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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 Wed. Sep 3 2025

Gillibrand visits air base

Senator advocates for county's largest employer

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Gillibrand visits air base

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Niagara Falls Wed. Sep 3 2025

Island Scout sells popcorn

Not just a little, either

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Island Scout sells popcorn

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Niagara Falls Wed. Sep 3 2025

Short Take Sports

Short Take Sports: Gabe and 2 guys named Jordan are back, why not 'Lil Dirty?'; 9 years in, McDermot still has the fire; Josh v. Lamar

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Tue. Sep 2 2025

Zajacs return to the Outer Banks

Falls family welcomed a new child while traveling last year

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Zajacs return to the Outer Banks

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Niagara Falls Tue. Sep 2 2025

United Nations celebrates people of African descent.

And right in the middle of it is Saladin Allah

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Tue. Sep 2 2025

Niagara Falls Police Blotter

Niagara Falls Police Blotter: DWI, drunk at Tops, phone stolen, squatters and a homeless shoplifter. All the reports, no filter.

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Tue. Sep 2 2025

Short Take Politics

Short Take Politics: Divided Congress returns; Brazil’s ex-President faces trial; Belichik’s education begins

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Tue. Sep 2 2025

Short Take Sports

Short Take Sports: Thurman laments RBs getting shortchanged; Howard muses on the Bills; Bernard, Allen are captains

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Mon. Sep 1 2025

‘Say Yes’, Niagara Falls

Program brings greater opportunities to school district.

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Mon. Sep 1 2025

'Better Off Read' rocks Lewiston

Book festival tops anything that ever happened on Center Street this summer.

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'Better Off Read' rocks Lewiston

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Niagara Falls Mon. Sep 1 2025

Get back to work

This holiday is only for real Americans.

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Get back to work

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Niagara Falls Mon. Sep 1 2025

Niagara Falls Police Blotter

Niagara Falls Police Blotter: North-end car break-ins; petit larceny and a shoplifter

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Mon. Sep 1 2025

Short Take Politics

Short Take Politics: Thanks for Labor Day, 'Uncle Jumbo'; Blowhard cuts wind energy; Don’t waste a crisis

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Mon. Sep 1 2025

Short Take Sports

Short Take Sports: Why the Bills signed Jordan Phillips; Excited for Shavers; Sabres prospects where are they now; Daequon Hardy on a yoyo

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Fri. Aug 29 2025

Potpourri for a Friday

Better Off Read, Porchfest Saturday, Power City open for breakfast

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Potpourri for a Friday

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Niagara Falls Fri. Aug 29 2025

NU finds foreign student workaround

Trump cuts force students to study abroad

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Fri. Aug 29 2025

Niagara Falls Police Blotter

Niagara Falls Police Blotter: Stolen motorcycle; unregistered car and petit larceny

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Fri. Aug 29 2025

Short Take Politics

Short Take Politics: Feds take over DC’s Union Station; Is the President ill?; Prayer mocked following school shooting

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Fri. Aug 29 2025

Short Take Sports

Short Take Sports: Fluffy Bills o-line profile; Bills tryout kickers; Cowboys get worse

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Wed. Aug 27 2025

There is no forgetting Ohio

Four Dead in Ohio. Tin soldiers and Nixon coming

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Joseph Genco Editor

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