Reporter, Niagara Gazette and Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, [email protected]
Buffalo, NY
Joined January 2016
- Tweets2.8K
- Following2.9K
- Followers1.2K
- Likes936
Mark Scheer retweeted
This project would fill a hole at the foot of Main Street left by the 2009 demo of the Memorial Auditorium. Hochul has made filling it a priority.
But development conditions are terrible right now, so the state is shelling out. Big time.
investigativepost.org/2026/0…
I made a big mistake early on in my local journalism career. Thankfully, a former nun and Falls mayor Irene Elia taught me a lesson on humility and forgiveness: niagara-gazette.com/opinion/…
Mark Scheer retweeted
New: Wegmans & Delaware North were scanning the faces of customers.
Rich Products was scanning faces of employees.
We know this thanks to a new Erie County law mandating disclosure of biometric data collection.
Wegmans & Rich’s say they’ve stopped.
investigativepost.org/2026/0…
Mark Scheer retweeted
In response to continued flooding, the Lewiston Town Board allowed his highway superintendent to hire employees to clear out drainage ditches.
niagara-gazette.com/news/loc…
First Darth Vader mocking Flock cameras and then Spider-Man fighting neo-Nazis in Minnesota.
There may be hope for humanity after all: newsweek.com/who-is-william-…
Mark Scheer retweeted
How’d they get caught?
Ironically, by the very same security cameras they were tasked with monitoring.
In one 8-day period, the bunch of them got paid for 100 hours of work they didn’t do.
When police brass found out, they punished no one.
investigativepost.org/2026/0…
Five years ago, a top executive with the private firm NFR reminded Falls Mayor Robert Restaino to send him a preferred non-profit list while telling him in a text he'd be pleased by the 'somewhat healthy' numbers. Did the mayor reply? He still won't say: niagara-gazette.com/news/loc…
Kudos to the guy who dressed up like Darth Vader to protest Flock surveillance equipment during a public meeting.
The Force is strong with this one.
Falls family seeking justice, coping with loss of Jayla, a 19-year-old mother who was caught in the crossfire of a deadly 4th of July shooting: niagara-gazette.com/news/loc…
DEC, EPA leaders say test results, not potential cost, driving relocation decisions amid review of radioactive hot spots in Niagara, Erie counties: niagara-gazette.com/news/loc…
Former Love Canal resident Luella Kenny backs Falls family's bid for relocation amid concerns about industrial waste, chemicals found in and around their home: niagara-gazette.com/news/loc…
The Niagara Gazette's taking a long look at the long-standing, up-and-down relationship between the City of NF and the private firm, Niagara Falls Redevelopment: niagara-gazette.com/news/loc…
Mark Scheer retweeted
Why Buffalo Diocese lawyers should agree to abuse files being posted online (like other dioceses that settled) and not just at a university.
open.substack.com/pub/charli…
Niagara County sheriff says deputy seen in video running over animal in Barker chose to do so because it was ill and it was better than the other option - shooting it with his firearm near a school: niagara-gazette.com/news/loc…
Mark Scheer retweeted
New: In this week's Outrages & Insights column, editor Jim Heaney goes behind the scenes of our reporting on Nurul Amin Shah Alam, the Burmese refugee who died after being abandoned by Border Patrol agents.
Here's the story behind the stories:
investigativepost.org/2026/0…
Mark Scheer retweeted
J. Dale Shoemaker & colleagues @ipostnews have done incredibly well in leading reporting on the detention & death of blind refugee Nurul Amin Shah Alam in #Buffalo, now a national story. They are a small non-profit news operation punching above weight with the biggest outlets.
The family of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, the blind Rohingya refugee who died in the Buffalo cold, has spoken out.
His wife is mourning & questions why authorities didn’t treat her husband better. Her only wish is to be reunited with her sons still in Malaysia.
investigativepost.org/2026/0…
Trump says "illegals" are swaying elections. Board of elections commissioners say not in Niagara County: niagara-gazette.com/news/loc…
Mark Scheer retweeted
Joe Brady's first NFL scouting combine as #Bills head coach was heavily centered on defense. It's where Brady's vision of a positionless defense starts to become a reality.
niagara-gazette.com/sports/b…
Mark Scheer retweeted
A year after Shaun Dolac was snubbed from the NFL scouting combine, linebacker Red Murdock was the first #Buffalo player invited since 2021. And now he’s getting some advice from former UB players who have made it to the NFL, drafted or not.
niagara-gazette.com/sports/r…
