Robert Creenan

1 week ago | niagara-gazette.com | Robert Creenan

The Aquarium of Niagara welcomed its newest resident last month when a Humboldt penguin hatched from its egg on April 5. This is the fifth chick for penguins Blanca and PJ Jr., who came to Niagara Falls from Seattle in 2019. Their egg hatched after a 40-day incubation period, weighing 87 grams in its first weigh-in. Its sex will be determined by a blood test this summer. kAmpBF2C:F> DA@<6DA6CD@? r9C:DE:?6 $E6A92?D D2:5 E96 49:4< :D :? E96 A6?8F:?

1 week ago | lockportjournal.com | Robert Creenan

Having moved back to Western New York after decades away, Jay and Rose Mary Reist want a space that's truly focused on their North Tonawanda community. They plan on evoking some of the city’s industrial history with their new restaurant called The Ironton. Located on Wheatfield Street, it looks to become a neighborhood restaurant like many that dotted the area in the past.

1 week ago | lockportjournal.com | Robert Creenan

With some of Niagara County’s overbuilt highways eyed for removal or being downgraded, North Tonawanda wants to redevelop its major road artery. Twin Cities Memorial Highway, on State Route 425 as one of four connections between the Tonawandas, could look very different in a few years as the city wants to improve the thoroughfare. kAm“xE’D D@>6E9:?8 E96 4:EJ 92D H2?E65 E@ 255C6DD AC:@C E@ >6 36:?8 3@C?[” D2:5 |2J@C pFDE:?

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Robert Creenan

GRAND ISLAND — Since the Niagara River Greenway Commission was created in 2007, its main goal has been to create a 40-mile multi-use trail extending from Buffalo’s Outer Harbor to Old Fort Niagara in Youngstown. With new trail sections due to open later this year and a new section proposed, that ambition has nearly reached its fruition. “We’ve got most of our major trail projects done,” said Greenway Executive Director Greg Stevens at a community meeting on Grand Island Wednesday evening.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Robert Creenan

With some of Niagara County’s overbuilt highways eyed for removal or being downgraded, North Tonawanda wants to redevelop its major road artery. Twin Cities Memorial Highway, on State Route 425 as one of four connections between the Tonawandas, could look very different in a few years as the city wants to improve the thoroughfare. “It’s something the city has wanted to address prior to me being born,” said Mayor Austin Tylec, calling it unsafe, ugly, and awkward to use.