Niagara County Clerk Joseph A. Jastrzemski today provided an update on a couple of Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) issues as the state and federal governments continue to reevaluate COVID-19 pandemic guidelines.

Niagara County Clerk Joseph A. Jastrzemski today announced that the Veterans Service Agency will begin in-person office hours at the Trott Access Center in Niagara Falls beginning next week.  The office has been closed during the pandemic and all appointments since then have been conducted in the Lockport office.

The Niagara County Youth Bureau is seeking a new representative for the New York State Governor’s Youth Council. The Youth Council is to be made up of 62 young people ages 13-21, one representing each county to be selected via attached process. In 2020, the Council was represented by Jaydon Lang of Lockport, NY.

Reacting to an overwhelming number of people who showed up for the Niagara County Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) first walk-in hours since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Niagara County Clerk Joseph A. Jastrzemski today said that future walk-in hours would be limited to Niagara County residents only, with a limit of two transactions per visit as well.

Niagara County Legislator Tony Nemi and Pendleton Supervisor Joel Maerten today said that the Niagara County Department of Public Works (DPW) will undertake a traffic safety review of Bear Ridge Road in Pendleton where a merging lane from Tonawanda Creek has been the site of several accidents.  Bear Ridge is a county-owned road.

The Niagara County Department of Health will be holding its COVID-19 Point of Dispensing (POD) vaccine clinic this week at the Transit Drive-In in Lockport.  New first-dose vaccine appointments for eligible individuals 18 years and older are now available as follows

Niagara County Legislature Chairman Rebecca Wydysh and Niagara County Clerk Joseph A. Jastrzemski today reminded the public that April is celebrated as national “Donate Life Month.”  Residents are asked to consider registering as organ, eye and tissue donors and to honor those that have saved lives through the gift of a donation.

Niagara County Clerk Joseph A. Jastrzemski today announced that the Niagara County Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will be putting a schedule in place that allows residents to come to a local DMV office without an appointment one day a week at each of the county’s three DMV offices.  

Niagara County Legislator Anita Mullane and Lockport Mayor Michelle Roman announced today they have partnered with Windsong Radiology to bring 3D Screening Mammography to the City of Lockport. 

The Niagara County Youth Bureau will return as a sponsor for the 2021 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). This program ensures that children who are economically disadvantaged continue to receive nutritious meals during summer vacation. Meals are comparable to the National School Breakfast and National School Lunch Programs (NSBP and NSLP, respectively) throughout the school year.