara County politics for…
