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The Seneca Nation and the Cuomo administration could be going at it again. At the center of this potential dispute is a possible convenience store at gas station at the Niagara Falls casino. Governor Andrew Cuomo's director of state operations sent a letter to Seneca President Robert Odawi Porter saying a request for proposals for the new business is worrying local business people and community leaders. The Cuomo administration told the Senecas they were limited in the sorts of businesses they could locate at the casino, but Porter says the state's claim is absurd. Relations between the state and the Senecas have already been strained lately. The tribe has held back casino payments for several years because the state violated an agreement that gave the tribe exclusive gaming rights in the region. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

NIAGARA FALLS, NY – Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel is about to get “Fabulicious!” this May. Teresa Giudice, star of television shows “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” and “Celebrity Apprentice,” will provide an up-close, interactive, Italian-cooking demonstration at Seneca Niagara Events Center on Saturday, May 12, at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $25 and are on sale now at all Seneca Casino box offices, Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations and by phone at 800-745-3000. Large video screens on either side of the stage will provide excellent viewing for all attendees. Giudice, a New York Times best-selling author, will cook using recipes from her latest cookbook, Fabulicious!: Teresa’s Italian Family Cookbook. Giudice, a 39 year-old wife and mother of four daughters, owns an online clothing and accessories boutique – TG Fabulicious LLC – and wrote another New York Times best-selling cookbook, Skinny Italian. She gained fame in 2009 as part of the inaugural cast of “The Real Ho...

NIAGARA FALLS, NY – The “Cake Boss” is coming back to Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel this February as the “Kitchen Boss.” Buddy Valastro, a master chef and star of shows Cake Boss and his latest venture Kitchen Boss on TLC, will provide an up-close, interactive, Italian-cooking demonstration at Seneca Niagara Events Center on Saturday, February 18, at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $25 and are on sale now at all Seneca Casino box offices, Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations and by phone at 800-745-3000. Large video screens on either side of the stage will provide excellent viewing for all attendees. In addition, Frank Amato Jr. – better known by fans as “Cousin Frankie” – will join Valastro for the Italian-cooking demonstration. Valastro, a 34 year-old fourth-generation baker and owner of Carlo’s Bakery in Hoboken, NJ, gained fame with the reality show Cake Boss after its debut in 2009. He has since starred in additional shows on TLC, including Next Great Baker and his lates...