Niagara Falls News

The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency board of directors today disapproved without prejudice an application for assistance from One Niagara LLC for a proposed $6 million renovation of the Niagara Falls landmark on 360 Rainbow Blvd.

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - Deliberations in Canada over the future of the Maid of the Mist sightseeing boats at Niagara Falls are being closely watched in the United States, where elected and tourism officials want to avoid disruptions to an iconic draw that brings millions of tourists to the Falls each year.

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - Sources have confirmed that State Senator Mark Grisanti and his wife were involved in an altercation Friday night.

Ontario Opposition Leader Tim Hudak stopped short of telling the Niagara Parks Commission to approve the proposed wirewalk over the Horseshoe Falls by daredevil Nik Wallenda.

John J. Gross Jr., sentenced to his third stint in federal prison in January, was the toast of a party Friday night, an event organized by the Niagara Falls Republican Committee and supported by Laborers Local 91, the construction union once known for its intimidation and racketeering.

LOCKPORT, NY - Lockport residents really want a Wegmans. The Lockport Sun Journal reports that town board members were presented with a petition on Wednesday night that included 8,000 signatures from people pleading for a Wegmans.

"It's going to smell like chlorine," the Companion worried as we approached the entrance to Villella's Italian Restaurant in Niagara Falls.

Joan E. Niedermeyer, 76, of Niagara Falls died Thursday morning at the Chautauqua County Home in Dunkirk.

Fearless Records metalcore band The Word Alive recently announced a U.S. tour this spring with co-headliners Attack! Attack! and Escape The Fate.

Michael J. Goodale of Grimsby, Ont., assistant deputy minister of the corporate services division and chief administrative officer for the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, has been elected to a one-year term as chairman of the eight-member Niagara Falls Bridge Commission.

Sonya M. Sconiers, a Niagara Falls native and health care researcher, will be the keynote speaker at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center's annual Black History Month luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Friday.

In the wake of news last week that federal cuts are likely to mean the 107th Airlift Wing at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station will lose its aircraft, the Niagara Military Affairs Council already is concentrating on helping find a new mission for the Air National Guard unit.

In the aftermath of the report describing appalling practices at the Niagara County SPCA , leaders in the city of Niagara Falls have come together on an agreement to help coax positive change for the animals under care at the facility.

Moving a 250-year-old stone chimney in the city of Niagara Falls is proving to be much more expensive than originally thought.

Unresolved legal issues concerning One Niagara LLC's efforts to renovate and redevelop the "flash cube" building in Niagara Falls proved to be too much of a road block for the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency At issue is a challenge One Niagara has filed with the City of Niagara Falls over the assessed value of the Rainbow Boulevard ... (more)

The family of a missing Niagara Falls woman who were searching for her found her body in a wooded area off 102nd Street in the Love Canal section of the Falls.

The GENIUS Olympiad, SUNY Oswego's global environmental competition for high school-age scientists and artists near and far, has opened applications for a 2012 edition that also invites young writers and architects to submit projects.

The state Health Department must pay Niagara County more than $252,000 in reimbursements for Medicaid mental health expenses incurred before 2006, a court ruled last week.

As Nicholas J. Forster, former Niagara County Democratic Party chairman, officially announced Monday that he is running for his old post, a possible new rival appeared on the scene.

NIAGARA FALLS, NY Niagara Falls is looking to market itself as a year round destination, even if the Maid of the Mist and Cave of the Winds are closed over the winter.