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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 saddened by loss. Merry Christmas, Bob Confer. http://wivb.com/…/community-gives-back-to-lockport-family-…/

Zeitgeist

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 Barak and Michele Obama were labeled as ‘racist’ by

Zeitgeist

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 the city.Numerous websites including MyLife.com, NeighborhoodScout.com and City-Data.com continued to assert that Niagara

Today's Take

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 baseball? We will buy a table for $40

Today's Take

A short take on today’s news

BY JOE GENCO –“I need to be able to talk about it and have someone talk back to me.” Christina Abt finishes climbing her Mount Everest — 52 interviews in her 65th year, ending with her own darn 10 questions.

Niagara Falls

Look who says GOP’s last-minute raises out of line

Virtuoso slams GOP for Peck, Tamburlin raises, as he enjoys pension ala Dyster Some of us here at the Niagara Falls Reporter had to laugh when we saw the story that Dennis Virtuoso was complaining about pay raises for Niagara

Today's Take

A short take on today’s news

BY JOE GENCO –Snow Roll. Bike riding in the cold. Noon. Be there. http://slowrollbuffalo.org/site-map-snow-roll-barrel-facto…/ –Alan Bedenko glibly gloats as Chris Collins bleats and croaks about e-mails attacked and hacked. Bedenko has a point: Republicans want everything investigated until it’s something that

Zeitgeist

Thompson case may be dismissed, in the interest of justice

BY MATT RICCHIAZZI When acting District Attorney Mike Flaherty levied five felony charges against conservative activist Rus Thompson – in the heat of a contested Democrat primary – it was so wrought with intrigue that it is hard to believe

Economy

Josh Kushner’s health startup opens trendy Brooklyn clinic

BY JAMES COVERT Oscar Health Insurance just opened its first clinic in Brooklyn — and the place looks just as slick as the startup’s hipster-friendly app. Patients who enter the new “Oscar Center” won’t find administrators pushing papers behind a

Canada

Trump wants to overhaul NAFTA?

This is the time for Canada to be bold and be prepared to give; freer movement of people, goods and investments within North America should be our objective via Trump wants to overhaul NAFTA? Bring it on — The Globe and

Zeitgeist

Schneiderman proposes voter registration and ballot reforms

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Tuesday unveiled a package of sweeping changes to the state’s election laws designed to make it easier to cast votes in the state. The proposed changes included removing barriers to voter access by

Canada

Former PM Mulroney suggests Trump could be good for Canada

Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney says the looming presidency of his long-time friend Donald Trump could be good news for Canada, despite Trump’s plans to scrap NAFTA, one of Mulroney’s biggest political achievements. via Former PM Mulroney suggests Trump could

New York City

City councilman accused of humiliating staffer over disability

A former staffer to a Brooklyn city councilman filed a $10 million discrimination suit against the veteran politician Tuesday saying he humiliated the ex-aide over a symptom of his Asperger’s Syndrome — involuntary twitches. Michael Bistreich claims that Councilman Vincent