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The Niagara Falls Public Library System is receiving more than $210,000 in grants to help beef up its broadband and technology access. One of the key additions is a so-called “maker’s space,” which was opened in a formal ceremony inside the system’s Main Street branch. Supporters say improved broadband is needed in a city where an estimated 30 percent of the population lack access to the internet.
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Congressman Brian Higgins is urging the owners of Buffalo’s Great Northern grain elevator to repair the damage from last weekend’s wind storm, rather than tear the building down. Meanwhile, a potential bidder has emerged to buy the property.
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Saturday's wind storm caused significant damage to Buffalo's historic Great Northern grain elevator. Rep. Brian Higgins (D-Buffalo) wrote a letter to ADM, asking the Chicago-based company rehabilitate the elevator, even though it hasn't been in use for four decades.
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When Flight 3407 crashed Feb. 12, 2009 in Clarence Center, there were major issues with the pilot and co-pilot and no centralized place to check their records. There is now, but it has taken since 2010 to slog through the Washington process to get the Pilot Records Database into operation.
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Travel across the U.S.-Canadian border may be further eased as early as Thursday. That's from Rep. Brian Higgins (D-Buffalo) after a meeting Wednesday between members of Congress and a group of Canadian officials led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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There's been another tiny shift in reopening the border between the U.S. and Canada, with the two countries agreeing to restart applications for the NEXUS or FAST passes on the American side.
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The New York City Council passed a law last week that all of its school buses will run on electricity by 2035, and some want to see the same thing happen in Buffalo and across Western New York.
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After a 19-month closure the United States will open its northern border to vaccinated Canadians beginning in November.
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Congressman Brian Higgins and Niagara Falls government and business leaders say the need to reopen the US border to Canadians is urgent. It will remain closed to non-essential travel during the holiday weekend, and local business advocates say commerce in the Cataract City continues to struggle.
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Congressman Brian Higgins discusses the decision to keep the U.S. border closed to Canadians through October 21.