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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 Thu. Feb 12 2026

Council reups with Granicus

STR operator concerns about nonfunctional Website fall on deaf ears

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Council reups with Granicus

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Niagara Falls Thu. Feb 12 2026

Mayor lobbies for Centennial Park

Ask is for $200 million to build new arena

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Mayor lobbies for Centennial Park

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Niagara Falls Thu. Feb 12 2026

Short Take Sports:

Short Take Sports: Dahlin leads Sweden; Trevor Kuntar is still dreaming about the NHL; Bills face tough personnel choices

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Thu. Feb 12 2026

Short Take Politics:

Thinking about Canada and an infantile tantrum over a bridge.

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Wed. Feb 11 2026

Golden Geese and Goldeneye Ducks

Celebrating our natural heritage and what we have Canada will never get back

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Golden Geese and Goldeneye Ducks

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Niagara Falls Wed. Feb 11 2026

Black History celebrated

Garden & Highland Block Club hosts February 21 event

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Black History celebrated

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Niagara Falls Wed. Feb 11 2026

Niagara Falls Police Blotter

Niagara Falls Police Blotter: Suspect threatens neighbor with BB gun; Police on probation check find assault weapon

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Wed. Feb 11 2026

Short Take Politics:

Short Take Politics: President appears in Epstein files a million times; Europe holds leaders accountable for sex scandal; Governors cancel dinner over Democrats being snubbed

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Wed. Feb 11 2026

Short Take Sports:

Short Take Sports: Canada’s women’s hockey team loses again to US; Reviewing the Sabres last 7; Rosen rises as trade deadling looms

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Tue. Feb 10 2026

Doing the same thing and expecting different results

Tourism professionals gather in Falls to repeat the same old same old

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Doing the same thing and expecting different results

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Niagara Falls Tue. Feb 10 2026

Understanding Bad Bunny

Rightwing outrage is a false construct and a bad look

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Tue. Feb 10 2026

To the indigenous, the border is a false construct

First Nations people preceded European rule

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Joseph Genco Editor

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