Niagara Falls Park receives another installment of $125,000 extreme makeover

In what has become something of a rite of spring, more than 50 National Grid employees returned to Gill Creek Park in Niagara Falls to continue efforts to beautify and transform this popular public park and community asset into one of Niagara County’s most picturesque and useful green spaces.  This is the fourth time in five years that National Grid volunteers have worked with city and neighbor organizations on projects in the park. 

SOUTHERN TIER, NY-Like many outdoor pursuits,the sport of fly fishing becomes more intricate as experience is gained. Although all fishing requires a strong knowledge of the environment and it's cycles, fly fishing by it's very nature takes that knowledge to a more intimate level.

Especially this time of year, the quarry for many fishermen is trout on small streams. That means that the savvy angler needs to present a realistic bait, which is usually one of the many aquatic insects completing their life cycle and emerging as adults.

Rick Kustich is a seasoned fly fisherman,and has written several books on the subject." Basically what we're trying to target is, these insects live in the water, they mainly live on the bottom of theses streams, and at certain times of the year, certain species emerge to the surface , and that's when they're susceptible to trout. So understanding that emergence and when different insects emerge is the key."

English teacher Ken Polchlopek decided to tie his lesson plan on William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” into the curriculum of the Security and Law Enforcement students at the Niagara Career and Technical Education Center.  Mr. Polchlopek taught the students the proper application of the New York State Penal Law by focusing on the elements of murder, conspiracy and criminal possession of a weapon in the story about an 11th century King named Duncan who is stabbed to death by one of his generals Macbeth.  Macbeth and his wife plotted the murder so that Macbeth could be declared King and blamed the murder on servants who they killed as well to cover up their crime.