🌱 How a vacant Lockport plant is turning into new manufacturing jobs

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In today's newsletter:

• How a vacant Lockport plant is turning into new manufacturing jobs

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Very cold with snow at times, with a high of 24 and low of 18 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Mostly cloudy, snow showers, temps: high: 31, low: 23.
• Saturday: Cloudy, breezy and cold, with a high of 27 and low of 11 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Manufacturing hat trick in Niagara County (audacy.com) — A Lockport manufacturer, Allegheny Manufacturing, is relocating from leased city space into the former Niagara Fiberboard plant on Van Buren Street, bringing new jobs and reviving a long-vacant building. Along with expansions by Americarb and Precision Industrial, these projects represent over $32 million in private investment and at least 55 new manufacturing jobs backed by Niagara County IDA tax incentives.
   

📸 Around Lockport

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lockport

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 11

• DJ Trivia - NYBP Lockport
  New York Beer Project, 6933 S Transit Rd, Lockport
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 12

• BOCES Shadow day
  Lockport City SD Lockport, NY 14094
• Merry Moose
  Lockport City SD Lockport, NY 14094
  9:30 am
• Girls JV Basketball vs Niagara Wheatfield High School
  Lockport City SD , 250 Lincoln Ave , Lockport
  5:00 pm
• Boys Varsity Swimming @ Niagara Wheatfield High School
  Lockport City SD , 2292 Saunders Settlement Rd. , Sanborn
  5:30 pm
• Boys Varsity Hockey vs Kenmore West High School
  Lockport City SD , 34 Chestnut Street , Lockport
  5:50 pm
• Girls Varsity Basketball vs Niagara Wheatfield High School
  Lockport City SD , 250 Lincoln Ave , Lockport
  7:05 pm

Saturday December 13

• NCMEA Solo Festival
  Lockport High School , 250 Lincoln Ave , Lockport

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Girls Varsity Hockey @ Monsignor Martin High School Athletic Association
  Monsignor Martin High School Athletic Association , 156 Tacoma Ave. , Buffalo
  4:40 pm
• Boys 7/8th Wrestling @ Kenmore West High School
  Kenmore West High School , 24 Shoshone Street , Buffalo
  5:00 pm
• Boys JV Basketball @ Niagara Wheatfield High School
  Niagara Wheatfield High School , 2292 Saunders Settlement Rd. , Sanborn
  5:00 pm
• Girls Varsity Wrestling @ Sweet Home High School
  Sweet Home High School , 1901 Sweet Home Rd , Amherst
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• A crash on Route 33 East at Suffolk Street in Buffalo is blocking the right lane, and slick roads are reported due to snow.
  7:56AM on Dec 10: Crash on Route 33 East at Suffolk Street in Buffalo closes the right lane. (Nextdoor )
• A disabled vehicle and an accident on I-190 South near Long Road in Grand Island are causing lane closures and delays.
  7:41AM on Dec 10: A crash on I-190 South beyond Exit 20 in Grand Island has closed the left lane. (Nextdoor )

• Elderwood/Pediatric/PostAcute/Woodmark posted a job opening for Housekeeping / Laundry Aide in Lockport. Apply here.
• The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service/Sales in Lockport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lockport here.

🗞 Nearby News

Amherst

• Two additional Western New York parishes saved from merger/closure decrees (audacy.com)
• Brand-New Rest Stops On New York State Thruway Showing Alarming Issues (wpdh.com)

North Tonawanda

• Suspect charged with attempted murder in shooting of NFL player (pennlive.com)
• Buffalo Mail Carriers Robbed At Gunpoint In Alarming Trend (wyrk.com)
• Margery Louise Vossler, 87, formerly of Wellsville (hornellsun.com)

Niagara

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