Joseph Genco's recent posting activity

Joseph Genco

Editor

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. Apr 24 2026

Watching the leaves turn

It’s not just Fall that brings change

Joseph Genco Editor

Watching the leaves turn

Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Fri. Apr 24 2026

Begging for insurance reform

Restaino, small cities contingent lobby in Albany

Joseph Genco Editor

Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Fri. Apr 24 2026

Niagara Falls Police Blotter

Niagara Falls Police Blotter: A rough week for one woman who get arrested twice; fleeing driver gets resisting charge added

Joseph Genco Editor

Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Fri. Apr 24 2026

Short Take Politics:

Short Take Politics: Navy Secretary sunk; Censorship at Stars & Stripes; Mark Burnett lobbies his creation to save the Great Salt Lake

Joseph Genco Editor

Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Fri. Apr 24 2026

Short Take Sports:

Short Take Sports: Trader Beane strikes; Ostlund, Tuch, Lyon deliver; Byram shines

Joseph Genco Editor

Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Thu. Apr 23 2026

A Gord Day

Writing time has been scant

Joseph Genco Editor

A Gord Day

Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Wed. Apr 22 2026

Potpourri for a Wednesday

Celebrating the Book Corner

Joseph Genco Editor

Potpourri for a Wednesday

Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Wed. Apr 22 2026

Niagara Falls Police Blotter

Niagara Falls Police Blotter: Shoplifting, harassment, homeless trouble and run over outside Foley's

Joseph Genco Editor

Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Wed. Apr 22 2026

Short Take Sports:

Short Take Sports: It is a long series; Samuelsson morphs into stud; The NFL draft is coming

Joseph Genco Editor

Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Wed. Apr 22 2026

Short Take Politics:

Short Take Politics: Judge protects Haitians; Iranians won’t negotiate via social media; Trump approval ratings now worse than Carter. It's the economy

Joseph Genco Editor

Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Tue. Apr 21 2026

Diversity is real at Niagara Falls High School

'Walk the World' celebrates more than 75 international cultures present in the school district

Joseph Genco Editor

Diversity is real at Niagara Falls High School

Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Tue. Apr 21 2026

Where did that $10 million go?

Keyboard warriors ask questions they could answer by reading the Express

Joseph Genco Editor

Where did that $10 million go?

Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Tue. Apr 21 2026

School Board notes

District struggles to close budget gap

Joseph Genco Editor

Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Tue. Apr 21 2026

Short Take Politics:

Short Take Politics: Unserious, unqualified and at war; Losing in Iran; Humorless President to get laughed at; Tariff refund portal opens

Joseph Genco Editor

Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Tue. Apr 21 2026

Short Take Sports:

Short Take Sports: Experience? They have it now; Remember Casey?; Panic in Boston; All about the Muel

Joseph Genco Editor

Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Sun. Apr 19 2026

Floating over potholes

A day in the life of the Niagara Falls DPW

Joseph Genco Editor

Floating over potholes

Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Sun. Apr 19 2026

Short Take Sports:

Short Take Sports: Finally game day. The wait is over. Bruins are going to come hard and try to intimidate. You can't hit what you can't catch

Joseph Genco Editor

Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Sat. Apr 18 2026

'Heart of the City' a forum on problems

Groundhog Day comes again without many solutions

Joseph Genco Editor

'Heart of the City' a forum on problems

Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Sat. Apr 18 2026

Happy Birthday Eliza

Lonely DeVeaux Woods grave to be celebrated at 5 p.m.

Joseph Genco Editor

Happy Birthday Eliza

Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Sat. Apr 18 2026

DiCamillo’s goes hard on Sabres

Special bread offered for playoff return

Joseph Genco Editor

DiCamillo’s goes hard on Sabres

Joseph Genco Editor

Help preserve local news. Support Niagara Express.