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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 Sat. Jun 20 2026

Travelogue Maritimes

On to Beddeck, the Bell Museum and Victoria-by-the-Sea

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Travelogue Maritimes

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Niagara Falls Sat. Jun 20 2026

Potpourri for a Saturday

Juneteenth; Diamond the Body and who plants flowers in those benches?

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Potpourri for a Saturday

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Niagara Falls Sat. Jun 20 2026

Short Take Politics:

Short Take Politics: Italian leader calls BS on our President; DC elects Socialist Mayor; The Obamas know ‘Where the Wild Things Are’

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Sat. Jun 20 2026

Short Take Sports:

Short Take Sports Hamilton on the Byram conundrum.; Draft a goalie?; A mock Sabres offseason

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Fri. Jun 19 2026

Governor signs Tubman byway legislation

177-mile route celebrates the Underground Railroad legacy

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Governor signs Tubman byway legislation

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Niagara Falls Fri. Jun 19 2026

Niagara Falls Police Blotter

Niagara Falls Police Blotter: Two suspended registrations and petit larceny. A boring day

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Fri. Jun 19 2026

Short Take Politics:

Short Take Politics: ‘Epic disaster’; Obama Center opens; Straits of Hormuz reopens

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Fri. Jun 19 2026

Short Take Sports:

Short Take Sports: Byram available for trade? Not so fast; Bills add UFL MVP

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Thu. Jun 18 2026

Salmonid study

Federal workers survey Gill Creek fish for toxins

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Salmonid study

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Niagara Falls Thu. Jun 18 2026

Short Take Politics:

Where has my country gone? A gruesome spectacle devalues sacred ground

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Thu. Jun 18 2026

Short Take Sports:

Short Take Sports: Kesserling traded; Joe Brady's bad day; Considering Bills safeties, the end for Hamlin?

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Tue. Jun 16 2026

Toxic tales in LaSalle

Chemical waste legacy rears its ugly head again. Plaintive wails fall on deaf ears.

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Toxic tales in LaSalle

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Niagara Falls Tue. Jun 16 2026

Gardenfest this weekend

Annual Lewiston event kicks off Festival season. It still won't be as cool as 'Better Off Read'

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Gardenfest this weekend

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Niagara Falls Tue. Jun 16 2026

Niagara Falls Police Blotter

Niagara Falls Police Blotter: Evicted or not?; DWI suspect offers 'licenstration'; Shouting at a house, challenging a fight

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Tue. Jun 16 2026

Short Take Politics:

Short Take Politics: Reflecting pool turns green with algae; Trump name comes off Kennedy Center; Homeland Security threatens midterms

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Tue. Jun 16 2026

Short Take Sports:

Short Take Sports: About Josh needing change; Prospal leave Amerks for NHL; Hamilton speculates on Tuch, age

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Mon. Jun 15 2026

Another streetscape meeting

Like lawyers and accountants, the planners always get paid

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Another streetscape meeting

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Niagara Falls Mon. Jun 15 2026

Short Take Politics:

Short Take Politics: War is over. The only thing changed is the price of gas; Israel says it is a bad deal; Living the nightmare of for-profit ICE contractors

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Mon. Jun 15 2026

Short Take Sports:

Short Take Sports: Canes win it; Hoecht is ready; Sizing up Bills corners

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Joseph Genco Editor

Niagara Falls Sun. Jun 14 2026

Potpourri for a Sunday

Thoughts on NFR, Centennial Park, things that are actually happening and why we should take that seepage seriously.

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Potpourri for a Sunday

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