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Joseph Genco

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I am a writer. I believe in Niagara Falls, New York, and its future. I can show you the best way to the Maid of the Mist and Goat Island. I can also recommend the best hotels or, if it is more your thing, the best hostel, bed and breakfast, Airbnb or VRBO. Niagara Falls Express will tell you about the good places to hear music or eat, small businesses, usually not chains. I will also keep you filled in on activity at the Niagara Arts and Cultural Center as well as Niagara University's Arts and Cultural Center. I will also tell you about people, whether it's Gailan Baillie who runs Bike Rentals or Steve Carroll from the Niagara Falls Salvation Army. I have bachelors degree in public relations and journalism from the former Utica College of Syracuse University (now Utica University). I worked as a weekly newspaper editor in East Aurora and Clarence for 6 years before going to the Tonawanda News, a 6-day daily, as a reporter, then sports editor and managing editor. I left in 2000 to try corporate public relations before returning to the paper in 2002 to sell ads. In 2005, I studied for and received my life, accident and insurance license. I left full time to go to New England Financial. I stayed in that agency building a successful financial services act until September of 2020 when I sold my practice to a colleague. I worked for a short time in a bank before heading to the newspaper business. My wife Beth and I moved from Clarence to the DeVeaux neighborhood in Niagara Falls in 2021 after 30 years in Clarence. We love the Falls, Lewiston and the culture here. I am also the author of "A Short Take on Today's News" which is a daily information and opinion blog published as a daily status on Facebook since March of 2015. You can always call, email or write with story ideas or check out Short Take. I would like you to make a monthly voluntary contribution to the Niagara Falls Express but even if you don't, thank you for reading my page and supporting anyone who chooses to advertise here.

Niagara Falls Fri. Feb 7 2025

The forgotten tariff

Canada charges 102% on New York wines crossing the border.

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Fri. Feb 7 2025

Niagara Falls Superintendent column

District budget includes no plans for tax increase or budgey cuts

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Fri. Feb 7 2025

Short Take Politics

McCarthy all over again; Digging in to DOGE teen; Project 2025 author confirmed to cabinet

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Fri. Feb 7 2025

Short Take Sports

Short Take Sports: Josh wins MVP; Bills to add man-defense expert; Sabres leadership remains shaky

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Thu. Feb 6 2025

Council quibbles for speaker rules, police cameras

Skrlin annnounces candidacy for mayor

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Council quibbles for speaker rules, police cameras

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Niagara Falls Thu. Feb 6 2025

NFR answers mayor

Letter, minutes, news coverage justify property transfer procedure

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Thu. Feb 6 2025

Short Take Sports

Short Take Sports: Sabres get laughed at; Byram grows; Dawkins recruits

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Thu. Feb 6 2025

Us and Them

Reuters shows the US Canada border in pictures

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Wed. Feb 5 2025

Council to consider bitcoin mine

Environmental impact statement reports on noise. Approval would open public comment period.

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Wed. Feb 5 2025

Community Choir seeks voices

Males are a special need

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Wed. Feb 5 2025

Short Take Politics

Short Take Politics: Methodist church owns Proud Boys; 25-year-old controls fed payment system, changes code; Gaz-a-Lago may be a thing.

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Wed. Feb 5 2025

Short Take Sports

Short Take Sports: Beane pushed the right buttons; 4 straight wins for still-soft Sabres

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Joseph Genco Editor

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