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NIAGARA FALLS: Mayor says private donations helped city, despite criticism (Niagara Gazette)
The “Building a Better Niagara Falls Fund” attracted criticism and controversy over its anonymity and was deemed taboo by City Council members more than three years before it was scheduled to end.
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From the blotter / Niagara County police calls, Nov. 15 to 19 Nov. 15 (The Buffalo News)
• State Police said they observed a vehicle traveling 60 mph in a 45-mph zone on Transit Road in the Town of Lockport. The vehicle was stopped in a business parking lot and the driver, Duane Taylor, 33, of Lockport, was given field sobriety tests. Taylor was charged with driving while intoxicated and speeding.
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Niagara University students look to link Falls, Lewiston (The Buffalo News)
LEWISTON -- A public presentation of a feasibility plan for a tourist trolley service between Niagara Falls and Lewiston is set for 6 p. m. Dec. 4 in the Barton Hill Hotel.
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Where to eat (The Buffalo News)
Following are some restaurants visited by News restaurant reviewers. New restaurant reviews generally appear the first Sunday of every month in Niagara Weekend.
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CITY COUNCIL: Ties severed with Building a Better Niagara Falls Fund (Niagara Gazette)
Saying it was attracting too much controversy, city lawmakers voted Monday to sever ties with a private fund that was created to better Niagara Falls. The Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo’s “Building a Better Niagara Falls Fund” has already pledged more than $100,000 in grant money to the city for a nationwide employee recruitment search and to supplement six-figure salaries of two new ...
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Govt business trips more like vacations - blogger (China Daily)
SHANGHAI -- Two groups of government officials that went to the United States and Canada on "business" trips actually spent most of their time visiting tourist sites such as Niagara Falls, Hawaii and Las Vegas, an Internet blogger has claimed.
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LEGISLATURE: Casino cash’s mission (Niagara Gazette)
Lawmakers requesting $25,000 in gaming money for Community Missions.
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TOURISM: Not all on board with people-mover trolley (Niagara Gazette)
Members of the Niagara Heritage Partnership are concerned that a proposed trolley system for tourists may one day run along the same Robert Moses Parkway they’ve been fighting to remove for the past 12 years.
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UNITED WAY: A community investment (Niagara Falls Review)
For $500 in counselling, a marriage might be saved, says Bonnie Filipchuk, services director for Family Counselling Centre of Niagara. That's how her organization puts [...]
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Falls City Council rejects use of foundation grant to pay salaries (The Buffalo News)
NIAGARA FALLS -- The City Council sent a message to Mayor Paul A. Dyster on Monday that it no longer wants the city to use money from anonymous donors to pay for top city salaries.
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