The Buffalo Chronicle
Lockport
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Niagara County Republicans keep the Legislature at 12–3, but a 34-vote Democratic lead in District 5 is still being counted
Republicans gained District 12 and held control. The party chairs disagree on why, and absentee ballots could still move one seat.
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Niagara power and Albany spending frame the Bologna-Sholk race in the 144th Assembly District
Republican Assemblyman Paul Bologna says New York cannot spend its way to prosperity. Democrat Donna Dye Sholk wants unallocated Niagara hydropower sent to Erie and Niagara county households. Here is where the…
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A stuck sewer camera keeps the old Niagara County Infirmary in limbo on Lockport’s city-town line
A plan for roughly 70 homes at the former Niagara County Infirmary is on hold while the Town of Lockport waits for usable video of a city sewer line. Meanwhile, the vacant…
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Lockport’s short line gets $9.6 million from the last of the infrastructure law’s rail money. Congress hasn’t refilled the pot
The Falls Road Railroad between Lockport and Brockport won $9.64 million in Monday’s $2.3 billion federal rail round, the final one funded by the 2021 infrastructure law. The stopgap Congress passed in…
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Thoughts on Facial Recognition
BY NORBERT RUG I am for the implementation of the Facial and Object Recognition System (FORS) in the Lockport schools. There I said it. I know this might be an unpopular stance…
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Charlie Webb’s 19th Hole Bar earns 10 of 10 spoons
BY NORBERT RUG There’s a new sheriff in town and his name is Charlie Webb. CW’s 19th Hole Bar is at the Niagara County Golf Course. There is plenty of parking because…
