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Niagara County
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Niagara Falls sewage plant fix now costs $338 million, and the water board’s engineers call it unaffordable
A state order forces Niagara Falls to convert its sewage plant to biological treatment. The estimate has climbed to $338.2 million, and the board’s engineers say ratepayers can’t carry it without more…
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Lockport Common Council votes to take down the city’s Flock license plate cameras
The Common Council voted 5-1 to revoke permission for all eight Flock Safety cameras in the city.
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Feds sue the successor of a Niagara Falls manufacturer over radioactive waste under two Lewiston homes
The Justice Department is suing NLI Holdings to recover what the EPA spent digging about 10,000 tons of radioactive waste out from under two homes on Upper Mountain Road. A former owner’s…
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Niagara Falls council holds off on delaying DeVeaux student-rental ban until Main Street housing breaks ground
Planners wanted to push the DeVeaux student-housing restrictions to June 2028 while a $25 million Main Street project for Niagara University students gets built. The City Council said it wants to see…
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In the 142nd Assembly race, Burke runs on a trooper leave law and Dickson on West Seneca’s tax record
Assembly Member Pat Burke (D, WFP) points to the trooper critical-incident leave law he sponsored, and West Seneca Supervisor Gary Dickson (R, C) to five years with no town tax increase. State…
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Niagara Falls’ first North Main Street tax break: what $376,523 in incentives buys at 2109 Main
The Niagara County IDA’s first incentive deal on the north end of Main Street backs a $1.13 million, six-apartment renovation of a former nightclub. It is a test case for a corridor…
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Niagara County’s sewers hit their limit, and Lewiston moves to pause bigger developments
Lewiston’s sewage plant ran about 320,000 gallons a day over its state permit after a wet summer. On Monday the Town Board takes up a six-month pause on sewer approvals for larger…
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Wydysh and McMurray vie for open 145th Assembly seat as early voting begins
Early voting began Saturday in the open 145th Assembly District race between Republican Becky Wydysh and Democrat Nate McMurray, who are both drawing on public matching funds and disagree over whether to…
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North Tonawanda voters to decide on an $18 million community center at the Keller Building
A Nov. 3 ballot proposition would let North Tonawanda borrow up to $18 million to consolidate its rented senior and youth centers into the city-owned Norman Keller Building, at a maximum of…
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Niagara Falls bets its Main Street comeback on $25 million in Niagara University student housing
A developer plans to turn two long-vacant Main Street buildings in Niagara Falls into housing for 100 Niagara University students, a $25 million project Mayor Robert Restaino calls the linchpin of the…
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Niagara County wants Albany to lock in the Falls’ casino share. The Seneca Nation says the next compact may not have one
The County Legislature unanimously urged the state to guarantee Niagara Falls 25% of the state’s Seneca Niagara share. But the Nation says the compact it negotiated has no revenue sharing with the…
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Goodyear shuts its Niagara Falls chemical plant on the day its pollution fix was due. Who checks what it leaves behind?
Goodyear will close its Niagara Falls chemical plant Oct. 31, the same day a state order required permanent controls on a bladder carcinogen. Filings, permits and health studies show what has been…
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Niagara County weighs fully exempting its most disabled veterans from county property taxes
Niagara County lawmakers hold a hearing Tuesday on a full county property-tax exemption for veterans the VA rates permanently and totally disabled, following Erie County and Buffalo. The notice gives no cost…
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Niagara Falls froze its trash fee for 2027, leaving a $1.12 million gap for the mayor’s budget
The Niagara Falls City Council voted 5-0 to keep the garbage and recycling fee at $181, leaving about $1.12 million for the general fund to cover. Mayor Robert Restaino’s 2027 budget is…
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Niagara SPCA gets $5,000 county boost as grace year for New York’s new shelter rules runs out
Niagara County legislators gave the Niagara SPCA $5,000 to upgrade kennels under New York’s new shelter standards, as the state’s ‘educational year’ for the rules ends in mid-December.
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Niagara County weighs suing Albany over immigration law it says shields noncitizen voting, though the law exempts election work
The Niagara County Legislature votes Tuesday on suing the state over a new limit on helping immigration agents, arguing it protects ‘illegal non-citizen voting.’ The law itself exempts voter registration and election…
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Taylor Devices clears IDA hearing for $8 million aerospace landing-gear expansion in North Tonawanda
Taylor Devices cleared an NCIDA public hearing for an $8 million aerospace landing-gear expansion in vacant North Tonawanda buildings, with a November vote on tax incentives.
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Love Canal family wants out of its 99th Street home. The state says the data don’t show the landfill is to blame
A petition to relocate the McKiernan family and reinvestigate Love Canal puts the DEC and Health Department on a legal clock that could run out in early November.
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Amazon’s Town of Niagara warehouse is hiring. Now comes the test of its $123 million tax break
Amazon is hiring up to 1,000 workers at its Lockport Road fulfillment center, backed by one of the largest Amazon incentive packages in the country. Here’s what Niagara County taxpayers put in,…
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Blakeman pledges to address Western New York’s toxic legacy
BY STAFF REPORTER On a stretch of Fox Avenue in the Town of Niagara, where lawns sit beside modest postwar houses and the distant roar of the falls is sometimes audible on…
