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FREE September 26th, 2018 - October 2nd, 2018 NiagaraReporter.com Vol. 19, No. 20 FREE Major Film Festival Comes to NF Wednesday; Public Invited By: John Wildman The Niagara Falls Interna- tional Film Festival will make LWVGHEXWRQ:HGQHVGD\6HS- tember 26 at The Rapids The- atre (1711 Main Street) with a red carpet gala celebrating WLPH$FDGHP\$ZDUGZLQ- QLQJ&RVWXPH'HVLJQHU0DUN %ULGJHV 7+($57,67 3+$17207+5($' DQG 2VFDUZLQQLQJ9LVXDO(IIHFWV $UWLVW&UDLJ%DUURQ 7+(&8- Niagara Falls native and 2-time Academy Award Winner Mark 5,286&$6(2)%(1-$0,1 Bridges will be honored %87721 PAGES 4 & 5 6RPHWKLQJ 5RWWHQ LQ-RE6KXIÁLQJIRU PAGES 4 & 5 Mayoral Hopeful Seth Piccirillo Dyster seeks to ‘illegally’ create job for his protégé so he can legally run for mayor. By: Frank Parlato At a meeting of the Municipal Civil Service Commission on Sept. 20, some- ´&RPPXQLW\'HYHORSPHQW0DQDJHUµ thing odd happened. 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